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valley ride by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

2011-07-19T22:14:00.000-03:00

valley ride by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

Start of the valley ride

2011-07-17T09:35:00.001-03:00

Beautiful day.
30 min to start time. It's cool and the winds are calm. Here's hoping for a big turnout for the final ride of the tour.

Yarmouth ride

2011-07-16T18:57:00.001-03:00

First ride that we started under sunny skies.
Kathy Saulnier and I ran the Sheila poole prior to the ride. Legs felt surprisingly good. Rob and Caroline ran really well.

yarmouth ride by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

2011-07-16T17:45:00.000-03:00

yarmouth ride by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

sheila poole run by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

2011-07-16T17:44:00.000-03:00

sheila poole run by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

bridgewater ride by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

2011-07-15T17:43:00.000-03:00

bridgewater ride by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

hurtle beach and Gaff point run by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

2011-07-15T17:42:00.000-03:00

hurtle beach and Gaff point run by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

Bridgewater ride

2011-07-15T17:30:00.001-03:00

Rest day yesterday. Toured Lunenberg and hike to Hurtle beach and Gaff point. Bighead, Vince and I ran the loop and did some barefoot running along the beach. Checked the forecast every few hours and the weather seemed to improve as the evening progressed- from periods of rain to 40% chance of showers.
Woke this morning under cloudy skies (again). Weather forecast was pretty abysmal with showers ending in the late afternoon.
At the rallying point at kinsmen field, the rain started coming down and we headed out. Met another group of people at Mahone bay and rode out to Indian point. The roads were beginning to dry and I could sense we were in for a nice ride. By the time we made our way back to Mahone bay and started back to Lunenberg, the sun was out.

Truro ride

2011-07-13T19:34:00.001-03:00

Started the morning with breakfast at the olde cafe, then perused Hub cycle for some great deals. Left at 930 with a relatively big group of riders.
Truro ride today was interesting, as it always is when your sweeping. The best thing about sweeping is that you get to meet other riders. The worst thing is that it makes for a long day in the saddle, but that doesn't really matter much. I wouldn't have met Barbie who manages the tatamagouche hospital. What a job.
the colchester region is very pretty- wish I could have spent more time there. The ride was a bit short- only 65 km. Met the big group at Victoria park for a kids ride and more prizes. Awesome.
Most interesting thing that happened was mike-the-medical student disappeared and apparently got lost and almost ended up in new Glasgow 95 km later.
In bridgewater for the next 2 days. Bridgewater ride on Friday.
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D

Antigonish

2011-07-13T18:58:00.000-03:00

Woke under cloudy skies and leaves on the trees being tossed around by the wind. No rain, but the clouds were threatening to pot.
Had a usual big breakfast, and headed to them millennium centre to meet up with all the local riders. Despite the bad weather forecast, a number of people came out. Forecast was calling for rain and possibly lightning, so the ride was shortened by 35k- head of to malignant cove round cape george, and head back to antigonish.
Of course it had to start raining as we left the millennium centre.
Rode out to malignant cove, then made our way up cape george. Rain came sprinkling down, made the ride down the backside a bit tricky, but turned around and headed back up. Love the climb.
The 20k back to town was tough. Full headwind. Thank-you chris for your large frame to protect me from the wind.
Met up at st marthas hospital then headed to the highschool for prizes for the kids and speeches.

Another excellent day, redlined a couple times in the headwind.

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D

Truro ride by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

2011-07-13T18:30:00.000-03:00

Truro ride by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

pictou ride

2011-07-13T17:19:00.001-03:00

Great ride today. 44km winds, whatever. I'll take wind over driving rain (as long as vince and Milburn are in front ;-) Ran the lobster run. Was somewhat distracted/disturbed by Les' heavy breathing/grunting... or was it moaning? What is it with women, sports, and grunting? think tennis.. Seeing how Les ran 2min faster than last year, maybe there's something to it.

After the run, chilled out a bit at the finish line, then headed out with the other core members who did the run to catch the group. Met up with them and headed back to Pictou for 46Km out and back. Lunch by Carvers, the out again. One of the girls got a flat. Would have been a simple fix, if we hadn't replaced the flat with a tube with a huge hole in it. Almost had another Truro moment where we got lost, but thanks to google maps, GPS, and a couple people who pointed us in the right direction, we got back on track and had a wicked fast, downhill, downwind ride back to Pictou.

