Dirty Duo Deux

“Nice work! On your second lap?” No…

So the first race of my training program for BC Bike Race 2016 is complete. It was a success, and a failure. The trailside exchange quoted above took place half-way up the Old Buck climb (biggest single climb of the…

What is a ‘good finish’?

Did you podium?

That time I felt just a little total panic

It just hit me, there are less than three months until BC Bike Race 2016!

Optimism and the skills learned while preparing for a stage marathon race for which you were wholly unsuited

Recovery Week!

I’ve had my first real ‘recovery week’ after a 6-ish week training block of base fitness. This successfully completes my first structured training program I think I’ve ever really done. Not that i’ve never trained before, but i’ve never had the fear in me enough — or the desire to crush sports…

First training RIDE

2hrs // 11.5km // 550m climbing

I finally got out for the first actual training ride of the season. I can’t remember getting on the mountain bike since August 2015 with a day at the Whistler Bike Park. Maybe there was another but it obviously wasn’t memorable. From…