We have a fundraiser party coming up in Toronto, Tuesday June 29, at the Roosevelt Room. Tickets can be bought online at www.thetandemtour.com
In order to make it to Toronto on time, we did the math, and figured we had to ride 130kms a day, for 11 days. We set our goal, and stuck to it. For the past 11 days we rode at least 130kms a day. We are very tired.
But we had some help. Ben's older sister Nat, who is also the Tandem Team Manager, takes care of our press, sponsors, planning, and generally speaking keeps us in order. She is the seventh member of the team.
Nat met us one week ago with an RV. she brought along friends Colt and Carly, and for 5 days, the three of them cooked us meals, kept us hydrated, and set up camp. They took care of everything else, while all we had to do was bike. And so we biked. Every day. All day. Without their help, we wouldn't have been able to make our deadline.
Our goal was to make it within 120kms of Ottawa, stop biking, put the bike on the roof, then drive to Muskoka, spend a few days at Scotty "the champ" Ross' cabin, then drive to toronto, fundraise and relax, and the day after the party, drive back to where we stopped biking outside of Ottawa, and pick up where we left off.
Wednesday at 4pm was the deadline. This is when we would stop biking. At 2 pm we were within 30kms of our stopping point. We ate lunch, and excitement grew as we knew we were within one hour of not having to bike for 6 days. We finished out lunch, and excitement grew as we knew we were so close to the deadline. That last 30 was probably the toughest of the trip.
We peddled and peddled, knowing that 4pm would come. And come it did. We hit Cobden Ontario, 120 kms outside of Ottawa, on the dot, and stopped pushing.
After almost 2 weeks without a day off, and riding 30kms per day above our average, we made the deadline. We put the bike on the roof, and put our feet up.
Right now, we are in Toronto, with friends and family, not biking. On wednesday we will pick up exactly where we left off, but for now, we revel in not sitting on a bike seat.
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