Anne Yew (2nd), Me (1st), Joele Guenup (3rd)Last Saturday Steve, Ryan, Jeanine and I hopped the ferry over to the Sunshine Coast to take part in the first XC BC Cup of the season. It was a spectacular day for mountain biking, with the sun finally starting to give some heat making the fun twisty trails dry and fast. After a classic BC Ferries breakfast of oatmeal, coffee and bagel we squashed in an early pre ride and then got ready to race.
Jeanine raced first, and set the team precedent, by winning her race in the Master 30+ women’s category. Ryan, Steve and I all raced together, with Ryan getting a 3 minute head start in the fast-but-not-actually-old Master 30+ category. Steve and I managed to both win our races, in the Senior Men and Elite Women’s races. Ryan set the fastest team time of the day, but because he was racing with those speedy 30+ers he had to settle for 7th.
It was nice to race some great singletrack, see the friends I haven’t seen since the summer races, and spend the day out with the good company of Steve, Ryan and Jeanine.
Steve's Giant, and my Xprezo T4 in pink.
Steve enjoys a good BC Ferry's dinner.
Now Sandra, Samantha Grover, and I are in Quebec, prepping to race the Canada Cups in Quebec and Ontario. We flew into Toronto and enjoyed a nice stay with our friends Dawn and Ron in Orillia. The single-track near their place is amazingly fun, twisty, fast, hard-packed…ahhh so good. Then we made the long drive to Baie Staint Paul, where we will race the first Canada Cup of the year on Sunday. We just arrived at our nice apartment today, and Sandra is treating us to a yummy curry dinner. Tomorrow we are going to check out the racecourse.
For entertainment value: Mike and Rich raced the 24" tandem in the Escape Velocity TT last Sunday. They were crazy fast, and even more ridiculous and fun.
That's one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Maybe Jean Ann and I will have to race on the tandem - but we will probably fight over who gets to steer....
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