Jack Brown
- National: 1927th
- Province: 78th in NS
My Story
This August, I am taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!
Cancer affects all of us, unfortunately it's widespread enough that most everyone knows a friend or family member who's experienced the condition. The more we can do for children suffering through the fight, the better.
In one month, it's my goal to ride 1000 kilometers through the beautiful trails of Nova Scotia to raise money for the research in and treatment of all kinds of childhood cancer.
Please consider supporting my contribution and check out some of the other athletes participating all around Canada! There are some pretty amazing people doing this right alongside me!
Thank you.
My Legacy
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561 km Ridden$771 Raised2023
My Challenge
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An unfortunate end :(
1 Sep 2024So the end of this week was interesting to say the least. And I suppose it was forecasted by the foggy start to Friday’s ride 😆 (picture’s attached) I left early Friday morning to drop off something downtown before work, so I got a pretty cool view of Lake Thomas, just absolutely clouded.
Anyway, since Wednesday I’ve been riding my Sirrus, since the rear wheel of the Bombtrack wasn’t holding pressure Tuesday, and I didn’t want to get stuck on the bridge like I did on Monday 😔 …
SO, when I left my last day of work at Halifax water Friday afternoon, I quickly noticed that I had a flat on the front wheel of the Sirrus 🙄 and at that point I just about had it, so I found my way home by other means, and didn’t have time today to diagnose problems and patch tires, and ride what I needed to make up for the lost time. As a result, I have an outstanding 75km left to be ridden, and it is officially September. It’s too bad, absolutely, but I feel I got pretty darn close 😂 I plan on bringing the Bombtrack into a shop to be professionally serviced at some point this week, so that it’s in top condition while I’m in the city, and the Sirrus I may be able to fix up tomorrow morning.
So, if I can get it working, I may bring the red rocket out for one last ride this Monday the second before school starts on the third, and put in 30km or so to make a dent. I’ll post something from that on the gram for anyone interested.
But as a final message…
I feel incredibly privileged to have such a generous group of people around me who are willing to support projects I pursue, just like this. To everyone who I’ve thanked in person, I appreciate all of you in more ways than you could imagine. Anyone who’s stayed anonymous, thank you so much for donating to this cause, even if I’ll never know who you are for certain (though I am very curious, I’ll admit 😂) but I very much respect your decision.
I hope I haven’t let anyone down too bad in not reaching the goal, haha! 92.5% of the way there officially. But I trust that my updates and stories of the journey there over the past four weeks have somewhat made up for it.
Thank you once again, and God bless!
Jack.
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29.8 km ride - Morning Ride - Friday, August 30, 2024
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26.0 km ride - Afternoon Ride - Thursday, August 29, 2024
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28.7 km ride - Morning Ride - Thursday, August 29, 2024
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26.3 km ride - Wet, rainy afternoon commute. - Wednesday, August 28, 2024
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26.5 km ride - Morning Ride - Wednesday, August 28, 2024
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42.0 km ride - Commutes (forgot Strava) - Tuesday, August 27, 2024
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The final stretch!
27 Aug 2024We’re in the final week! Unfortunately, it began with some technical issues. The ride this morning was pretty spectacular (and fast, hehe…) but this afternoon I found that my rear tire had lost basically all of its pressure, so I had to take the bus home. I have a couple ideas how that happened, currently troubleshooting. So I may be riding the red rocket tomorrow instead of the Bombtrack. Either way, it’ll be another early, foggy day.
All this means I’m gonna have a fair bit of mileage to make up come the end of this week. My current plan is to take care of business either Friday evening after work, and a good dinner, or Saturday morning. But the challenge will be completed!
In lieu of a picture from today, as it was a little foggy, here’s something I took on Friday. This is the little walkway in Shubie, just as you climb the hill away from Dartmouth crossing, towards the greenway.
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5.9 km ride - Afternoon Ride - Monday, August 26, 2024
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2.4 km ride - Afternoon Ride - Monday, August 26, 2024
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8.5 km ride - Ride to and from friend’s house. - Saturday, August 24, 2024
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25.6 km ride - Morning Ride - Monday, August 26, 2024
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9.8 km ride - Afternoon “make up some kilometres” ride - Sunday, August 25, 2024
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End of the week!
23 Aug 2024Just got off the bike a minute ago to close out week three. Beautiful weather this afternoon, so the ride was pretty awesome. Here’s a picture of Lake Thomas, facing across the water, towards Cheema. I’ll see you next week!
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5.0 km ride - Evening ride - Wednesday, August 21, 2024
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26.3 km ride - Afternoon Ride - Friday, August 23, 2024
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24.9 km ride - Morning Ride - Friday, August 23, 2024
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26.1 km ride - Evening Ride - Thursday, August 22, 2024
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26.4 km ride - Morning Ride - Thursday, August 22, 2024
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25.8 km ride - Afternoon Ride - Wednesday, August 21, 2024
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26.0 km ride - Morning Ride - Wednesday, August 21, 2024
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Second half here we go!
