Rachel Smith

I am riding 500 km to fight kids' cancer and save little lives. Please sponsor me to support my challenge!

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I've Ridden 50.2 km My goal is 500 km

My Rankings

National: 2333rd
Province: 269th in AB

I've raised $165 My goal is $500 Donate Now

My Story

This August, I am taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!

Why? Because right now, over 1,700 children are diagnosed with cancer every year, and it's the biggest killer of children from disease in Canada.

Kids should be living life, not fighting for it.

So I am raising funds through my challenge to help these kids and support SickKids Foundation to allow them to continue their work in developing treatments and finding a cure for childhood cancer.

Please support me by making a donation to give these kids the brighter futures they deserve.

Your support will change little lives.

Thank you.

Rachel

My Legacy

Here's my personal impact over 5 years to fight kids' cancer and save little lives.

368 km Ridden

$839 Raised

2021
674 km Ridden

$650 Raised

2022
370 km Ridden

$517 Raised

2023
427 km Ridden

$269 Raised

2024
Ridden

$165 Raised

2025

1,888 km

Ridden

$2,440

Raised

My Challenge

Day 3 The Other Parking Lot

3 Aug 2025

There are three parking lots listed on the website for the gorgeous Markin-MacPhail Westside Legacy Trail. Having biked the trail before, I planned to start at the middle parking lot and bypass the two black diamond (difficult) segments. That way I could do an easy 5-10km ride, as my ride on day 2 already included hills and day 1 included sprints.

I forgot that there are actually a few more small parking lots along the way (haha)… Started at the second black diamond segment, so I still ended up with hill workouts. Had a great cycling buddy to keep me going and the views were spectacular as always.

Posted 5 hours ago
20.2 km ride - Westside Legacy Segment 2-5 - Sunday, August 3, 2025

From Segment 2 to Segment 2

Logged this ride 5 hours ago
Day 1 Flat Tire

2 Aug 2025

T’was the night before the Great Cycle Challenge… and I had a flat tire?!?

Spin bike has proved a fun back up for smokey days and when the weather looks like hail and thunderstorms, so it was easy to reserve a bike for my first ride before taking the bike to the shop for pre-challenge treatment.

30km done to Big Summer Energy: R&B remixes.

Posted 1 day ago
30.0 km ride - YYC Spin: Big Summer Energy - Friday, August 1, 2025

Logged this ride 2 days ago
$100 raised to fight kids' cancer!

I just raised $100 to fight kids' cancer and achieved DEFENDER LEVEL in the challenge! Thank you so much for your support.

Posted 22 days ago

My Sponsors

Dianne Varga

“Good Luck with your fundraising for an excellent cause Rachel!”
$103.50
Received this donation 22 days ago

Rachel
Margaret Churcher

“Keep supporting Rachel on this great ride!”
$24.84
Received this donation 17 days ago

Rachel
Rachel Smith

“Kicking things off with my own personal donation to fight kids' cancer!”
$36.23
Received this donation 65 days ago

Rachel