06-03-2018, 07:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-03-2018, 07:55 PM by danbrotherston.)
Well Canard has beaten me to posting about Ride for Heart, but I too took part this morning.
While quarter to 5 is not my favourite time to awaken, it was worth it (the 75K started at 6 AM). Great weather, overcast, but that just means it was cool and not sunburny. Not too windy, no rain. Really couldn't have been better.
This was my first time riding, last year I tried, but was waylaid by my injuries after being hit on my way to work. This year, we made it! Really awesome ride, it's quite an experience riding on the highways in Toronto, and certainly no other opportunity to ride such a long route with so little interruption within the city.
There are options for all abilities, 25, 50, 75K rides, and 5 and 10K run/walks. Definitely something to try. And interesting things to see, a couple riding Toronto Bike Share bikes, a triple tandem, even a back-to-back recumbent tandem towing a trailer with children to boot (Not my video, but here's what that looks like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MjAK5bcjqg). And of course, it's for a good cause.
Sadly, I didn't stop to take any pictures, but y'all can content yourselves with a map:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1brgL26...sp=sharing
While quarter to 5 is not my favourite time to awaken, it was worth it (the 75K started at 6 AM). Great weather, overcast, but that just means it was cool and not sunburny. Not too windy, no rain. Really couldn't have been better.
This was my first time riding, last year I tried, but was waylaid by my injuries after being hit on my way to work. This year, we made it! Really awesome ride, it's quite an experience riding on the highways in Toronto, and certainly no other opportunity to ride such a long route with so little interruption within the city.
There are options for all abilities, 25, 50, 75K rides, and 5 and 10K run/walks. Definitely something to try. And interesting things to see, a couple riding Toronto Bike Share bikes, a triple tandem, even a back-to-back recumbent tandem towing a trailer with children to boot (Not my video, but here's what that looks like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MjAK5bcjqg). And of course, it's for a good cause.
Sadly, I didn't stop to take any pictures, but y'all can content yourselves with a map:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1brgL26...sp=sharing