Day 1 Hmmm

It seems like a lot of what the CCA has said will once again be different then what they plan on doing. anyways...

Today was the standing 250m trial. This is a means to identify a possible starter for the team sprint. I accomplished what I wanted to do with this effort...show that I would be strong enough to stay on the starter. I am actualy focusing on the 3rd riders position. I have the fitness to maintain the speed and I always like riding 3rd spot.

I am not sure what my times today were but top half of the pack though. I know that my 2nd one could have been faster then it was, I spun my back wheel out and that took away from my time. Whatever, tomorrow is the big day for me. Flying 500m's This is where I hope to make my mark.

Well off to bed. need to sleep for tomorrow.

You have been and always shall be, my friend.

HOLY *#@% THAT WAS FAST!!!

Well what can I say about a new max speed at the Burnaby Velodrome. Up until tonight it was 69.9km/h. Training with Cam and Matt doing speed work tonight, the three of us managed to hit in excess of 70km/h...actually I think we were at 73.something km/h. It would appear that at those speeds we are coming close to reaching the speed capacity of the track. In two seperate efforts we cruised to in excess of 70km/h. That is FREAKING FAST! Fun and un-nearving at the same time.

With T-minus 4 days until National team selections...the speed and the power seem to be there. I look forward to the trials and making a few heads turn...I hope.

May the force be with you,

LEGO

Wed. Night Race!

Wahhh Hoooo! Or wait that was Wahhh OUCH! Holy crap my legs were tired tonight. I had a great gym workout with Keith last night, not super intense but very specific. My legs are not overly sore today just tired...that was until a 200lb steel fence fell on me! It smoked me in the calf muscle and *&%$ that really sucked. I think I may be having a hard time walking tomorrow.

All things considered racing went fairly well for me tonight. The team is not really working together during the weekly races. We are all trying to gain fitness not work everyone else over. We are the dominant team on the track so we decided to race for ourselves for training purposes.

The first race was a 40-lap Point A Lap race where the rider who crosses the finish line first each lap receives a point. The rider with the most laps wins. While riding hard and doing many laps at 50km/h-52km/h I managed a 2nd place. Not to bad.

The next race was an Unknown distance race, meaning just that. You don't know how many laps you will be riding. All of a sudden the bell rings and that means the end is on the finish of the next lap. While I feel there are only 2 ways of winning this race. 1. You attack and try to stay away until the bell lap or 2. Sit in the pack and hope that you can win the bunch sprint and another rider does not get away with option 1. Unfortunately I choose the wrong way tonight. I attacked and stayed away for many laps with another rider but alas, we were caught and when the bell rang I was in the wrong position to contest the sprint. I think I was 5th.

Finally the final race was a race called the Burnaby Velodrome Elimination to Scratch race. Every two laps the last rider gets pulled from the race until only half of the field is remaining. At that point basically the first rider to cross the finish line wins the race after the set distance has been obtained. BANGERRANG!!! I won this race.

So in all not a bad night of racing but...It already hurts to walk :P We will see how I feel from the AM workout!

Live long and prosper!

Lego

Uggg Rain

Sighhhhhh! It would appear that Winter in Vancouver has once again arrived. Rain, Rain, and yet more rain. I hope it is a bit better then last year. Noah had it easy with his 40 days and 40 nights, we had two shots of 60 days and nights of rain. EGAD that was soggy!


I have this little storage area where I live, I set up some small speakers and my MP3 player and set up my rollers and bike and ride there when it is crappy out. It is warm and like a dungeon so I don't have any distractions. The Roller Dungeon!

As it is stil raining outside I actually must get down there for a workout. See you in the Sog!

Lego

T-minus 15 days

National team selections are just around the corner, or should I say banking. Things are going well. My friend Sean Eadie from Australia is helping me a bit with my preparation, which in itself is very exciting since he is a former World Champion.

What I think is better then that though is having a training group finally. After my first year with the National team, I basically had to train by myself...gets really trying sometimes. Now I have Keith living just down the road with me and Cap't Barlee is coming over weekly for Wed. and Thurs. training sessions. It is great having these guys here to push the limit with me. The three of us are so evenly matched we are always pushing each other. In turn we are all getting faster.

As I enter my last two weeks of prep I get to start on my speed phase. No more massive gears, just plain SPEED. Those of you that know me know how much I like SPEED.

I am looking forward to selections with renewed energy after a nice break and some high quality training. I hope to turn a few heads.

Peace out!

Lego

Introducing...

ME!

Welcome to my new Blog. Mostly I will be writing about my cycling escapades and about my teammates, but occasionally you may not expect something that I am posting. No one quite knows what will happen in Lego's World.