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Off season started January 2nd this year and was spent working in Northern Alberta for 37 days. It was a nice break from the bike and a good chance to let out some redneck behavior. My boss's Lindsay and Daniel at IR S (Integrity Reclamation Seismic)
February 17, 2014
2013 was one hell of a ride... 79 race days. About 1 race every 4.5 days. It's something I didn't plan but rather just let unfold as the year rolled on. Here is 2013 by the numbers: 10 countries: Canada, USA, Austria, Germany, Mongolia, Japan,
January 13, 2014
Some people describe the State of Tasmania as the anchor for Australia as it sits 240 km south off the main continent. It also takes a lot of smack talk from the mainlanders for being a little "out there."
December 2, 2013
Taiwan "the heart of Asia", is a very interesting little country just off the southeast coast of China. It is a tad bigger (35 980 sq km vs 31 284 sq km) then Vancouver Island, has half the coast line (1566.3
November 14, 2013
The Crocodile Trophy is one of my favourite MTB races in the World, right up there with the adventures of the Mongolia Bike Challenge. Racing 9-days through the jungle and dry Outback from Cairns to Cooktown in North Eastern Australia
November 6, 2013
Heading into the Wembo 24 Hr World Solo Championships I had one goal. Take the belt from 3-time champion Jason English. The form was there, the lead up to the race was A+ with good sleeps, good food and good
October 18, 2013
This Saturday the WEMBO World Solo 24hr Championships will take place in Canberra Australia. Landing here on Monday morning to see my Dad and his fiancee Eileen at the airport was like an illusion. My Dad is farm boy from Saskatchewan
October 10, 2013
10 days on Langkawi Island racing turned into a stellar lead up to 24 hr Worlds in Australia next week. The racing was short and intense, and not to stressful on the legs as the sauna we raced in governed
October 5, 2013
The first ever UCI World Marathon Series race in Asia was held yesterday on the island of Langkawi, Malaysia. It was an outright death march from the gun as 87 of us from 30 different countries tackled the 3 lap
September 30, 2013
Nippon, aka Japan is an archipelago of over 6000 islands in southeast asia, consisting of 126 million people. The characters that make up "Japan" means sun origin, probably why Japan is often known as "the land of the rising sun."
September 29, 2013
The Gong was ringing loud and clear as I landed in Japan and found my Carbon Kona King Kahuna cracked in half due to some negligence by a certain Chinese airline on the trip over from Mongolia. Thanks to
September 20, 2013
It was my third time racing the MBC (Mongolia Bike Challenge) and it never seizes to amaze me what this race and country have to offer. Every year I come I think “danm that was an adventure of a lifetime”,
September 13, 2013