Summer Bike Ride

During summer break, my friends and I decided to do something like the T1D Walk in Korea.

Instead of walking, we chose to ride bikes, since that is something we always did together. Riding the city bikes in New York is one of our favorite activities and we wanted to ride together in Korea as well.

One of my friends volunteered to make our poster. When I saw the design, he had written “Child Diabetes” instead of “Type 1 Diabetes.” But that was okay. I knew he did it because he didn’t yet know the difference, and that people now call it T1D instead of “child diabetes.” Cause what really matters is your heart and I knew he really meant this whole thing.

Two of our parents and one of our teachers agreed to sponsor us, they said if we reached our goal of 50 km, they’d donate $1,000.

Unfortunately, we didn’t reach our goal that day, but we still managed to ride 20 km, and raised earned $100). We donated that to the Korean Type 1 Diabetes Association, and it felt really good to be able to contribute, even in a small way.

Also it was a super good day to ride, with my friends.