The Enbridge Tour Alberta for Cancer prides itself on ensuring the safety of thousands of cyclists over hundreds of kilometers while raising funds to support Albertans facing cancer year after year. The execution of this monumental task requires significant resources and a team of passionate individuals from dedicated partners across Alberta. Whether you’re a first-time rider or an avid cyclist, the Enbridge Tour Alberta for Cancer, and our valued partners, are ready to support you every step of the way.
Among these partners, Garmin Canada has emerged as a critical supporter, by offering a range of carefully curated products to incentivize participation and fundraising efforts, while maximizing the health, safety and performance goals of our participants. With one more exciting prize up for grabs, here’s how Garmin Canada products are supporting our riders for the 15th Legendary Tour:
- Health and Fitness:
Cycling is an excellent way to enhance overall health, and participants of the Tour experience this firsthand as they engage in rigorous training and prepare for the event. Garmin Venu® Sq 2 Fitness & Health Smartwatch serves as an important companion on this journey, seamlessly combining style with health monitoring and fitness features. From tracking hydration, respiration, and heart rate to overall fitness monitoring, this smartwatch encourages participants to stay motivated and keep moving towards their goal of completing a 200KM ride.
- Performance and Training:
The Tour celebrates cycling enthusiasts of all levels and aims to provide the best possible experience during training and participation in the Tour.
The Garmin Edge® 530 Cycling Computer allows participants to track their performance during their rides. With mapping features that display elevation and data points along routes, as well as the ability to provide directions if one takes a wrong turn, this device ensures riders stay on track regardless of their route.
Garmin’s Rally™ XC100 Power Meter Bike Pedals help cyclists become stronger and more efficient, assisting in tracking efforts (power) in different zones during training, and helping plan out performance. They are great motivational tools to help riders reach maximum power numbers and achieve new goals.
- Safety:
Safety is our top priority at the Tour, ensuring all our participants are well supported along the route and across the finish line. Garmin products like the Varia™ RCT715 Radar Camera Tail Lights help keep riders safe during their training rides and at the Tour. These lights automatically adjust their intensity when they detect oncoming cars or cyclists, ensuring maximum visibility. Furthermore, they provide visual and audible notifications to the edge cycling computer, offering enhanced awareness on the road. The Varia radar tail lights can be seen up to a mile away, and their recorded footage serves as an additional layer of security.
- Quality & Innovation:
Garmin is known for producing high-tech, high-quality products. Garmin employees activate their passion in the work they do to create products that will be sought after for their compelling design, superior quality and advanced features.
Watch here to see how Garmin Canada located in Cochrane, is bringing innovative products like these from conception to production.
ENTER TO WIN!
Hoping to utilize one of these incredible Garmin products at this year’s legendary Tour? You can enter to win your choice of the Varia™ RCT715 Radar Camera Tail Lights or Garmin Venu® Sq 2 Fitness & Health Smartwatch, profiled above, by completing your online check in and re-registering for the 2024 Enbridge Tour Alberta for Cancer!
- All participants who have completed their OCI and registered for the 2024 Enbridge Tour Alberta for Cancer by July 17 will be automatically entered to win.
- Bonus entries provided to those who make a self-donation of $50 or more to the 2024 Tour
- Winner will be announced July 18th via email and phone.
- Item selection to be made by July 18th and picked-up at the Enbridge Tour Alberta for Cancer re-registration tent on Saturday July 22, 2023!
Garmin Canada
In 1998, four engineers in Cochrane put their minds together to revolutionize the sport and fitness industry. The group formed Dynastream Innovations and created a small celerometer-based, shoe-mounted sensor that accurately measured speed and distance. Next, so this information could be viewed in real time, they invented an ultra-low power wireless protocol that became known as ANT+, a standard of interoperability still embraced by the sport and fitness industry today.
In 2006, Dynastream Innovations was acquired by Garmin, expanding the team’s research and development activities on fitness, outdoor and wireless products. After nearly 12 years of operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of Garmin, Dynastream Innovations became Garmin
Canada in July 2018 and the Cochrane location became the official Canadian Headquarters forGarmin.
Through a steady investment from Garmin, the Cochrane team has grown to almost 200 hundred associates. One-hundred-and-fifty of those team members are full-time, in highly skilled STEM positions, helping bring economic diversification to Alberta’s and Canada’s economies.
Today, Garmin Canada has three divisions that work seamlessly together to help bring products from concept through to production. Connectivity, Wearable Platform Technologies and Products all play integral roles in driving the research, development and design of the wide array of fitness and outdoor products sold today.
Garmin Canada associates create more than just products – they inspire innovations that shape how we live, work and play. Their diverse team of software, electrical and mechanical engineers work with Garmin offices around the world to drive research and development for their fitness and outdoor products. Interested in being part of their team? Visit Garmin.com/Careers-CA
