I’ll be riding another year in the Great Cycle Challenge in August this year, I love cycling and I love that I can use it to raise funds to help children in their fight against cancer, the largest killer of children from disease in Canada. If you know me, you know I prefer to participate in fundraisers related to kids. My profile shows a 6 year legacy, but this year will only be my 4th time riding in this challenge, my first year in 2019 I rode 1,008 km and raised $935, but my ride was cut short due to an unrelated concussion, I had a second concussion when I started back riding, but clearly was not ready! I lost four years due to those concussions. When I finally got back to riding in 2024 I rode 768km, and raised $767 and last year I rode 1,010km and raised $1,018!!

I usually start with low distance goals, surpass them and then increase them, last year I surpassed both distance and fundraising goals! I always say I want to match my distance goal with my fundraising goal, but surpassing it is what I’m striving for now, and I want you to help me do that again. I’ve set my goals this time to match what I did last year, I’ll keep riding, and I’m asking you to help me with the fundraising! Let’s surpass those goals again, make a donation, share this page with your family, friends and colleagues! It’s helping kids fight much more than any challenge I’ve ever had to deal with, and as you’ve heard numerous times here, “kids should be living life, not fighting for it”!

A big thank you to those who supported me last year, shared all my posts on Facebook, encouraged me, and met up with me during a ride… it all helped me to get out every day and do it! And thank you to those who have donated in the past - you’re the champs of this challenge!