A Day in the Life

Well it has been one of those days.

I am not sure if many of you know but it has been 20 years since I lost my father. Today I was in a bit of a funk. The feeling of loss have never gone or disapaited. I fear and relish that it will never go away. If I feel the loss it means I am still alive and know what it feels to love. If it ever disappears it means I lost my soul or lost myself.

Please remember one thing, the people you love may not always be here. Don't be afraid to tell them you love them, you may never get to tell them again.

Trials day 3

Hi everyone!



Well it turns out that day 3 was another great day for me. Today, my teammate Matt Barlee and I were up to doing another standing 500m. Both of us were so close to the standards on day 2 that we were allowed another chance. Well guess what? Both Matt and I made the standards. I took another 4/10th of a second off my time and the put me clear of the standard with a 33.26. The standard was 33.30. Matty did a 33.25, beat me by 1/100th of a sec. Regardless; this was a new PB for me.

The results of this week were very positive for me. Even though I was not selected for the Pan am Championships I still made the standards that the CCA set forth. It did not appear that anyone expected the riders to make the standards let alone 5 riders. This bodes well for the Canadian sprinters. The CCA now has a pool of sprinters that it can choose from for different projects if they so desire. It would not be a bad idea especially coming into and Olympic year.

I plan to take a little bit of time off of serious sprint training to allow myself a break and to refresh my program. But seeing what I was able to accomplish in the last 6 months, I will continue to stay focused on the Olympic dream.

I also wanted to say Congratulations to Cam, Yanik and Lawrence and GOOD LUCK at the Pan Ams!!!

Later,

LEGO

BVC Summer Challenge and Nat's team selections

The 2nd and 3rd day at the BVC worked out fairly well for me. I managed to do a personal best in the flying 200m. This is the 1st time I have gone under 11.4secs on this track...actually anywhere. I pulled off an 11.37. I began the sprint derby and managed to lose my first round because I did not execute my tactics effectively. I got REALLY pissed off at myself and proceeded to ride with some focused anger. It seemed to work because I managed to win the remainder of the sprint races. I ended up 2nd in the derby. After the Derby was the Keirin. I sat on the front of the 1st round and just held my speed enough that people couldn't come around. I advanced to the finals of the keirin where I followed up the 1st round with a win in the finals. I was quite happy with this.


The Sunday "Day 3 "

Sunday was a fairly easy day for the sprinters. 500m TT and the Team Sprint was all that was on the schedule.

I think I have only ever done one 500m TT and I don't even remember the time. I did manage to win the 500m TT. The team sprint was a bit of a new endeavor. My normal team is Keith and Barlee but unfortunately Barlee had to miss the team sprint so we commendered my other team mate and the guy I am coaching. His name is Mike "Puke Skywalker" Lawrence. That turned out to be a good idea. We stormed the Team sprint and took home top honours. Mike was flying this weekend and I very happy how he is going. Great job PUKE!!!!

Overall I won the sprint omnium so I felt pretty good coming into the selection week.

TRIALS Day 1



Flying 200m

Not feeling like I had a long enough warm up I was a bit nervous going into my 1st attempt to make the standards. It was substancially colder in there today then it was on Saturday so I wasn't too confident that I would have another PB. But low and behold, 11.2!!!!! Another PB!!!



I did not make the time standard with that effort but I was close so I was offered another chance to try. The standard was 10.9 secs. I felt pretty good with the gear I chose but I thought I could push a bigger gear so I changed it. WHAT A GREAT IDEA!!! 11.05 for my second attempt. Another PB!!!! I didn't make the standards but I am VERY happy with how things went today. I have been working so hard at my 200m and sprints in general and it seems that all that work has paid off. I feel proud of myself today!

Tomorrow is the Standing 500m TT and I am hoping I hit the standards tomorrow as that would put me in a VERY good spot for the selections process. Wish me luck everyone. I want to go to Pan Ams!!!

Look for something tomorrow.

Good night all,

Lego

Day 2

This will be a very short blog as it is time for bed!!!

I won 5 out of 6 sprint rounds and won both my Keirin qualifier and the final. I will go into more detail on Sunday or Monday.

Tomorrow is the 500m Time trial and the Team sprint!

I will keep everyone posted!

Lego

Burnaby Summer Challange

Well Night #1 seemed to go well for me. I felt really good in my warm up and hit some great speeds in my warm-up jumps. The only race for me tonight was the Chariot race. That is a 2 lap race from a standing start against 5 other riders. You draw for positions on the start line and then when the start happens it is FULL BORE for two laps. I ended up winning both the qualifier and the final. My Team mate Matt "Princess" Barlee was 2nd and my other team mate Mike "Puke Skywalker" Lawence ended up forth in his first final! By the way Mike is an athlete that I coach.

All in all I am quite happy with the way things worked out tonight and I feel like I am on good form for the National team selections next week, so cash donations would be greatly accepted :P

I will have some pictures after the weekend.

Tomorrow, Flying 200m, sprints and Keirin! Busy day!

Peace out!

Lego