Today was a very relaxing day. We went 50 miles which doesn’t sound relaxing but it beats 100+ miles every day. Mine and my dad’s friend, Pete, came out to ride with us and it was very helpful because he had fresh legs. It made things easier to ride because he pulled us along. After we made it to Eureka, Utah, we got in the car and rode back to the hotel. We got here at 4 and decided to use “Ms. Wiggles”. She is a machine that shakes the lactic acid out of your legs and you sit there until your legs stop tingling and you feel like a new person.

This week was a very nice learning experience for me because it teaches me that the spirit can overcome the physical part of your body. You feel like your at your limits and out of nowhere you just get some feeling of freshness. It helps to ride for a cause. I’ve been hurting this week on my knees and today wasn’t much of a help for me. I wasn’t about to give up today though so I just chanted some names of people who have had cancer. Most specifically Aubri and Mark. They were both inspirations to me because it reminds me that no matter what I felt, I could guarantee that they were in more pain than me. Cancer isn’t a good thing because you never know what’s gonna happen tomorrow. That’s the thing that was so inspiring to me because they just perservered and pushed through the pain knowing that they were able to fight it. I also remembered a story that my dad told me about one of my cousins. He was 5 years old when his dad (Mark) died of cancer. My dad told Don that after my uncle died, my cousin Jared-who was 5 at the time-was asking my dad to be his dad because he didn’t have a dad. It’s a very touching thing to me because I want to try and make things better for those who have cancer.

These thoughts always push me through the day because it helps me to remember that no matter how bad I hurt, the people with cancer hurt more than I do and I can control my pain, they can’t.