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 who now lives up in the mountains riding his horses all across the Canadian wilderness. […]
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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 the systems at about 90% so they wouldn’t overheat and shutoff. Most days felt like
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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 x 27km course through the sweltering Jungle. Each lap had two very steep hike/bike 20
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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.” They have the World’s 3rd largest economy, 2nd lowest homicide rate, and 5th largest military
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 some great friends (TK, Takuya, & Yuki) and an amazing sponsor in Kona (Aki World
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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”, but I’m starting to realize that it’s just what life is like when you try
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A huge goal in my cycling career came true this past weekend in Quebec by being crowned the Canadian Marathon Champion! The voyage started off Thursday night at basecamp in Victoria as I packed for 2.5 months of travelling oversees. It was a full-fledged controlled gong show. Packing for a race weekend is one thing,
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Two weeks of intermission time at home in the Rockies has left my mind rested & rejuvenated for an exciting 2nd half of the racing year yet to come. First off is a little journey over to Quebec this weekend to hunt down a Maple Leaf jersey at the Canadian Marathon Championships. Right after that
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The TransRockies has been going on for 12 years and has covered various routes between Panorama, Canmore and Fernie. It has become legendary thanks to its historical epic days, questionable weather and great organization which has treated its riders like family since day 1. This years tour was a little different due to the recent
The head bonk at the BC Bike Race healed up quicker then I would’ve expected but on average with other concussions right around the 7-10 day mark. I was concerned as I hit my head hard in back to back games in juniors one year and had headaches for months after, lucky for me I
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The BC Bike Race Journey began last Friday boarding a ferry to Vancouver with 1 Kona Hei Hei Supreme, 2 stuffed North Face duffel bags full of race gear, and a backpack full of food and drinks to get through the 7 day race week. Trying to get off the elevator to unload my
The days after a big race are generally a struggle as we try to battle through fatigue, the diminishment of excitement, and the usual pattern of packing up and travelling.This time around I was lucky to have a few extra days to relax in Europe as my flight home was set for Wednesday morning out
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