Sunday, August 17, 2008

Sea-to-Sea NA Day 46 Celebration Day in Grand Rapids started with bit of a sleep-in followed by a breakfast in the lobby, packing up the now dried out tent, clean and lube the bikes, lunch and a bus ride to the ball park where we had the rally. A well-choreographed entry by the riders to ‘Do Something Beautiful’ started the service. Shane Claiborne spoke inspiringly about living your life in ways that break the poverty cycle on a local level. Kyle Meyerink, one of our riders, played and sang a song; which he composed while on the tour called ‘Hear Our Cry’. All the riders stood in his honour after he was finished. The whole service did not come close to the celebration we had in Guelph during the 2005 tour both in attendance and level of celebration expressed by the participants. We like to sing and to do so we need familiar songs to aid our celebration. This event like several others we have had was missing that critical element. This week we have 60 new riders starting most of who are riding for the final 2 weeks. We had about 12 people leave the tour this weekend. This morning I put up a notice announcing a 40km time trial to be held this Thursday along the route for the day. Participating riders will start at 1-minute intervals and race against the clock. The winner is the rider who finishes in the shortest time. This will add an interesting twist to the day’s ride. More on this as the week progresses.

3 comments:

Trevor Likes Bikes said...

Hey Bill, is the time trial only open to sea2sea cyclists?

Trevor Geerts

Gina Taylor said...

Bill, don't worry. The celebration service next Sunday will do the Canadian branch of the CRC proud!!!

Gina Taylor

Bill Wybenga said...

The time trial is intended for this years c2c rider, sorry Trevor. We don't want too much competition!