tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201300782024-03-05T21:10:06.798-07:00Kate's Blog 2014A little about me and my two wheeled adventures!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger370125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20130078.post-62015457287847691092019-11-20T18:18:00.001-07:002019-11-20T18:18:10.212-07:00Emergency Contact | Garmin Safety and Tracking Features<!-- Subject --> <table width="100%" height="12" bgcolor="0a1f2e" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="wrapperTable"> <!-- Hidden Subject wrapper --> <tr> <td> <table width="580" align="center" bgcolor="0a1f2e" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="min-width:580px;" class="devicewidth-outer"> <tr> <td style="font-family:'Open Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10px; color:#0a1f2e; text-align:center;"> Emergency Contact | Garmin Safety and Tracking Features </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- Logo Header --> <table width="100%" bgcolor="0a1f2e" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="wrapperTable"> <!-- Logo wrapper --> <tr> <td> <table width="580" align="center" bgcolor="0a1f2e" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="min-width:580px;" class="devicewidth-outer"> <!-- Logo content --> <tr> <!-- Spacing --> <td height="15"></td> </tr> <tr> <!-- Logo Image --> <td style="width:100%;"> <table width="540" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="min-width:540px;" class="devicewidth-inner"> <tr> <td width="253" height="27" align="left"> <a target="_blank" href="http://connect.garmin.com"> <img width="253" height="27" border="0" alt="Garmin Connect" style="display:block; border:none; outline:none; text-decoration:none; width:253px; height:27px" src="http://static.garmincdn.com/com.garmin.connect/ui/images/logo-connect.png"> </a> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <!-- Spacing --> <td height="15" style="width:100%;"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="580" align="center" bgcolor="fafafa" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="min-width:580px;" class="devicewidth-outer"> <!-- Logo content --> <tr> <!-- Spacing --> <td height="32" style="width:100%;"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- Avatar & Message --> <table width="100%" bgcolor="0a1f2e" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="wrapperTable"> <!-- Avatar & Message wrapper --> <tr> <td> <table width="580" align="center" bgcolor="#fafafa" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="min-width:580px;" class="devicewidth-outer"> <!-- Avatar & Message content --> <tr> <!-- Avatar & Message --> <td> <table width="540" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="min-width:540px;" class="devicewidth-inner"> <tr> <td> <table width="100" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="inner-avatar"> <!-- Avatar --> <tr> <td width="78" height="78" align="center"> <img src="http://static.garmincdn.com/com.garmin.connect/content/images/email/incident-contact.png" alt="" width="78" height="78" border="0" style="display:block; border:none; outline:none; text-decoration:none; display:inline; width:78px; height:78px; margin:5px; border-radius:50%; box-shadow:0 0 0 3px #fff, 0 0 0 4px #c7c7c7;" class="avatar"> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="1" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="mobileSpacing"> <!-- Mobile Spacing --> <tr> <td height="18" style="font-size:1px; line-height:1px; mso-line-height-rule:exactly;"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="420" align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="min-width:420px;" class="inner-message"> <!-- Message --> <tr> <!-- Paragraph 1 --> <td style="font-family:'Open Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:20px; font-weight:300; color:#222222; text-align:left; line-height:130%;"> <a href="connect.garmin.com/profile/Lexi" target="_blank" style="color: #11a9ed !important"><span style="color:#11a9ed !important"><font color="#11a9ed"> Lexi</font></span></a> has added you as an emergency contact. 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Thanks Erik for capturing the day... Missed all the shotguns though...</div>
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Update from Breck to come - while off work, if it can't be done easily on my smart phone it will have to wait.....</div>
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Gramd Junction next...<br />
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Happy Riding!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20130078.post-6832959948535825732014-08-04T16:55:00.004-06:002014-08-04T16:58:34.240-06:00Singletrack 6 2014 ...... and look forward to another 6 days in the Okanagan in 2015!<br />
