I ride because I want kids to live.

I ride because cancer sucks.

I ride because chemo makes you sick.

I ride because radiation burns and hurts.

I ride because treatments are physically and emotionally painful.

I ride because cancer turns lives upside down.

I ride because cancer can be lonely.

I ride because cancer can be isolating.

I ride because cancer changes your identity without permission.

I ride because the research we support makes future treatments more effective.

I ride because too many of my and your friends have died from cancer.

I ride because the effects of cancer last long after the treatments are over and the test come back clear.

I ride because sometimes cancer comes back, uninvited and unwelcomed.

I ride because the money we raise will mean someone else won't have to go through what we've been through.

Thank you.