This is Michael Muzzuocco and Aubrey Goldstein. Both of them are organ recipients who participated in the cycling events here; both of them gave me their medals as a token of gratitude to a donor family. Not only did it make me teary-eyed then, it still does and probably will forever.

Denis Richardson; Gold medal winner in the 5 K. walk!

August 8, 2010. What a ride!!!

Here’s the Ottawa send-off from Ottawa General Hospital. What a great bunch!
I met quite a few people including my friend Carl, whom I hadn’t seen in over twenty years.

I am riding a Fuji Touring bike. The touring configuration is more comfortable and built to ride longer distances, for longer periods of time. It’s chrome-moly frame tends to soak up the road bumps and is a little more forgiving than my aluminum and carbon-fiber racer. http://www.fujibikes.com/LifeStyle/ClassicSeries/Touring.aspx
I changed the saddle and went with a Brooks Swallow saddle. The first 200 kilometers were awful! But after a while the leather actually “molds” to your body and it’s now the most comfortable saddle I own.
I added bar-end mirrors. I find they really help a lot.
The little plastic character twist-tied to the pouch is Squidbert from Sponge Bob Square Pants. I found him while I was out riding. I discovered out in Vancouver that attaching one of these “Mojos” will keep bike break downs to a minimum.

What would you call this? A “Tri-Hawk”?

Greg Davis and Aubrey Goldstein at Ottawa Civic Hospital send-off.Aubrey is a liver recipient as well as a doctor. He is obviously a strong supporter of registering your consent. He’s also a strong cyclist who will be competing in Quebec City. I’m sure I’ll be seeing him on the podium.