I had the strangest experience on Sunday morning! Cycling on my own bike without my lovely husband to help me steer, brake or pedal! What a strange phenomenon to be totally in control again and having to concentrate on where I ride and how fast. It took me a while to get used to the single bike again and actually found it quite hard (I think I got lazy on the tandem!). Jaco and I decided to take a trip (or cycle) down memory lane (actually up the N7) to Piketberg (where his parents live) which we passed on day 1 of the Cancer Fighting Journey to Citrusdal. It was a 120km ride which I thought would be a piece of cake after the 1800-odd kilometres we had covered in December, but how wrong I was!!! I mean, there were no heavy pannier bags to carry, no heavy tandem to push along and only 120kms to cover - it should be a walk in the park!! I should not have underestimated the journey as I felt very weak, could not keep up with Jaco's pace and we were cycling into a slight headwind. It got so bad, that Jaco decided to connect my single bike to his bike with an elastic bungee cord so that he could tow me along!! Very embarassing, but it worked! The cord is linked from my handlebar stem to his saddle stem and when taught, leaves about one wheel space between our 2 bikes. So he had to pull me all the way to Piketburg and I was hating life much better! How the wheels had suddenly turned! So alot more training is needed on my side to fine tune this cycling machine.
Other VERY exciting news is that Reach For A Dream Foundation will be contacting the Geelhuizen family to arrange for a dream assessor to visit them and discuss with Lize-Mari what dream she would like fulfilled! Thanks so much to a great friend of ours, Bronwyn Timm for her networking to make this happen. We will definitely keep you posted on what RFAD decide to do for Lize-Mari.
Everything just seems to be coming together for the Geelhuizen family as they have almost reached the R900,000 mark in terms of money raised for the trip to France, the operation and the Proton Therapy. Come on guys, let's do some inspiring of hope by helping them accumulate the R1million they need to give Lize-Marie the treatment she needs!
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