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We had a number of state teams and a number of individuals
riding virtual bike tours in the USA. Select on of the following states:
California, Connecticut,
Florida, Illinois,
Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New
Mexico, New York, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania,
Vermont, Washington State
 Cindy De Santis
was the coordinator for Northern California.
The Northern California contingency
consisted of 17 VBT cyclists:
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Cindy
Breidenthal |
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Dan Buckler |
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Cindy De
Santis |
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David De Santis |
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Evan De Santis |
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John De
Santis |
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Charlene
Karigan |
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Anne Martin,
R.N. |
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Dr. Sharon
Paley |
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Andrew
Pillari |
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Emily Anne
Pillari |
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Rosanna
Pillari, R.N. |
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Joe Thiennes |
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Phil Van Etten |
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Jessica
Wagner |
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Christopher
Wee |
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Gregory Wee |
Different members of this group biked
on different days and they took a number of different routes. All in all, they
biked 644 miles for sarcoma
awareness (click here for details).
The other Californian VBT cyclists
were:
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Eva Mae Connell of Encinitas, who
biked 31.5 miles, over several days in Encinitas and La Costa
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Rita Trist, who biked 5 miles in La
Costa
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Mike Flynn from Stanford,
who went on a cycling/hiking expedition in Ireland, where he
biked 10 miles (click here for details)
with his wife Pat, daughter Terry, her son Willie and her daughter Megan from New York.
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Jeff Coleman and Leanne Chukoskie of
San Diego; each biked 10 miles in Tuscarora State Park in eastern-central
Pennsylvania
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Some of the training
routes for expert cyclists that Justin Bohan coordinated went through part of
Fairfield County, Connecticut. See Justin's entry in the
New York section, below.
Ed
and Judy Gallizzi of St.
Petersburg biked in Florida. Judy biked 37.5 miles over three days on a
stationary bike and Ed biked 39 miles over three days.
Donna Lee Owens of Kenilworth biked 34
miles around Chicago's North Shore over several days.
Joan and Dick Williams of Broussard, Louisiana were VBT cyclists. They
each biked 110 miles over three days in the beautiful hills surrounding
St. Francisville, Louisiana.
Pat Taylor-Sturgeon and David Sturgeon
of Lafayette, Louisiana were VBT cyclists. We'll post their results as
soon as we hear from them.
Dave Kristol
and Marji Brandriss did a Virtual Bike Tour consisting of a few days in Maine
and a few days as participants in the Eastern Tandem Rally in New Hampshire.
They each biked 46 miles in Maine for sarcoma awareness.
Russ Shettle of the Oxon Hill Bicycle and
Trail Club of Maryland biked 62 miles for sarcoma awareness over two days on
back roads of Brandywine, Maryland.
Rich Graves biked 3 days; the first
two days were by himself and he did 30 miles and 16 miles. The third day was
with Rob Graves and Michelle Anderson, and each biked 26 miles (from Waltham to
Boston and back).
Dr. Singer and
Ann Keating, RN of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in
New York also biked in Massachusetts.
Claire Matese
was the coordinator for the Minnesota Team. There were 6 people
who rode on the Minnesota Team:
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Stuart Ford |
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Damaris Kremidas |
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Claire Matese |
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Eric Mattson |
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Jason Nuckols |
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Charis
Wuerffel |
Different members of this group biked
on different days and they took a number of interesting routes (click here for
details). All in all, they totaled 144 miles for sarcoma
awareness.
Joel and Dottie Savilonis of
New Boston, New Hampshire were VBT
cyclists. Joel biked 66 miles and Dottie biked 22 miles.
Dave Kristol
and Marji Brandriss did a Virtual Bike Tour consisting of a few days in Maine
(see above) and a few days as participants in the Eastern Tandem Rally in New
Hampshire. They each biked 111 miles in New Hampshire for sarcoma
awareness. Tracy and Barbara Cate also biked as participants in the
Eastern Tandem Rally as VBT cyclists and tallied 76 miles each.
Juan Carlos Porras biked 48 miles, 36 of them on an
exercise bike in a Manhattan gym and 12 of them in Liberty State Park in Jersey
City.