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<a href="http://transrockies.com/" target="_blank">Transrockies</a> is not a new kid on the block when it comes to putting on quality events - but this was a bit of a new concept for them and for me a last minute decision and not part of the 2014 plan (if there is such thing). 6 days of racing in 5 different locations - fairly short travel - great variety of the best trails these areas has to offer. It was such a great experience - I drove my self which I think took one element of possible stress out of the equation. Everyone had their own hotels booked, hence line up for showers was a non issue, there seemed to be little issues with food - dinner went by quick and good servings, massage sessions were great. The weather which of course can make or break the event was just perfect - even though hot for some. I chose to drive in the evening after awards, hence I had time in the morning to get ready for starts. All in all it just felt so relaxed and more like a week of riding with friends - perfect vacation!<br />
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A few notes on each stage - and if you ask me which was the favorite I'd have a hard time - all different and all good and all worth a visit.<br />
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<strong><a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/171262772" target="_blank">Stage 1 - Kananaskis</a></strong><br />
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Home course so I was super motivated - it was extremely dry so my choice of hardtail took a bit of a beating on the body at the end. Was unsure if someone was ahead of me for most of the day as a couple of times spectators on the side told me something that sounded like "she is only a few minutes up"... so made me ride extra hard. I love these trails - and so happy I can go out and ride them at anytime. Awesome start to the six days and the race only covered a few of the great trails we have to choose from. <br />
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<strong><a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/172288603" target="_blank">Stage 2 - Nipika</a></strong><br />
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After a quick trip home to pack after stage one I was lucky to catch a spot in Banff (thanks Margie!). A fairly easy drive out to Nipika in the morning, and this was the only drive I did the day of race. <br />
I had only ridden this area once, many years ago, and remembered it being very rough so the fully came out - and with a smile on my face most of the day for that choice! I had so much fun riding those trails - they are classic trails, not perfectly cut, but ridden in. Bumpy, rooty, grasy, wicked views, and some flowy fast stuff. By the end of it you might be ready for a break :) <br />
It was a time trial type of format with 10 riders starting with 1 min intervals - I new Mical would be chasing me down, so there was no looking back... it held to the end.<br />
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<strong><a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/172288602" target="_blank">Stage 3 - Invermere</a></strong><br />
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I have ridden Invermere once before and had lots of fun with Jon and Craig, so I was pretty stoked about this stage. I chose the hardtail based on memory of flowy fast trails. The race took a totally different route for the first half though, and I was second guessing my choice for a bit. Mical took off like a rocket from the start and eventually I tried to just keep her in sight. A few bottle necks early on, but the field quickly spread. I was able to get by Mical on a short climb and tried not to look back. The trails were quiet rough, reminded me of The Ghost area - motorcycle trails - dry dusty steep decent, then straight back up hiking.... a few welcomed double track/gravel road section to drink a little in the dusty heat. Though one road section caused a bit of an issue for a few of us in the front of the race. Some lady decided she didn't like bike racing (me of course thought she was a fan following as she slowly drove behind me down the gravel road) - she decided to steal the turn markers off the road. I had just been passed by the Danish guy, so I when I couldn't see any markers anymore I looked for the dust on the road and went to the end. He and another guy was at the bottom, now me and the lady. I asked her if she knew where the riders had gone before and she wasn't helpful but I still had no idea she had stolen the markers. Eventually we climbed back up again - by this time Mical group (including our new friends and mixed leaders Anja and Tristan) were coming down. Abut 10 or so of us now were group riding it until we got on track again. From there on the trails where the once I remembered, fun and flowy and dry and dusty :) Left the group again, and crossed first, but the fourth place girl who started 5 min behind us today came in shortly after took the win for the day. Fun day, but could have done without the motorcycle trails.<br />
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<strong><a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/172646702" target="_blank">Stage 4- Golden Mt Seven</a></strong><br />
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Have a read of my blog from when I visited a few weeks ago! These trails are just so much fun - not super long day, starting off with a long road climb to separate the field out, then a long super fun timed decent. Mical had a close up with a tree so I got the fasted decent for the day. After this the trails just went on and on of fun up and down and technical enough to make it very interesting. I also learned that I, quote "stall on the top of the hills".... I will work on that :) Held on to the lead and Mical lost a little extra time today having to ride a lot of the day with only one break after a rotor failure on the rear - Reagan you better have something up your sleeve for when she comes home :) Today was not a good day to only have one break! Again a perfect day for a race - hot, dry and in the trees for most of it, can't get much better. Fully was back and did it's job.<br />
