Category: Cycling

  • Today was a full but not necessarily an action-packed day. At breakfast I met the remaining riders that I hadn’t yet met. Following breakfast we…

  • Following breakfast we assembled at Mile 0 of the Trans Canada Hwy. The location, at the foot of Douglas Street in Beacon Hill Park, was…

  • Today was the first day of our optional “Mile 0” option. We will ride to Victoria today, stay overnight, and assemble at Mile 0 of…

  • That will be the last coffee you’ll get served in bed for a while said Susan as she set the cup on the bedside table.…

  • Who would go on a camping trip without a sleeping bag? Well apparently I would – or at least I would have but for a…

  • The week started with two sendoffs from two very different sources. The first was a letter from Canada’s Governor General David Johnston to the participants…

  • This weekend I had the privilege of riding in the MS Bike Tour from Nisku to Camrose and back. I consider it a privilege as…

  • You know it’s windy when: going downhill into the wind you have to pedal – in low gear – just to keep moving with the…

  • If this is Westlock it must be lunchtime … Today was the day to push the distance a bit further.  To Westlock and back. It…

  • My training has continued over the past week or so since my last post.  At the same time I have got a start on the…

  • Training for the Tour du Canada is definitely in full swing now.  I have ridden every day since my last post, making it 6 days…

  • Spring has come late to St. Albert, as it has to much of the Prairies. That means I’m behind in my training for Tour du…