Description: Changing gears on mental health. An 11,000km cycle across Canada, raising money and awareness for international charities.
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sponsor donate who what where why when contact joyride Changing gears on mental health. An 11,000km cycle across Canada, raising money and awareness for international charities. Daily social media adventures and inspiring interviews collected on the road. Encouraging engagement, activity. Sharing stories from a broad spectrum of Canadians on their mental health, adversity faced, managed and overcome. 11,000km / 153 days / 1 day at a time WHO Hey, I'm Michael and I can't quite believe I'm embarking on this j
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So I was cycling across Sudan on a fixed gear bicycle, as you do, having never before cycled further than 10km. On the very first day I thought to l myself, “you know, Canada would be an interesting country to cycle across. I should cycle across Canada.” And well, here I am …. about to cycle across Canada. Never one to take the easy road, I’m taking the long way around – up to 11,000 km in total. I’m a travel writer, after all, so I’ve fashioned a route that follows the ‘stories’, taking in the best and qui