Hey guys,
So race season is almost underway, less then a week away from the first race of the season!!! Wooo! i'm getting pretty excited to race, a little nervous too but things should be good this year. I have put plenty of good training in thanks to my coach Alex Sanna. I feel pretty prepared to race, it'll still be a tough change as i am moving up in age category again this year(up to elite/U23 mtb and S1,2 road). It should be Fun this year, again i am racing to Liberty bicycle race team this year and even better is that Andrew DeCal, my team mate, and i are now in the same categore, so we can race together which will be fun! The race season looks pretty exciting and includes MTB Nationals in St. Felicien. Its much closer this year which mean that its in the card. Well as i make last minute preps for the race season to start i'm getting excited!!
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Saturday, 31 March 2012
Sunday, 19 February 2012
Read Week Bike Camp in Georgia!!!
So its read week and a few guys from Guelph and me decided to go to the States for some good old solid biking hours! So now we're here in Dahlonega, Georgia. Its pretty sweet down here, really big mountains which are pretty sweet!! We drove down friday night-saturday morning stopped at home and got a nice Lasagna meal :) Mmmm yum. So when we got here we went and did some shopping and then we were off for a ride. We went and did a nice 3ish hour ride. Man the mountain caught me off guard definitely. i guess i was used to the escarpment where the hill last maybe 5 mins at most. But these are like 20-45mins climbs!!! and some pretty solid climbs too. But it was cool, was a little tired from a lack of sleep.
So today was a rainy day, so we decided that today would be a great day for a mountain bike ride :) We found an old US mtb national course! it was really muddy but really fun. rode around and goofed off, so much fun. Unfortunately Alex's wore out his breaks completely and had to leave at around maybe an hour in. So its was Chris and me for the rest of our 3hour mtb ride. We were flying goofing around and have a grand old time, as we always do.
This is going to be a fun week
:)
So today was a rainy day, so we decided that today would be a great day for a mountain bike ride :) We found an old US mtb national course! it was really muddy but really fun. rode around and goofed off, so much fun. Unfortunately Alex's wore out his breaks completely and had to leave at around maybe an hour in. So its was Chris and me for the rest of our 3hour mtb ride. We were flying goofing around and have a grand old time, as we always do.
This is going to be a fun week
:)
Monday, 17 October 2011
long time since i've been here!!!!
Wow, i have a blog, i forgot about the :P
not really, but man it has been a very long time since i has posted on here!!!
So since the last time i posted, i started university, in biomedical engineering, i raced the provincial championships at duntroon, i've raced the entire U-cup mountain bike series, and trained up here in Guelph.
Provincial championships, didn't go as planned unfortunately, but thats ok, such is life. Unfortunately i bonked at this race.
The U-cups have been awesome, we had them at Mansfield, Boler Mountain, Hardwood, and Ganaraska forest (yesterday). These races are a hoot and a half, lots of fun, some really good competition and a great bunch of people to have fun with. In the series i think i finished top 5 overall. the first race i was sick, so i finished 7 or 8th i think, the next one i finished finished 8then, then the next two in 4th. With the last race being a sprint finish only seconds behind 2nd.
Now my season is finally over, man that was a long season, but thats fine by me, i love doing what i did.
I'm excited for next years season and will hopefully crush it. For now i get to realx for a bit and start training for next year. Maybe throw a few Cyclocross races in there for kicks.
catch ya later
not really, but man it has been a very long time since i has posted on here!!!
So since the last time i posted, i started university, in biomedical engineering, i raced the provincial championships at duntroon, i've raced the entire U-cup mountain bike series, and trained up here in Guelph.
Provincial championships, didn't go as planned unfortunately, but thats ok, such is life. Unfortunately i bonked at this race.
The U-cups have been awesome, we had them at Mansfield, Boler Mountain, Hardwood, and Ganaraska forest (yesterday). These races are a hoot and a half, lots of fun, some really good competition and a great bunch of people to have fun with. In the series i think i finished top 5 overall. the first race i was sick, so i finished 7 or 8th i think, the next one i finished finished 8then, then the next two in 4th. With the last race being a sprint finish only seconds behind 2nd.
