This is our Capital-to-Capital Testimonials page. Here you will meet and read from our participants - cyclists, support crews and the organizers why the "Adopting Healthy Habits Tour" in June 2025 is so important to each.
TESTIMONIALS
"I participated in C2C One in 2016 and returned home bruised and tired but forever changed for the better. It is eight years later and it's wonderful to see that riders and support crew are keen to create this journey again!"
Norm C2C organizer and founder of The Human Behind The Responder
For me..I HAVE to get Healthy again.
I need to find my True self.
I have been in a fog trying to please others for so long I have lost myself; I lost Joy; I lost Engagement; I became isolated and judgmental.
I NEED to change or lose myself forever.
Everyday is a challenge but it is getting easier and more natural, however; it IS work.
WHEN I participate in C2C-Two I hope I have recovered enough to share my journey.
Patrick Medic\Fire South Portland, Maine
I have often thought about writing a testimonial in regards to my PTSD diagnosis. So here is why I’m riding...
“I may have done many Paramedic Rides, but this will be my first Capital-to-Capital ride. This will be one of the biggest accomplishments since being diagnosed with PTSD in April of 2024, though I had been off since January of 2024. I am still struggling with a lot of emergency service exposure and also just daily life, so this would be one amazing step for mental health. Not only for me but in hopes to spread the awareness and hope more can see that we are humans. We are mothers/fathers, sisters/brothers, daughters/sons - we are all humans. We don’t choose PTSD, it chooses us and the world needs to see this. I hope HBR and all the participants along for this journey will show that we are humans working as responders; we are humans with the powers to do what we can.
Stacy \ Paramedic, Ontario, Canada