Pictou has always been a great ride. The atmosphere has also been really good, and since we've been incorporated into the Lobster festival, there's definitely more people out, and tons of kids.

Walking through the community during the parade is novel and fun, but the I think the best is seeing the community and the people we're trying to reach.

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D

Antigonish by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

2011-07-12T18:17:00.000-03:00

Antigonish by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

Sydney ride by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

2011-07-11T21:34:00.000-03:00

Sydney ride by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

Pictou

2011-07-10T07:31:00.001-03:00

Can always count on the Yarmouth group to be first up. Lt to rt- Roger, jack Harding and mike saulnier- (where's Ruth?). Weather's looking better today. Suns out, 16 degrees, but apparently a 44km wind from the nw. Knowing where the wind is important, especially on the bike (provided you know where north is...)

Run for the lobster, then catch up to the group. Big head thinks we can go "orthodromic" around the loop to catch the group. A 1h head start might be too much.

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D

peggy's cove by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

2011-07-09T16:46:00.000-03:00

peggy's cove by ap_runner at Garmin Connect - Details

Halifax: done

2011-07-09T16:42:00.001-03:00

Made my way out to the commons this am, afraid that there wouldnt be anyone out there, but there were a number of courageous souls who turned up out to face the elements.

97km ride in pouring rain. Actually started out as a drizzle. Hit peggy's and huddled with the other tour riders in the gift shop. After 45 min of reconnecting with friends, and congratulating Blair for making it half way, headed back out into the wind and drizzle that had turned into more of a downpour. The rain only intensified as we approached Halifax.

70 or so people came out for peggy's and about 50 to 60 for the purcells cove ride. Everyone deserves a pat on the back for suffering in the rain and wind today. A bit of rain or wind won't keep us from coming out.

Now we just need to convince all those people who hibernate during the winter months to get out and move. Physical activity is a lifestyle- rain or shine.

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D

Another year, another tour

2011-07-07T20:47:00.002-03:00

Another year

Another Heartlandtour. Let's hope for good weather. Rumour has it the Espresso snob is coming out to play on Saturday.

See you guys out there Saturday on the commons at 0800 sharp!!

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doug

Day 8:Yarmouth Route and pics

2010-07-19T12:53:00.002-03:00

Photos of Day 8: Yarmouth are here

No power data: during the transition from the Sheila Poole, I forgot the bike computer. Garmin data is still available so you can still see part of the route that I was able to get.

Here's the Sheila Poole route.

Here's the ride route:

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Day 8: Yarmouth

2010-07-18T23:26:00.007-03:00

Day 8 Yarmouth

A super late entry. Took a couple hours to wrap my head around an awesome end to an awesome 8 days.

The Yarmouth Tour stop has experienced a remarkable evolution since my first time around. The 2008 “Unity in Community” Tour stop in Yarmouth featured a stop at a small community event in the countryside next to an old courthouse. There was a BBQ serving out hot-dogs and burgers. From the perspective of the people who were there when we rolled in- I’m sure they had no idea what we were doing, or what we were trying to promote. We returned to Yarmouth, had speeches in front of a handful of people, mostly Core. Despite the small turnout, Nick remained upbeat since there were a few community leaders present who had made commitments to the Tour. Was this the “community” we were trying to reach out to?

During the lead up to 2009 Tour however, we learned the Tour community leader for the 2008 Tour had withdrawn, and we were unsure if Yarmouth was even going to happen.

The Ross Clan: 3 generations of cyclists

Jack Harding, a member of the Yarmouth community rallied a number of his colleagues and managed to create a Heartland Tour event that brought the Yarmouth community out specifically for the Heartland Tour. A year later, Yarmouth has grown yet again. After running the Sheila Pool 10k road race, biking 95km around the Tri-county area, and participating in the Seafest Parade (including the bus, the Heartland Tour truck, well over 100 cyclists, and Eggs.ca and walkabout members, we were by far the largest contingent), we retired to the United Church where a number of community leaders and members of the local economy voiced their support for the Tour. The day ended by celebrating children: our future generations, with bikes and soccer balls.

