My Iowa Adventure: Part 2

Richard Beattie with Dr. Jay Alberts in Winterset, Iowa on July 23, 2019 at RAGBRAI.

A major highlight was Tuesday, July 23, when I rode with Davis Phinney, Dr. Jay Alberts, a neurologist and researcher from the Cleveland Clinic and the entire PEDALING FOR PARKINSON'S team. In the 2003 RAGBRAI, Dr. Alberts was riding a tandem bicycle with a Parkinson’s patient on the back, when he observed his patient’s symptoms were being improved. That observation was the catalyst for a groundbreaking study funded by the Davis Phinney Foundation which proved cycling can…

• Improve overall motor function 

• Reduce tremor

• Reduce bradykinesia

• Reduce rigidity

• Improve mood

• Improve cognitive function

• Click for more info on the study

Now Dr. Alberts, funded again by a Davis Phinney grant, is doing more research to determine if “Pedaling for Parkinson’s” (a low-cost indoor cycling program hosted by YMCAs) can slow Parkinson’s progression. This is why I am so eager to use my money (and ask for some of yours) to help the Davis Phinney Foundation. We need to support this research.

Please DONATE NOW! $10, $25, $100, or any amount. Just make up your mind to give something. Too many people read this and do nothing. Be different, take a little time and use a little of your money to help a good cause. Your contributions are tax-deductible, too.

Go online to my Davis Phinney Fundraising page and DONATE HERE.

Richard Beattie

July 28, 2019

Greenwood, Mississippi

Over 70 cyclists assembling from Dr. Jay’s Pedaling for Parkinson’s Team

Davis Phinney, former Pro cyclist and Olympic medalist, and me.