20 Aug 2024So today I was only able to add about 30k to the total. Morning was extra rainy, so I only rode to the bus stop, and then bussed into the city. Tomorrow I’m getting a ride to work for the same reason, but the afternoon should be clear.
Anyway, in the end, due to inclement weather, I may need to make up a couple days over the weekend, but I can definitely do that, and I could get some cool shots for the blog from different trails.
As for now, we’re cruising through this thing. Here’s a beautiful picture just off the Shubie park from last Thursday.
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4.0 km ride - Morning ride to bus stop - Monday, August 19, 2024
From Home to Fall River bus stop
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$1,000 raised to fight kids' cancer!
I just raised $1,000 to fight kids' cancer and achieved WARRIOR LEVEL in the challenge! Thank you so much for your support.
Posted 94 days ago -
25.9 km ride - Afternoon Ride - Monday, August 19, 2024
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End of the week
16 Aug 2024This was my view looking back towards the base after crossing the Macdonald this morning. Halifax is a foggy town today. I am officially half way to my goal of 1000km by the end of August! My ride home this evening will put me 25km further into the remaining half. Thank you again for all the support!
Posted 97 days ago -
25.7 km ride - Morning Ride - Friday, August 16, 2024
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2.7 km ride - Evening Ride - Thursday, August 15, 2024
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2.8 km ride - Evening Ride - Thursday, August 15, 2024
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25.5 km ride - Afternoon Ride - Thursday, August 15, 2024
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26.0 km ride - Morning commute (forgot Strava) - Thursday, August 15, 2024
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33.3 km ride - Evening commute with Facebook Marketplace detour - Wednesday, August 14, 2024
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25.7 km ride - Morning Ride - Wednesday, August 14, 2024
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3.2 km ride - Night Ride - Tuesday, August 13, 2024
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24.3 km ride - Morning commute - Tuesday, August 13, 2024
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26.2 km ride - Afternoon commute - Monday, August 12, 2024
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25.8 km ride - Morning Ride - Monday, August 12, 2024
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2.7 km ride - Ride to the buddy’s house (forgot to stop ride) - Saturday, August 10, 2024
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Rainy week
9 Aug 2024This week has been quite rainy to say the least, and I had to miss another ride because I forgot my helmet at home, but today I finished off strong with what I’m pretty sure is my 25k record for the way back from work. I limit myself on Shubie for safety, but Waverley road and Dartmouth is all full steam ahead, and it’s fun! I still have about 30km of contingency, so I’m more than a quarter of the way through the challenge. Ahead of schedule! And I’m no doubt going to do a little bit of riding this weekend. Thank you for all the incredible support I’ve received so far, I’m so so lucky to have so many awesome people around me who want to contribute.
See you next week!
Posted 104 days ago -
25.3 km ride - Afternoon commute - Friday, August 9, 2024
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25.4 km ride - Morning Ride - Friday, August 9, 2024
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25.0 km ride - Morning commute (Forgot Strava :( ) - Thursday, August 8, 2024
From Home to Work
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25.4 km ride - Afternoon commute - Thursday, August 8, 2024
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25.2 km ride - Morning commute - Wednesday, August 7, 2024
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Rainy Day
6 Aug 2024Unfortunately today due to the rain in Halifax, I’ve decided to take the bus into work, and so, will not be updating the km ticker again until tomorrow morning. Now luckily I have a bit of a buffer built into my riding schedule this month, so a few off days like this won’t prevent me from reaching my goal.
Here is a lovely view of Haligonian public transit:
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First official week
5 Aug 2024I took the Red Rocket (My Sirrus) out of retirement with new rear break pads while the Bombtrack is in for maintenance (both projects being completed by my personal mechanic, Mr. Keith Brown, for whom I am very grateful). The ride felt great! Feeling good.
Posted 108 days ago -
25.7 km ride - Afternoon commute home - Monday, August 5, 2024
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26.2 km ride - Morning Ride - Monday, August 5, 2024
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$500 raised to fight kids' cancer!
I just raised $500 to fight kids' cancer and achieved GUARDIAN LEVEL in the challenge! Thank you so much for your support.
Posted 111 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.
Posted 111 days ago -
25.6 km ride - Afternoon commute - Friday, August 2, 2024
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14.4 km ride - Morning commute - (Waverley road + McD Park) - Friday, August 2, 2024
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Start gun!
2 Aug 2024Today was the first of my August riding challenge. Over the next 29 days I will be covering the remaining 938km needed to reach my goal, primarily through my morning and afternoon commutes. (Strava map to come shortly) I’m rocking a new bike (my new Bombtrack gravel bike, featured in the image) and am loving how it feels, so it should be an enjoyable, however challenging, 1000km. Looking forward to it!
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31.0 km ride - Afternoon commute home - Wednesday, July 31, 2024
From Downtown to Fall River
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31.0 km ride - Morning ride to work - Wednesday, July 31, 2024
From Fall River to Downtown
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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 140 days ago
My Sponsors
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