Meet Ride to Remember 6 team Rider Michael Lubbenhusen

Posted by Dustin L. Gilmer

Lubbenhusen and several friends gather at an event put on by the Hero’s Foundation, a fund raiser for cancer.

Team rider, Michael Lubbenhusen, is in his fourth year as a member of Eskenazi Health’s cycling team. Lubbenhusen has participated in Ride Across Indiana (RAIN), an event sponsored by Bloomington Bicycle Club, for six years.

As a cyclist, one of Lubbenhusen’s favorite training rides is Morgan-Monroe State Forrest located in Morgan and Monroe Counties in Indiana. Lubbenhusen said he rides in the Ride to Remember event each year to honor Dr. Greg Gramelspacher of Eskenazi Health and his patients in the Palliative Care Program at Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis, IN.

Lubbenhusen’s favorite cycling quote is “The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is it’s engine.

When asked about his favorite cycling memory, Lubbenhusen said. “A good ride is almost always about the folks you ride with.”

The sixth Annual Ride to Remember to honor Eskenazi Health Palliative Care patients that have passed away in the last year will take place on July 11.

Paul Murray



Paul Murray

Wishard PC Cycling Team Rider since:                 2012

Has completed RAIN:                                               5 times

Reason for participating in R2R3:                          I enjoy the personal challenge and riding with friends.  I look forward to meeting you all.

Meet Bob Berbeco



Bob Berbeco

Wishard PC Cycling Team Rider since:                 2012

Has completed RAIN:                                               0 times

Favorite training ride:                                              Country roads near Lebanon and NEBO Ridge group rides

Reason for participating in R2R3:                          In memory of my parents Ned and Mary Berbeco who are deceased and to show support for NODA.



Meet Murphy

Murphy Mahaffey

Wishard PC Cycling Team Rider since:                 2012

Has completed RAIN:                                               0         

Favorite training ride:                                              Downtown Indianapolis to Carmel via Monon & back to Butler Tarkington

Reason for participating in R2R3:                          In memory of friends and family who could have benefitted from Palliative Care



Here’s Ziggy

Kent Ziegler

Wishard PC Cycling Team Rider since:                 2012

Has completed RAIN:                                               1 time (2011)…I finished in 8:17

Favorite training ride:                                              My normal training rides consist of riding from home during the week.  We also have a regular group of guys who meet and ride during the weeknights and on the weekends, we call ourselves Team WhoGAS.  I also road race for a local team in Evansville, Team Guitar Lab.

Don’t Forget!

Go to https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-Gs-Ride-to-Remember/310590052352064 and get your coupons to each out and help raise money for Wishard Palliative Care’s Bereavement Program, No One Dies Alone Program, and Memorial Services.

Tuesday: Moe’s Southwest Grill (10th and University)
Wednesday: Buffalo Wild Wings (6235 N. Guilford Ave., Broadripple)
Thursday: Noodles and Company (10th and Indiana)

R2R3 Week is Here!

It has finally arrived.  We started this countdown to R2R3 over 100 days ago and, now, we’re in the home stretch.  Less than one week to the grueling 160 mile ride that our Wishard Palliative Care Cycling Team will undertake. 

Despite the heat and other crazy conditions that nature has thrown their way, the team rode a combined 11,838 miles during June and are on their way to completing 2000 this month!

What was this insane and taxing amount of riding for?  Enjoyment?  Definitely.  Health?  Sure. Socializing?  Why not…

One other factor motivating our Wishard PC riders is remembering our patients and loved ones.  Each rider will be crossing the state, Terre Haute to Richmond, with the names of patients and loved ones.  On Saturday, our riding is dedicated to them.  Their lives, their memory, and their impact.

Introducing Damon Smith



Damon Smith

Wishard PC Cycling Team Rider since:                 2012

Has completed RAIN:                                               2 times

Favorite training ride:                                              Martinsville around Lake Lemon from Greenwood.

Reason for participating in R2R3:                          Riding in memory of Marilyn K. Glick and Glick Foundation

Here’s Gary Dove

Gary Dove

Wishard PC Cycling Team Rider since:                 2012

Has completed RAIN:                                               5 times

Favorite training ride:                                              The training ride I do most often is out of Brownsburg into Hendricks and Boone Counties.  My favorite would be out of Southwestway Park south into the Hills of Morgan County.

Reason for participating in R2R3:                          Bring attention to the Wishard Palliative Care Program.



Meet Dave Kohake



David Kohake

Wishard PC Cycling Team Rider since:                 2012

Has completed RAIN:                                               0 times

Favorite training ride:                                              Route 8 in Northern Kentucky

Reason for participating in R2R3:                          I am tied in through the Miles for Myeloma group.  I will be riding in memory of Rosanne Kohake.  My mother passed away in March from Multiple Myeloma.