LANCE IN INDY
Memorial Day is always a big thing in Indianapolis
With the 500 drawing half a million people, and the parade drawing 300,000, we have always tried to get out of town for Memorial Day. We were considering going to Salt Lake City for a US Speedskating coaching seminar. We were aware of the Race 2 Replace, and also aware that Lance would be in town driving the pace car, but still had heard of no other “Lance Events”.
Working on the medical campus, we slowly started to hear little bits and pieces of other “Lance” events that weekend. We heard that Lance would be in the parade, and that he would be attending the ‘Snake Pit Ball”. (The “Snake Pit” is a nickname for a very rowdy section of the infield of the 500 speedway). About 3 weeks before, we heard about the IU Cancer Center Dinner. With a fundraising goal of $10000 per table, we did not expect to be going.
That changed when we found out some of the details of the dinner. The fundraiser was going to have a Tour de France cycling theme, and a small group of about 150 local cyclists had been selected to act as spectators. As guests arrived, they would walk down a red carpet, painted to look like a road on a mountain stage. The cyclists would ring bells, wave flags, and do the usually crazy things that you see on TV, as they cheered on the guests of the events. Lance, too, would walk the carpet when he arrived.
There were some details, such as “no touching”, “no autographs”, but we were happy to be on the list and participate, and to have the opportunity to see Lance.
Saturday Morning
The local bike club, CIBA (Central Indiana Bike Association) puts on bike rides scattered all over central Indiana. Because they are so scattered, we usually need to drive 30 - 45 minutes to do a weekend ride. Today, however, the ride was in our part of town, on or local roads, and started at our daughter’s school. We really did not want to miss this one, and we didn’t. We were off to the local bike ride, got in a quick 25 miles, the headed off to the parade.
We had a good spot in the front row, and had our CCC clothes and LIVESTRONG banner from Paris. Lance was certainly going to know that we were there!
The parade started, we saw Rupert, Madison’s favorite TV survivor, Jim Nabors, Florence Henderson, Gene Simmons, and all the local celebrities.
Then in the distance we saw the pace car coming up the parade route.
At first we though Lance was inside, driving the pace car. Then we saw behind the pace car, another car with Lance. He was fairly quiet, talking with the other person with him. As he drew closer, he saw us with our CCC duds and gave us a small wave.
Once the parade ended, it was time to zip home, and get ready for the dinner.
Saturday Evening, The Fans
We had signed up to be in the ‘red carpet treatment’ but gave that up when we received our invitations to the dinner. Our daughter was still on the list, and our friend, Gary came by and took her to the event, while we put on our evening wear.
Since we never got an invitation, we were unsure when to arrive. The ‘red carpet cyclists’ were supposed to be there from 5:00 - 7:00 pm, so we planned to arrive around 6pm.
When we arrived at 6:00, we found out that we were one of the first participants to arrive. The cyclists had already been there an hour, and things were still pretty quiet.
It was great for us though. We knew most of the cyclists and got to chat will all of our cycling friends and acquaintances.
Cindi, Tom, Jeannie, Sue, Ken
The event was supposed to start at 7:30, with the arrival of Lance. As the 4th hottest May 27th in Indiana progressed, guests slowly trickled in, with the cyclists giving a great roar as they crossed the red carpet.
Walking the Red Carpet!
Tom De Braun’s Disco hat can be seen in the near, left row.
As the 4th hottest May 27th in Indiana progressed, guests slowly trickled in, with the cyclists giving a great roar as they crossed the red carpet. The event was supposed to start at 7:30, with the arrival of Lance.
Dr and Mrs. Shapiro make their entrance as Madison, Gary, and Sue cheer them on.
Jeannie, Tom, Sue’s head (on Toms shoulder), Gary, and Madison
Inside we go, for the talk
Thee were several other cyclist in attendance
Charlie Scott and Frank LaRondie from the Indiana Masters team wrote up their story here:
http://www.indianamasters.com/
Mike Callahan was there, who works with Cindi at Regenstrief, and the Revard family was present, too. The Revard Family owns ‘Bike Line’, a Trek bicycle shop in town, and they created and donated all the bike decorations
The Stage, with helmets on the floor, and seats for the ‘1 to 1” between Lance and DR Einhorn. On the right is a promo for the IU cancer Center which states “ Lance 7, Cancer 0’. Trek Bikes are from Bike Line.
