Update

Currently as I write this I am sitting in a truck that is pulling our team trailer en-route to the Mount Saint Anne World Cup. We just wrapped up the Subaru US Cup at Mt Morris in Wisconsin. They did a fantastic job and are definitely one of the best event organizers out there! Out team had a solid weekend with a Adam banging the top ten and Peter, Mitch and myself also riding strong against the deep US racing field.

Since the Hardwood Canada Cup I have managed to log a few solid weeks of training trying to get as ready as possible for the upcoming block of races. The skeddy is pretty busy from now until August, starting with Wisconsin last weekend, MSA world cup this weekend, Windham world cup next weekend, Nationals the weekend after and then two more Canada cups after that! All back to back. I am still a bit tired from the training, but with a bunch of time slotted to be on my butt resting, mixed with coffee shop spins I should be rested and ready to go in no time.

Been a few weeks

Sometimes things always don't go as planned. Simple as that. Sometimes they do. What is the difference between things going as you had planned or things going up shits creek? Is it physical (body)? Is it elemental (ex. weather)? Mental? or maybe it is something else?

I think that there is definitely no simple answer to that question. My best conclusion is that in every given situation there is probably something different or even a combination of two or more. If your body doesn't feel right that is going to bugger up your mental. If your mental is out in left field, then your body is going to be watching the birds. Sometimes once you figure out how to best coordinate all of the elements that will effect your result, hopefully it will show or will know it and take note. For me, once I get things firing on all plains, I try to keep them all working in sync. Just some food for thought.

Anyways I had a great weekend at the HUGE Trek Canada Cup at Hardwood Hills. We had a great day of hanging out and riding with Canada's up and coming generation of cyclists on Saturday. It is so cool to see how solid of a job the crew at Hardwood is doing at helping get kids active and engaged in one of the best sports in  the world. They sure can rip!

Sunday was out turn to go and play bike racing. We had 6 laps of a butterfly course, which made it feel more like 12 laps. The day ended great with a 3rd place for me, 5th for Peter, 6th for the young gun Mitch Bailey and after a broken shifter cable Adam managed to still roll in 8th. The men's field was stacked with horsepower (comparable to the 6000hp tractor pullers that I watched friday night at the Brooklin Spring Fair). On the Woman's side we had Cayley Brooks ride to a solid 13th place and trek Subaru rider Emily Batty take the big "W".

All in all it was a great weekend! I am going to guess there were probably 1000 racers and double that in spectators!