The 2023 Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock team faced their most gruelling training climb yet as they headed up Mount Washington Sunday
The team preparing for the Tour de Rock bike ride across Vancouver Island this fall had their most difficult training day Sunday.The difficult grade made for a lot of sweat in today’s heat — but all the riders found they had the inspiration needed to finish the climb.have been training for months, but Sunday was their biggest test yet.
“I’m a little nervous,” said Hannah Lepine, who’s the media rider from CHEK News. “My stomach was starting to turn on the way here and now it’s really going.” “It’s also quite significant in the whole cancer journey thing, because with cancer there’s no option to give up. To be successful you have to keep going, and that’s just like the kids going through treatment,” said Andy Dunstan, a Tour de Rock trainer.
Each of the riders have been touched personally by cancer, giving extra motivation on days like Sunday.Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.“My maternal grandmother, she passed away from breast cancer,” said Ajinkya Chodankar, a B.C. paramedic and Courtenay firefighter and team member. “It kind of forced my mother to grow up fast.
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