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<strong><a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/174344678" target="_blank">Stage 5 - Golden Moonrakers</a></strong><br />
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Of course this day did not disappoint either - woke up to blue sky and having ridden these trails (well sort of, though being lost for most of the time) a few weekends ago I looking forward to this day as well. Today they did start us off with a mass start which surprised me a little bit knowing the trail quickly goes into a single track climb off the road. Hence a bit of a bottle neck to start and a bit of bickering in the back - but I stayed clear of it all - and only Pat gave Mical and I a bit of a bush travel :) After the first climb the trails just flow and twist and turn - so much fun - again on my fully which is a great bike for this area. It eats up the roots like it's gummy bears. Mical was riding strong and left me dry on the trail just before the big climb up to the canyon. I didn't see her again until we got close to the timed decent after getting a bit of a second wind and a self reminder this is a race. Rode with Devon for a lot of the time - and sometimes I get in the frame of mind I'd rather ride with someone than take off and ride alone. The last section I road with Mical - fun single track along the river - rode it in to the finish together. Great day on the bike.<br />
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<strong><a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/174344688" target="_blank">Stage 6 - Revelstoke</a></strong><br />
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Hardtail all the way - insider information thank you.... After neutral road section we went right up the power line in scorching heat (late start today). Again had a bit of a struggle to hang on, but stuck with it the best I could. When we got in on the single track I got to go, eventually got by Catherine W. who is a climbing machine. and from there I just left it all out. The trails were awesome - smiles all the way - the section on the lower side of highway was a little tough but made it through. Totally messed up on the drink and distance planning today with a mindset it was 37 km - last feed at 29, so yeah, I don't need no drink in my bottle! but it was 47 so yes drink it the bottle would have been a good idea. Climbed up from the last feed like it was the last climb of the day though (and oh yeas, with an empty bottle), but when I saw TNT as a decent I knew this was not the last decent and remembered that 37 was single track, plus the 10 of road.... the heat must have got to me finally. It was some fun climbing though, kept your mind off how hard it was, then down, even more fun - so fun I had to stop put my gloves on so I could really enjoy it. Had a few "oh shit" moments, but pulled it together and safely got to the road - put the head down and pedaled to the end. Great selection of trails - well made and definitely a place to go visit with your bike. Mical had a great day, coming in right behind me, kicking my butt on the descents and taking the overall win in the timed sections and second overall. Stage races are not over until they are over, I got the win overall but it was a tight go.<br />
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Next year the race will move further west - after such a success this year the expectations will be high - I'm signed up and ready to go! <br />
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I have a week to recover and decide on trip to Breckenridge - another 6 days of racing, it was in the plan.... right now I'm just loving the downtime and my back yard. <br />
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Happy Riding!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No shortage of cold rivers to cool off in!!</td></tr>
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A few shots taken by <a href="http://www.raveneyephotography.com/" target="_blank">Raven Eye Photography</a> showcasing some of the best trails you can imagine through the 6 days of racing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Think it was right about here I started the decision making process - Breck or no breck???</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of familiar faces from around the world - thanks Sayako for many good photos - here with Yuki.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great fun racing - over 40 women in the open category - Mical and Jodi (Australia) on the final podium</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fast table - and the wine collection kept growing...</td></tr>
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...of summer!! Stampeded week couldn't have timed it better! Here is a summary in mostly pictures...<br />
