Well, on a bike-specific front if I had to categorize my performance over November into one word, that word would be FAIL! I really got a sense this month for how much “real life” can get in the way of things… I was in Costa Rica until the 12th, where no cycling occurred, and upon [...]

Illness is just insult to injury That’s what I’ve decided. Though I won’t say I’m really that injured, I pulled something in my right shoulder during a sparring match at my dojo at the beginning of the month. It’s still genuinely sore. Thankfully, this doesn’t impact my riding that much. Illness on the other hand, [...]

Though this may not be a racing-specific gear entry per-se, I ran across these pants on the Cordarounds site and thought it was a pretty smart idea – especially in latitudes like Calgary where this time of year, we’re all pretty much in the dark of night both on the way to work and on the [...]

First crack at building a film using the new iMovie. Footage is from summer of 2008 and shot here in the Edmonton river valley. Lots of good trails down there, and you do spend a lot of time grinding your way out of the valley if you want to enjoy any downhill action. Good for [...]

It’s been over 10 years since my last *real* mountain bike race, and while the last one was a tight loop on a 2km course, this one was a completely different beast. For the uninitiated, the Bow 80 is an 80km loop around Moose Mountain in Kananaskis Country (Alberta). It claims to include some of the best [...]

Headed up to Edmonton and did some riding over the weekend. It was fun being back in Edmonton, ripping through the river valley and all my old trails. Sheldon and I did some hack-job-filming, comprised mainly of his Canon Elph, a ‘Gorilla’ tripod, and lots of duct tape.

Sheldon came down to Calgary a few months ago and we took our first stab at doing some video recording during the ride. We headed up to Jumpingpound Ridge near Bragg Creek for the day. A truly great ride for anybody in that neck of the woods. I thought I’d dust off the video and share it with [...]

One of the biggest things weighing on my mind going into this, is how much ground I need to cover, not just to get ready for TR, but to catch up to my teammate Ken. Since he moved to Calgary, he grew a set of legs like a Clydesdale. Okay, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but [...]

I wouldn’t say that this was a model month for me – between two holidays (one to Vegas and one to Costa Rica), one business trip (to New York), Thanksgiving, and the mercury steadily dropping all month I only managed to get about 14 hours on the bike. It’s not the type of performance I [...]