Anyone Can "Win with a Schwinn!"

17th Anniversary of 9-11...

On the 17th Anniversary of 9-11, we continue prayers for a path to peace. (Picture above - TishTrek and husband Harry @ the podium inside the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York City). It was the privilege of a lifetime for us to be with leaders from around the world on a night when honoring excellence in writing and reporting was the common language uniting all of us. As one of the proud sponsors of the Annual U.N. Correspondents' Dinner, we enjoyed honoring excellence in writing and communications by helping to fund scholarships for international university students who had the courage & talent to tackle some of the difficult issues of our time. Through their magnificent words, they successfully created content that helped readers see through the lens of their research & life experiences. These students inspired all of us. I have confidence the next generation will pick up where we leave off.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Anyone Can "Win with a Schwinn!"

Wow – today is TishTrek Day #4 of my 51/51 Challenge and my best effort so far! I logged 12,442 steps on my Virgin HealthMiles monitor AND with just 34 minutes before the deadline, I actually signed up for “The New Year’s Resolution Challenge” in my office which will put me in an official Step Competition from January 6th thru January 27th. There will be 7 to 8 work colleagues on each team! Right about now I’m praying no one who works with me in Jersey City gets stuck with me…

I’ve always been the lone jogger, swimmer or girl-on-the-bike. I’ve never taken one group aerobic class in my life because I’ve been working for 40 years to lose enough weight before opting to exercise in front of others, so this ought to be one interesting adventure. I'd like to add that I've actually competed with good athletes before. During several 20-Mile Beer Bike Rallies, as I peddled away on my rusty no-speed black and silver Schwinn singing, “Win with a Schwinn” at all the spots in Monmouth County where the movie Annie was filmed, the serious bikers (in the spandex pants) did not find me (or my hysterical cousins) amusing at all. Help – Let's hope I’m not in over my head with this challenge. I’ll keep you posted.

Best regards,
Everybody’s Cousin Tish
Score: 3/51 and counting…

Quote of the Day: “Things could be worse than this little competition… We could be trying on bathing suits!” – Hallmark Card Store, Pt Pleasant, NJ