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Peace!

Mike

Thanks Rose Mickels! I wanted to make sure that you all can read these! And that they get the attention they deserve! Rose is our first to contribute so Thank you! Here is her post!
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Go Mikey...Go Mikey!! I think you're amazing! Being a single parent is easy if you have family behind you. My boys are 26 and 19. I raised them with No outside financial help. Thanks to my Mom and family for their support over the years...never needed a babysitter. I might not have been able to give them a lot, but we always had enough. At one point I had two small children, worked full time, and went to school full time. SO, my advise to all single parents out there...YOU CAN DO IT! God Bless and Good Luck!!

Here is the first run at the layout of my jersey!  Pedal - a cool bike shop here in Littleton is going to sponsor me, so we're going to incorporate their logo as well. Thanks Pedal!!

Training isn't hard when you can ride in such a beautiful place and have so much fun!  I'm getting my body ready for my 500+ mile ride this summer across Colorado.  I'm riding for single parents!  Although I'll be on paved roads 99% of the time, riding off road really builds the legs!  I was very sore after this weekend! but I'm not complaining. Peace.

Riding in March!

March 11th I rode 15 miles for the first time on the uni. Rode along the Platte river, up to Chatfield dam. David, my nephew rode along with me looking for fishing spots and wiping out on the bike. Yeah he hit the concrete trying to turn up the Ipod on my back from his bike. The James Bond move didn't work.

I decided to get Anne, my wife, a bike. Now she is coming along with my on my rides. She's not a bike rider and had NO interest in a bike. ... I think she's liking it. -Lie to me Anne- Heading up Chatfield dam road I get a lot of looks. It's a steep hill! Proud to say I passed a bicyclist. Take that two wheeler!  Getting used to the longer rides .. Butt Butter and padded shorts are my friends!

80 degrees today!  May go for another ride.

I Promise these posts will get more interesting!

WHY am I doing this?

Well... I'm NOT asking for money donations or anything like that! .. just stories of about you or someone you know who is a single parent and going it alone. We forgot about SINGLE PARENTS! It's a tough life to be one. I am blessed to be happily married for 25 years. I have 8 sisters and 6 are or were single parents! Not by choice. But then again, who knows, they’re all a bit nuts. But I love em. Also with so many men and women at war these days, I know there are a lot of women and men raising their kids alone. It's a hard job even with a partner! So I decided to bring attention to the SINGLE PARENT! Not through some trashy reality show about teenagers having babies! But by doing something different. Crossing this great state of Colorado and over the Continental Divide on one wheel. Symbolic of always having to keep balance and by the way, there is no coasting!  

I’ve been riding a unicycle since I was around 12yrs old.  I just starting riding again this past year and I’m loving the exercise.  This ride will take me about 2 weeks. Not a long time compared to raising a child. But I hope next time you see the single parent who is part of your life, maybe offer to lend a hand, or just ask how they're doing.

Now email me and share a story about a single parent, I’ll post it. Even if it’s about YOU!  Share your struggles and joys. Then ride along with me for a day in honor of that person.  I'll let you know when I'm riding... I'm thinking the last two week in August. I have typed WAY too much already.

Peace.

Training

Well I have my 36in Uni and have started to ride!  It's hard in Colorado this year! The weather has not cooperated. I will tell you the first day on the 36inch uni, I wanted to take it back. I hated it.  made sone adjustments the second day and I feel good on it.  Now I need to train for my 500+ mile trek across Colorado.

peace.