The Tour de Rock journey begins this weekend with cyclists riding the length of Vancouver Island
Except this dance hasn’t been staged since 2019, and it’s not easy to remember all the moves. Which decal gets applied to which vehicle, and where do the bicycle pumps go? What about the chargers for the hand-held radios?
It would have been easy to let the annual event die. Every fundraiser has its shelf life and the pandemic pause could have provided this one with a natural expiration date. Longtime sponsors and key volunteers drifted away. The Canadian Cancer Society, its finances battered by COVID, had to close its Vancouver Island offices and cut staff across the country, leaving the riders and the Tour’s volunteer steering committee without the usual level of logistical support.
“What I’ll never forget is the first time the Tour came to Chelsea’s school.” As the sirens of the team’s escort vehicles grew louder, so did the buzz in the gym. “You feel overwhelmed with support.” His daughter is 11 now and is attached to the team as an honorary rider. So are the children of several other Island families who have dealt with pediatric cancer.
She kept training with the team, just as she had since the spring. Hill nights on Tuesdays, speed night on Thursdays, long rides on Sundays — even a 130-kilometre grind one hot day. To stop would have felt like she was making a statement she didn’t want to make.
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