Aazam Jalali Javaran
- National: 3532nd
- Province: 439th in BC
- My Team: 1st
My Story
This August, I am taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!
Why? Because right now, over 1,700 children are diagnosed with cancer every year, and it's the biggest killer of children from disease in Canada.
Kids should be living life, not fighting for it.
So I am raising funds through my challenge to help these kids and support SickKids Foundation to allow them to continue their work in developing treatments and finding a cure for childhood cancer.
Please support me by making a donation to give these kids the brighter futures they deserve.
Your support will change little lives.
Thank you.
Aazam
My Challenge
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0.0 km ride - Morning Ride - Friday, August 21, 2026
Logged this ride 3 days ago - View on Strava -
13.9 km ride - Morning Ride - Tuesday, August 18, 2026
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35.3 km ride - Evening Ride - Sunday, August 16, 2026
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My First Ride at Poco
6 Aug 2026Traboulay PoCo Trail passes right beside my home. I had always biked on different routes of it, but had never finished the whole loop. Before the challenge started, I thought of making this my first ride. It would be my first long sit in a familiar, safe area. I would see how well I would do and get an estimate to plan my future rides.
About two hours before leaving the house were the hardest moments of the ride for me. I felt anxious. I thought I could never finish it. I kept reminding myself that I did not have to do the entire loop at once. I didn’t even have to finish it. Still, even the thought of going for a long ride for the first time was too much for me to bear. I decided to take a nap—and yes, I slept!
I woke up with less anxiety but more frustration. Why did I do this to myself? Why did I think I was capable of biking 75 km? What would I say to all the people who had supported me financially? All these questions just reached one conclusion: “You are a fool.” I clearly did not understand what I was signing up for.
I was mad at myself and just pushed my body out on my bike. I remember the first few kilometres. I was worried about getting too far from my home, thinking I needed to have some energy to get back as well. I was defeated already, completely certain that I would not finish the entire trail.
I bet anyone reading this blog up to here thinks I am crazy. Maybe some are more polite and refer to it as absurd. In my response, these feelings and thoughts I wrote of will be different based on the context, but have been part of my adult life, especially when I seek change, something new, or a deeply invested goal.
So there I was, riding my bike miserably. :)
I wonder if anyone reading this blog thinks of how they are doing when a professional biker passes them? I swear one of those “pro bikers” was even wearing the jersey of having raised $500. Well, this was what I thought when he passed: "Yeah, you suck, kid". 😅
But after I rode one-third of the route, something happened. There was a shift in me. It wasn’t a conscious one. I just realized that I was in the moment: enjoying a bike ride, the changes of the scenery, and discovering routes. I was having fun!
The route was easy. In fact, I was fast. I finished it sooner than what was anticipated. I was not drastically tired. I could have easily continued for another 10 kilometres. I did well! Far better than I could have imagined.
At night, when I have a call with my mum, I tell her about it. She becomes more than happy. She feels so proud of me; she goes around telling everyone else about it. She even donates $50, which is a lot for her—a retired teacher living in the Middle East, in a country at war.
Posted 18 days ago -
$250 raised to fight kids' cancer!
I just raised $250 to fight kids' cancer and achieved PROTECTOR LEVEL in the challenge! Thank you so much for your support.
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25.2 km ride - Afternoon Ride - Sunday, August 2, 2026
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$100 raised to fight kids' cancer!
I just raised $100 to fight kids' cancer and achieved DEFENDER LEVEL in the challenge! Thank you so much for your support.
Posted 59 days ago
My Sponsors
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Hasan Javaran
$101.19Received this donation 59 days ago
Aazam
“OMG! Dadashiiiii! You’re so generous 😍 I hope you and Olga get to have lovely healthy kids 🥰 Thank you ❤️❤️❤️”
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Kick Cancer's Butt Day matched donation
“Here's your matched donation made possible by the generosity of long-time SickKids Foundation supporters, the Garron family. THANK YOU so much for your awesome efforts to kick cancer's butt!”
$52.16Received this donation 11 days ago -
Anonymous
$51.75Received this donation 11 days ago -
Tristan Flock
$51.75Received this donation 59 days ago
Aazam
“Awww! Seeing your donation excited me for this even more 😀 Thank you!”
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Zahra Jalal Kamali
“مادر قشنگم! تو همیشه مایه دلگرمی من هستی. خدا رو صد هزار مرتبه شکر به خاطر داشتن الگویی مثل تو و ننه جان برای مادر بودن و مادری کردن. الهی ما بچه های تو بتونیم باقیات صالحات باشیم برات.”
$50Received this donation 18 days ago -
Ellie Chan
$25.88Received this donation 12 days ago
Aazam
“Thank you Ellie! Like always, you show up for people who need you 💕 That’s your beautiful soul 😘”
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Parissa Asadi
“Vous ne m’enseignez pas seulement le français! Et vous n’êtes plus justement mon prof! Vous êtes une amie et j’étudie le façon de devenir plus humain chez vous. Merci de tous 💕”
$14Received this donation 45 days ago
Aazam
“Oops 🙈! I wrote my thank you note mistakenly when I entered your donation manually. Thank you!”
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Aazam Jalali Javaran
“Kicking things off with my own personal donation to fight kids' cancer!”
$51.75Received this donation 60 days ago
Aazam
“I want to thank this challenge! It brought very special people in my life together and we all contributed towards a common goal. May we remember that the future of children is always worth the fight ✌️”