Just back from the Tour De Quebec, which was cool, and will be written about in detail on the team site. Suffice it to say that I raced hard, rode a solid TT, and made a key break, but I ain't Josh Dillon. He smooshed the race.
Up to Vermont tomorrow to bring Silas back to summer camp and go for a wee mountain spin, maybe check out the GMSR TT course and eat some Ben & Jerry's.
I'm in the middle of a little rest block and a bunch of days off the bike, or off the proper training, anyway. Char and I are headed to Ontario for a bit, which usually means lots of downtime and is therefore good for blogging. I also still have a stack of Toronto area gift certificates to cash in on from the crit in May, so shopping spree, here I come! After that it will be back to full bore training and a pretty full month of racing in August, all of which will lead into 'cross season which is delightfully close at this point. Montreal-Quebec, aka the Classique Louis Garneau is coming up soon on 8/2, and I am super excited for it. After most of a week up in Quebec and some time practicing my French, I'm looking forward to 250k worth of time to annoy the Quebecois dudes with my bad pronunciations and badly conjugated verbs.
I just got my cat 1 upgrade last week, which is pretty cool, though it doesn't change all that much. Still, it's validating, and with GMSR having a pro/1 field this year and Univest coming the week after, I'm looking forward to the opportunity to do some big kid races before the season is over.
And that's all for now. More race reports to come, and hopefully pictures from canoeing in the 'dacks next week.
Cheers,
-n
2 months ago
Dude, nice! Way to submit when you're feeling down about bikes! Congrats! I bet thats a boost to the esteem.
ReplyDeleteWhats the deal with M-Q? Can lonely soldiers race?
Thanks Gabe! Yeah, it's nice to finally get my button. I think M-Q is open to solo riders. It's "invitational" but that more or less just means you have to ask for the invite. They probably have a composite squad or something, I'm almost sure you could get in. Logistics are hard, though with it being point-to-point.
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