Dr Einhorn started the evening’s events by welcoming everyone, reminding everyone that this was a fundraiser, and to please notice the envelopes on the tables for donations. He talked about the Cancer center, and how the George family had donated funds to the cancer center, and thanked the Colts for donating the facility for the evenings events.
He then talked about the history of testicular cancer and platinum. He introduced John Cleland, the first patient to use platinum in a clinical trial. He talked about clinical trial, and research, and transitioned to Lance, and his coming to the IU cancer center.
Lance came out, and talked about spending the day practicing in the pace car. He made some jokes about the fact that Morgan Freeman had gotten a pace car up to 150 mph, but he could only get the car up to 130 mph. And tease Tony George about the changing technology.
He talked about Major Taylor, as he segued from racing, to Indiana, and then to the IU Cancer Center. The Speech was similar to the one he gave at Conseco several years ago, talking about the great breakthroughs in cancer research by Dr. Einhorn and the IU cancer center. He talked about his treatment being out of the ordinary, and talked about clinical trials, and followed up by asking that more money is needed for research.
After the talk, there was a helmet exchange between Lance, Tony George, and Steve Saturday from the Colts.
Dr. Einhorn then did a question and answer with Lance. This was quite good, as it was unrehearsed. Lance talked about the difficulties of being Lance, traveling to promote cancer research.
The final event of the evening was a video about the IU cancer center, Dr. Lehrer, his work on treating colon cancer, and one of his patients, Buddy Mc Atee. This transitioned into the presentation of the torchbearer award was presented to Buddy Mc Atee, a stage 4 colon cancer patient that has been fighting his cancer for over 18 months.
Tuesday
National Cancer Survivors Day was held at IU. Cindi and Sue manned the LAF / Race 2 Replace booth.
Memorial Day is always a big thing in Indianapolis
With the 500 drawing half a million people, and the parade drawing 300,000, we have always tried to get out of town for Memorial Day. We were considering going to Salt Lake City for a US Speedskating coaching seminar. We were aware of the Race 2 Replace, and also aware that Lance would be in town driving the pace car, but still had heard of no other “Lance Events”.
Working on the medical campus, we slowly started to hear little bits and pieces of other “Lance” events that weekend. We heard that Lance would be in the parade, and that he would be attending the ‘Snake Pit Ball”. (The “Snake Pit” is a nickname for a very rowdy section of the infield of the 500 speedway). About 3 weeks before, we heard about the IU Cancer Center Dinner. With a fundraising goal of $10000 per table, we did not expect to be going.
That changed when we found out some of the details of the dinner. The fundraiser was going to have a Tour de France cycling theme, and a small group of about 150 local cyclists had been selected to act as spectators. As guests arrived, they would walk down a red carpet, painted to look like a road on a mountain stage. The cyclists would ring bells, wave flags, and do the usually crazy things that you see on TV, as they cheered on the guests of the events. Lance, too, would walk the carpet when he arrived.
There were some details, such as “no touching”, “no autographs”, but we were happy to be on the list and participate, and to have the opportunity to see Lance.
Saturday Morning
The local bike club, CIBA (Central Indiana Bike Association) puts on bike rides scattered all over central Indiana. Because they are so scattered, we usually need to drive 30 - 45 minutes to do a weekend ride. Today, however, the ride was in our part of town, on or local roads, and started at our daughter’s school. We really did not want to miss this one, and we didn’t. We were off to the local bike ride, got in a quick 25 miles, the headed off to the parade.
We had a good spot in the front row, and had our CCC clothes and LIVESTRONG banner from Paris. Lance was certainly going to know that we were there!
The parade started, we saw Rupert, Madison’s favorite TV survivor, Jim Nabors, Florence Henderson, Gene Simmons, and all the local celebrities.
