Saturday, June 4, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Center of the Universe?
Clip from our Mt Tremblant pre-ride: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-sBySns7Oo
Last weekend I did a bike race. It was muddy, cold and technical. I was lovin' it and just slaying the descents...riding in 2nd too. Then my tire decided to go flat. I was having one of those days where the legs felt unreal. Too bad but I kept calm and used my tire changing skills to put a new tube in and only let my big air inflate me tire to like 15 psi. I was off riding in like 12th or something and then put the jets on and starting running a lot because mud was shin deep. I felt like Forrest Gump out there. Rode myself back to 5th, excited on that..tough though because you don't know how things could have went..Forrest says it best "life's like a box a chocolates, you never know what your going to get.
On our drive from Montreal to Quebec City we came across some dude in a car, and tried to get him to race us. He was too afraid of the roof racks and diesel smell though.
This past week in Baie-St-Paul I enjoyed some good livin' as Matt Paziuk would put it. Every morning Mr Haviland would welcome us all to 'Flavour Country' with his 12 cup bodum.
Also on the menu in a rustic house was Pancakes. And not just regular pancakes, I'm talking peanut butter, mocha yogurt, bannana and real maple syrup.
There is nothing to joke about when consuming these:
Post race on Sunday I met up with Cycling BC, they were staying in a rad mansion on the side of a mtn. No big deal that there was a waterfall beside the house.
We also had a nice view, and found a lucky treat in the fire place:
One of my 100% Paleo dinner I had last week:
And some nightly hydration:
Monday was the day I finished my two week stint in New France, and started with week trip into the center of the universe. We arrived to humidity and of course smog. Yesterday was 32, and 37 with humidity. So we hit the beach and got burnt. Darn I know. We decided to buy some Canuks swag and represent while were out here. We have the window attachments for the van and going to look for tattoos and marks to make ourselves nice get ups for the local Wed. night race. By the sounds of it people take this Wed. nighter as serious as a world championship..going to have to figure out a way to make them tone it down. Possibly spd sandals? shirtless wit bibs? wig? We'll figure something out.
Since it was sunny yesterday we thought it might be a good time to loose the tan lines and gain a v-neck tan.
Last weekend I did a bike race. It was muddy, cold and technical. I was lovin' it and just slaying the descents...riding in 2nd too. Then my tire decided to go flat. I was having one of those days where the legs felt unreal. Too bad but I kept calm and used my tire changing skills to put a new tube in and only let my big air inflate me tire to like 15 psi. I was off riding in like 12th or something and then put the jets on and starting running a lot because mud was shin deep. I felt like Forrest Gump out there. Rode myself back to 5th, excited on that..tough though because you don't know how things could have went..Forrest says it best "life's like a box a chocolates, you never know what your going to get.
On our drive from Montreal to Quebec City we came across some dude in a car, and tried to get him to race us. He was too afraid of the roof racks and diesel smell though.
This past week in Baie-St-Paul I enjoyed some good livin' as Matt Paziuk would put it. Every morning Mr Haviland would welcome us all to 'Flavour Country' with his 12 cup bodum.
Also on the menu in a rustic house was Pancakes. And not just regular pancakes, I'm talking peanut butter, mocha yogurt, bannana and real maple syrup.
One of my 100% Paleo dinner I had last week:
Monday was the day I finished my two week stint in New France, and started with week trip into the center of the universe. We arrived to humidity and of course smog. Yesterday was 32, and 37 with humidity. So we hit the beach and got burnt. Darn I know. We decided to buy some Canuks swag and represent while were out here. We have the window attachments for the van and going to look for tattoos and marks to make ourselves nice get ups for the local Wed. night race. By the sounds of it people take this Wed. nighter as serious as a world championship..going to have to figure out a way to make them tone it down. Possibly spd sandals? shirtless wit bibs? wig? We'll figure something out.
Since it was sunny yesterday we thought it might be a good time to loose the tan lines and gain a v-neck tan.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Dear Paleos'
Lately I've been feeling like I need a change. And I believe that change is going to come from a diet change, which I have been thinking should be the Paleo diet. I hear it consists of lasagna type meals, cookies, beer, choclate bars and so on. This is better than the kind of diet where you only eat meet, veggies and sweet potatoes for carbs. We have been trying this out on our Canada Cup trip. And by we I mean Andrew L'esperance, Zach Hughes, Matt Paziuk, Jarred Stafford and the one and only Havy. We have been feeling bloated and tired after dinner, but the next day we feel like we have an unlimited amount of carbs at our disposal. Demonstrated below is how I caught a meal and used it to my advantage last year before CX Provincials:
Since Matt Paziuk has been the master at teaching us “easting into the day” so far this trip we have become great at catching our food while easing. A little while back I caught this in the bulk food section. She was a hard one to reel in, but I conquered it in one night:
Back in April I was doing a bicycle race on skinny tires, and after being out front the whole time have that group chase me I felt like I needed a break on my way home to watch some Gossip Girl and fuel up. Luckily in Ricky Federeau's hometown there is a Schnitzel burger joint. This was probably my easiest catch yet:
Sometimes while I'm working at The Bike Barn people tend to hide these Paleo meals into our mechanic area...and since I work in the mechanic area these tend to land right in our laps:
I was lucky enough to get involved with Matt Paziuk in the making of a new website! Check it eh!
