An Iron Man race was described to me today in this way, ‘Well, you do a 3.8 km swim. Then you ride your bike for 180km. Once you’ve done that, all that stands between you and the end is a full-length marathon, so a 42km run…’ This is what the fellow I was out for a ride [...]

It’s been a particularly busy couple of weeks, and certainly days, for me recently with my volunteer role for the 2011 Kokanee Edmonton Canada Cup cross country MTB race, as well as my own full-time work duties for Edmonton’s Cap EX. Having two events kick off on the same weekend, means you need to be [...]

Well, well, well!! Passion and heart have been in abundance throughout this Tour… From gutsy breakaways, a yellow jersey carrying the dreams of a nation or the god of thunder showing what it means to wear the World Championship jersey. The cards have been played, but the winner of the Tour is still in question. [...]

Yesterday I was down at the Kokanee Edmonton Canada Cup start/finish line to put on a pre-event we’d planned to help hype up this weekend’s race. In partnership with Barry from Specialized Bikes, we hosted a demo ride and wheelie competition! Yup, a wheelie competition. Thank fully, despite threats all day to pour yet again, [...]

Driven Episode 4: Driven by Yellow from PROG21 on Vimeo. Yellow has been my favourite colour for a long time, but it wasn’t until I saw this video that I realized that I actually didn’t consciously associate it with anything. I’d never made any connection between my favourite yellow jacket, which hangs in the front [...]

116km, 6,490 calories, 4,046m of climbing and 3 days later, the inaugural Furious 3 is behind us. As I had lamented in a post prior to the race, I was feeling a little undertrained. And by undertrained, I mean that I hadn’t really trained at all, and that my time on the bike almost solely [...]

Stage Three (the final leg) of the inaugural Fernie edition of the Furious 3 mountain bike race is in the bag! It was another early morning start (8am) for racers, and despite an initial false start due to reports there was a train blocking the route out of town, everything got underway smoothly. There were [...]

Stage Two of the Furious 3 mountain bike race began with an early morning 8am start, as racers were sent off in three waves. The first wave was comprised of the racers who’d posted the fastest times yesterday. Team Mike & Mike (Team PEDAL) were in this group today, having come in an impressive 7th [...]

Riders rolled into the start area en mass with gleaming bikes, and high expectations for the first day of Fernie singletrack, and based on what everyone said afterwards, it delivered in spades. Though the first stage today, was by some measure, ‘short’ (40km), the elevation gain more than made up for it, with the course [...]

Like mountain biking? Like the mountains? The Furious3 is in need a few good people to help on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening from approximately 6-9:00pm. Overall the volunteer turnout has been great, but a few more hands will definitely make things easier. If you think you could lend a hand please email Mark at: [...]