Forward Motion Race Club's Third Annual Cycle for ALS
World-class triathlete Leanda Cave joins Danville-based swim, bike, run and tri club to lend support for The Blazeman Foundation’s quest for a cure for ALS
Danville, CA, January 22, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The community is invited to join Forward Motion Race Club (FMRC) members on February 5, 2011 at Club Sport in San Ramon for the third annual Cycle for ALS. Registration is open now at www.forwardmotionraceclub.com. The cost for each of the eleven back-to-back 90-minute cycle classes is $60–$100. Proceeds benefit The Blazeman Foundation.
While 2011 marks FMRC’s third year of organizing the event, this year’s Cycle for ALS is personal. FMRC member Pete Zucker was recently diagnosed with ALS. Since his diagnoses, the Danville husband and father of two has gone from being a beautiful, efficient swimmer to one who can barely get across the pool. Prior to his diagnoses, he was a member of the Wells Fargo Cycling Team. Now he cannot ride a bike. He used run a 37-minute 10k, but now it’s a chore to move through the house.
Guest instructor, world-class triathlete Leanda Cave, is flying in from Tucson to take part in the event, which FMRC members are rallying to do “for Pete’s sake.”
Cave has established herself among the best in the sport of triathlon. Her performance in 2010 (1st place Escape from Alcatraz, 1st place Florida Half Ironman, 1st place Miami Half Ironman, runner-up Half Ironman World Championship) leaves no doubt that the prolific swim/bike speedster is a force to be reckoned with at any distance. In addition to her dominance in the half ironman, Cave finished 10th at the Ironman World Championship and most recently capped off an impressive 2010 season with a 3rd place finish at Ironman Arizona.
About Cycle for ALS
During Cycle for ALS, created by The Blazeman Foundation, groups from all over the United States take shifts in a simultaneous 16.5-hour spin-a-thon. Why 16.5 hours? The period of time is symbolic of Jon “Blazeman” Blais’ finishing time at Kona in 2005, where he completed Ironman Hawaii five months after his ALS diagnosis.
About ALS
Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS is a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. It affects approximately 1 out of 100,000 people. In ALS, nerve cells waste away or die, leading to muscle weakening, twitching, an inability to move the arms, legs and body and eventually, death. ALS is unpreventable, untreatable and incurable.
About The Blazeman Foundation
The Blazeman Foundation is a 501(c)3 whose mission is to raise awareness about ALS by leveraging the energy, commitment and compassion of the multi-sport community and to raise necessary funds to be directed into cutting-edge scientific research to find treatments and an eventual cure for ALS.
Blazeman Warriors keep the spirit of Jon Blais alive. They show others, and discover themselves, that failure is not an option and to never give up. They achieve success and fulfillment in their multi-sport endeavors that they never dreamed possible. Blazeman Warriors commemorate Jon’s 2005 Ironman finish by rolling across the finish line to the cheers of spectators, a gesture that has come to symbolize the War on ALS.
About FMRC
Forward Motion Race Club is the leading organization for recreational runners, cyclists, swimmers and triathletes in the San Francisco East Bay. Membership includes active people of all abilities, from those training for their first 5K to Ironman triathletes and former Olympians.
FMRC members have the opportunity to network with hundreds of other like-minded, active and fun people, that leads to long-lasting friendships. They also have access to excellent weekly group training sessions, in-depth clinics with elite athletes, club social functions and a plethora of resources in training and racing.
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While 2011 marks FMRC’s third year of organizing the event, this year’s Cycle for ALS is personal. FMRC member Pete Zucker was recently diagnosed with ALS. Since his diagnoses, the Danville husband and father of two has gone from being a beautiful, efficient swimmer to one who can barely get across the pool. Prior to his diagnoses, he was a member of the Wells Fargo Cycling Team. Now he cannot ride a bike. He used run a 37-minute 10k, but now it’s a chore to move through the house.
Guest instructor, world-class triathlete Leanda Cave, is flying in from Tucson to take part in the event, which FMRC members are rallying to do “for Pete’s sake.”
Cave has established herself among the best in the sport of triathlon. Her performance in 2010 (1st place Escape from Alcatraz, 1st place Florida Half Ironman, 1st place Miami Half Ironman, runner-up Half Ironman World Championship) leaves no doubt that the prolific swim/bike speedster is a force to be reckoned with at any distance. In addition to her dominance in the half ironman, Cave finished 10th at the Ironman World Championship and most recently capped off an impressive 2010 season with a 3rd place finish at Ironman Arizona.
About Cycle for ALS
During Cycle for ALS, created by The Blazeman Foundation, groups from all over the United States take shifts in a simultaneous 16.5-hour spin-a-thon. Why 16.5 hours? The period of time is symbolic of Jon “Blazeman” Blais’ finishing time at Kona in 2005, where he completed Ironman Hawaii five months after his ALS diagnosis.
About ALS
Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS is a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. It affects approximately 1 out of 100,000 people. In ALS, nerve cells waste away or die, leading to muscle weakening, twitching, an inability to move the arms, legs and body and eventually, death. ALS is unpreventable, untreatable and incurable.
About The Blazeman Foundation
The Blazeman Foundation is a 501(c)3 whose mission is to raise awareness about ALS by leveraging the energy, commitment and compassion of the multi-sport community and to raise necessary funds to be directed into cutting-edge scientific research to find treatments and an eventual cure for ALS.
Blazeman Warriors keep the spirit of Jon Blais alive. They show others, and discover themselves, that failure is not an option and to never give up. They achieve success and fulfillment in their multi-sport endeavors that they never dreamed possible. Blazeman Warriors commemorate Jon’s 2005 Ironman finish by rolling across the finish line to the cheers of spectators, a gesture that has come to symbolize the War on ALS.
About FMRC
Forward Motion Race Club is the leading organization for recreational runners, cyclists, swimmers and triathletes in the San Francisco East Bay. Membership includes active people of all abilities, from those training for their first 5K to Ironman triathletes and former Olympians.
FMRC members have the opportunity to network with hundreds of other like-minded, active and fun people, that leads to long-lasting friendships. They also have access to excellent weekly group training sessions, in-depth clinics with elite athletes, club social functions and a plethora of resources in training and racing.
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