Now my season is finally over, man that was a long season, but thats fine by me, i love doing what i did.
I'm excited for next years season and will hopefully crush it. For now i get to realx for a bit and start training for next year. Maybe throw a few Cyclocross races in there for kicks.
catch ya later
Monday, 8 August 2011
need indestructable bike!! :P
Hey guys,
So i've decided that i am going to hire a team of researchers and mechanics to make me an indestructable bike thats light weight and awesome!! haha, i wish
The Kelso O-Cup was this past weekend and as you can maybe guess i had a mechanical, my chain broke. The race, the part i did, went great, the start was ok a little off what i wanted but still fine. I was a little slow on the first decent/corner because i hadn't done that at race pace because the tuesday nighters went straight down instead of around. The went well felt good and strong. In the trails i started to pick people off one at a time unstil i caught up to Etzl and was on his tail (he was third i was forth) but i was ready to pass him because he was slower in the trails then me so i was getting ready to do that when we came to a sharp left then up a hill and my chain snaped, ending my race. I was bumed about it, Kelso was MY course and it was going to be my race, i felt fantastic and was going to crush it. It sucks but oh well what can you do.
Looking forward to the Provincial knowing that i can put up a good fight with some of those guys now. That will be an exciting race.
peace
So i've decided that i am going to hire a team of researchers and mechanics to make me an indestructable bike thats light weight and awesome!! haha, i wish
The Kelso O-Cup was this past weekend and as you can maybe guess i had a mechanical, my chain broke. The race, the part i did, went great, the start was ok a little off what i wanted but still fine. I was a little slow on the first decent/corner because i hadn't done that at race pace because the tuesday nighters went straight down instead of around. The went well felt good and strong. In the trails i started to pick people off one at a time unstil i caught up to Etzl and was on his tail (he was third i was forth) but i was ready to pass him because he was slower in the trails then me so i was getting ready to do that when we came to a sharp left then up a hill and my chain snaped, ending my race. I was bumed about it, Kelso was MY course and it was going to be my race, i felt fantastic and was going to crush it. It sucks but oh well what can you do.
Looking forward to the Provincial knowing that i can put up a good fight with some of those guys now. That will be an exciting race.
peace
Wednesday, 3 August 2011
Tuesday nighter
So another succesfull tuesday nighter yesteray at kelso riding the O-Cup course. The course was sweet. i love the entire ting (even the long climb up accension) The race went very well pulled another victory out of my pocket there yesterday.
Started out strong up the first little climb in the lead, then i looked back and saw i was already starting to put a gap on. When i saw that i was like alright i guess i'm going for the win right off the gun. ( i wasn't really planing on doing that but it's how i seemend to go). The climb went well, felt good and strong and i wasnt spining out like last time. Tyler Macdonald caught up to me on the climb but at the top and in the singletrack i dropped him. After that it was me on my own racing away trying to get away and build a bigger lead (just like last years O-cup), and i kept on thinking i was hearing someone catching up. it help my for sure go faster, even though no one was there. Finished the race and still felt i had energy to spare, which is prbably a good thing, that tells me i'm ready for four laps at junior ex speed. It's going to be a crazy, but awesome race this weekend. This is my course, i love it and have always done well here, hopefully i can repeat that again this year!!!
Started out strong up the first little climb in the lead, then i looked back and saw i was already starting to put a gap on. When i saw that i was like alright i guess i'm going for the win right off the gun. ( i wasn't really planing on doing that but it's how i seemend to go). The climb went well, felt good and strong and i wasnt spining out like last time. Tyler Macdonald caught up to me on the climb but at the top and in the singletrack i dropped him. After that it was me on my own racing away trying to get away and build a bigger lead (just like last years O-cup), and i kept on thinking i was hearing someone catching up. it help my for sure go faster, even though no one was there. Finished the race and still felt i had energy to spare, which is prbably a good thing, that tells me i'm ready for four laps at junior ex speed. It's going to be a crazy, but awesome race this weekend. This is my course, i love it and have always done well here, hopefully i can repeat that again this year!!!
