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Get riding and track your kms from April until July to reach your training goal.
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Sign up, train and fundraise for a chance to win some amazing prizes from our valued sponsors. We have fun incentives and fundraising prizes for you this year... Check out our Prizes page for more info.
Athina's Story(updated)
In February 2019 I noticed some pain in the back of my right knee after swim practice one day. I told my parents and they then noticed a large bump had formed on the back of my knee. I visited our family doctor and at first glance he thought it was likely a Baker’s cyst, but once he felt my leg, he knew that was not the case. I was then sent for an ultrasound, and later a biopsy. The following month doctors diagnosed me with Desmoid Fibromatosis
About Desmoids Tumours
About DFC
The Desmoid Tumour Foundation of Canada (DFC) is the official Canadian charity for desmoid research.
Updates on Funds Raised (2023)
Our inaugural Athina's Ride in 2021 raised $132,700 to help support research into desmoid tumour therapies. That’s an unprecedented amount for a first-time charitable event and 100% of the proceeds go to the Desmoid Tumour Foundation of Canada (DFC). In year two we raised another $79,435 which makes it over $212,135 going towards research. Now after year three we have added another $68,703 for a total amount of $280,838! With all proceeds going directly to research.
About Athina's Ride
Athina's Ride is a cycling event that starts with training rides on April 1st and culminates on July 13th with a ride led by Athina Merckx in Penticton, B.C. Where you can achieve the goal you set for yourself and join others in supporting Athina and her efforts to raise funds to find a cure. If you can't make it to Penticton you can do your own ride where ever you are. Your training for this ride can be indoors on a trainer or outdoors (and manually log it, or use platforms like Strava to automatically upload your rides). You'll sign up, choose if you will be in Penticton or accomplishing your own ride in another city and start training.
Create an account, log your training distances, and then participate on Ride Day . By logging your distances and fundraising, you'll enter to win some awesome prizes. Meanwhile, 100% of the proceeds raised through fundraising will benefit the Desmoid Tumour Foundation of Canada.
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