Well I think the beatings on friday got me fired up for the points on saturday…I came out pissed and tried to stamp some authority on a race that I feel holds my future on the track. I qualified 2nd in my heat behind olympic gold medalist Mikhail Ignatiev. A good start no […]
Archive for the 'velodromes' tag
Contest Closed
Saturday, April 22nd, 2006
Track Worlds completes what I consider to be a successful track campaign. It also starts a whole chapter in the cycling year of 2006. Now I am back in Virginia, back at the monastery…it seemed to work last time right. Over the next couple days I will be riding when weather permits […]
Airport Reflecting Pools
Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
So I am sitting here in the LAX airport…paying for the day long internet connection…because, unfortunately, I am here long enough that it is actually a good deal…I will have been here almost 12 hours by the time my plane leaves the ground…I guess it is giving me the time to reflect on the experience […]
Pursuit and PEZ
Friday, March 3rd, 2006
A few brief updates from the land down under…
I raced the pursuit yesterday to an excellent time for me…4:37.68 something…A PB by about 5 seconds…and about 1.5 seconds off the Canadian record…that is good heading into Melbourne. Sorry no video yet…the only internet I have her I dial up so any visually interesting media […]
Commonwealth Games
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
So, after many weeks of waiting and wondering, the CCA has finally decided my fate for the next few months. I have been sitting and stewing, training and hoping to hear if my partner on the track, Martin Gilbert, and I would be named to the Games Team. Today I got the news […]
Christmas Turkey Legs
Saturday, January 14th, 2006
So I have passed away the holidays with what I would consider a reasonable amount of holiday training. Got to spend time with my family, my new niece, and girlfriend. I got a new guitar that is slowly but surly becoming music to my ears, and got a few lungs full of air […]