Author: Jennifer Merschdorf, YSC CEO

Community and Celebration

by | Sep 20, 2012

This past weekend I flew to Kansas City to attend YSC Kansas City’s In Living Pink gala. It was awesome! Everyone looked beautiful and the energy throughout the event was electrifying, filled with love and compassion. My favorite part of any YSC In Living Pink event...

Staying in the Moment

by | Sep 13, 2012

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” — Buddha All of us have given this concept thought at some point in our...

East Coast versus West Coast

by | Aug 30, 2012

I bet if we all took a look at our friends and where they live, we would have people close to us on BOTH coasts … and everywhere in between! Take me for example. I grew up in the Bay Area in California. I love my sweatpants, I wish could wear jeans to work every day,...

TdP East Coast is 6 Weeks Away!

by | Aug 23, 2012

Tour de Pink East Coast is six weeks away. When I decided to ride TdP last fall, I was so weak from all my surgeries the year before that I was not able to walk up a flight of stairs without pain. I hadn’t ridden a bike since I was a small child and had built up...

We Are Part of a Larger Community

by | Aug 2, 2012

There are over a quarter of a million women living in the United States today who were diagnosed with breast cancer before their 41st birthday. This is a lot of young women who have heard the words, “You have breast cancer,” way before they ever thought they could get...

You Want Me to Eat THAT???!!!

by | Jul 30, 2012

“What in the world are we supposed to eat while we train to ride 200 miles?” I’ve heard this question time and again from the many women I know who are doing Tour de Pink for the first time to take their bodies back from cancer. I had the unfortunate experience of...

Cycling Can Be Beautiful

by | Jul 23, 2012

As a new rider just at the door of the house we call cycling, I currently only have one cycling outfit. This is an issue since I’ll be riding for three days in a row for Tour de Pink. Obviously, I need more than one outfit … but what to buy? And why is it so...

We Are 1 YSC

by | Jul 16, 2012

It is important to remember where you come from — but it should not define who you will be. This is a statement that is easy to write — but much harder to accept when faced with change. YSC conducted an Affiliate Summit this past weekend that included representatives...

Car Back!

by | Jul 9, 2012

Have you ever driven past a large group of cyclists and wondered about the chaos that must be involved in keeping so many people together while juggling traffic lights, moving cars and hills … all while staying together? I have. Before this spring my thought would...

Do I Really Need To Fall?

by | Jul 5, 2012

So, I have a couple rides under my belt — but that’s nothing to get cocky about. What I don’t have under my belt is my first fall. I’m still struggling with how to shift gears without making that awful noise that tells every cyclist in a 10-mile radius that you...
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