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Got in a couple of good commutes in addition to the regular half hour ride in. One morning explored Glenmore-Little Elbow-Stampede route, and one afternoon explored a new commute route for when office move south.</div>
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The awesome hot weather continued through the weekend and had a great ride Saturday with Alana, Trish and Andrea. Rode the first day of ST6 - starting in West Bragg. Great fun - think folks will enjoy. Today a little bigger (mostly in elevation) solo ride equally hot, and TR might wanna look at this as a future stage, hard but fun! Both day I rode the FS, still pondering about bike choice for the ST6 and after this weekend really enjoying the comfort of my Superfly100 (with a new shifter it would even be better). </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Henry waiting for his group at the start of RoS as well -<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3 weeks in Europe and a little sick - still hung on good</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cool feature by the new awesome bike shop 22x and Creekers Bistro -<br />
bike shop and good food/coffee goes hand in hand!</td></tr>
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<strong>Saturday CBT/Moonrakers/Canyon Creek</strong><br />
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Wake-up early, drop dogs at friends cabin (little bit of trouble with landlady ops), quick stop at Tim's, off to ride:<br />
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The goal was to ride Stage 5 of the <a href="http://singletrack6.com/golden/" target="_blank">Single Track 6</a> coming up later this month. Prepared I thought, with a gps file of the route, studied the map to make sure I went in the right direction, but quickly realize my GPS file only goes for 19 of the 53 km...ops number 2. Something must have happened during download - oh well, now I got to practice my artistic side (non-existent but oh well). The map only had the trail lines for the race, so while having no idea of names, intersection etc, I made an attempt of "paining" the same pattern on my screen as my paper map. <br />
A bit of being lost, but <a href="http://www.goldencyclingclub.com/trails_cbt_map.php" target="_blank">CBT</a>, <a href="http://www.goldencyclingclub.com/trails_moonrakers_map.php" target="_blank">Moonrakers</a>, Canyon Creek and Arrowhead, where this day is at, is just super fun regardless of what trail you end up on. Fast, flowy and some wicked exposure that with my scare of height definitely got some additional adrenaline flowing! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ops, should have checked this at home...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 GPS's, a map and a whole lot of trail markers - still a very difficult area to navigate - but in the end, just pick one you will be smiling!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canyon Creek trail view</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was exposed! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canyon creek is a downhill - the way up was nice and gradual, with some fun trails included</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The river is way down there - don't wanna make a mistake right turn on this trail!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then just chill for the night at the cabin - I chilled, the rest was still full of energy... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sequoia right at home, spot right next to the woolfs center - and maybe too close to the landlord lady...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ok, so I lost....but at least I'm sitting down playing it...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some awesome "healthy" chees cake!</td></tr>
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Wake-up sort of early, left dogs at cabin, head to McD for breakfast, get riding in before Sarah and Mer wanna ride and dogs are on me:<br />
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Stage 4 was on the agenda today. Mtn. Shadows trail network. GPS file was checked and looked like it should be an easy day of navigation! Not!! but again, only good trails, so no such thing as being lost. The day started with a fairly long road climb up to the first decent of the day - all smiles! Super fun, fast, technical, views and all you need to have fun. Too fun to stop for a shot - but trust me there will be happy people (and if not careful some hurting people) coming down this one! From there it was a little bit of everything, great trails again, but at one point I wasn't sure if I had got turned around and riding the trails in the wrong direction - hate to admit it - I walked a bit! Had a little bit of a fight with the GPS so got to ride one section of trails three times - and one day this will have to be redone going the other way! With so many trails close to each other, when poor signal you might be off track....</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20130078.post-3915207276339004232014-07-04T15:56:00.003-06:002014-07-04T15:57:46.006-06:00Bonding with the Boone......and there is a good chance of new love in my life! <br />
