Sometimes I do road cycling events… in fact, at one point I was officially on a pro road team. Not so much anymore, but there are occasions and in here are the stories.
RBC Granfondo Whistler event was last weekend. This was my first experience racing the women’s 122km Giro racing event and it was amazing! The RBC Whistler Granfondo is a 122 km ride from Stanley Park in Vancouver to Whistler Village. The event started as a community ride and has evolved to include more than 4000 …
I was lucky enough to be invited to run in the Bear Mountain 10km for the third year in a row. Nick Walker (yes THE Nick Walker that won the 10km race at the Maui XTERRA Worlds this year) and Mark Nelson put up a heap of prize money for local elite racers to stir …
The 70.3 Worlds didn’t go as well as I had planned. I felt really great, thanks to Specialized and Shimano my Shiv was working awesome, the course was fantastic and the wether was perfect. My luck was not good. In my mad dash to pass as many people as possible as early on the bike …
This was a race of first times. First time I have flatted in a road triathlon. First time I have been the lucky recipient of a penalty from a referee (to be fair that is in an Ironman event as I did get a penalty at the ITU Worlds in March this year for having …
Ironman Lake Stevens 70.3, Lake Stevens, Washington Read More »
The last time I did a back to back weekend was another season where I tried to “ride two horses with one arse”. It was 2004 and I was racing mountain bike cross country and XTERRA and wanted to participate at Canada’s mountain bike nationals and at XTERRA Keystone. I flew from Quebec to Colorado …
2011 XTERRA Beaver Creek and Vineman 70.3 Weekend Read More »
The race in Indiana was dominated by awesome performances by Ben Hoffman and Melissa Rollinson. Ben rode a 2:01 bike split for 90kms riding into the wind. Way to go Hoff! And Melissa has easily transitioned from world class middle distance running to triathlon with a huge race and amazing 1:19 run split on a …
This was the first year the ITU (International Triathlon Union) has organized a World Championship event in the offroad discipline. The ITU is the governing body for mainly the Olympic draft-legal format of triathlon and to date has only organized a European Championship edition of offroad racing that they have called Cross Triathlon rather than …
This was my first time at the Oceanside 70.3. I have done the 70.3 distance six times but Oceanside always seemed too early, too cold (in California!) and too close to the XTERRA season. Now that XTERRA is firmly placed in the backseat I can now start to try new races and where better to …
Abu Dhabi can only be described with an array of superlatives. The grandest, the largest, the most expensive, tallest!! Lots of exclamation points to further the emphasis on -est. The transformation of this city that a short time ago was merely desert inhabited by nomadic tribes to a modern, bustling metropolis of western-style business activity is thanks …
This year’s race at the Desert Classic Duathlon sets a new record for me in early season racing… in that I have never raced in February “for serious” before. And by “for serious” I mean compete in a race that includes other pro athletes that are trying to win, of which there were many on …
