Regular readers of this blog might remember that last "summer" (it was still chilly), I biked for brain health here in Toronto.

I rode 75 km, raised $3,800, and helped Multiplex Construction Canada raise over $14,000, with 100% of these donations going directly to the Baycrest Foundation to fund work related to dementia, Alzheimer's, and other brain-related illnesses.

This summer I'll be riding again on Sunday, May 31, 2026, except with a few changes:

• They've moved the starting location to the Aga Khan Museum (architecture by the Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki).

• They've increased the longest circuit to 90 km.

• We've created our own Globizen team! If we're feeling really ambitious, maybe we'll even create our own cycling bibs. (This strikes me as a low probability scenario.)

If you're up for it, I would encourage you to join our team and ride for brain health. Alternatively, you can always just participate with your wallet.

Full disclosure caveat: Bianca and I are expecting our first child (a girl) in June. This ride is closeish to the due date, creating at a minimum three possible scenarios for the day:

• Scenario one is that she is not yet born on May 31 and I ride as one would expect.

• Scenario two is that she is born early, and I then spend this Sunday morning at home in some kind of sleep-deprived state. (Or, the "vibe" is that I should probably stay home.)

• And I suppose scenario three is that I don't finish the ride and I end up at the hospital in head-to-toe lycra, clicking and clacking around in my cycling shoes.

Scenarios one and two feel more optimal, in my humble opinion.

Cover photo: Len Abelman (Principal at WZMH Architects) and me completing the Bike for Brain Health end-of-summer follow-up ride in September 2025.