Windham World Cup Finals

World Cup Finals were fun. I think everyone in the men's race flatted at least once! and some guys even flatted twice! It was a stacked field with most of the top dudes from around the world here in New York to shake out any jet lag before heading up to saint anne next week. I had a solid race (flat included) and finished 63rd. It was a solid course and despite having a flat I seemed to lose no more then 10 finish positions. 

I am in Saint Anne right now and I did 4 laps on the course today, it is one of the best race courses that I have ever ridden! I did a quick burn up the Mountain and had a 2000ft decent to look forward too.

We are going to be updating the Trek Canada site with race updates and insider info during the week. So stop by www.trekraceteam.com to see whats happening!

Provincial World Championships

Had a great race on the weekend at a new race venue very close to home, Woodnewton in Uxbridge hosted our Provincials this year.  The new course has much potential for future races and even being a brand new course it was still super fun and surprisingly very hard. It was a close race up front for the most part with my fellow two Trek Canada teammates taking 2nd and 3rd respectively. I rode most of the race with Cam Jette and together we worked hard together for the majority of the suffer fest. We however were passed by Adam and Peter halfway through the last lap. All in all it was a good weekend and now moving on World Cup Finals next weekend in New York.

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-Bromont Canada Cup Finals. Stacked field including NZ National team, Australia National team and a few fast Americans and a very fast Brit. I finished 8th.

-Drove home Sunday through crazy thunderstorms where many people pulled over because they thought that it may be raining to hard?  Obviously they have never been to Bromont for the previous years!

-Monday I did nothing. Period. I hated Monday and hope to never have a day like that again. I did absolutely nothing and am quite disappointed with myself for that. I Simply couldn't focus on any one thing! I pissed the beautiful day away......

-Tuesday I was having no Monday! I got up early and had a good 3 hour road ride in before lunch time! I then kept on the productive train and did some running around in the big city. I even made it home before any crap traffic! (thats a first in quite some time). Since I made it home in great time I had to go play farmer on the tractor for a few hours. After dinner I had a few hours of computer work to do and I got everything I needed to do, done and in a timely and efficient manor.

-Wednesday....... Well I woke, ate and went ridding.... 25 min in I turned around.... I had a harder workout planned today and I am trying to get ready for the Ontario World Championships this weekend! I came back to the house and realized that I may possibly be tired or hungry? Sweet!  ( I just had a crap Monday and with only one productive day between then and now it best be that I am hungry and will eat then go ride again). I chowed a bunch of paleo butter tarts and after letting them digest for about 20min hit the road again. I did a good long warm up and 45 min of tempo in 2.5hrs ride. I felt good! 

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Solid Week....end!

Sunday was O-Cup #"I forget" at Kelso. It looked like it was going to pour on us and it didn't! We had a few guest racers from the New Zealand National Team racing which added a bit of friendly competition. I was coming into this race a bit on the tuckered side, I had a few solid weeks of calorie expenditure and with a few big races coming up this month, kelso would be a good leg stretcher for the 3 races that followed. It was a pretty quick start and after the first half of the first lap I went right to the front and just raced my own pace. Finishing the third lap I had a crash that was Bad. Usually it seems that I have one of the classic "bad crashes" once a year.... well this was mine. I went down so hard I didn't even know what had happened. I bounced up as quick as I could and got going again. There were a few spectators that were around when it happened and apparently it looked "Deadly". Anyhow racing, racing, racing I was slightly rattled at what had happened and continued racing fixing my bike on the fly. I had a broken brake leaver and a rear disc that was dragging like a "mo fo". Adam caught me up on the 4th lap and we raced together for most of that lap. It was good to see that he had some speedy legs today and he road very strong taking the win. I finished in a solid 2nd place happy with how my fitness is shaped up for August. I am off to Bromont for Canada Cup Finals this weekend, Ontario Provincials the following weekend and I wrap the up month with World Cup Finals in Windham New York. Over and Out.

Summer?

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Quick Update....

Currently in Swift Current Sask. and running from a rainy day in the mountains......(sigh). I had a solid race last weekend at Nationals in Canmore finishing 8th. I have also had a great week and I have uploaded a few pics to share.

Road Trip

Here are some highlights of the things that have happened and are followed up with some photos that I have pulled out.

-Drove across Canada, the car has rolled over 5600km so far on this trip.
-Had a solid race in Edmonton finishing 5th and feeling good especially because nationals are next weekend.
-Camped a few nights in Kananaskis.
-Had a few good days of riding and hiking.
-Seen more bears (especially grizzly's) than I have ever seen out here!
-Hiked a Mountain.
-Did a handful of laps on a great Nationals course! Much better than last years.
-Visited most coffee shops.... many times.
-Toss in a drive up the parkway and back, a few more rides and hikes, a bison burger and so far only one day of rain and you have a amazing trip!!!