Then in the distance we saw the pace car coming up the parade route.
At first we though Lance was inside, driving the pace car. Then we saw behind the pace car, another car with Lance. He was fairly quiet, talking with the other person with him. As he drew closer, he saw us with our CCC duds and gave us a small wave.
Once the parade ended, it was time to zip home, and get ready for the dinner.
Saturday Evening, The Fans
We had signed up to be in the ‘red carpet treatment’ but gave that up when we received our invitations to the dinner. Our daughter was still on the list, and our friend, Gary came by and took her to the event, while we put on our evening wear.
Since we never got an invitation, we were unsure when to arrive. The ‘red carpet cyclists’ were supposed to be there from 5:00 - 7:00 pm, so we planned to arrive around 6pm.
When we arrived at 6:00, we found out that we were one of the first participants to arrive. The cyclists had already been there an hour, and things were still pretty quiet.
It was great for us though. We knew most of the cyclists and got to chat will all of our cycling friends and acquaintances.
Cindi, Tom, Jeannie, Sue, Ken
The event was supposed to start at 7:30, with the arrival of Lance. As the 4th hottest May 27th in Indiana progressed, guests slowly trickled in, with the cyclists giving a great roar as they crossed the red carpet.
Walking the Red Carpet!
Tom De Braun’s Disco hat can be seen in the near, left row.
As the 4th hottest May 27th in Indiana progressed, guests slowly trickled in, with the cyclists giving a great roar as they crossed the red carpet. The event was supposed to start at 7:30, with the arrival of Lance.
Dr and Mrs. Shapiro make their entrance as Madison, Gary, and Sue cheer them on.
Jeannie, Tom, Sue’s head (on Toms shoulder), Gary, and Madison
Inside we go, for the talk
Thee were several other cyclist in attendance
Charlie Scott and Frank LaRondie from the Indiana Masters team wrote up their story here:
http://www.indianamasters.com/
Mike Callahan was there, who works with Cindi at Regenstrief, and the Revard family was present, too. The Revard Family owns ‘Bike Line’, a Trek bicycle shop in town, and they created and donated all the bike decorations
The Stage, with helmets on the floor, and seats for the ‘1 to 1” between Lance and DR Einhorn. On the right is a promo for the IU cancer Center which states “ Lance 7, Cancer 0’. Trek Bikes are from Bike Line.
Dr Einhorn started the evening’s events by welcoming everyone, reminding everyone that this was a fundraiser, and to please notice the envelopes on the tables for donations. He talked about the Cancer center, and how the George family had donated funds to the cancer center, and thanked the Colts for donating the facility for the evenings events.
He then talked about the history of testicular cancer and platinum. He introduced John Cleland, the first patient to use platinum in a clinical trial. He talked about clinical trial, and research, and transitioned to Lance, and his coming to the IU cancer center.
Lance came out, and talked about spending the day practicing in the pace car. He made some jokes about the fact that Morgan Freeman had gotten a pace car up to 150 mph, but he could only get the car up to 130 mph. And tease Tony George about the changing technology.
He talked about Major Taylor, as he segued from racing, to Indiana, and then to the IU Cancer Center. The Speech was similar to the one he gave at Conseco several years ago, talking about the great breakthroughs in cancer research by Dr. Einhorn and the IU cancer center. He talked about his treatment being out of the ordinary, and talked about clinical trials, and followed up by asking that more money is needed for research.
After the talk, there was a helmet exchange between Lance, Tony George, and Steve Saturday from the Colts.
Dr. Einhorn then did a question and answer with Lance. This was quite good, as it was unrehearsed. Lance talked about the difficulties of being Lance, traveling to promote cancer research.
The final event of the evening was a video about the IU cancer center, Dr. Lehrer, his work on treating colon cancer, and one of his patients, Buddy Mc Atee. This transitioned into the presentation of the torchbearer award was presented to Buddy Mc Atee, a stage 4 colon cancer patient that has been fighting his cancer for over 18 months.
Tuesday
National Cancer Survivors Day was held at IU. Cindi and Sue manned the LAF / Race 2 Replace booth.
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