Cycle the Sunshine Coast, BC: First Long Ride of the Season

2010 to 2011 Blog Posts - Virtual Tours

Over the past two years of having this Blog and fueled by my personal passion for cycling, I have posted blogs and have let people know where to ride on Sunshine Coast. Certainly the two elements has blurred a bit.

My blog has become many things including my training diary, my vessel to share my experiences with the world, promote the Sunshine Coast and to share in other cycling stuff that I find personally interesting.

My Homepage has my posts over the 2010 - 2012 years. When training for certain events, you get bored of analyzing data every which way, so in 2010 I started a virtual tour across Canada with the my cumulative training distance over the years and posted on Google Maps. It started out innocently enough with a question pondering if I virtually rode across Canada where would I be and what towns would I visit. The journey has been an interesting one and we live in a very vast and diverse country. Read on....

Monday, April 25, 2011

First Long Ride of the Season

Couldn't have asked for nicer day to spend with my steed. Easter marks the first of many long days this year that I'll be riding 100km or more. One day out of this year's long weekends is my time to enjoy. This saturday it was the ride from Horseshoe Bay ferry to UBC then cross town, over second narrows, to Deep Cove and back to the Ferry. Whew! 100km plus.

It took me a little over 4 hours and I met some really cool people along the way. One such person was a triathlete that was telling me about her ironman competitions. She was also telling me how Vancouver was busting out with road riding and I believed her as I saw at least 1000 riders enjoying the sport that I loved. On the Sunshine Coast, road cycling is starting to pickup but may have only 15-20 people that ride regularly. The coast is mostly known for its stunning mountain biking riding. Still we are widening the hwy lanes and adding lanes on our rural routes; also don't forget the rides suggested on this blog. Hopefully more people from Vancouver will come over and spend some time to enjoy the coast and the great road riding we have to offer!

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