http://dogthepaleohunter.tumblr.com/
Anyway back to bicycle trip Quebec. After our little creekin' sesh last Sunday night. We decided it might good to give our little Zachy Hughes a haircut. Now you can all imagine how well we brainstormed. But Zatch was a little iffy on some of the ideas. We decided this might be a good situation to use the helmet cam.
Then Mr Havy stepped in and perfected the absolutely stunning mullet. He came up with a new cut called the 'freedom strip'. We were all impressed and excited on this.
We arrived in Baie-St Paul Quebec on Tuesday evening to a beautiful rustic country home. And since I am tagging along with a group of beautys, there's wasn't an extra room available. So I have to stay in the basement. Its a little chilly, and tricky to get in and out of, but it has a dirt floor.
Since Matt Paziuk has been the master at teaching us “easting into the day” so far this trip we have become great at catching our food while easing. A little while back I caught this in the bulk food section. She was a hard one to reel in, but I conquered it in one night:
Back in April I was doing a bicycle race on skinny tires, and after being out front the whole time have that group chase me I felt like I needed a break on my way home to watch some Gossip Girl and fuel up. Luckily in Ricky Federeau's hometown there is a Schnitzel burger joint. This was probably my easiest catch yet:
Sometimes while I'm working at The Bike Barn people tend to hide these Paleo meals into our mechanic area...and since I work in the mechanic area these tend to land right in our laps:
I was lucky enough to get involved with Matt Paziuk in the making of a new website! Check it eh!
http://dogthepaleohunter.tumblr.com/
Anyway back to bicycle trip Quebec. After our little creekin' sesh last Sunday night. We decided it might good to give our little Zachy Hughes a haircut. Now you can all imagine how well we brainstormed. But Zatch was a little iffy on some of the ideas. We decided this might be a good situation to use the helmet cam.
Then Mr Havy stepped in and perfected the absolutely stunning mullet. He came up with a new cut called the 'freedom strip'. We were all impressed and excited on this.
We arrived in Baie-St Paul Quebec on Tuesday evening to a beautiful rustic country home. And since I am tagging along with a group of beautys, there's wasn't an extra room available. So I have to stay in the basement. Its a little chilly, and tricky to get in and out of, but it has a dirt floor.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Hello again Quebec
So to start off my trip my mother made me a very nice vegetarian meal the night before I left. 
Since I was going to be heading out east I needed a lot of stuff, and by stuff really just crap I think I think I am going to need but not really. But luckily I have a sweet weight scale and my hockey bag. I was able to get through the airport with 0 $ in charges and left them lovely check-in girls with some made up goalie stories..
I put a lot of pressure on myself for the first Canada Cup race as it was my first big race from the 2010 year of Mononucleosis. Plus is was my Grandad's birthday and he found out a few weeks ago he has lung cancer, and my buddy Nick Geddes and amazing young DH'er who has been recently diagnosed with Leukemia. So I put some special stickers and peices of paper on my bike that were going to make me think of that and how life is too short and take everything out of it while you can!
As most people know cyclists are coffee drinkers. And not the usual lets go hit Timmys and get a triple triple. If you were to come and stay at our place and listen to bean types, specific grinds, bodums, stove tops and coffee makers. We found a 1 cup bodum but thats crazy. So Mr Haviland invested in a 12 cupper. Which I call the Man Cupper.
Oh and when I was in the Calgary airport I heard a guy order an 8 shot espresso with 1 shot mocha, and his gf order a non-fat soy latte with non-real sugar..and a shot of caramel. What happend to ordering a coffee?
Anyway I also wanted to sent a huge shout-out to my unbelievably awesome team and Maxxis tires..they are the best hands dowm. Nuff said.
Race Recap:
-Listen to Ricky Federeau starting yelling "7 layer cheese cake, 7 layer cheese cake" with 30 sec to go before the start.
