My cycling story

My cycling story started three years ago when I was living and working in Prince Edward County. In April 2021, I learned through local news that in August Parkinson Canada would hold a cycling event “Pedaling for Parkinson’s.” I had…

Diane

Maitland-Pictou Distance: 111.7 km Elevation: 960 m “Laughter, joy, and fun are not normally associated with Parkinson’s. Community appears to make it so.” -Ed Johnson We started our trip in Nova Scotia on Aug 9 in a small village, Gabarus.…

Troy

Truro-MaitlandDistance: 68 kmElevation: 921 m We landed at North Sydney, Nova Scotia, after a 17-hour ferry from Argentia, Newfoundland, on August 9. Riding a big loop of over 700 km from Cape Breton Island to Halifax to tomorrow’s destination, our…

Push hard

Gover Town-Port Blanford-Chance Cove Distance: 67km, 98km The past few days on the road have been quite an adventure. The team had 19 falls on gravel roads, walked our bikes for over 8 km in the rain, faced endless rolling…

Willie

Catamaran Park-Bishop’s Falls Distance: 70km Riding time: 3h4min We met Willie and his sister Helen today. For our team, it’s hard to see that this disease has taken so much away from a man and his family, his speech, mobility,…

Colorado trial

I looked up, the puffy snowy mountain top, the serious tall pines, the deep dark blue sky, the flowing clouds, the elegant sailboats, the cristal clear lake Dillon, and the gorgeous reflection of all these nature beauty, a wonderland. Sitting…

Lonely

It is estimated that 60% of people with Parkinson’s disease in America are homebound True, we are a group of lonely people. Last Friday, I took a bus in the early morning at 5:30 for a research session at 6…