This year I am walking rather than riding as part of Team Epiphany for the ALS Tri-State Trek to find an effective treatment for ALS. This year, my friend Bunny Frey was diagnosed with ALS. Her bright spirit lights up the room and she is an inspiration of love, optimism, grace, and humor. Remembering all our friends no longer with us. Please support all our efforts! 

This will be my fourth Trek -- this year a virtual Trek but a real bike ride.  Instead of riding the final 9 miles into Greenwich with hundreds of amazing people sharing this journey, I will be cycling in New England with Team Epiphany on a route of our own design.  It will be much longer than nine miles, but hopefully with fewer hills!  I ride again in memory of Rick, my best friend and the love of my life.  Thank you for your support for Team Epiphany and for ending this wretched disease.

Three years ago, our dear friend Rick Marks was diagnosed with ALS. Rather than succumb to the disease, Rick -- a lifetime hiker – decided to hike 600 miles of the Appalachian Trail (from Massachusetts to Maine) to raise awareness tor ALS. Rick passed away in April 2018. That year we hiked the Appalachian Trail with Rick. For the past three years, I've joined team Epiphany to ride in Rick’s honor.  This year, with the Covid19 epidemic, we're conducting a virtual ride to raise money and awareness for ALS.  I'm still riding the 270 mile ride, just not with a large group. Today, an ALS diagnosis is a death sentence. So I'mm participating in the (Tri-) My-State Trek to help change that. This ride supports the ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) the world’s leading ALS research facility. It's the world's largest ALS research center in a state-of-the-art laboratory in Cambridge, MA. which is conducting truly remarkable research. Because of the passion and focus for many in the research community.  All that stands between where we our now and finding an effective treatment is money. So, I ask for your support for this cause for all of us volunteering and riding, for those searching for a cure, but mostly for those who have been diagnosed with this cruel disease. Join us in working to find a treatment.