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Great pathway, mixed with some single track dirt and grassy fields.... and the Boone is finally growing on me, as did the commute home, little off track but too much fun to only ride home.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A great morning hike down to our favorite spot with SQ and Mer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SQ loving the cool water</td></tr>
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Toby and SQ having a go at it in the grass</div>
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Then some bike cleaning before heading out to Banff for a recovery ride with Toby.<br />
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Had a great ride with Margie, Dirk, Zip and Toby out in Banff. Rode the full Top Notch which is truly top notch!! Great fun! Then played some more, until dogs suffered from dehydration and beat up paws (oh bad dog owners, as Dirk was reminded of....). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dirk almost made it... well not quiet... Top Notch bottom, such a great trail - a must do if you're in Banff!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First water stop - ok, so the dogs did get a little water on the way... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The blind dog even spotted the Elk - or sniffed them... :) Not easy to see but there was a couple of real Bambi's too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toby enjoyed the view of the Elk - would much rather be off the leach I'm sure at that point</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Which one is Tunnel Mountain again?? :) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Second waterhole - it was a hot day for the dogs </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh yeah, but now where too! Both dogs paws were pretty done from the run, so a truck pickup was handy...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And then they were really done! Great lunch on the patio.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then some parade - not school kids as at home, but very similar to "borger toget". </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Made it back to the hood and time for some Angels ice cream with Chad and Mer....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A national holiday without ice cream just wouldn't be right...</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20130078.post-4053237978413166022014-06-30T20:31:00.000-06:002014-06-30T20:31:01.299-06:00Fernie3 2014 day 3...... fun, fun and lots of fun, then some looking for trail markers, then just find the funnest way down...so all in all a good day :)<br />
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Today the start was at the Fernie Resort. We drove up as the checkout was early and there was no option for late checkout. Quick warm-up if I can even call it a that, then line up to start. Once again the women was in the back. Really not an issue as it starts with a few km of pretty steep double track climbing which sorts the field out. Tried to stay with Sandra and Mical up the climb and not have too many guys in between us when entering Verboten. The plan didn't work great off the start as the pace was super hard and I had to settle in my own, Mical did the same, not a big gap though, and as we came close to the top I felt ok to close it up a little bit, but still had a few guys to deal with on the decent. Some of them (wont mention names, but GC with a goat jersey) took care of that them self by laying flat on their face for me...:) While others, well, one, seemed to not get it and refused to admit he was a little slower, by the time it open up to double track I saw no one in front, got passed the guy and started chasing, my chase pace wasn't fast enough, a few guys but never saw Sandra, she was on fire. The next section of trail was just a hard tail nightmare, and I regretted being lazy and not going with the FS, next time. <br />
Then a short climb up to power line to enter some fun new trail (Lizzard?), did part of it before a sharp left (that was probably the first spot of confusion of the day for some) to climb up to powerline again, did lower part of Project9, and then a sharp left again (second area of confusion) to hook on to the new trail (Lizzard?). The trail is a fun gradually going down, great way to connect some of the fun trails on this side. If dry they would be super fast, today, a little slick to say the least. Rode by my self through all of these sections. Hit the road, had a snack while cruising down to enter the next climb up Stove. Didn't have a great climb, it was slick and got into my "nap" mode since I'd seen nobody for a while. On the top of the climb a group of guys came from behind, woke me up, so back to racing. Got to the power line, then down DemBones and through Fernie campground. <br />
