Time for a rest...

The last few days have been a whirlwind of chaos as my plans, wait plans, whats a plan, I don't have plans but somehow my bike and I got home to Jasper in one piece regardless of any plans we may or may not of had. One tip of advice, don't book a flight out of an airport which is 3 hrs away from the race course when you only have 4 hrs to make it in and you have no planned mode of transportation.


Saturday- finish 22nd out of 80 in canada cup
- leave for ottawa asap, got onto plane with 3 minutes to spare
- arrive at Matt Decores house for 4 hrs of sleep

Sunday- up at 7am, down to safeway for food, back to Matts, eat, fill bottles, clean bike.
- race Alberta Cup # 3 in Devon, finishing 2nd behind coach Tim Heemskerk
- get home to Jasper for first time in 5 months.

Monday- Sleep, eat, sleep, eat, sleep, eat, ride, sleep, eat, sleep

Well sorry for the lame post but i'm pretty tired today and am thinking about as clearly as i do in math class during calculas lessons. After racing 7 times during the past month over both ends of the country it is time for a week of recovery as I head out to mcbride bc for a week to plant sometrees and hang out with some bush people and enjoy the atmospher around there laid back existance. pretty sure marijuana is a banned substance by the uci (International Cycling Federation) so I will have to watch my back as this substance seems to be attached to the trees we plant. over and out,

Chocolate Cup # 2

The second canada cup was held in mountain bike mecca, Bromont qc. Over 800 cyclists showed up for the races this weekend, half of them being party hard, beer bellied, i cant pedal my bike uphill downhill racers and the other half being real cyclists. As far as the race went.... not good. Had a decent start and was in the top 20 or so before blowing my tire off the rim on the first dh. Attempeted to fix it to no avail and had to call it a day just 20 minutes in. I guesse my bike wasnt rested enough for the effort. This week my bike has been given lots of love and care as we prepare to regain some pride this weekend at the third canada cup at Mont Tremblant qc. Although the racing in bromont was not up to par, the local annual chocolate festival which was held last weekend was. On our rest day sunday, 4 of us headed down to check out the scene and had our share of quebecs famous chocolate soup. Probably better then the best maple syrup this province has ever produced. Other then that we are now down to 2 functional hockey sticks but we gained a basketball so we should be alright for a little while yet. Go Sens Go!

Canada Cup # 1

Well the first Canada Cup has come and gone and the Alberta boys have a 4th (Roddi Lega) a 16th (Brian Bain) and a 18th (myself) to show for our efforts. My race started off suprisingly well as I got called up to the start line in 14th place as a result from my Canada Cup points from last yr. Having a good posisition at the start I was determined to defend it at all costs and about 1 km into the race a quebecois racer tried to cut me off so I pretended I was back playing hockey for a second, lifted my elbows and togethar the two of us collided and rode straight into the trees. Once I pulled myself out of the foilage I was in close to last place (55th place) and spent the rest of the race chasing down riders. Not quite the result I was hoping for but overall much better start to the season then last yr at this time.

After the race we drove to our new digs in Bromont QC were we found ourselves surrounded by a 60 inch tv, 12 person hot tub and leather couches all for 15 $ a night. Yesterday was our rest day and after a light spin we headed out to find 6 hockey sticks to play some ball hockey between our rides. We are now down to 5 sticks as Roddi was dissapointed with his results from our first day of street hockey. Off for a ride and to search out a new stick.

later,

CW

Je suis de montreal..

Here I am resting in the montreal youth hostel waiting for the rest of the Alberta crew to fly in tonight then its off to race through the montreal disaster called friday night traffic on our way to Bae st paul for the first of 3 canada cups. After one night in this playoff hockey deprived city I have learned the hostels out here are nocturnal and walking around downtown at 2am can be a great place to catch some real life carnage as the drunk pedestrian trys to take on the much younger but faster 50 kmhr geo metro. The geo was victorious. I'll be back to update after the race on sunday. Special thanks to Denis Rowley and Kona mtn bikes for helping me get out here this year!

Welcome to my world....

This is the place to come for your bike racing information addiction. I make no promises but will try to keep this blog updated regualrly throught the season. Looking forward to hearing from you all.

Cheers,

Cory Wallace