-Burst out laughing
-Start in the high 30s
-Start, lose positions, gain positions, loose positions, stay put, have an "awesome bike handler" fall infront of me before the singletrack.
-Somehow a french guy managed to get sideways and t-bone me on a straight stretch and yell "tabarnac" at me.
-It was so hot my hands felt like they were melting
-Laugh at Ricky again when his way of getting us to pass people is by saying "move! you have two BC guys behind you!"
-rode slow behind some technically un-gifted riders on the decent one lap
-tried to drift a cobbled corner through the village in-front of like 100 people and slid out and got some beauty road rash
-picked people off
-almost had a wicked two-up bike throw sprint
-sat on the ground after the race and drank a coke
-wore a skinsuit for the first time ever in a mtb race
-thought about cooling down but decided it would be better to eat my sandwich
Sunday came around and we went creekin'. I was accompanied by the ever so wonderful Andrew Lesperance, Zach Hughes and Jarred Stafford.
We've also been learning the art of easing into the day from Matt Pazuik. Which consists of long mornings with coffee, food and laptopping.
Since I was going to be heading out east I needed a lot of stuff, and by stuff really just crap I think I think I am going to need but not really. But luckily I have a sweet weight scale and my hockey bag. I was able to get through the airport with 0 $ in charges and left them lovely check-in girls with some made up goalie stories..
I put a lot of pressure on myself for the first Canada Cup race as it was my first big race from the 2010 year of Mononucleosis. Plus is was my Grandad's birthday and he found out a few weeks ago he has lung cancer, and my buddy Nick Geddes and amazing young DH'er who has been recently diagnosed with Leukemia. So I put some special stickers and peices of paper on my bike that were going to make me think of that and how life is too short and take everything out of it while you can!
As most people know cyclists are coffee drinkers. And not the usual lets go hit Timmys and get a triple triple. If you were to come and stay at our place and listen to bean types, specific grinds, bodums, stove tops and coffee makers. We found a 1 cup bodum but thats crazy. So Mr Haviland invested in a 12 cupper. Which I call the Man Cupper.
Oh and when I was in the Calgary airport I heard a guy order an 8 shot espresso with 1 shot mocha, and his gf order a non-fat soy latte with non-real sugar..and a shot of caramel. What happend to ordering a coffee?
Anyway I also wanted to sent a huge shout-out to my unbelievably awesome team and Maxxis tires..they are the best hands dowm. Nuff said.
Race Recap:
-Listen to Ricky Federeau starting yelling "7 layer cheese cake, 7 layer cheese cake" with 30 sec to go before the start.
-Burst out laughing
-Start in the high 30s
-Start, lose positions, gain positions, loose positions, stay put, have an "awesome bike handler" fall infront of me before the singletrack.
-Somehow a french guy managed to get sideways and t-bone me on a straight stretch and yell "tabarnac" at me.
-It was so hot my hands felt like they were melting
-Laugh at Ricky again when his way of getting us to pass people is by saying "move! you have two BC guys behind you!"
-rode slow behind some technically un-gifted riders on the decent one lap
-tried to drift a cobbled corner through the village in-front of like 100 people and slid out and got some beauty road rash
-picked people off
-almost had a wicked two-up bike throw sprint
-sat on the ground after the race and drank a coke
-wore a skinsuit for the first time ever in a mtb race
-thought about cooling down but decided it would be better to eat my sandwich
Sunday came around and we went creekin'. I was accompanied by the ever so wonderful Andrew Lesperance, Zach Hughes and Jarred Stafford.
We've also been learning the art of easing into the day from Matt Pazuik. Which consists of long mornings with coffee, food and laptopping.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
So last weekened was the first MTB race of the year. To sum it up, Snapped chain twice, crashed, took wrong turn and bonked hard from chasing too hard. But the trail were so good over there on the Sunshine Coast that it was hard to be mad. I was planning on racing the DH Sunday to make it a double header but my chain broke again after the race, so I wasn't really in the mood anymore, and apparently I needed a fullface..how lame. They also didn't want me to race Pro because I was an "XC'er".
Last week our weather decided it was time to catch up on some not needed rain. I did get in a nice rainless ride Wednesday. I think I've already said, but who cares, the Okanagan right now is so good for riding I feel that not enough people are taking advantage of it. So I'm trying to accomplish that by myself.
On a side note. I think I found the best thing ever to help keep cool during a hot race. Last week we had a massive sale at The Bike Barn (http://bikebarn.ca/)and someone came across these wonderful pieces of history:
This morning I did a little hike-a-bike. Found a sweet trail yesterday and thought it might be good for dh shred on cam. It was such a bluebird day here I decided to do a little Go Pro photo along the way. The cool thing about automatic photo on the Go pro is you get some cool photos without having to search for it.
