LATEST NEWS:
Thurs - 8-26-2010: HEALTH UPDATE. America, I have been officially diagnosed with Coccidioidomycosis "Valley Fever". Google it and you will understand what I am up against and what I actually rode with for 7 days before I found out why the rides were getting harder. Long story short, I got some serious mending to do before I am back on the bike. I am holed up at a good friends house here in Austin resting and trying my best to put it behind me so I can get back on my cruiser and finish what I have started. That is my sole intent and it won't come soon enough. Please stay tuned. As soon as I know, you will know. Thanks for tuning in and tagging along. Go out and get some exercise for me America.
Best - Kenny
Tues - 8-24-2010: HEALTH AND ROUTING UPDATE. America, I am hopeful that tomorrow(Wed - 8-25-2010) will be my last day of recuperating here in Austin. I will spend the day updating routing changes here at Kennydoit. I will put up a post as soon as they are correct. I can't wait t get back on the road and finish this journey. It has been an amazing ride so far and I look forward to much more. Thank you all for the kind words and support. It is my fuel.
Thurs - 8-12-2010: ROUTING UPDATES NOW UP. Please go to routing section to get the latest. Wahoos in Austin, TX is helping me celebrate the halfway point of my ride across America on Sat Aug 21. Don't miss this one!! Also, lots of new pictures in the photo section. Thanks America!!
Hello America!!! Just wanted to say thanks so much for all the support, kind words, donations and for following my journey so far. What an amazing response to something that I thought would go greatly unnoticed. I am in awe!!! It has been hard in some of these remote areas to get internet and phone reception so i update the facebook page first as it is fastest and easiest. If you are following along there you will get the most up to date stuff. This site is updated as much as possible and tonight I have gotten all the latest videos up. I hope you enjoy them. Change starts within. See you soon.
Please try and join Kenny and pedal alongside him on any leg of his journey. Help him make this a truly United Statement that makes a difference and that helps you to start your own commitment to changing your personal health habits.
Kenny Do It is under way!!! Thanks to all of you who showed up and rode with me on day number one. I couldn't do this ride without the amazing support that I have been given by my family and friends and sponsors(see video section). An extra special thanks to Tim Champ and El Monte RV who came in at the eleventh hour after hearing about my cause. Without all the great people over there i truly wouldn't be able to do this ride. See you on the Road America.
Big News America. I have extended the Kenny Do It ride to go all the way to Washington DC after pedaling to my original destination of Kitty Hawk NC!!! Our nations capital needs to see that people care about our this countries health and there are some great initiatives on the table for better school lunches that need support. Please see the VIDEO SECTIONof this site for more info.
Save the date and get your bikes ready!!!July 24th at 6am we are meeting for the first day of the Kenny Do It adventure at Good Stuff Restaurant at Hermosa Pier. A little healthy breakfast then its time to pedal to Corona. Wahoos in Norco(Corona) is hosting the post ride event which starts at noon. Plenty of great food, beverage and entertainment this day. Please join me!!! This ride isn't about me it's about US.
Less than a month to the kickoff of the ride! Please consider riding alongside Kenny anywhere along the route, it's truly what this adventure is all about! Check out the Route for details.
Welcome to Kenny Do It !!!
My name is Kenny Livingston and I am pedaling across America this summer on a beach cruiser. While a bike ride like this may seem like a lofty ambition, there is great purpose in this ride for me, and hopefully for many of you. The actual "venture" element of this "adventure" is my mission: To inspire my fellow Americans, through example, in making a commitment to change the way we approach our personal health, nutrition and lifestyle choices. A change that will help all of us, especially our children, get on the road to a healthier, happier life through the often over looked benefits of living right(see also: conscious living, preventive medicine, eating right, exercise).
America, we have been pressing the snooze button on our wake up call for far too long. We are currently losing many battles concerning our health, a number of which are highly preventable. We have become an increasingly overweight nation that is far too comfortable with placing healthy lifestyle choices low on our priority ladder. We are carelessly passing this torch on to our children. The repercussions of this way of living are all too apparent, from alarming rates of cancer, diabetes, and childhood obesity to birth defects, debilitating disorders and many others. The cause and effect cycle has proven itself and can no longer be ignored. There are few things more distressing than seeing a child saddled with an overwhelming set of circumstances like these. It is time to get off this slippery slope and start taking charge of our personal health. It is time to stop looking outward for help and start looking inward. It is time to make a personal commitment to change and start building a better America by building better Americans.
After years of watching this decline I have literally chosen to jump in feet first to do my part to inspire and encourage others to place focus on the preventive side of a personal health plan. I am determined to prove that one doesn’t need anything more than a strong will to make this type of transformation possible. The vision here is not simply to achieve my goal in front of you but rather to achieve it with you. My route is an open course for anyone to ride along side of me (regardless of how long or far) and start their own journey of change.
For this ride, I have chosen to raise money and awareness for better school lunches and cancer research. I am proud to be working in conjunction with one of my favorite causes, the “Living The Dream Foundation” by Hurley International. For those of you who haven’t yet discovered this great foundation, you should take the time to check it out. http://www.livingthedreamfoundation.org/ I am fortunate to have history with the founder. A personal friend of exceptional courage and strength who has tenaciously outlived the sentence of Cystic Fibrosis well beyond all medical explanation. Through his patently positive spirit, founder Scottie Somers, has seen many of his own dreams realized through sheer determination and a brand of guts that few of us will ever truly know. Scottie has brought the benefits of his Living The Dream Foundation to ailing children everywhere. He is now seeing his vision grow daily through an allegiance with Hurley International. The smiles that LTD puts on their kid’s faces are beyond words.