Riding in North Bay today with friends

#greatcyclechallengecanada

Sturgeon Falls to Verner and return

This ride is more my style. There are small hills in the beginning which I climbed a lot quicker than usual. I also pushed myself harder than usual and broke some personal best records.

These old stone churches are slowly disappearing from Northern Ontario.

First Group Ride

First time in a group ride. I couldn’t keep up with the pack. The hills are challenging, and there were many. After 7 kilometres I had to call it quits. I knew I wasn’t going to survive 50 km with this crew. So feeling bad that I didn’t add much mileage for the children I went home and logged another 40km in familiar territory.

Lesson learned, group rides are comprised of young athletes that I can’t keep up to yet. My average speed needs to increase to at least 25km/h and I need to learn how to climb hills efficiently.

Day 1

Riding in the North Bay Area

I’ve completed 132km this week. 38.5km count for the children.

Thank you for the jersey.

I’ve surpassed $500 dollars in donations and the organization sent me this cycling jersey to promote the cause while I’m riding.

80 km a week

I’m hoping to increase this to 100 km or more a week by the end of this July.