The Paris Brest Paris 2011 really started for me back in December 2002. After losing the use of my legs , my right arm, as well as the ability to speak, I was finally diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2001. After a year of therapy I found that the only type of physical activity I could do was […]
Meet Junior who lives in Nettuno, Italy, as an Inspired by Cooper & Elliott custom pet painting. Junior is very chill. He enjoys going on a 5 mile walk every morning with his Dad. In the winter, he loves to lay by the fireplace and in the hot summer in Southern Italy, he loves to […]
Congratulations to #1 and #2 for earning the Class of 1977 NON MOLLARE Scholarships. I would like to congratulate every student that received a scholarship today! I wish that I was there in person with my classmate Paul Dougherty to present to you the Non Mollare – Ride to Finish Scholarship! Unfortunately, I live far […]
The people that ran the team really seemed like down to earth people, even though they didn’t come pick me up at the airport. Leaving city hall I really got a good look at the center of town which I would learn it is called the piazza in Italian which means the main square in […]
March 3, 1982 my mother was taking me out to the Pittsburgh Airport to catch my first flight to New York then after having a lay over until 7pm local I will be off to Italia. I had everything I needed my baseball gear was the most important, some books and a pocket vocabulary of […]
Back in the winter of 1981 I was finishing up school down at Louisiana State university, when all of sudden I get a phone call from Italy about playing baseball. At the time I had no idea they played baseball here nor did I know anyone that played. I got a phone call from the […]
Running – On June 16, 2001 in Anzio, Italy, I ran my morning jog – 9 blocks from my house to the beach and back, with my golden retriever Scott. I started to feel a strange sensation taking over my body. Instead of Scott running along my side, I felt like I was carrying him […]
June 26 2001 remember walking down at the port in Anzio with Mimma when I began not being able to walk straight. We went home things became worse lost use of my left arm and ability to speak. After visiting the doctor finally got the diagnosis multiple sclerosis. In March of 2002 thanks to my […]
In 2007 Movie Project shot the entire Paris-Brest-Paris race, filming Tony Lonero during the entire course thanks to a particular press pass. Why make a documentary about Tony Lonero? Because this Italo-American ex-athlete’s story demonstrates that one can always find within the strength to fight fairly and boldly against any obstacles life throws our way. […]
After a long cold and rainy winter, fighting my disease, Sunday represents a new beginning we are doing our 200km here in nettuno. For me it will be a special moment , it will be like the fist time I got on my bike a year after getting out of the hospital, doing 140 km […]