21 August 2008  |  Misc

Rain, Rain, Rain

I woke up this morning to a serious downpour. It rained hard all morning, and it was supposed to rain all day, so I decided to go ahead and check out the course…  |  READ »


20 August 2008  |  Misc

Finally Here!

We arrived in Beijing yesterday evening and got to the Athlete Village with just enough time to put bikes together and go for a short spin. The village is amazing- just walking around…  |  READ »


16 August 2008  |  Misc

Jeju Island- MTB Training Camp

The past few days here on Jeju Island in South Korea have been most excellent. There are plenty of low-trafficked roads and enough miles of climbing and flats to keep us all busy….  |  READ »


13 August 2008  |  Misc

1 week at home, then Korea

After a month of being back east I had about a week at home before I headed over to Korea and then to China. Of course, the day after I got home I…  |  READ »




26 July 2008  |  Misc

Canada

I got some good hard training in on Thursday before heading up to Mt Ste Anne on Friday. The drive took 9 hours with about an hour spent waiting in line at the…  |  READ »


24 July 2008  |  Misc

Rain, Rain…Rain

It’s been pouring for the last 2 days. Not the kind of short downpours you get out west, but the long, steady all-day kind of rain that you get back east. It seems…  |  READ »



22 July 2008  |  Misc

Furlow

Staying at Furlow has been a great mental rest- no cell reception, no internet. Hence, my abysmal lack of blogging or even checking my email. I have however done plenty of swimming, seen…  |  READ »



3 July 2008  |  Misc

Going to the Olympics

Well, it’s finally official: in August I will get the opportunity to represent my country at the Olympics in Beijing, China. At this point I think it hasn’t really sunk in- maybe it…  |  READ »




Scottish mountains

27 June 2008  |  Misc

More Europe Photos- Scotland

Lochs: Mountains: Sweet road riding: Stone bridges… Waldek, a man of many talents: team manager, soigneur, barista, mechanic, winner of sprints to town-signs, comic relief, all around bad-ass (and John from Subaru/Gary-Fisher “supervising”):