Monthly Archive: July 2008

Jul
31

Perspective

There are these mornings. You’re a little down. It looks like it’s going to rain outside. Pulling yourself out of bed takes an extra effort. Your morning coffee just doesn’t work the way it should. And then watching the morning sports highlights you get a kick in the butt from your good friend “perspective”… The …

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Jul
29

Everything You Need Is Already Inside

Speaks for itself…

Jul
25

The Holy Grail

Hockey is often considered a religion in Canada. Rinks like the Forum in Montreal and the old Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto considered hallowed ground. Saturday nights are time of worship. Heroes like Howe and Gretzky are worshiped like gods. The Stanley Cup is even called the holy grail. So really, this is quite fitting… …

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Jul
21

Race Report – Kits Challenge

First, I barely made it to the race. In spite of being off work, the past couple of weeks have been tough for a variety of reasons and, other than a couple of training camps, had put in more training hours than I ever had. So a Sunday morning on the couch with the Tour …

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Jul
19

The Way I See It #12

“It is after all so easy to shatter a story. To break a chain of thought. To ruin a fragment of a dream being carried around carefully like a piece of porcelain. To let it be, to travel with it, is much the harder thing to do.” – Arundhati Roy in The God of Small …

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Jul
13

Race Report – Subaru Vancouver Sprint

Maybe a gong show is what I need for a good race. After dropping off my bike the night before, showed up an hour and a bit before the start of the race to find a number of things. One, they had closed transition until a half hour before the race as they wanted it …

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Jul
02

Update and Mini Race Report

Spent a little time updating things yesterday and today. Photos from Worlds are up finally up along with some other photos. I’ve changed my race schedule (for various reasons) and updated past results. Finally, I’ve added on the Why I Do It to the about me page. A quick report on the Canada Day Challenge …

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