Clara’s Big Ride Day 29: Summerside, P.E.I.

According to Clara Hughes’s latest update, she has now ridden a quarter of the 12,000 km of her circular tour around Canada. After five stops in New Brunswick, including Woodstuck, Edmundston, Fredericton, Saint John and Moncton, Clara will cross into PEI today. She will ride 138km from Moncton to Sumerside. By the end of today, she will have ridden 3,351km since the tour began.

The last few days, Clara has visited the Lorne Middle School in Saint John, which hosted three other schools to ensure that more children could participate. She also spoke outdoors at an event hosted in downtown Moncton, where again she talked about the merits of mental health awareness.

Perhaps the tailwind and bright sun yesterday on Clara’s ride was a welcomed bonus after countless hours and kilometres spent riding through atrocious conditions. It meant she could cruise along with relative ease in what must have felt like a tropical sun given what the tour has endured so far.

Updates can be found through Clara’s twitter feed, her Facebook page or at Clara’s Big Ride.

Good morning Moncton..we leave New Brunswick today but will never forget the warmth of people! #ClarasBigRide pic.twitter.com/n6gG2aDfmb

— Clara Hughes (@ClaraHughes_) April 11, 2014