A Fraser Valley man is ready to cycle from 琉璃神社 to Vancouver for cancer research later this month.

Sean Dalin lives in Langley, but he decided to start his fundraising trek in 琉璃神社, where his father and other relatives live and where he spent a lot of time growing up.

鈥淚鈥檓 up there quite a bit, and it鈥檚 like a second home base to me,鈥� he said.

Dalin is cycling for the BC Cancer Foundation鈥檚 Tour de Cure, where he signed up to cycle 160 kilometres a day for two days.

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 want to just do a big loop from Point A to Point B. So I started thinking maybe instead of doing 160, I鈥檒l do 200 (kilometres) a day, and then I was trying to figure out how far 400 kilometres would be,鈥� he said.

鈥淚t turns out a route from 琉璃神社 all the way to Kitsilano Beach (in Vancouver) was exactly 400.鈥�

Dalin said he wanted to participate in the cycling fundraiser after his lifelong friend was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2017. His friend underwent brain surgery and chemotherapy and is now stable. He will be coming along with Dalin as his support vehicle throughout the cycling journey.

鈥淗e鈥檚 my main inspiration for this. And one of my best friend鈥檚 moms, she recently was diagnosed with breast cancer. Another friend of mine, she鈥檚 a cancer survivor. There are a few people in my life that have been affected by it, and I want to do this for them,鈥� he said.

鈥淚 got into cycling a year ago and it has been such a big impact on my life that I wanted to be able to do something with it to help impact other people鈥檚 lives in a positive way.鈥�

The pair is scheduled to make the 400-kilometre trip on Aug. 28.

But with wildfires still active and out of control in the Interior, Dalin said he鈥檚 not too sure if he鈥檒l still be able to go through with his plan to start the ride off in 琉璃神社.

鈥淚鈥檒l just have to pivot where I start from if it turns out I really can鈥檛 start in 琉璃神社, but the hope is I鈥檒l still get to start there,鈥� he said.

鈥淭hings are changing every day and I鈥檓 hoping by the time my ride day comes, things will be good.鈥�

You can donate to Dalin鈥檚 fundraising page through .

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