Admirable Athlete:  Megan Hottman, she has inspired me to be healthy

Unique information or story about you: on our 30^th wedding anniversary, my husband said he was taking me shopping.  Wouldn’t it be normal to assume we’d go look at jewelry?  Well, we went to a bike shop.  He explained that diamonds wouldn’t keep me alive, but a bike could.  I explained that a diamond would keep HIM.  I got a recumbent bike.  Next year, I want a serious road bike to replace my current Trek hybrid, which I love!

I started serious bike training on 9/22/07 and my goal is to ride a thousand miles by the end of the year.  I am at 606 miles and have lost 20 pounds. I’ve gone from struggling to do 5 miles in a week, to doing 20-30 daily.