Gregory Yatko:  

Life Im at myspace or facebook under gmyatko if you want to say hi. Well, the journey so far has been pretty exciting; right after high school ended in the summer of '74, my little brother Donnie asked me to go for a bike ride on the canal towpath. He was quite a bit younger than me, and we didn't have much of a connection, until that day....we LOVED riding to Freemansburg and back. The next day, I did it again, and the next day, and the day after that. But he couldn't, because his leg hurt......I immediately quit smoking, and the next thing I knew, I was walking and running to work each day. That same fateful day that my little brother started me bike riding, he never rode again. His leg hurt too much.....and it never stopped hurting. 'till the doctor's got done analyzing his problem for 5 months, once even suggesting that his pain was psychological, he was diagnosed with cancer. He had a tumor the size of a grapefruit where his spine met his hip. Talk about a rude awakening....up until that point, when he changed my life with a simple bike ride, I hadn't a care in the world. Then, as I grew stronger every day, over the ensuing years, racing bicycles, running races, bicycle AND running races (duathlons) he was slowly dying, losing his battle with cancer 5 years after at age 18. There was nothing I could do for him, other than always be cheering him up, doing things with him that he COULD do. At one point, he was in remission, and started lifting weights, running and biking. Man could he run. He told me he his goal was to kick my butt, and I thought it...Expand for more