Spring Season False-Start, Halifax Ramblers sighting and HCC Activities

I've been way-layed! After a super-enjoyable initial ride last week, I threw out my back pretty significantly. In healthcare, this isn't a particularly rare injury --especially seeing as how the average weight of our patient populations is rising annually. So with a solid knot in the lower left portion of my back, and extending around that same side, I've been out of commission until today. 

And so --being woken up at 6:30am by my total ass-hat of an upstairs neighbour-- I decided to roll out of bed, have a quick bite to eat, and try to pound-out the Waverly-Loop once more. The morning was pretty chilly --about 2℃. With moderate headwinds, the ride didn't warm up much until I got away from the myriad of frozen lakes, ponds and harbours that dot the HRM. With my back holding it's own at the 30km mark, I steady increased my pace down Waverly on the way back home, and saw one of the first sure-fire signs of spring's arrival: the Halifax Ramblers were out in full-force heading outbound on Waverly Rd., I'm assuming just starting a 100km+ weekend ride. Bringing up the rear was the legend himself, Bob White; an incredible advocate for cycling safety and infrastructure improvement in HRM. Bob's also one of the kindest and funniest guys I know. While working together as Halifax Cycling Coalition (HCC) board members, I more than once shared a chuckle at a well-timed pun slung by White in the middle of sometimes dreary meetings. 

The HCC continues to be a hive full of busy-bees! After challenging Haligonians to participate in 30-days of actively commuting to work via bicycle, the HCC has now shifted focus on the ongoing debacle that is the on-again-off-again Hollis St. Bike lane. 

One thing I'm not sure I'm completely onside-with is an HCC focused NACTO street designing seminar on June 12. Although I'm totally down with diversifying on-street travel options, I feel as though not sharing the planning process of this event with an HRM walking or transit group puts a lot of pressure on a cycling advocacy group to promote transit and walking --which is a tad beyond the objectives of the HCC. 

I may be splitting hairs here. Tell me how you guys feel about this. Leave some comments, y'all!