I Think I finally got a sense of what Nick envisioned when he meant “unity in community”- motivating the entire community with a sense of purpose, a goal of improved heath, well being, longevity and productivity.

The Tour is over and we’re all exhausted. However, we’re equally buoyed by the bigger crowds and the emphasis on children. I think the true meaning of the Tour is becoming palpable as recognition of the trouble we’re in with respect to cardiovascular disease becomes ever more stark.

Big plans are afoot for next years Tour.

Stay tuned.

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Day 7: Annapolis Valley

2010-07-16T22:50:00.007-03:00

Photos

(link to espresso snob's picks)

The Annapolis Valley stop was an interesting one. Well organized and put together. Big highlight was seeing a number of tricked out bikes, a pair of Reynolds rims, and Di2 electronic componentry (wow).

The day was a stark contrast to previous years. I remember a previous year- I can't recall if a community leader for the ride was present in the AM, Kathy Saulnier (a New Glascow/Pictou community leader) was seen giving t-shirts out to the local riders in the parking lot. After the ride, we had a good meal, and headed for home. The local riders dispersed, and I don't think any of the core that year got the impression that a sense of purpose or unity was created from our presence- guys who came for a good ride had a great ride, people who may have come to ride with the Heartland Tour were probably wondering what the whole deal was about. Big Head Vince and I spent the day cruising through the Valley.

BH left yesterday, and my knee acted up and I had to abandon the ride after Blomidon. The Core had a great day in the sun, however. The real success of the tour occurred when we weren't even looking. Day care kids have been spending the entire past week learning about cycling, we (Nick) had a short pep talk with them in the morning, and they showed us their posters and T-shirts that they had been working on.

We returned to Prescott House following our ride to find activities in full swing and kids pedaling around. Even though I spent the latter part of the ride in the sag wagon, I definitely had a great day.

The day ended with a great dinner at the Fire Hall put on by the community leaders. Some traditional Tour shenanigans also took place with the awarding of the Golden Shorts. A pair of new awards were also handed out (possibly blowback for the threat of wearing the Golden Shorts). The Cougar award and the Udder Helmet. The Cougar award was handed to Melissa, while the Helmet was awarded to Kathy Saulnier. I have no comment of the former, but the latter was well deserved :). Tom, not surprisingly, was awarded the Golden Shorts, probably because of his Brazilian hair cut...

Here's the portion of the ride I was able to complete, in

cluding the elevation profile up Blomidon

Here's the power data

up Blomidon

I'm going to attempt Sheila Pool tomorrow, then see how the knee is for the ride

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Power July 15

2010-07-16T00:15:00.003-03:00

Total power numbers

Critical power plot

Route data

2010-07-15T23:55:00.003-03:00

Elevation profile of entire route

Elevation profile of Cape George climbs

breakdown of Cape George climbs

Here's the route:

Day 6: Antigonish

2010-07-15T23:28:00.006-03:00

Day 6: Antigonish

Another offline entry- still no internet on the bus.

We arrived late in Antigonish after dinner at Alegra (Sydney). The rooms at St Fx were stifling hot- note to self, bring a fan for next year. The rooms were nice, the showers hot, a later start, and a rockn’ fast network which made up for the hot and sticky rooms.

The morning started under sunny skies and departed for Cape George. Took it really easy for the first few km’s to get the legs going. Rode to Malignant Cove where we picked up a couple Core members who had accompanied a few people who were doing a shorter ride that still included the Cape.

The Tour attracts a variety of people- a few of them avid cyclists, but there’s also a large segment who don’t cycle competitively or train regularly. I get a bit apprehensive when they show up to the rides with their hybrids and gear racks that probably put the bike weight well over 30lbs. Do they realize they’re going 120km over a route that includes 2km climbs?

While some come to the Tour rides looking for a challenging ride, others with chronic illnesses, mainly with cardiovascular disease often show up. There was a guy with sarcoid who did a ride a couple years ago, and a few with previous heart attacks and heart failure. Those are the ones we’re aware of. There are no doubt many others who we don’t know of. Our waiver doesn’t require the riders to disclose their medical problems, however, I’m sure we’d have some degree of reservation if we knew a particular rider had a heart function 50% of normal. Yet they show up, ride at their own pace and do fine.

