Tour De Mississauga (#tourdemississauga)

What an awesome day I had today.  I have had the goal of riding the 100 kilometre route in the Tour de Mississauga today, since I rode the 60 kilometre route a year ago.  On July 1, I cycled 50 kilometres on my hybrid bike and was on track with my training programme.  However, asContinue reading “Tour De Mississauga (#tourdemississauga)”

Friday September 19 – Ontario University Fair Day

Today, Megan, Alun and I went to Toronto for the Ontario University Fair.  Megan has decided to apply to college, but needs to have two visits to these types of events for her Specialist High Skills Major designation on her high school diploma.  Alun is still a couple years away from needing to attend, butContinue reading “Friday September 19 – Ontario University Fair Day”

Sunday September 14 – Riding Up The Escarpment

Next Sunday I am signed up to ride the 100 kilometre route in the Tour de Mississauga.  Last year I did the 60 kilometre route on my hybrid bike.  This year I have a road bike, but fell off it and hurt my knee on my first ride with clipped in shoes.  I bruised theContinue reading “Sunday September 14 – Riding Up The Escarpment”

Day Out in Brampton

Today, I ventured out after  a few days of resting my injured leg.  Owen and I decided to go to the relatively new Mount Pleasant library branch and to run some errands. We drove to the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood in northwest Brampton which is a planned neighbourhood which  includes: a transit hub for GO TransitContinue reading “Day Out in Brampton”

Running Around Again

Owen had two baby teeth, one on each side on the top, that should have been pushed out by the adult teeth but were instead clinging in and pushing his adult teeth out of line. So today the dentist pulled them. Owen appeared quite calm and replied that he wasn’t nervous when asked by theContinue reading “Running Around Again”

How Do They Do that?

This morning I headed out to Georgetown to test again the second-hand road bike that I tested on Sunday night. On Wednesday I went to Cyclepath and talked to Christie about the used bike and also tried two new ones. They felt good but I was really unsure about spending the kind of money requiredContinue reading “How Do They Do that?”