Sunday May 20 was a bright and sunny
day, between two elite cycling races in Gateneau PQ. With several elite level
female athletes in town, Fast and Female sponsored an event for girls 9 and up.
This was a chance to meet up with some accomplished women athletes hear some
inspiring stories. Go for a ride for ride and practice some cycling skills.
I signed Darling Daughter up, and myself as a parent volunteer. We
finagled a ride across the river to the event but planned on riding home. The
event was very good. We had a bi-lingual introductory presentation. The girls
were divided into groups and worked on girl power themed posters, it was very
cute, being possibly the only male parent volunteer I did my best to stay out
of the way. Then we went out for an hour-long ride. I was very impressed by
both of the ambassadors who guided our little group. I was even more impressed
with Darling Daughter, she's still not completely comfortable on her new bike,
and an hour ride is long, for a nine year old. She did great, riding up and
down hills, following instructions and doing drills. The ambassadors had the
girls practice changing gears, riding with one hand, emergency stops, riding two abreast and touching the rider beside
them. It was fun.
After the ride there were more presentations and a dance (zumba).
Darling Daughter really enjoyed then event, Cath and Jenny (our ambassadors)
were great and made a positive impression.
When the event finished up we set off for home. It wasn't the
most direct route but we were able to take multi-use recreational paths all the
way home. It was great.
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