Welcome to Kobenhavn

February 12, 2008

Welcome to Kobenhavn I’m in Copenhagen, Denmark for the World Cup this weekend (Feb 15-17). Here’s a few pics of my first couple days in the city. The weather has been pleasant, at least compared to Toronto. It’s been 5-10 degrees. But the track is indoors, so it doesn’t really matter too much, I guess. […]

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Some pictures from my trip to Australia

January 24, 2008

Here are some pictures from my trip to Australia. First, here’s me and Mina in front of the Opera House in Sydney – gotta have a pic of that! The racing fans in Latrobe, Tasmania, having turkey leftover lunches on boxing day. This is the track in Devonport, Tasmania. There were 2 days of racing […]

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Merry Christmas from Australia!

December 28, 2007

Merry Christmas from Australia! I went for a lovely road ride in Canberra on Christmas morning with Emma, her sister Kate, and Kate’s husband Chris. They showed me the sights and we even saw some kangaroos! That afternoon, Emma and I flew to Tasmania where we are racing in the Tassie Christmas carnivals. I hope […]

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Latrobe, Tasmania

December 27, 2007

This is what the Tassie Carnivals are all about…. Handicap racing. Riders start on different marks on the track, their handicap determined by an official “handicapper”. If the handicapper has done their job right, the riders should be crossing the finish line at the same time and sprinting for the win. If done correctly, it […]

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2007 Canadian National Track Championships

September 11, 2007

The 2007 Track Nationals were held in Dieppe, New Brunswick from Sept 6-9. I competed in the Points Race, Individual Pursuit and Omnium. Thurs, Sept 6 – 25 km Points Race (7th): The points race was 100 laps for a total of 25 km. There were sprints every 10 laps with the top riders getting […]

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National Track Championships: Bronze in the 3,000 metre Individual Pursuit

September 9, 2007

More details of the National Track Championships weekend to come.

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Tour de Toona (July 23-29)

August 4, 2007

I decided about 2 weeks before this race that I was gonna give it a shot. Since the Fitchburg stage race fell through for me, I decided that I wanted to do some more road racing and was looking for a challenge. Well, I needn’t have looked any further than the tour de Toona, arguably […]

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Ottawa Race Weekend (July 14,15)

July 17, 2007

Team R.A.C.E. Women’s team report: The team R.A.C.E. women’s team headed to Ottawa this weekend for a fun filled weekend of racing. Saturday, July 14 was the Grand Prix Road race in the Gatineau Hills and Sun, July 15 was the Provincial Criterium championships. Grand Prix Road Race: Diana Joness, Julia Bradley and the team’s […]

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Trexlertown “Tandemonium” track race weekend (July 6,7)

July 17, 2007

I headed down to Trexlertown, Pennsylvania for their Professional track Race series. It was my first time back on the track since I competed in the Manchester World Cup in February. It was “Tandemonium” weekend. The main event of the weekend was the US National Tandem championships. One of the teams broke the track’s flying […]

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Mock stage racing (June 27 to July 1)

July 4, 2007

My plans to race the Fitchburg Longsjo stage race in Massachusetts last weekend got cancelled, so I decided to make a little stage race of my own – always fun to do when you’re the only one doing all stages…. So, this is what I did: Wed: 95 km easy group ride Thurs: 15 km […]

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