A New Week

I received the following message from Fran (Don's neice) and her husband Howard. Fran and Howard live south of the border but they made sure to be in Vancouver for Don's last days. As evidenced by their message, they were very touched by Don. I think I speak for Don's immediate family when I say that we were all touched by their love and support when they were here.

"We have donated and support Mark 1000% (if that were possible). His web page, words and the picture of Uncle Don absolutely brought tears to my eyes." - Fran & Howard

Thanks to Fran & Howard for their generous support.

Yesterday was a rest day for me. I was worried about training this week. I had a trial scheduled for tomorrow and, as usual, I felt a little under-prepared. I was going to need to bring home work which precludes riding to and from the office. It turns out that the trial must be adjourned so I had the evening to ride. I targeted for an hour and I hit it bang on. Going west, I was riding into a stiff headwind. I was pushing to make an average of 30 km/h but I just couldn't break through fast enough. Thankfully, what was a barrier going west provided assistance going east. Here's the log:

Route: from home to the 15th St bike route, left onto the Tatlow bike route, onto Welch St, through Park Royal and onto Marine Drive until I completed 30 minutes (which took me just past the Fisheries station). Turned around and retraced the route home.
Distance: 29.3 km
Time: 1:00:06
Average Speed: 29.3 km/h