From KT – June 13, 2013
Yo DaVitans,
Over 4,500 of us now, banding together to improve our health! Other late breaking news includes the fact that Poland has surged into the non-US lead with 13 teammates rocking and rolling in MTM VI. Perhaps the MTM administrator can tell us which state in the US is ahead …(NOTE from MTM administrator: California is in the lead with 659 TMs followed by Colorado with 513 and Texas with 358).
I did 25 minutes on the bike this am, good minutes with a few intervals at the end. Up until the intervals I can listen to my voicemails. I can’t answer, but I can listen. Then I did 10 minutes of rehab. Off to the airport I went, only to find that bad weather meant I could not fly to Rochester for my lunch meeting. Instead I headed straight to LA.
Plane flights are kind of wonderful for me, because I work every minute and get huge amounts done. And the DC to LA flight is a good long one, so I got hundreds and hundreds of emails done. Once I landed I did conference calls for 2 hours, then went to a business dinner with the folks from Amgen. The dinner started at 6:30 and went until 8:30, at which point I scooted to the airport to fly to Denver.
On this flight I got thru another couple hundred emails. I will land a bit after midnight, and get to bed a bit after 1 am. Not a good thing, given I have to get up early. I really wanted to get a big night of sleep, because on Saturday I have to get up at 3:15 in the morning to drive up to the mountains for a 50 mile Mountain Bike “Race” (for me it is a ride not a race!) with 5 friends. The race starts at 6 am. If I make it I will probably finish in about 8 hours. The race is called the Bailey Hundo. Other than my little morning pedal-fasts in the gym, I have done very little biking for a month, and have spent almost all of the last month at sea level. So this will be a most interesting adventure. There is a lot of vertical in this course, so I will be pushed to the max. It will be glorious!!
I did have one diet soda today. And I live in fear of the scale I will get on tomorrow am.
For those of you who have not done a big walk/run/ride/race for years and years, you may want to give it a try with some friends. Although exhausting, it is equally exhilarating (after you are done).
I hope you all did well today, and met your goals. Let’s keep encouraging one another. We give life! Starting with giving it to ourselves …
One for All, KT
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Angie Caporiccio said,
June 14, 2013 @ 8:20 am
Good luck on your “race” tomorrow. My husband and I as well as some friends are doing the “3 Little Pigs” Triathlon in the morning then we run 1:15 as part of our Ironman training for Beach 2 Battleship in October. You are and continue to be an inspiration every day. My team is myself and my husband Rodney- we are “The Punisher” a nickname my husband gave my new Cervelo when I started gaining on him in a recent duathlon. Have a great ride and be safe on the mountain.
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Victoria said,
June 14, 2013 @ 8:27 am
You maintain an impressive schedule, thank you for all you do to forward the cause of effective treatment for Kidney patients. That Bailey Hundo race sounds awesome. I just found out about the Tour DaVita in Sept and discovered there is already a wait list. Any chance that there could be more than one simultaneously to accommodate the growing numbers of cyclists? Will it go international too?
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Marla said,
June 14, 2013 @ 8:38 am
Do not fear the scale, KT! It may not always say what we want it to say, but we should learn a lesson from it 🙂
When I read your posts, it sounds like you know when you’ve made a wrong choice, so just try harder next time to ignore that voice that is whispering “diet Coke” or “candy bar”. But, sometimes, you DO deserve it! Everything in moderation, though. With the busy schedule that you have, I am truly amazed that you can keep any level of focus on your diet and your exercise regimen. Makes me feel (a little bit) like I’ve failed when I blame my kids’ routine/schedule (I’m the mother of twins!!) for my bad eating habits or missing out on getting some exercise. We can all learn a lot from YOU!!
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Tammy said,
June 14, 2013 @ 9:00 am
Good luck tomorrow on your ride. The crowd, the other riders and your determination to complete the task at hand will get you across the finish line. Enjoy the Spirit of the Ride!
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jan said,
June 14, 2013 @ 12:44 pm
Your life is AMAZING!!!! As a new Teammate to DaVita…..I am a HealthCare Partner….WHOO!!!! HOOO!!!, I am loving this Match The Mayor event! The pictures and language of Hawaii are awesome and I look forward to them each day, as well as tracking my own progress and seeing if I can keep it up!!! Good luck to everyone with your goals and have fun doing it!!!!! Thank you KT for all you do for all of us and our patients each and every day!!! ALL FOR ONE……………
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Connie said,
June 17, 2013 @ 6:20 am
Enjoying your posts mostly because I am on a big push to recover lost strength and endurance after two massive hip reconstructions (not replacements, reconstruction: literally had hips cut apart and reset–FUN!!)
But without exercise, I would be devastated. I love to run. So in the spirit of fun, I took four 15 year old girls, my poor boy friend and his son on a 5k mud run that literally was knee deep mud for 3 miles. Talk about quad workout!!
Next weekend – back to marathon training! Thanks for the posts. They are fun to read.
Can’t wait to hear more about this mountain ride.
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