Ultra long-distance approach to Navy Bike Ride
[caption id="attachment_26465" align="aligncenter" width="595"] LCdr Kray Robichaud is a long-distance cyclist who has achieved the ‘super randonneur’ title every year since 2016 — completing a series of self-supported rides ranging from 200 to 600 kilometres. He is participating in this year’s Navy Bike Ride Harry DeWolf challenge.[/caption]Joanie VeitchTrident newspaper––Last year, LCdr Kray Robichaud cycled 5,968.7 kilometres as his contribution to the 2020 virtual Navy Bike Ride Battle of the Atlantic challenge, which added up to a cumulative total of nine days, nine hours, and 23 minutes in the saddle. By July 15 of this year, he was already on track to beat that distance in the 2021 virtual Harry DeWolf challenge.“When comparing my stats with last year’s Navy Bike Ride, I am slightly ahead by 75 kilometres, 1,901 kilometres ridden this year compared to 1,825 kilometres ridden this time last year,” he says.He loves to track his stats, taking pleasure in adding interesting facts to help put the incredible distances he rides into a fun frame of reference. For instance, he not only estimated the number of calories he burned over the 11 weeks of last year’s Navy Bike Ride - 210,185 calories to be exact - he determined that amount would be “the equivalent to the amount of calories that two Kingston Class ship’s companies would expend in one day, or alternatively, the amount of calories an average person would expend in three and a half months.”Becoming a long-distance cyclistLCdr Robichaud is the Royal Canadian Navy’s Senior Staff Officer Strategic Outreach Atlantic/Arctic Canada, as well as a husband and dad to four children. When not attending to those duties, he is on his bike as much as possible, earning titles of distinction in cycling and more than a few medals along the way.LCdr Robichaud is what is known in cycling...