Strength In Numbers
Team H2V, doubling up in its many forms of business and activity leaders, just returned from an extremely successful trip to the U.S. for the Seattle to Portland ride [otherwise known as the STP]. This was a marking of the the height of cross Canada training and a real gauge for how the team was feeling physically [and even perhaps emotionally].
As a team we were five members that had decided to push the pace the 340km in one day and see just how fast we could knock the course off. As business leaders we have combined to turn this into a mass participation event for our clients and friends to enjoy and train for. By the time the gun had gone off as many as 80 people aligned with Team H2V [Innovative Fitness, John Henry Bikes, North Shore Athletics and Myron Creative] had made it down to Seattle to start their own personal journey, most going distances they had never thought possible; most doing those distances in times they never would have imagined.
All in all 9000 people plus varying support personnel line the back roads to have fun, challenge themselves physically and mentally, and to support one and others journey.
This magnitude of people riding made me think. Team H2V has become much more than just the five riders. It is the people that have begun to add their name to the list of donors, the support people and those that have wished us well. The team is growing in strength and for the most part it isn't a conversation with each individual but the fact that we can feel an army of support beginning to spread the word, beginning to infect others with the desire to help, just being on board with the mission and helping us push our pedals.
Like the STP, where riders are in front of you as far as you can see and behind you as far as you can see, the support is knowing that others are suffering and challenging themselves. The support is knowing that "if they can do it, I can do it." The strength comes from the spirit that is in the air.
Team H2V is growing because of its strength in numbers and while we don't know about each and every one of you we are sure that when you relate the story of the actual riders, of Kyle and his daughter and of the mission that lays in front of us, you are part of the team.
You are adding to the spirit. You are Team H2V. We are drawing energy from the fact that you are out there and we thank you so much for helping us. The energy keeps us going just like the many riders this weekend helped us keep going.
Onwards!
[We'll post pictures asap]
As a team we were five members that had decided to push the pace the 340km in one day and see just how fast we could knock the course off. As business leaders we have combined to turn this into a mass participation event for our clients and friends to enjoy and train for. By the time the gun had gone off as many as 80 people aligned with Team H2V [Innovative Fitness, John Henry Bikes, North Shore Athletics and Myron Creative] had made it down to Seattle to start their own personal journey, most going distances they had never thought possible; most doing those distances in times they never would have imagined.
All in all 9000 people plus varying support personnel line the back roads to have fun, challenge themselves physically and mentally, and to support one and others journey.
This magnitude of people riding made me think. Team H2V has become much more than just the five riders. It is the people that have begun to add their name to the list of donors, the support people and those that have wished us well. The team is growing in strength and for the most part it isn't a conversation with each individual but the fact that we can feel an army of support beginning to spread the word, beginning to infect others with the desire to help, just being on board with the mission and helping us push our pedals.
Like the STP, where riders are in front of you as far as you can see and behind you as far as you can see, the support is knowing that others are suffering and challenging themselves. The support is knowing that "if they can do it, I can do it." The strength comes from the spirit that is in the air.
Team H2V is growing because of its strength in numbers and while we don't know about each and every one of you we are sure that when you relate the story of the actual riders, of Kyle and his daughter and of the mission that lays in front of us, you are part of the team.
You are adding to the spirit. You are Team H2V. We are drawing energy from the fact that you are out there and we thank you so much for helping us. The energy keeps us going just like the many riders this weekend helped us keep going.
Onwards!
[We'll post pictures asap]
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