Thats a wrap...

Sorry for no updates lately. Just been trying to press on and get through to Vegas.. which is now over thank god. Was a good time out there but the race went pretty average. Was good to see the boys one last time and take part in my good friend and teammates last race. Vegas was Jeff Hopkins last race as he is retiring after this year. Jeff and I raced together one of his first years in the states and I am glad I got to race with him in his last year as well. We had a little champagne toast after the race and everyone was wondering why we were celebrating when none of us finished the race.. haha pretty funny..




Well its onto the off-season now which I have been looking forward to for a while. I can't wait to put this crazy year behind me and get a fresh start on next year. Really looking forward to a hard off season so I can come out with my guns blazing next year. Will keep ya updated on the team front and what colors I will be wearing next year. This year is always an exciting time:-)

Thanks for every ones support this year!! was a tough one so I really needed it.. thanks!!! m@

Labor Day Weekend...

I've been back to some good training and trying to keep my head in the game so I can make it through to Vegas (Sept 25) with some good form.

This past weekend Tara and I packed up our new car:-) and headed to Windsor to race. It was cool because her parents made the trip over and we got to visit with them.



The Windsor race is a cool race... 100k on a pan flat 4 corner course. With only about 80 guys and some big teams there I thought a break might go and since I was the sole Inferno rider I figured I'd go for broke.

Well I made the break of 9 with a little over halfway to go. The mix was perfect with 2 Roadhouse, a Team Race guy and a JetFuel rider. We gained almost a minute and then the organization just fell apart. We ended getting caught with like 10 laps to go which was a bummer. I tried to mix it up in the end but was pretty dead so my end result was nill. Oh well gave it a go.

Monday was a race in Detroit and I raced pretty average after a night of no sleep. Good race but not much excitement for me and I ended up 20th. I raced hard all weekend and got some good fitness from it so all is good.

I ran into a buddy of mine that I haven't seen in a bit this weekend... Jamie Smith. He has been announcing bike races since I started forever ago and has put out a pretty sweet book explaining the life of bike racing called "Roadie". I have only started reading it but it is very good so far. I will finish it up this weekend and will have a review up next week. Pick up a copy and help out a fellow cyclist and an all around good cat. (you can get it on amazon.com)



Next stop Priority Health in that state up north. 2 big races and probably my last weekend on the road for the year until Vegas.... Thank god.