Training for my Paralympic Dream is a full time job and took up most of my time, energy, and thought. But, when working towards that goal, I had to also find balance with my family. My family is my number one support throughout my cycling journey. Not only has my wife shared in the tragedy of me getting my spinal cord injury, she also shares any and all of my/our accomplishments that I may attain from racing. Now, I am...
Supporters of Team PossAbilities, it’s official: after my effort in Europe I am in the list for 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics! I’m beyond excited and this still feels surreal. After dreaming about it for about 10 years, it’s finally happening. PossAbilities is part of this dream also, they’ve been with me throughout all of this effort. They were the platform that allowed me to jump this far, so for all of you involved in some way, (you know who you are!)...
Whats the reward for hard work? More hard work. After having a pretty successful Swamp Classic and getting some of the rust from the lack of racing knocked off, there is no time for celebrations or for time off. This is not one of the goals from this 2021 year. The ultimate goal is the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Since this is the goal, I need to get back to my training sessions right away. Racing is fun and, honestly, the...
Aloha fellow Team PossAbilities supporters and enthusiasts! Today we're here to report about the Finals in Rotterdam. Everything about that race was tough: the weather, the course, the competitors. It was the same usual suspects, with varying degrees of disability (and unfairness in some cases as we know). After a smooth 10 hour flight from LAX to Amsterdam, I met with Team Brazil in the airport and we drove to Rotterdam. Beautiful 2 hour drive through green fields, a lot of cattle...
Carrie Finale of Pacifica, a member of Team PossAbilities and a competitor in the handcycling competition at this weekend's Redlands Bicycle Classic. REDLANDS — To those of us with four healthy, functioning limbs, these cycles might look funny or weird at first glance. They’re long, low to the ground, meant for the rider to recline and not sit upright, and can be propelled by the hands just as well as by the feet. Maybe we’re the ones who should take a closer...
Matt McLeod, Redlands Daily Facts Redlands Daily Facts Posted: RedlandsDailyFacts.com REDLANDS -- It took months for Delmon Dunston to feel human again. The 33-year-old Riverside native will never forget the moment that first changed his life. The date was July 14, 2000, and Dunston was wrestling at a local gym when he shattered his C6 vertebra. It was an injury that would leave him unable to walk ever again. Cooped up inside his house, stuck inside a wheelchair he'd grown to hate, it wasn't until his...
Posted: RedlandsDailyFacts.com On behalf of our "All Volunteer" Redlands Bicycle Classic Board of Trustees and the countless other volunteers and supporters, we are proud to have you join us at the 28th edition of the Redlands Bicycle Classic. We hope you enjoy the four days of action packed fun and competition. Don't miss our world-class athletes battling it out on the streets of Redlands and Beaumont, or our largest field of handcyclists ever, or our public and amateur races for kids of all ages and...
Redlands, Calif.— The new racing season kicks into full swing as the all-volunteer Redlands Bicycle Classic Committee (RBC Org Committee) is plotting and planning another epic edition of the opening event of the 2012 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar cycling series. The event will be held March 22nd-25th, one week earlier than last year’s event, and will kick off the cycling season under the warm SoCal sun for four stages of fast and furious bicycle racing as teams look to establish...
LOMA LINDA, CA., Nov. 8, 2011 – Famed Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Hines will inspire the audience as the featured speaker at the upcoming Loma Linda University Medical Center 8th annual PossAbilities Celebration Dinner. Loma Linda University Medical Center East Campus will host the annual PossAbilities Celebration Dinner from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Riverside Convention Center – Ben H. Lewis Hall, 3443 Orange Street, Riverside, Calif. “We are excited to recognize all of the inspiring work...