There was a time when we health care practitioners recommended bed-rest to post-MI patients. Now we exercise them, and they’re living longer. It’s awesome to see how fit people, even with cardiovascular disease can ride the way they do, when there are people with perfectly normal heart function who can’t even climb a flight of stairs.

Chronic disease does not necessarily equal disability.

We said goodbye to BH and Vince today as we departed for the Valley and Blomidon.

photos

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Nick's radio interview at the Wharf in North Sydney.

2010-07-15T07:52:00.000-03:00

Power July14th

2010-07-15T00:42:00.004-03:00

Elevation profile for the first 80km (North Sydney to Northside Hospital)

Power/distance totals (HR monitor inaccurate so disregard HR data)
Interval 0: North Sydney to Climb at 34km

interval 1: climb

interval 2: climb to Northside hospital

interval 3: Hospital to Wharf

interval 4:Wharf to Sydney

interval 5: Tour of Sydney

Power curve to date: solid line represents today's effort

Day 5 Sydney

2010-07-15T00:20:00.009-03:00

Day 5: Sydney (photos)

Another offline entry. It’s pouring rain outside as we drive from Sydney to Antigonish. We’ve certainly lucked out on the weather- today was hot and partly cloudy. It clouded over during the afternoon ride around Sydney and started to pour during the kids ride. Good for us, but the turnout for the kids ride suffered somewhat due to the rain.

Breakfast at Alegra’s was delicious. Didn’t double up, but the tank was certainly reading full by the time I left.

We assembled at the wharf in North Sydney. The HammerHead ride delivered as advertised. Big Head handed out a map of the route before the ride, but I still couldn’t tell when it started- Julie- BH’s superstar triathlete wife started hammering before we’d even left North Sydney. The headwinds were brutal, I did my best to not get dropped, and I think I recorded my biggest power numbers to date. Ambrose, one of the local talents is a beast on the bike. Don’t have any pics of the ride since I was trying my hardest just not to vomit. I did catch some of the scenery, and it was beautiful.

We met up at Northside General Hospital and pedaled back down to the Wharf for lunch. There we learned Ron and Carman took a couple wrong turns and ended up climbing a few more hills than planned. Carman lost a streamer in the process.

From the wharf BH and bunch of others took the scenic road to Sydney River- regrouped again and rode into Sydney in a mass pack. Made another stop at the Civic Center and did a 10k loop around Sydney. During the past 2 visits to Sydney during the Tour, I completely missed the Pier and the Tar ponds. This time, we made loops around both, so I’ve become well acquainted.

Here's the ride:

Highlight of the day: refilling our water bottles straight from a stream at the side of the road.

Second highlight: watching kids ride through pouring rain- we actually had to tell them to stop, mainly because WE were getting drenched.

Third highlight: getting my ass kicked by Julie (ouch!)

Fourth: Learning the meaning of Hammerhead

Thanks to Chris Milburn for putting on a spectacular scenic ride through CB, for highlighting the disparity in our communities, for pushing for a sustainable future, for being a driving force to get people on their bikes.

Tomorrow’s ride is going to be another epic ride around Cape George.

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day 4: Truro

2010-07-13T23:40:00.011-03:00

Day 4: Truro

Another day, another cloudy/foggy morning. Another day with a 5 hour transit from Truro to Sydney and no internet so another offline entry. The gro

up was upbeat with a weather forecast calling for mix of sun and cloud.

Here’s where I'll admit I indulged in a double

breakfast. First one at the hotel, and later topped up the tank at Janet’s The Olde Cafe. Turns out I didn’t really need it- more on that later.

Janet cooks up a mean breakfast with fresh fruit, blueberry bread, egg crepes and quiche and more. Completed the experience with an espresso shot. The espresso snob wasn’t around the give an expert appraisal, but it was delicious.

