My Goals for the trip

Biking to Vancouver from Calgary will be a great personal challenge for me to accomplish; but many people struggle with even bigger challenges. I wanted to use my ride to bring light to one of these challenges that doesn't get the lime light it deserves.

A couple years ago I randomly met a fellow in a check out line and I mentioned "oh its breast cancer month". (Hard not to notice with the entire grocery store decked out in pink). And he told me how little money is raised for Prostrate Cancer compared to Breast Cancer. This passing comment of his as he departed the line has actually disturbed me greatly as no one talks about prostrate cancer, but you go to Facebook and all the ladies are posting their bra colour on their statuses as part of bringing awareness to that worthy cause.

If you go to Google and do a search for "Breast Cancer" it returns 40 million hits compared to doing a search for "Prostate Cancer" only returns 10 Million hits.

Here are some Canadian stats comparing both diseases.

Stat	Men	Ladies
Diagnosed this year	22,000	22,000
Most common Cancer	Prostrate	Breast
Odds of being diagnosed	1 in 8	1 in 9
Death from	1 in 27	1 in 27
Google Search	10 Million	40 Million

Do these statistics surprise you? They sure surprised me, before that passing comment in the check out line I was blissfully unaware at how overlooked Prostrate Cancer is. I had the impression that breast cancer was far more common and far more deadly than prostate cancer.

I have decided that I am going to make Prostate Cancer a awareness a goal of my ride. I am going to shed light and bring awareness to this devastating cancer that should be just as well known as Breast Cancer.