After a few years of sporting the 8-hour relay style, a group of friends decided it was time to bond together over a good old-fashioned 24 hour mountain bike relay. 
 
Kelso was the destination for the Summer Solstice 24 Hour race.
 
We pulled in the night before to the camp ground with our new, used camping […]

As the triathlon season is over and the XC running season is yet to start, i was looking for a fun way to go on with my training fall season that will allow me preparing IM Malaysia scheduled for end of February 2010. I chose the Epic Fall 8hrs mountain bike event at Hardwood Hills.
It was my 1st MTB […]

 
Location: Port Colborne/Port Dalhousie, ON
Website: www.laketolake.ca
Date: June 21, 2009 
 
It seems the summer months are pretty void of some solid adventure races you can do solo.  This has left me searching for motivation to keep training hard and stay focused.  So now I find myself “racing for training” rather than “training for racing”.  My bike legs haven’t […]

This was to be my first attempt (and most likely last) at competing in a solo 24 hr mtb race. Training had been going ok, and I knew that if I paced myself properly I would have a good race. I wasn’t expecting any fast performance, but I just wanted to ride the majority of […]

This was my first time attempting a proper road race, and I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.  The race weekend included a time trial on saturday morning, a criterium ( not available to the entry senior 4 (S4) mens or other entry categories), and a road stage on sunday morning.
Time Trial
I showed up […]

Bacel Ride for Heart Sunday June 7This was an incredible event.  If you haven’t heard of it before, this ride completely closes down the Gardiner expressway and the Don Valley Parkway to allow more then 13000 riders to ride the route up and down.  I was interested in this even for two reasons.  One was […]

This can be seen as the manual of how not to do a race. I hope some other people can learn as much from reading this as I did from experiencing it!
I arrived on Saturday morning in Mansfield Outdoor Centre with a fair bit of enthusiasm for the race that day; the Epic 8 […]

Having travelled back and forth to Moscow and the surrounding area for the past six years I finally managed to get moved here on a permenent basis. That being done it was time to get ready for the summer season, particualary a week of hard cycling in the Italian Dolomite mountains in July. With cycling in […]

 Sunday April 5th was the day of the 18th running of the Uxbridge Icebreaker in the Durham Forest.  With 2 race options, option A being 25km and Option B being 50km of fun. I chose the hardman option of 50km. After the requisite pre race fueling of Tim’s Hot Chocolate and Bacon Breakie sandwich on the drive up. […]

Soldier On, is a term used in the Canadian Army. The dictionary describes it as to continue one’s efforts despite despite difficulties or pressure.  And that is the title of the the program created to aid soldiers who have been injured to soldier on.  So on February 27th and 28th in the RMC gym the first […]

 On a chilly blustery Sunday morning at Lake Ontario Park was the one race that brought the Eastern and Southern Ontario series together. This is the race where those who don’t normaly race together get to of course race together. The usuall looped type course that is the staple of Cyclocross though with some changes due […]

 ” Do Not become Decoupled” is the words that rang in my ears on my first lap at the Oktober Fest Cross at Earl Bales. Coming from Ted the Legend Ingram master racer extraodinaire  it’s especially motivating when he’s waving a cold beer in your face.
  So it was on slightly overcast day that the annual running […]

Crank the Shield is Ontario’s first mountain bike (MTB) stage race. It mirrors other epic stage races such as the Transrockies Challenge and BC Bike Race (both 7 day epic races) except on a much smaller scale. With over 275 riders registered, this first year event was a popular option for many MTB enthusiasts who […]

Thank you all for your support. Doing this ride and meeting the people, other riders, volunteers, children with cancer, parents of children who have cancer or have survived and are in remission, and a few parents who’s children did not survive - this is what made it meaningful for me. Before it was just a […]

This past weekend I rode in the Ride to Conquer Cancer. It was the most amazing and inspiring experience I have had in my life so far, I loved every moment. The weekend was full of tears, laughter, and smiles. I liked it so much I have already registered for next year’s event. This year […]

The 2008 Paris Ancaster Bike Race may prove to be an event that gets this bike racing rookie hooked.
The annual race between towns west of Hamilton is modeled on the famous springtime Paris-Roubaix race which takes place on rough cobblestone roads in France. With cobblestones hard to find in Ontario, the race website (www.parisancaster.com) […]

Hi all: this was sent along from one of the best off-road age-groupers, Steve & Lori Whitmore from London, ON

Aloha everyone,
 
here is the link to the results. The overall results are first but if you scroll down you can see the AG results starting with the men, so you can see how we […]

Mt Ventoux – elevation 1912m
There are two famous mountain climbs for cyclist in France, one being Alp d’Huez which we did last year and Mt Ventoux which we did on Sept 5th. The mountain is an occasional stage for the Tour and became famous when the English cyclist Tom Simpson died from exhaustion close to […]