Ride Your Bike To Work Day

May 31, 2010

as part of bike month here in toronto, today is Ride Your Bike To Work Day. to celebrate i wanted to share a pic from yesterday's crit race at st. lawrence market. happy riding!

also, a shout out to my friend suzanne who won yesterday's toronto women's only half marathon. awesome race, z!

victoria's lead up

in the last few days leading up to victoria's duathlon i spent some time with a friend taking some pics of my bike all pimped out with its new racing wheels. here are a few shots from the photo sesh:

i'm not feeling 100% in the lead up to this race... something's definitely off. i had a disastrous race simulation workout last sunday that ended with me giving up half way through. that workout came at the end of a very heavy build week and everything caught up with me that morning. i was physically and emotionally drained and haven't felt like myself since, but i'm making my way through it. i've been feeling better as this week's wore on, and i hope to be re-energized with a few days of rest and a trip to the cottage this long weekend.

and speaking of racing this weekend, my good friend and training buddy tara norton is competing at ironman lanzarote on saturday. good luck out there, tara, and have fun!

toroto criterium pics

i completely forgot that i had these pics. i was organizing and printing some photos this afternoon and came across about 200 pictures i took at the toronto crit that took place last may at the st. lawrence market in toronto. this event was on a friday evening and i stopped by after work, camera in tow, to check out my first crit. the energy at this event made the hair stand up on the back of my neck; the athletes were zipping by at more than 40km/h and the crowd was jumping. even if you're not a cycling geek this event is worth checking out. let's hope we see it again in 2010.