As you may know, as one of Credit Suisse riders, I am representing Quantitative Strategies Securitized Products team partcipating in a 4 day bike ride (~260 miles) from New York to Raleigh, NC to support the The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS).
Recently there is a Chinese movie out-breaking called "Dying to Survive/I am not the God of Medicine", talking about how Chinese leukemia patients fight for their rights to attain medicine to cure blood cancers with reasonable medical expenses. This movie is not only hitting nerves in China but also the Hollywood at US. More importantly, it also spurred the debate how the society can create an supportive environment helping cancer patients progressing or recovering in any aspect: more advanced research, more well-rounded treatment, more facilitated infrastructure, medicines which can have access to more patients, any more care from volunteering societies, and educations etc., all help in a way. Lucikly, LLS is one of the societies supporting any of this, where it embraces our support.
The ride is deemed to be challenging. In order to fully prepare for this ride, many of us have been trained ourselves in riding up and down the river and hills in NJ/NY with ~60 miles daily multiple times. (Of course, I got a new road bike which would not tear apart in the whole ride. And I am learning to become a "pro" rider wearing all suits with equipment.) Neverthess, I am sure this will be one of my most memoriable and meaningful experiences.
Any contribution is really appreciated. I truly appreciate your support.
Dave
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* My achieved 4-day ride routes:
Day 1: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/28662340
Day 2: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/28693667
Day 3: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/28724929
Day 4: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/28749120
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* 4-day ride video:
Day 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG7JW88Aa3Q
Day 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVZo_bU3Vv0
Day 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE3bC0AX-vE
Day 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb_JagQszfk
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* Other useful link:
https://www.lls.org/who-we-are/why-give-to-lls (LLS)
https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/cro-department (Other CRO Fundraising Team Members' page)
https://www.crowdrise.com/CreditSuisse?lang=en-us (The campaign information)
