This has been a hard week for many of us in the Ottawa (and beyond) cycling community. We lost a very good friend. A lady who had a tremendous smile, a zest for life and adventure and who was always ready for a new challenge. She inspired so many of us without realizing it.

I’ve gone through a roller coaster of emotions since Saturday – it is so damn hard to understand why this happened. I suppose we can’t understand, all we can do is speak up when we’re hurting and tell our friends and family that we need help.

A colleague of mine sent me this today:

Thinking of you.