Back in April or May (it feels so long ago I can't really remember), J came to me with some news from work that they were forming a team to cycle 100 kM from Ottawa to Merrickville. The cause was for Cancer Research and he wanted to participate. The next day, J signed up.
Over the course of the summer, J did some practice runs of about 60 km and 70 km on top of the 26 km he was biking to work and back.
J's goal was to raise $1500. We each sent out emails to our coworkers, families and friends and we had quite a few people sponsering him. Unfortunately, J was just short of his goal of $1500, but the $1359 that he did raise is not trivial! His team as a whole reached their goal and that's way more important! J is a hero in my eyes!!! He's even good at doing the 'hero-stance'!
So yesterday, at the earliest time he's ever been up on a Saturday (5:30am!!!), I drove J downtown to the start line. The plan was for me to meet him in Merrickville and drive him and his bike home.....unfortunately, we both overestimated how long it would take him to ride the 100 km and I missed him crossing the finish line by about 3 minutes!!! Therefore, here is a pic of him rehydrating! 
J finished his 100 km in a time of about 4 hours and 30 minutes. He put to shame the idea that "pffft, you can't ride 100 km on a mountain bike!" for there were so many participants on road bikes that he beat that day. Road bike-shmoad bike. All it takes is a muscular pair of legs and a hero mentality.
You did good, J!
Awesome work, J!!! This must be a record year for friends of mine that have participated in the ride to conquer cancer. You definitely did good. Like Superman does good.
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