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Registration Open for “Moving Forward” Cycling Event Oct. 10

Milwaukee, Wis. (August 16, 2010) — Registration is open for the second annual Moving Forward: Ride/Walk/Fun Run for Parkinson’s on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010, held in Dousman, Wisconsin.

From experienced to novice cyclists, all are invited to join this experience of a lifetime and to help raise awareness for Parkinson’s disease. Additionally, money raised from the event will benefit the Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Program and the Davis Phinney Foundation.

The ride consists of a 10-mile, 30-mile or 100-kilometer (62-mile) bike ride into lake country in Dousman. If biking is not your style, but you still wish to come out and show your support, there is a 5K fun run and a two-mile walk on the Glacial Drumlin State Trail starting at 11 am. Food, festivities, and kids’ activities will take place at Bicycle Doctor in Dousman, from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm.

Register at http://dpf.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=347238 or call 1-800-272-3666. Detailed bike routes and pledge forms are also available on-line. Registration is $45 for individual riders and $20 for an individual walker or $40 for families of any size.

Davis Phinney is a former Olympic and professional cyclist with approximately 20 years of unprecedented success. He won an Olympic Bronze Medal in 1984 and is one of three Americans to win multiple stages of the Tour de France. In 2000, after years of feeling “not quite right”, Davis was diagnosed with Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease. He was 40 years old. He began his foundation in 2004 to educate and support people with Parkinson’s in the area of exercise as a form of treatment for PD. He encourages them to celebrate the daily victories in their lives. His foundation raises money to fund Parkinson’s Research.

Last Review Date: Aug. 31, 2010