Last week our weather decided it was time to catch up on some not needed rain. I did get in a nice rainless ride Wednesday. I think I've already said, but who cares, the Okanagan right now is so good for riding I feel that not enough people are taking advantage of it. So I'm trying to accomplish that by myself.
On a side note. I think I found the best thing ever to help keep cool during a hot race. Last week we had a massive sale at The Bike Barn (http://bikebarn.ca/)and someone came across these wonderful pieces of history:
This morning I did a little hike-a-bike. Found a sweet trail yesterday and thought it might be good for dh shred on cam. It was such a bluebird day here I decided to do a little Go Pro photo along the way. The cool thing about automatic photo on the Go pro is you get some cool photos without having to search for it.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
New Go Video:
This is in Penticton BC, On Seperatist Mtn, and down Rebellion Trail. Stoked my new xc bike rides downhill as good as a big bike.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muGfhsJtIvs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muGfhsJtIvs
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Last 2 days = Best 2 days on the bicycle yet this year
So yesterday I was able to get sunburnt while riding on of my favourite trails in town. So you make you wish you lived here, I present you Rose Valley:
Sunday, April 24, 2011
So yesterday was the best day yes this year, I got to ride for hours on my mtb in shorts and a tee shirt..it was cool. I also found out that bike racks are good for more than just carrying clothes and food:
Some guy came to work the other day and said he couldn't pedal...mm..
Also came across this mint condition Rocky Mountain RM7 Wade Simmons edition, its for sale at The Bike Barn right now too:
Yeserdays drive in was unbelievable, couldn't imagine being anywhere else right now, the trails are at their absolute finest and road riding is as good as it can be. And my favourite hill to go up and down lots is getting cleaner by the day!
I also found an unreal Go Pro video the other day. Its inspiring me to do a cool video with mine, I just need 10 ft of snow and a 2,00 ft cliff to make it as cool as this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwbP9WLX3fY&feature=youtu.be
Also got this link from a friend the other day. WARNING: do no watch if you don't want to see a stick go through a guys mouth...http://www.break.com/index/biker-wipesout-into-branch-2043758
Some guy came to work the other day and said he couldn't pedal...mm..
Also came across this mint condition Rocky Mountain RM7 Wade Simmons edition, its for sale at The Bike Barn right now too:
Yeserdays drive in was unbelievable, couldn't imagine being anywhere else right now, the trails are at their absolute finest and road riding is as good as it can be. And my favourite hill to go up and down lots is getting cleaner by the day!
I also found an unreal Go Pro video the other day. Its inspiring me to do a cool video with mine, I just need 10 ft of snow and a 2,00 ft cliff to make it as cool as this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwbP9WLX3fY&feature=youtu.be
Also got this link from a friend the other day. WARNING: do no watch if you don't want to see a stick go through a guys mouth...http://www.break.com/index/biker-wipesout-into-branch-2043758
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
It was a beautiful day on the Guthrie ranch this morning:
Picked up some new special parts for my car today!
It was Ski2Sea this past weekend in Kelowna. I would love yo do a race report, but it would not compare to my buddy Jeff Symonds report: http://jeffsymonds.blogspot.com/
I was fortunate enough to be interviewed by the local Kelowna Capital News and get the name dropped a few times: http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/kelownacapitalnews/sports/119713174.html
Yesterday I got out on a sweet little MTB ride with Axel Merckx. Super rad dude, funny and quite the dandy little mtbiker. We rode some awesome trails in Summerland BC. With a few laps of the http://www.testofhumanity.com/ Race course, this is race that each and every person should be out to support!
Today I enjoyed the sun, drank coffee, made french toast, did yard work, and more yard work, ate pizza, watched "No Strings Attached"(need to watch because of Natalie Portman!!) and went to bed.
Picked up some new special parts for my car today!
It was Ski2Sea this past weekend in Kelowna. I would love yo do a race report, but it would not compare to my buddy Jeff Symonds report: http://jeffsymonds.blogspot.com/
I was fortunate enough to be interviewed by the local Kelowna Capital News and get the name dropped a few times: http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/kelownacapitalnews/sports/119713174.html
Yesterday I got out on a sweet little MTB ride with Axel Merckx. Super rad dude, funny and quite the dandy little mtbiker. We rode some awesome trails in Summerland BC. With a few laps of the http://www.testofhumanity.com/ Race course, this is race that each and every person should be out to support!
Today I enjoyed the sun, drank coffee, made french toast, did yard work, and more yard work, ate pizza, watched "No Strings Attached"(need to watch because of Natalie Portman!!) and went to bed.
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