2010 Ride for the Cure / Roule pour la vie

Fifty-two Novartis Canada employees are cycling 600km from Toronto to Montreal Sept 25-28, 2010 to raise awareness & money for breast cancer research. This website shares the team’s preparation & stories from the road. Cette année, 52 employés de Novartis Canada parcourront à vélo les 600km qui séparent Toronto de Montréal, du 25 au 28 septembre, pour recueillir des fonds pour la recherche sur le cancer du sein. Ce site Web diffusera leur histoires du voyage.

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Reflections on 3000+ Calories Burned – 135 KM at 30+ Km/hour From Ian

Well we are now in Cobourg and have now competed day one of our ride. One of the best parts of this ride is that we have discovered that as a group, we function very well together despite the fact that we are living on top of each other 24/7!

Today was Ideal. No accidents or major sores (YET)! We are enjoying our ride and have had several opportunities to meet with people along the way to tell them about our ride. Everyone has been very excited and supportive of the ride. Once again we stopped of a “Gail’s house”. She offered us a great place to eat lunch, fresh apples from the trees, and lots of encouragement!! Once again this was a highlight of our day just as it was in 2005. Thank you Gail.

The ride today was an amazing. The team split up into 2 groups to accommodate all the new riders for 2006. To see almost 20 rider on the road was a very moving experience and I would like to thank everyone who supported this ride and for all the new riders who have made a very significant commitment to doing the ride. Today we completed 135Km of 600Km and I look foreword to tomorrows 160+ Km ride. Although I have done this before I know the challenge it will be on everyone, however, no one on the ride has forgotten what this ride is about. It is about one think only; that is to combat and defeat Breast Cancer. So let’s make this dream a reality!

To everyone who has e-mailed me with works of encouragement. Thank you.

Ian
 
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