Big Head and Vince joined the group yesterday. True to form, Big Head went off on a short pre-ride run to loosen up the legs and missed the early start from Hub Cycle. No problem since we’d catch up. Big Head’s practicing his Ironman transition, so the fact that his bike shoes were on truck that was following the cyclists at the time wasn’t so much of an issue. But no one knew where to go.

Vince used his problem solving skills to print out a map from Hub Cycles and the four of us (BH, Marie-Claude Vince and I) jetted out of Truro. 16km and a couple wrong turns later, we were sitting on the lawn in front of a closed down school completely lost. MC used her mad iPhone GPS skills to confirm just how off track we were. BH

assured us that his Ironman-transition-shoe-thing was ok, and we followed road signs to Masstown were we met up with the rest of the group.

At Masstown, Ron, who volunteered to drive the support truck for the day, told us how, while waiting for us to catch up with the group, himself became horrible lost as well (someone’s going to have to correct the grammar on that last sentence). With a lowly blackberry and no iPhone to turn to, he did what Ron does best- he made a friend. Turns out it was John Wigginton, a local Truro area resident who did the Tour 2 years ago who just happened to be driving by when Ron flagged him down for help. John was good enough to accompany Ron and help him try to locate us and rejoin the cyclists.

Here's the day's power data

Here's the cumulative power to date for a given time. The black line represents today's effort

interval 0 is to masstown, and interval 1 is the return journey

Here's the route we ended up doing

After regrouping in Masstown, we rode back to Truro for the festivities at Victoria Park. Once again Raj and Daisy pulled through and we were met with a field full of kids dancing to the music of the local group Cod Live

r Oil. The Eggs tent was set up offering up those delicious crepe omelets, and the people were getting their Heart Health tested

and the risk assessment tent.

A wonderful day. With the help and enthusiasm of Daisy and Raj, the Truro ride has gone from a fun ride through Colcester county to a truly community experience- the local economy, cyclists, and kids and family.

I’m a bit apprehensive about tomorrows ride. BH has a Hammerhead leg planned. I have a suspicion it doesn’t involve a trip out to the ocean to check out sharks. Now that he has his bike shoes back, I think we’re all in for a session of pain.

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more photos here

2010-07-13T07:26:00.002-03:00

Day 4: Before the Truro ride

another cloudy day before the start. It's going to be a hot one though..

Photos!

2010-07-13T00:00:00.004-03:00

photos for the past 3 days are finally up. The expresso snob will hopefully be satisfied :)

Day 1:Halifax

Day2:Pictou-New Glascow

Day 3:Bridgewater

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Day 3: Bridgewater

2010-07-12T20:01:00.002-03:00

Day 3: Bridgewater

Another day starting under rainy skies and wet pavement. On the ride down to the Wild Wood Cafe, we saw blue sky peaking through the clouds.

At Wild Wood, Aaron and Mary treated us to a delicious pre ride breakfast. The bev’s had just the right amount of caffeine to get us started, and the Pancrepes were to delicious- Bravo!

Our tanks refueled, we made our way to Kinsman’s field for the start of the ride. Throughout the day, our group included 60-70 other cyclists who came on and left at different points. There was a whole variety of skill level, which was great to see. The advantage of the Bridgewater ride is awesome scenery, but also the multiple short 20-40k loops that allowed riders from each community to participate in a variety of distances.

Rode from Kinsman to Mahone Bay, picked up a number of riders, did an out and back to Indian Point, then on to Lunenberg and lunch at the Old Fish Museum. Picked more cyclists, and fought the headwind to Ferry across the Lahave river, then back to Kinsman Field, Bridgewater.

Here's the ride:

Ian MacRae put on a fantastic event at Kinsman field with daycare children, exercise activities, and prizes. What a way to cap off another successful day.

Day 2: Pictou

2010-07-10T23:42:00.003-03:00

Day 2: Pictou

Another offline entry. It’s pouring as we drive to Bridgewater. Expected the worst today with a rain warning, but it drizzled a bit in the AM, and another sprinkle in the afternoon. The shelter that was set up for the Cardiovascular Nurses/Risk factor assessment collapsed with the wind, but at the end of the day, it wasn’t necessary. The roads were dry for the most part, so another great day despite the dire weather warnings. Apparently it’s been pouring in Bridgewater today, but forecasted for sun tomorrow (according to Ron).

