Thursday August 23rd 2012 will be noted on a lot of calendars for years to come. Some will call it the coming out party of Lance Armstrong, others will mourn the loss of a hero. I spent the evening and following morning trying to get a handle on what was actually happening and now more […]
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A Full Calendar
It’s been a busy summer for me and it shows no signs of letting up any time soon. After the swing through NY & Quebec this past weekend was a trip up to Sudbury for a new venue in Ontario mountain biking. A few days camped next to a lake (first in Port Carling and […]
Windham NY, and Home (Part 3)
The parking lot was incredibly dusty, as was the course… as I sat writing this in a campground just west of Utica I could see a layer of dust on everything inside and out. I knew what I’ll be doing during the week. Friday in Windham was relaxing. I wander the courses to see where […]
A year ago
I didn’t get to go down to Arkansas to cover the Joe Martin Stage Race this year, that’s what took me south-west at this time a year ago. It’s too bad too, the race action was great and there was very little coverage. I just didn’t get anyone interested in paying for coverage, these are […]
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2012 Canadian Hillman Prize Awarded
Tonight was the presentation of the second Canadian Hillman Prize, an honour bestowed on journalists for their integrity and determination in delivering messages that aren’t always easy to accept. The prize is well earned and has a deep pool of previous recipients. In Canada though, it’s fairly new and is largely due to the efforts […]
From First Race to Last Race
What an amazing experience this first part of my next chapter has been… from the first race in April that still had snow on the ground to a final race at Albion Hills that was a muddy cyclo-cross shortly before December began. The 2011 cycling season is now a wrap and I had a blast […]
Up Next: 2011 National Cyclocross Championships
November… time for the CX scene to get serious and at the national level it doesn’t get more serious than contesting who will get the honour of wearing a red and white jersey for the next year. This Saturday will be that day and it will mark the second time Toronto has hosted this event […]
The Big Tour, continued (and concluded)
[Warning: long entry!] Here’s the final trip report from France and le Tour… not sure why it’s taken me so long to wrap it up, blame it on “retirement”. I left off in the Pyrenees, with the Belgians heading north while Andrea and I stayed put; trip 3 was really nice with no places we […]
The Big Tour – le Tour de France (part 1)
A month ago yesterday (July 11th), I landed in Paris and started my assignment with Thomas Cook Sport… to cover their inaugural TdF travel trips. And what a couple of trips they were! I’ve written about the couple of days in Belgium getting ready, a little about getting to the Tour, and about the days […]
The Little Tour (of Elk Grove)
Yes, I will write up my trip report on “that other Tour” complete with lots of photos. I’ll finish this one first though… Let me start with the Alexian Brother, who are the title sponsor of the Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove. They describe themselves as “a lay, apostolic Catholic Order whose Brothers, bound […]