Cross the river to do some of the trails I don't know all the names of; stumpy maybe, happy Gilmore a little bit.... in the end we climbed some slick muddy fun trails up and got to ride Old Goad over to Gorbi. It is such a fun trail, but pretty slick today. Hit Gorbi and passed a couple of guys that should not be there, they asked if I had got lost, I didn't think I had been lost, so figured they must have missed the Lizzard turns and moved on. Up Gorbi , I belive I could see Mical and a few guys back down, so no time to chill. Kept going further up, part on double track cat tracks, some single track moving towards the resort trails. And this is when most people had some confusion today. The first part was simple, but as you came down some of the DH trails under the lift, you could see flags pretty much on every trail option, I noticed the same flags I'd seen on the trail on the cat road so I kept flying down the road, but then all of a sudden I saw none. I stopped an looked back and no one else came down. I saw a few racers in the distant riding down some switch back DH trails, so I figured I was off course and climbed back up the road. I even told another guy to not bother going down, so he just chose the first trail and went for it. I climb up to the same spot and went in on some fun trail with lots of puncher. Back on a cat road again, looked for markers, non to be seen, so picked a trail that looked fun and thought, what the heck - just have fun, and so I did... great little trail, some boards, bridges and fun features, short but sweet and totally off course. <br />
Came to the finish from behind it pretty much, saw a bunch of Goats at the finish and they just smiled. Guess everyone had a way of making it down the mountain, might not all the same way, but we all made it down with a smile - sort of....<br />
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Hang out, cleaned up, packed up and headed down for some Happy Cow ice cream! <br />
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All in all a good weekend of riding, the race has a little growing to do but a good way to promote Fernie as a riding destination.<br />
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With some pretty crazy rain last night I wasn't sure what to expect today. The forecast looked good, and waking up it looked promising. Last night I did my routine, total bike clean, fixed seat :) <br />
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Today the start was lined up different, the girls (young and old) where in the last start shoot - did we ride to slow yesterday? we couldn't figure that one out, but in the end it doesn't really matter, there is a bit of a road section and quiet a bit of double track climbing to start. <br />
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Made sure not to be too far back when the climbing started, we headed up some double track towards the original roots accent - on of my regular rides when I used to live down here, but now with no trees around it. Mical set the pace for the group we rode with, it was fast, but a little bit more sensible than yesterday (at least how I felt). Sandra was on her wheel, then me and the rest. Besides a stick that got stuck in the front derauler but quickly fell out with a little wiggle, the bike was perfect today, the mind was in it and I enjoyed every minute of the climb up. Had to loose the glasses as I can't seem to figure out how to not have the fog up, so as we crested to start descending Hyper vent I was debating to stop to put them on. With a whole crew behind me I chose not to - it was a wet muddy decent and Sandra didn't have her wrap around fenders on for me - so it was an interesting decent a few times while trying to clear mud out of the eyes. When we got down to the road they had us to left (last weekend the gps had me go right). I wasn't sure where we were going, but after riding behind a few guys I figured it will go to another single track so we better boot it up. And I could see Steve just up the road. Got to Steves wheel and hung on up the road - thanks Steve! Going in to the single track I figured I'd let Mical go - but she was not there! So instead Sandra went - which was ok, she is on a fully and knows how to ride down. She hung on to Steve just fine - fun little decent down to the feed barn. As we got to the flat Sandra put the hammer down. Did my best to hang on, but on the second flat section before climbing the gap was too big. Settled in my pace behind Steve, got a little to comfy on some new climbs (kiddy up and Queen v I think), so decided to pass. Steve woke up from his nap shortly after and on the road climb up to Eriks trail he was back to riding hard. Road up Eriks trail to Deadfall, up to Rtrail, crossed over to Kush, Kusher, Kussiest??... with Steve just in front of me, setting a good pace. On the road section I was tempted to try to get his wheel, but didn't really have it, chose to drink a little (and let loose the rest of my drink to nature...). Then in on the Coal Discovery Trail, a great xc trail, the wet made it extra fun, throwing you a bit of a surprise once in a while. Never got Steves wheel again, and never saw Sandra, but made it to the finish feeling I rode as hard as I could through the whole course, that is not usually something I do, I usually always have a "nap" along the way. Fun day, felt motivated and when you get to ride these kinds of trails you just have to be happy :)<br />
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There is somewhere less than 300 here racing this weekend, that's pretty good. As for racing, I'm now officially old! The organizer have opted for age categories and no open option... Even though I insisted I'm thirty eleven, I was stuck in the over 40 ...so there you go, guess I finally have to come to terms with being 40.<br />
