Starting June 5th, Lori and Nancy Buchanan, 50 year-old identical twins from Pembroke, Ontario (now Windsor, ON and Zurich, CH respectively) will pedal their bikes an average of 140 kms/day across Canada to raise money for Heart and Stroke research.We hope to raise $20,000 each and we need your help – go to the DONATE HERE tab on this page and follow our progress on this blog.
We refer to this fund-raising campaign as the “If We Can Do It” tour: Exercise promotes heart health, bike riding is great exercise and anyone can do it – the first block is the hardest. Lori has been cycling for years, but Nancy just started in 2009.
Why we support the Heart and Stroke Foundation: We lost our dad to heart disease when we were 15, our brother Michael has lived with the devastating consequences of stroke for the past 20 years, and Canada Research Chair Lori does stroke-related research at the University of Windsor.
Wave if you see us in our matching red cycling dresses (for the Heart Truth women’s heart health campaign) or even better you could join us for a few kilometers into or out of your town (see our stops for schedules). If we can do it, you can too!
We will post updates on trip preparation, sponsors, fund raising etc. and after June 4th we will start a travelogue. Feel free to donate now though, early donations will help us stay motivated and show our sponsors that people care about the cause.
In the meantime we will publish links to articles that have been written about the fund-raising event in different newspapers.
University of Windsor Daily News, March 24
http://bikefriendlywindsor.com
Bremgarten Bezirksanzeiger, April 27
Lori & Nancy,
You guys are awesome!!! It was a pleasure meeting you Wednesday evening. Too bad you were leaving Halifax early the next morning I would’ve loved to chatted to you more. You are a true inspiration!! Let me know where your next bit of trekking will lead you, the Tour de France route perhaps…I maybe crazy enough to join you!
CHRIS
Made it just as the sun was going down. That is the thing eh? We have to make it. We couldn’t stop to say bye at the ice cream place because we were worried about loosing the light. Got close but we managed. Enjoy your ride and take care.
Hi Ladies…late start makes for a tough day to make it to your destinaation but you made it just as I thought you would…You guys are great riders with a mission to succeed and to git-r-done . Thanks for the insiration and maybe we;ll have a screech in st.johns to celebrate our achievments!
Dave/gerald/trev
Hallo Nancy, Wir haben im Wohler Anzeiger von deiner Velotour gelesen und sind ganz begeistert! Wir leben in Chapeau Quebec, (neben Pembroke) falls ihr Zeit habt stopt doch auf unserer Farm fuer einen Besuch.
Das wuerde uns sehr freuen,
mit lieben Gruessen Christina und Lucas Kaiser
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Danke Conny – Leider kann ich nicht auf Deutsch schreiben, aber wir (= Matthias) wird ein Update pro Woche oder so schreiben. So kannst du vielleicht wieder auf diese Seite kommen und die Updates lesen. Und wir werden nach Bildern;-) haben. Wir sehen uns am Donnerstag. Ich habe eine neue Navigations-Tool für mein iPhone, damit wir den Hügeln finden! Bis dann, Nancy
ihr lieben…ich wünsche euch teu teu auf eurer tour,spass ,spannung ,gesundheit und erfolg sollen euch begleiten…und kommt gesund zurück…nancy wir sehen uns sicher noch morgen..früher als sonst…suscht chum i viel zu spat hei
…leider kann ich kein english…kann man das ganze irgendwie auf deutsch umschalten? das wäre toll! 
lg conny
Thanks Gareth. We look forward to getting your support and hope also that you spread the message. This is our Dogsled race
. Drop in once in a while during June and July to see how we are getting on…
Dear Lori and Nancy, I lost my Dad too to a stroke. It is great to see you both doing something so positive and I will support your endeavours.
Best wishes to you both and fond memories of meeting you both in Australia so many years ago.
Thanks Jyri,
Nancy is doing a great job on the blog so far and i think she will make our trip reports entertaining to read. Hopefully lots of people will keep us company though this blog.
L
Great adventure ahead of you two. Wish you all the best and I’ll stay tuned to follow your ride.
Jyri
You made it to the local newspaper in Switzerland: http://www.bremgarterbezirksanzeiger.ch/wa-bba/2011/04/mit-dem-velo-quer-durch-kanada.html
I will help all the non German speaking friends with the translation: “Kanada” means “Canada”.
Best regards,
Matthias
Hi Brenda, This is great. Our best to you on your adventure. I just checked out your blog, it looks like you have a well planned event but you are doing it alone? That would be so hard. It would be fun to compare notes and maybe ride together sometime. With any luck we will get to go there for a ride before too many years or you can come for a ride in Canada or Switzerland with us.
We’ll link up your blog and keep watching and find you on facebook.
Wonderful adventure for you both and for a terrific cause!! I wish you all the very best. Amazingly I am doing something similar – biking across Australia – fund-raising for the Heart Foundation. Maybe one day we can meet and compare notes!!
Thanks Albert. The wider the distribution the more we can raise for this excellent cause!
lori…Good for you. I am taking the liberty of sending your message to people in the department and to others that i know
Nancy & Lori
Ich wünsche Euch zum heutigen Geburtstag alles Gute. Ich freue mich, dass Euer Projekt auf so grosses Interesse stösst und mehr und mehr Sponsoren für die Herzstiftung/Heart and Stroke Foundation anzieht. Jetzt gibt es für Euch kein zurück mehr und weder Rocky Mountains, noch Prärie oder die Grossen Seen können Euch davon abhalten, Euer Ziel zu erreichen. Viel Erfolg!
Matthias
Lori & Nancy,
I am truly in awe of your passion and dedication to this mission. Also traveling across Canada by bicycle is a great commitment. I wish you nothing but good luck, plentiful donations, good weather, the strength to endure your task and as always wind at your back.
Bryon