# Come cycle with us in support of brain health

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2026-03-07

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Regular readers of this blog might remember that last "summer" (it was still chilly), [I biked for brain health](https://brandondonnelly.com/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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aga_Khan_Museum#Architecture) (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](https://www.globizen.com) 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](https://support.baycrestfoundation.org/site/TR/Events/General?pg=team&fr_id=1180&team_id=9570). 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.

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_Cover photo:_ [_Len Abelman_](https://www.wzmh.com/people/principals/abelman-len/) _(Principal at WZMH Architects) and me completing the Bike for Brain Health end-of-summer follow-up ride in September 2025._

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/come-cycle-with-us-in-support-of-brain-health)*