well it's over
the season , the summer, the fun, but at least there is time to breath and write a little about the fun in Edmonton.

this year's Western Canada games consisted of 3 races
a 18km flattish time trial in down town Sherwood park,
a 88km flattish road race in the middle of nowhere ( thanks to a last minute course change )
and a 14+ km mt bike race through sludgy clay.

The first race of the week was the ever popular time trial . It takes a certain type of person to really like time trails and i think that it is safe to say that i am not one of them, I did however manage a 7Th place finish which i am going to consider a small victory.

Next up was the road race.....
with a Field of 24 showing up to the cool....cold morning start
it was the largest Field of my own age group i had ever raced.
Right from the gun things went down hill for the Alberta team with a rather loud explosion puncture on the line, to the crash caused my the lead vehicle within 6 minutes of the neutral start. But these mishaps where just the start of the downward slide; with another tire explosion and two more crashes as well as more close calls that i care to remember , the race was really just about staying out of trouble . For once i did manage to stay out of trouble and rolled across the line with a good 30 ft margin on second place.

Last but not least was the mud ( no mountains in sight ) bike race.
The course was built to foil the roadies and that it did , but what the organizers hadn't counted on was the rain and thus the clay mud that made the twisty single track almost impossible for all but the very best of the mountain bikers.
In the end all was well and i got to put my cyclecross skills to the test , finishing 6Th overall after an unsuccessful sprint for 5Th.

id just like to say a big thank you to the organizers , volunteers and coaches that made this years Western Canada games a reality .











with weastern canada games comming to a close last saturday i said goodby to my teparary bc teammates and started the long trip back to victoria