Barbara Reuven's Blog (4)

I am just happy to report that I did Patanella's "Flat as a Pancake" sprint Tri on 6/27 and I finished. (After 1 year recovery from a horrible bike acciedent) I was not the 1st in my age group, but I am proud to say I wasn't the last. I felt like wearing a t-shirt that said..."I may be slow, but I'm not dead!". I just want to thank all my Greenbrook racing friends for supporting me through this year and encouraging me to return back to multi-sport. See, anything is possible. Continue

I just want to post this blog to tell everyone the magic of multi-sport. A year ago, Easter Sunday, I had a horrific bike crash in which I broke my neck, both arms and my pelvis. (I blogged this last year) Well it is June a year and a few months later and I am planning to do my first tirathlon since my accident. I will do Patanella's Flat as a Pancake, this Sat, the 27th of June. I have returned to all 3 sports (yes I am on my new bike). I have to say it has been quite the process, but with the… Continue

I just want everyone to know that the Patanella' Greenbrook racing team will be hosting a new event this year. This new event is for women only and sounds like it will be a blast! It is called the Patanella' Women's Revolutionary Triathlon and will be held in Lewis Morris Park and Jockey Hollow State Park in Morristown. The date of the event is 8/1/6/09 and it incluses a 1/4 mile swim in a Sunrise Lake, a 10 mile bike with short but challenging hills and a 5k run on Partiots Path which is off ro… Continue

I remember, riding my bike to a master's swim practice, that was March 23. The next thing I remember was waking up 5 days later in the hospital and being told I had a bike accident. They told me I had broken my neck, my R humerus(upper arm), my L clavicle (collar bone) my R ulna and radius (forearm) and my pelvis. I was told I had 1 neck surgery (fusions at C2-C6), a plate in my R upper arm and 2 plates in my left arm. I had been Medi-Vaced to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital ( I missed the helicopt… Continue