Biking in Toronto
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Recording all my bike rides allows me to get a little geeky and compare this year's me to last year's me. Every month I aim to ride further than I did the previous year. Here is how my cycling in January 2015 compared to January 2014. January 2015: 392.34
I strapped on my GoPro for yesterday's bike ride. I wanted to show people how safe my route is, even when the trails are covered in snow. I'll ride every day unless one of the following is true: It's colder than -20°C with the windchillSnow has been falling for
Recording all my bike rides allows me to get a little geeky and compare this year's me to last year's me. Every month I aim to ride further than I did the previous year. Here is how my cycling in December 2014 compared to December 2013. December 2014: 511.13
I started 2014 thinking cycling was the key to good physical health. I biked to stay fit. I'm finishing 2014 convinced cycling is the key to good mental health. I bike to gain perspective, collect my thoughts and solve problems. I bike to understand, to analyze and to dream. The
After watching Broadchurch last week, we decided to stay in England and dove into Luther. Luther is set in London and looks as if it was run through a filter. Everything is drenched in grey. These past few days, that's all I see when cycling. The concrete trails are grey,
I record all my bike rides. Here is how my cycling in November 2014 compared to November 2013. November 2014: 434.26 kmNovember 2013: 297.89 kmI'm rather pleased with myself, because in November 2013 I was biking every weekday, training for the Ride to Conquer Cancer. Most of this
As I did for September, here is how my cycling in October 2014 compared to October 2013. October 2014: 502.16 kmOctober 2013: 161.9 kmThis wasn't exactly a fair fight. My October 2013 total would have been much higher had I not left the country for a couple of
It was such an amazingly sunny and warm October day, I had to hop off my bike and take a picture.
I noticed on my ride today that they were putting up new signs in Marie Curtis Park. Here are a couple of pictures of the new Waterfront Trail signage that's going up. Here's the old signage that's being replaced.
Thanks to my buddy Elvis, I was able to take my daughter to her first TFC match yesterday. She had a lot of fun, heard a lot of swear words in the Supporter's Section and we both scored free toques. We biked to the game, but because I totally screwed
I measure all my bike rides with MapMyRide, so I'm challenging myself from a year ago. Here are the results from September 2014 and September 2013. September 2014: 560.75 kmSeptember 2013: 242.61 kmNo doubt about it, I biked a great deal more in this September than I did
On June 7th of this year, I biked 123.95 km to Hamilton as part of the Ride to Conquer Cancer. My previously longest ride was a little over 60 km. That means I doubled my longest distance ever and I felt great. My legs weren't sore, I wasn't overly
I've biked 2266.42 km so far in 2014, but today I did something for the first time. In fact, today I did something for the first time in my life. Today, I killed a bird. It was completely unintentional. The little bird flew into my spokes while I was
In the spring I wrote about the stretch of the Waterfront Trail between Norris Crescent and First Street. This is really the only part of the trail that's not off-road, not on quiet side streets and doesn't have a designated bike lane. Since then, I've cycled this stretch with my
John F. Kennedy"Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride." Ernest Hemingway"It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best." Albert Einstein"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving." Arthur Conan Doyle"When
Now that the big ride is behind me, my go-to route is a brisk 14 km ride that takes me 30 minutes. I strapped on my GoPro when I went out this morning so you can follow along at home.
In 1982, the state of Idaho made it legal for cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs. Essentially, if it's safe, you can slow down a little and blow right through the stop sign. I consider myself a safe cyclist. I signal, I respect vehicles on the road and,
In late January, I decided I needed to do something epic. My friend was battling cancer, and I was turning 40 in June, so I registered for the Ride to Conquer Cancer and started collecting pledges. At the end of this email are the names of the 86 people who
I finally took a look at the routes I'll be biking this weekend in the Ride to Conquer Cancer. It's 125 km there and 100 km back. Day 1 View RCTO 2014 - Day 1 - 125km (Toronto to Hamilton) in a larger map Day 2 View RCTO 2014 -
I went for a nice long ride along the Waterfront Trail, making my way to downtown Oakville before heading back. Here's a taste of my journey on the Waterfront Trail in the west end, starting in Long Branch and ending at Port Credit.
I went for a 60 km bike ride yesterday. Maybe you're snickering because you went for a 200 km ride this past weekend, but 60 km was an important milestone for me. It was the longest ride of my life. You don't just hop on your bike one day and
There's only one month to go before my Ride to Conquer Cancer. Here's a little update on my progress and another plea for pledges as I gun for $5,000. I chose to ride this 220 km on June 7-8 for my dear friend Mike Kic, who was battling stage
This is my first spring living by Lake Ontario. Today during my mid-day bike ride, I must have consumed a pound of bug flesh before finishing the ride with my shirt pulled over my nose and mouth. There are swarms and swarms of these bugs along the bike trails parallel
Our Waterfront Trail is pretty awesome. I'll ride as far east as Ashbridges Bay Park and as far west as Rattray Marsh Conservation Area. The Waterfront Trail actually runs from Niagara-on-the-Lake to Brockville, but I primarily use it in Toronto and Mississauga. Most of the trail in Toronto and Mississauga
