Super fun but super hard race series comes to an end – time to take the fitness gained during the winter race series and take it out on the road for Summer!   Thanks to Mike, Paul, Jamie, Aimee & Liv over at the Peak Centre as well as the rest of the participants of the race series!

Here’s the wrap up commentary below:

**Via Peak Centre For Human… Continue reading 2009-2010 Peak Winter Race Series Concludes!

*mental note*  Learn how to shift smoother…

Well, for crying the frick out loud – was actually a pretty good stage and a far cry from bonkfest last week.  However, rather than capping off a fairly well executed ride with a good strong sprint finish – I blew the chain off the front big ring just as I was coming out of the saddle to hammer down the home… Continue reading Peak Winter Racing Series Stage 4

Well, contrary to the title of my BLOG – apparently I can, and WILL bonk.

Apparently the word “PACING” completely escaped from my vocabulary and just like my 2005 BMO marathon, I blew out of the gates like a bat outta hell on fire and pretty much exploded in a heap of burning flesh and sweaty cycling gear about 20 mins into the course. I actually stopped pedalling at… Continue reading Peak Winter Racing Series Stage 3

Well, it was equally as much of a suffer-fest the second time around as the first time – and on a “hilly” course profile no less – BAH.

There was 6 racers in my heat this time around and although I was able to eek out a 3rd place finish in this heat (only managed to edge out Jerry by 10ft and .86 seconds!), the first and second place… Continue reading Peak Winter Racing Series Stage 2

Ride With Rendal Winter Race Series Stage 1 at Peak Centre For Human Performance Burnaby, B.C. 
November 3, 2009

So this is essentially the conversation that went on in my head during my devirginization at the first stage of 21 stages of the 2009/2010 Peak Centre Ride With Rendall Winter Race Series – “ACK, WHEEZE, GASP….I don’t remember 250watts being this fricken hard… GASP, WHEEZE….*expletive expletive*… Continue reading Ride With Rendall - Peak Winter Racing Series Stage 1 | 1 Comment