Fake It Until You Make It
Kona Jake the Snake Bike Check For 3 seasons now, my trusty 2016 Kona Jake the Snake has been my cyclocross race bike. Its been been through a lot with me and now bears some battle scars, including a lovely dent on the downtube. Although I might be looking to move on to my next weapon, I think its time
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Dam Cross, I Mean maD Cross, Race Report My final weekend of racing for the season has come and gone with the Provincial Championships in Woodstock at Dam Cross. But before we can get to that race there was maD Cross on Saturday. The weather Saturday morning was clear, sunny, and cold but at least there was not snow like
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The Run Up: That Time I Went to The Canadian National Cyclocross Championships The other weekend, I headed down to Sherbrooke, Quebec for the Canadian National Cyclocross Championships. No, not to race. Maybe someday. But just as a spectator to cheer on some of the local guys and watch Canada’s best up close. Luckily I brought my camera and ran
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Baseball Cross 2017 Race Report Another weekend of racing in the books. Makes it 4 weekends in a row. Its a new experience for me and its one I wish would keep on rolling but unfortunately I will have a couple of weekends off before I get to toe the line again. This weekend was Baseball Cross right here in
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Hardwood Cyclocross Race Report Better late than never I guess. Now that I’ve had a couple days to digest how Sunday’s race at Hardwood went its time to sit down and write out this race report. As usual its not going to be some blow my blow account but focus on more of the major events. Hardwood was once again
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Cyclepath Cyclocross Classic Race Report Second row starts are great. If you have the legs to make use of it. Otherwise you regret it for the rest of the race. I got to the start line plenty early at the Cyclepath Cyclocross Classic and snagged myself a second row starting position. Which is fantastic. Would give me a chance to
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We Need More Cowbell Race Report Cross is here! But cross weather definitely isn’t. Boy that was a scorcher. Even at the 9:30 start the temperature was hot at Bissell’s Hideaway making for some tough racing at We Need More Cowbell, the first Ontario Cup cyclocross race of the season. Since we are taking about the weather, let’s talk about
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Welcome to The Run Up What is The Run Up? Basically its me trying to be creative with my naming of my blogs for this fall’s cyclocross season. Also, I figure if I kind of make it into a series I will be more committed to regular blogging unlike I was during the road season. Heck, I almost thought about
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