Wee
Teck Ng ("Ngwt") rode 24 miles over three days
around Bell Labs during lunch time.
Aleta Ricciardi rode
in France while on vacation. We'll post her results as
soon as we hear from her.
Dave Kristol and Marji Brandriss of
New Jersey rode in Maine and in
New Hampshire.
New
Mexico
Guylaine Pollock of Albuquerque bike
35 miles over several days on a stationary bike.
Erik Boman of Albuquerque biked 12
miles on the rather hilly Tramway bike path.
New York
Liddy Shriver
and Justin Bohan acted as coordinators in
New York.
There were a number of New York cyclists that road a group while others biked in
pairs or alone.
There was a contingency of five
cyclists from Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer Center who combined to bike a total of 93 miles for
sarcoma awareness:
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Dr. Brennan, who
biked 18 miles in Central Park
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Dr. DeMatteo, who
biked 12 miles in Central Park
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Ann Keating, RN,
who biked 42 miles in Martha's Vineyard, MA, from Edgartown to Gay Head
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Madhu Mazumdar,
PhD, who biked 12 miles in Central Park
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Dr. Singer, who
biked 9 miles in Nantucket, MA
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Two New Yorkers biked in Ireland
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Terry
Flynn and
Willie Wagner of Syracuse joined Mike Flynn (Terry's dad) of California and went
on a cycling/hiking expedition in Ireland, where they each biked 10 miles (click
here for details).
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Among the New Yorkers that biked as pairs were:
Among the New Yorkers that biked alone
for sarcoma awareness was:
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Fr. Mike
Keane of Holy Name of Mary church in Croton-on-Hudson who biked 12 miles in
Rockland County.
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Arnold
Berman who biked 24 miles over three days on a stationary bike at his
health club.
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Justin
Bohan developed
some training routes for expert cyclists, including triathlon athletes.
One route was 32 miles, one was 30 miles, and the third one was 62 miles (click
here for details). Eighteen cyclists were involved in this VBT activity:
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Justin Bohan |
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Tom Bookless |
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Ed Colet |
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Kevin Cunningham |
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Carl Curran |
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Mickey Dyzich |
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Christine Dunnery |
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Jamie Gatto |
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Renee Kase |
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James Kelly |
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Tara Kuppersmith |
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Lisa Loprinzo |
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Paul Reale |
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Joe Reis |
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Ray Ruyack |
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Lloyd Ryysylainen |
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Rick Sider |
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Andrew Zalasin |
Some of them bike one of the routes, others two, and
Justin biked all three. All in all, they biked an outstanding 1,085 miles
for sarcoma awareness.
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Patty
Goodness and her
granddaughters Jessica and Angie Stancampiano
of Lycoming biked down country roads near
their homes. Patty biked 27 miles, Jessica 10 and Angie 5.
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Other New Yorkers who were VBT
cyclists
are:
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Dr. Mary-Louise Keohan,
Director of Clinical Physiology Research and Assistant
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and
Surgeons/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New
York. Dr. Keohan is Liddy's oncologist!
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Larry and
Iris Rogers of Scarsdale
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We will post their results as soon as we have them.
Megan
Owens, the coordinator for the North Carolina Team, recruited four cyclists from
the Charlotte Bike League to be Virtual Bike Tour riders.
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Stan Montrose
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David Smart
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Nick Tyler
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Matt Corrigan
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Megan put in 45 miles and Stan, David,
Nick and Matt of the Charlotte Bike League biked a total of 320 miles for sarcoma awareness.
David Petrou biked 20
miles on his “hill-training circuit” in Greenfield. Part of the ride was on
Coleman St. and Lydia St.
Marny
Tobin of Sewickley, her daughter Terra, and Terra's best friend Kathleen, biked
around their hilly neighborhood. Marny biked 1 mile, Terra biked 13 and
Kathleen bike 15 miles for a total of 29 miles for sarcoma awareness.
Crystal Waters
biked as a VBT cyclist in Vermont. She accumulated 92 miles biking rural routes around the central Vermont area.
Cathy Jo and Joe Linn of Issaquah were VBT cyclists.
They each biked 78.85 miles for sarcoma awareness.
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