2009 Bicycling for Ovarian Cancer Project
What can one man with a bike and a desire to honor his wife do over the course of 100 days? Raise one million dollars for ovarian cancer awareness and research!
I recently came across an amazing story of the ultimate love, respect and support which can be shared between husband and wife. It is a true example of how one person can make a difference and raise funds to prevent and treat a dangerous disease.
Beginning on May 15th Craig Broeder, Ph.D., FACSM, FNAASO will set off on a 100 day bike ride with plans to cover 9,000 miles around the United States traveling to 32 cities. Dr. Broeder is a cycling-lover and preventative medicine nutrition and physical activity researcher. Several years ago he decided he wanted to do something special to honor his wife’s 20th anniversary of surviving ovarian cancer. The decision was made to take part in this bike ride and raise funds for ovarian cancer and he has been planning his course since July 2008. The ride will end on August 25th which just happens to be their 25th wedding anniversary.
The goal? To raise one million dollars by getting one million people to donate one dollar each. As a result the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Foundation plans to establish the “Craig and Kay Broeder Preventative Health Female Cancer Foundation”. The dollars generated with go directly to support female related cancer awareness and preventative education as well as fund preventive health behavior research focused on exercise and nutritional interventions.
Dr. Broeder keeps an updated training diary blog with which you can track his training efforts and preparations. In addition, he plans to keep his GPS information downloaded on his web-site so readers and supporters can follow along on his journey tracking his mileage and other exercise information.
Those interested can easily make donations online through the ACSM Foundation.
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