This weekend, I signed up for the American Lung Association’s “Trek Across Maine”, one of their many cycling rides collectively known as “Cycle for Air”
But with COVID-19, this is not a normal event, but a virtual ride from now until June 30th, where riders set a milage goal to meet over the course of that time of either 60, 120, or 180 miles cycling. Given the timespan, and a desire to get more regular exercise in, I’m going for the middle goal.
More importantly, is my goal to raise $500 for the American Lung Association. I have several personal reasons to raise money for this, each of my parents died due to a variety of lung conditions, a long time family friend recently had to undergo a lung transplant (successfully, knock on wood), and I myself am a fat wheezing tub of goo who really needs to get in shape to improve to where taking a single flight of stairs isn’t an act that leaves me breathing heavily for five minutes afterwards.