Canal Days
Another great time spend riding up in th Hood. So on the weekend Shorthill Cycling Club held their annual Canal Days Mountain Bike Race. As always it was a blast, sweet course, great riders and a fun race. Unfortunately my race turnd into a duathlon :P as my deraileur got nocked out of place, not really sure what happened but it happened. Oh Well!!
The race started out well solid start then we got into the trails, wasn't were oi wanted to be but whatever i was fine with that because it was a just for fun race. We got to mud lake and JC and myself started to make some fround on the next guys. We workd together for the first lap until the seconf lap he flatted. Then i was alone, doing ok holding a solid pace. Then my deraileur went about 3ish kilometers from the finish. So i started to run, but then after no one had caught me after a while i thought maybe i can still come in second place even while runing so i started to push a bit. Steve ended up catching me in the lap km. BUt i still managed to make third place.
Solid race lots of fun, really technical course. Congratz to Andrew on his second victory on this course and to Katlyn on an excellent race.
The race started out well solid start then we got into the trails, wasn't were oi wanted to be but whatever i was fine with that because it was a just for fun race. We got to mud lake and JC and myself started to make some fround on the next guys. We workd together for the first lap until the seconf lap he flatted. Then i was alone, doing ok holding a solid pace. Then my deraileur went about 3ish kilometers from the finish. So i started to run, but then after no one had caught me after a while i thought maybe i can still come in second place even while runing so i started to push a bit. Steve ended up catching me in the lap km. BUt i still managed to make third place.
Solid race lots of fun, really technical course. Congratz to Andrew on his second victory on this course and to Katlyn on an excellent race.
Thursday, 28 July 2011
12 mile # 5 (2 for me)
hey guys,
so 12 mile #5 was yesterday, it was fun and went pretty well. Finished in a tie for second place with teamate Justin. The run didn't go as well as it has before and i fell behind a bit. Then i got on my bike and stated to go. Started to sit in to a pack but then realized that Justin and Andrew were on their own up ahead so it was time for me to jump up to them. Caught up and had no problem holding on and working with them. I could have pulled but i just didn't, dont really know why. Then got into the trails and i was third behind Andrew and Justin. Things were going good. Then we got to the gravel road again and JC went for a pull, i sat in behind him then desided to jump him right before the single track but so did justin and he's a little faster sprinter so he won it. For the rest of the race it went sort of like that. Then we had a sprint to the finish and we tied on the corner of the bridge.
I feel like i could have pushed harder but i was stuck behind justin. He started to get tired and i noticed. However he still had enough punch to beat me in the sprints. Good race, lots of fun, looking forward to Canal days and having a great race there, and the next 12 mile.
so 12 mile #5 was yesterday, it was fun and went pretty well. Finished in a tie for second place with teamate Justin. The run didn't go as well as it has before and i fell behind a bit. Then i got on my bike and stated to go. Started to sit in to a pack but then realized that Justin and Andrew were on their own up ahead so it was time for me to jump up to them. Caught up and had no problem holding on and working with them. I could have pulled but i just didn't, dont really know why. Then got into the trails and i was third behind Andrew and Justin. Things were going good. Then we got to the gravel road again and JC went for a pull, i sat in behind him then desided to jump him right before the single track but so did justin and he's a little faster sprinter so he won it. For the rest of the race it went sort of like that. Then we had a sprint to the finish and we tied on the corner of the bridge.
I feel like i could have pushed harder but i was stuck behind justin. He started to get tired and i noticed. However he still had enough punch to beat me in the sprints. Good race, lots of fun, looking forward to Canal days and having a great race there, and the next 12 mile.
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