Ride to Branson and Overall Update

I've been putting off officially postponing the ride for as long as possible. I have desperately wanted to somehow make it work, but given the fact that my Achilles aren't improving, it gave me no choice but to call it off. It's really difficult when I feel like it's something I can actually do to help out the cause of Race for Valor and I'm forced to cancel/postpone it due to an injury I didn't even see coming and I'm not quite sure how it occurred.

The ride was something I could do to get the word of Race for Valor out to a little bit larger audience and in doing so raise money to support the men and women who it was created for. In having to call off the ride, I can't help but feel like I'm letting them down. I've got such high hopes for Race for Valor and the community of Team Race for Valor to do great things to give back to our military members, waiting to see what happens and to make a difference is the hardest part.

So for now I'll be maintaining what fitness I can through lifting and some heavy bag workouts. Cardio will have to try and be maintained through intervals and heavy bag workouts and I'll just work on building a stronger body in the meanwhile, so that when the time comes to get back on the bike and lace up the running shoes, I'll be ready to go.

I've been using a book called "You Are Your Own Gym" by Mark Lauren. I've never really been one to go to the gym so the workouts he uses can all be done in the home. If you own a TRX or other suspension workout system like Rope in a Bag, then many of these workouts can be done using that.

I'll post the days and progress of each as well as try to blog more about progress on the Achilles. I've been avoiding the blog, just because actually writing down the problems I've been going through with my tendons would have been to accept them and I just wasn't ready to do that. I just kept hoping it would suddenly get better and I could go on training. I think I'm ready to accept it though and move on in what physical capacity I can until they heal.

As far as Race for Valor and Team Race for Valor are going, I'm working hard to recruit companies to sponsor Team Race for Valor, so that we can design/buy jerseys/tshirts/socks/etc... and so we can begin to organize races to support our mission. As soon as we get some funding we'll begin to realize the potential of a community such as Team Race for Valor and races organized to benefit our military community.