Tour de Rock

So, after two weeks, 1,000-plus kilometres, 27 communities, one minor crash, two potluck suppers, one howling sou’easter, 37 school visits, a few million ibuprofen and, most importantly, $1.5 million raised for the fight against childhood cancer, it’s over. The 2011 … Continue reading »

Rider Stephanie McFarlane with a recap of Day 13: When you are out in the elements all day, every day for two weeks, you pay close attention to the weather forecast. A lot of the team’s conversations during the Tour … Continue reading »

Wednesday was a tough, but inspiring, day for the riders. Tough in that the combination of the Malahat and the climb to Sooke strains the legs, particularly when the rain falls. Inspiring in that this day was all about the … Continue reading »

Tuesday offered a good, busy exploration of the Cowichan Valley, the riders pinballing between schools and community events. Wednesday will be a day that taxes the cyclists. Not particularly long, at 78 kilometres, but riding from Duncan to Shawnigan Lake … Continue reading »

Rider Stephanie McFarlane here. We’ll get to Monday, but first let me tell you about something that happened Sunday when the team began the day by cycling from Ucluelet to Tofino. The weather was cold but clear and we were … Continue reading »

What made the loss of little Callum Brown particularly hard to take was that it was so unexpected, so sudden, to those who only knew him from his smile. When the Tour de Rock ended in Victoria last October, there … Continue reading »

Louise Hartland here from CTV Vancouver Island. I’m one of the media riders on the tour. Late last night my parents decided to surprise me and come to Port Alberni to cheer our team along the road to Ucluelet — … Continue reading »

Hi, this is Alvin Deo from VicPD again, and thanks for reading my story. I can’t start writing about today’s ride without mentioning Thursday night’s event in Parksville. It was an emotional one. Several ex-riders shared their Tour de Rock … Continue reading »

Rider Stephanie McFarlane’s recap of Day 6… Dawn broke cold and crisp this morning as we tuned up our road bikes in the parking lot of beautiful Crown Isle Resort in Courtenay. Like a pre-game ritual, team members wiped down … Continue reading »

Const. Steve Trevor has been in the Comox Valley RCMP detachment for seven years. James Matsuda, who has lived in Courtenay since 1986, is an auxiliary member there. Both have long histories volunteering for Tour de Rock events, but it … Continue reading »