From the Blog
Blackstone Fernie Breathe Easy Day 7
We did it...both Breathe Easy Teams completed the TransRockies in Support of Asthma Canada!! It is SO great to be back in Fernie! What a great experience. Many lessons learned. Hydration is important to stay on top of your asthma, so is dust avoidance (a major...
Blackstone Fernie Breathe Easy Day 6
Hello Fernie! Sherpa Shayne here in the Crow’s Nest Pass, having successfully completed the ride from Elkford. It was long, hot, dirty, and I think that Pat Gilmar has a price on his head for designing the course. Both Pepper and I are hanging in there with bandages...
Blackstone Fernie Breathe Easy Day 5
The ‘rock garden’ of Day 5 has absolutely no flowers... in fact it doesn’t have anything to do with a ‘garden’ but is more accurately described as a graveyard of head-sized boulders strewn from one end of the path to the other. The fact that some people ride it amazes...
Blackstone Fernie Breathe Easy Day 4
Oh what fun! ...109 kms of single-track, double-track and flying gravel road. There were hazards galore with cross ditches and seven stream crossings, one which was threatening to sweep me down river. As I stood crotch-deep in the middle, Shayne thankfully came out to...
Sebastine & Michele – Day 3 Update
It was a relief to get onto some flowy single-track and there was lots of it! The time trial format was really cool and it let all the teams have some space to prove their handling skills. Michele- I finally solved some of my nutrition bugaboos and found my legs for...
Blackstone Fernie Breathe Easy Day 2
I sit under the awning of the RV, the rain coming down again, waiting for Pepper, Shayne, Michelle and Sebastian, the riders of the “Breath Easy Teams” in support of Asthma Canada. Pepper is my partner and I love her very much....but right now the word is...