Tour de PEI Stage race – UCI 2.2 (June 10-14)

July 3, 2007

This was the first year for the Tour de PEI, a 4 day, 5 stage UCI road race put on by the organizers of the Montreal World Cup and tour de Grand Montreal. The idea behind having 3 big races back to back was to give the international teams coming to Canada for the World […]

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Winning in Syracuse!

May 30, 2007

The team RACE women hit the road again, heading to Syracuse, New York for the “Syracuse Race Weekend” stage race. Diana Joness and I raced in the Senior 1-2 category and Celeste Merey raced with the Cat 4 Women. The weekend consisted of 3 races – a 66 mile hilly road race (33 miles for […]

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First road race of the year – on the podium!

May 15, 2007

This weekend marked the start of the road racing season for the Team R.A.C.E. Women’s road team. Celeste Merey, Diana Joness, and I raced in Brockville at the Brockville Road Race for Habitat. The race is held on a 9.6 kilometer flat- to- rolling circuit and starts in the small town, Lyn, Ontario. We did […]

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Manchester World Cup #4 – Women’s Scratch Race Qualifying Heat #1 – Feb. 25/07

April 17, 2007

Here is some video from the first few minutes of the Women’s Scratch race qualifier at the Manchester World Cup #3 (Feb 25/07). I had a good race. I sat in the top 5 for most of the race, followed moves and had good positioning and reaction. Towards the end of the race I went […]

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Climbing in South Carolina

April 14, 2007

Some video of me climbing in South Carolina at Table Rock State Park in March. We were checking out my climbing position on my “easy” day. For that, we found the steepest climb in the park! Videographer: Susan Brown

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South Carolina Training Camp (March 2-10)

March 19, 2007

This year, training in South Carolina marked the end of my Track racing Season and the start of a new season. It was nice to get away for a “holiday” with a great group of people and train our butts off in the mountains. Our group consisted of: myself, Celeste, Diana, Emma, Michelle, Jana, Steve […]

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Manchester World Cup #4 (Feb 23-25/07)

March 11, 2007

INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT: First up for me was the Women’s Individual Pursuit qualifier. All riders race for a time, with the top 4 riders going through to the final. It is a 3 km race and I like to break it down into 3 parts. My first kilometre is about pacing, my second is about pushing […]

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L.A. World Cup (Jan 19-21)

February 17, 2007

Here are some more pics from the L.A. World Cup (Jan 19-21). If you missed my diary on CBC Radio’s “Inside Track” last Sunday, you can now listen to it online. Check it out and let me know what you think! Click on the link below then scroll to the bottom of the page. You’ll […]

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Team R.A.C.E.

February 17, 2007

Team R.A.C.E. is all about the charitable foundation (Race Against Cancer Everywhere), and recently I got to participate in one of the foundation’s charities, “The Inside Ride” “The Inside Ride” raises money for children’s cancer camps while encouraging teens to get active. The inaugural “Inside Ride” was held at Ursula Franklin Academy. There are teams […]

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Montreal Liberal Convention

February 17, 2007

Some more work pics. These are of the Montreal Liberal Convention from last fall. Who said Canadian politics wasn’t exciting? This was one cool gig- not at all what I expected. The convention reminded me of a bike race – alliances were formed, strategies played out, and it was not the strongest, frontrunning candidate that […]

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