5 of us Marie-Claude, Andrew, Mike, Kathy, and I started the day with a local 10k “Run for the Lobster” run. It was incredibly hot and humid, but as the race started it drizzled a bit and cooled us down. Interesting trivia tidbit- Dr Gordon Young was a former race director for the Run for the Lobster race. He apparently insisted that it be accurate, and it was dead on 10k. Also, he says there were 1k markers when he directed the race (none were there today).

Run map

After the race, we hopped on our bikes and did the morning route backwards and caught up the with Tour at Pictou Landing. Rode back to Pictou for lunch and speeches by the MLA. And another one of Nick’s original speeches.

Best part of the ride was the downhill-tailwind section back to the roundabout outside Pictou. The second best was the section of road along the Sunshine trail that was reminiscent of a ride along the cobbles of Parix-Roubaix.

here's the pictou ride (out and back to Pictou Landing then loop around sunshine trail)

No major mishaps other than Ron’s numb hands thanks to the Sunshine trail (see above), and 4 flats suffered by Chris d’Entremont.

Thanks to Dr Young and Kathy Saulnier for an awesome day!

Looking for another good ride tomorrow. Bridgewater has always been a jewel on the Tour.

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2010-07-10T23:16:00.002-03:00

Here's a summary of my power data. Interval 0 is the ride to peggy's, Interval 3 is the ride back to the commons. KJ is roughly equal to calories burned.

Here's my cumulative time vs power

Finally, here's my peak power for a given time.

Day 1: halifax

2010-07-10T22:53:00.004-03:00

Day 1 is just about done- what a success! (other than the fact that I’m writing this off-line because the internet on the Dal bus isn’t working -geez!) I hope the rest of the tour pans out this way. There is a palpable difference in the feel of this tour with more emphasis on trying to encourage the youth to participate. It was only fitting that a young 5 or 6 year old who won the draw prize for the bike. Maybe he’ll be the next Contador!

The weather cooperated- a couple showers on the Peggy’s cove ride, and apparently the Purcell’s cove ride was pretty much dry. The sun eventually came out for the 10k ride around South end Halifax. The ride to Peggy's was fast, maybe too fast. Peggys was shrouded in fog, and could barely make out the lighthouse. The return ride was tail/cross wind. My Rt shoe cleat came loose, so could push as hard.

peggy's cove loop

Halifax south end loop

Next stop Pictou, where we participated in the Lobster Carnival Parade. I think the entire town came out- what a sight, and great exposure for the Heartland Tour. After that, a 2 lobster dinner, shower then bed.

Hope I'm recovered for the run and ride tomorrow. (Here's hoping for good weather)

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(sorry for the spelling mistakes :)

9 hours to go!

2010-07-09T23:20:00.000-03:00

Will be using google a google earth plug-in to map each daily rout.

Just made some final adjustments to the bike, and picked up our Jersey's- they look really good!. Hopefully the weather for tomorrow's ride to Peggy's Cove will be good. At least the wind will be coming from the south, so tailwind on the way back!

Welcome!

2010-07-08T23:07:00.000-03:00

2 days to go!

Cardiovascular disease is the number 2 cause of death in Canada. The burden of cardiovascular disease is particularly high in Nova Scotia. Four-five years ago, the first Heartland tour was conceived as a campaign to raise the alarm and make our community leaders as well as the population of Nova Scotia aware of the impact of cardiovascular disease on the population. Money spent treating cardiovascular disease is skyrocketing as our population ages, and in our cash strapped economy, may soon become unsustainable unless a concerted effort is made to prevent the disease in the first place.

Exercise and physical activity is a starting point to leading an active and healthy lifestyle.

The bike is our medium, and we hope to use it to both lead by example, and help us travel this beautiful province to spread our message! Our ultimate goal is to unite the provincial leaders to develop a strategy focused on active living in hopes of preventing cancer and cardiovascular disease, the number 1 and 2 causes of death in our population.

The purpose of this blog is to help people get to know the core members of the Heartland Tour, and to highlight those who join us in spreading our message. I'll be posting details of the ride, our route, photos, and include telemetry from my heart rate monitor and powermeter.