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With lots of rain, and pretty grey at the start I was not sure what to put on for cloths, I chose to keep the undershirt - it was not required. The women got to start in one of the first start chute (yes, old and young once all together), only the young guys in front of us. A neutral start took us to the start of the first climb, a little bit if gravel pathway then Sidewinder up. A great fun climb on a day of just riding, but in a race it is hard!. It's not really easy to pass, hence I made sure to be in a position with not too many in front. Mical and Sandra (not old) stuck in front as well, Mical entered the single track first, then me, and Sandra maybe a few guys behind. The pace was good, I didn't see much point in passing, but left a little space as it was slick and easy to make mistakes (not that Mical makes them), so this prompted some guys from behind to wanna pass, another, another, then Sandra. But we all pretty much crested at the same time, but with a few more people in between us. I now realize how important these little gaps are in a short xc race. One guy in a few spots in front of me makes a mistake at the very top, then the guy behind him can't get up, then I try to swerve around and hit my handle in a tree as there is no room, so now I'm off. By the time I get back up, run up the hill the girls have a nice gap. I'm thinking no big deal, but that was the last I saw of them, Sandra for the rest of the day, for Mical to the very end. After that I felt like I was in a panic mode, my shifting was off, breaks did something odd on the rear, but I didn't stop to check as then a few more guys would get by and I would be stuck behind them. This resulted in a few miss shifts, off the bike, run up, jump on, all in panic mode.... at one point I jumped on the bike so hard my seat flipped up, I got it back in almost right spot, but not a happy bum after.... When we got to the feed station, I finally calmed my self down. Took a second to get off the bike and look rear, as soon as I saw my skewer, it all came back to me from last night changing break pads.... went in the room to get allan key to fix the position, got side tracked and never tightened in properly. It took me about 15 seconds to stop, tighten, and get going..... a few lessons learned - don't work on the bike when the mind is not all there, calm down and focus on riding your own ride. From there in I was back to riding hard but calm, enjoyed the climb up to southern comfort decent where Mical crested just before me, but quickly got stuck behind a guy that had a "near death" experience on the famous bridge that became the talking point of the day, so he was not going fast. She was too nice to try to pass him. Eventually got by, and then had a hoot going down the rest of the decent to the main road back to town. Sandra was in a couple minutes ahead of us - So a close one, Mical probably could have had a minute off the decent if the guy in front would have let us ride like girls down!! <br />
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Finished in an hour 46ish... so short day, half of that I had the mind in the wrong place and didn't enjoy it too much, but happy I pulled my head back and the second half was great. The trails, though wet, held up well, Fernie is a great spot to ride and look forward to Day 2 tomorrow.<br />
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Get the bike cleaned up, the seat in position, go over every nut and bolt. <br />
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Alana (who is also old like me) came in not far back, so she is in second. Lisa came in with her seat in her jersey pocket after loosing to the bridge, so guess I have no complaints about my seat. Pat also had a near death experience on the bridge, and ended up in the bushes just after, Jeff C. after many issues with the bike, lost the battle with the bridge and is now out of the race with a cast on his wrist, deadgoat Kyle lost his battle with the bridge, and so this is wheel, totaled and now also out of the race. And it seemed every one crossing the line after me had a story about a lost battle to the bridge! <br />
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Day three will be a fun day - hard but fun. I off course with the start at Fernie campground rather than the Alpine resort which was closed, mixed up the direction of the loop (which is not a loop, rather a figure 8), but half way up Dem Bones it didn't seem right for a race to climb this way, and a second look at the gps map I see the figure 8 part. So back down it went.<br />
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Besides some of the classics that were all in great shape despite some rain during the week - there was a couple of new trails I've never ridden - something Lizzard was a fun connector trail that I think folks will enjoy next weekend. Supper fast flowy. All the trails were in great shape, barley any mud - but yes it's still rooty and rough over there and the short creek crossing is on the boarder to a river crossing - and cold. And of course I missed the ski hill trails, so can't report on those.<br />
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I continued to enjoy the GPS - even with the rookie mistake at the start - it works great even in the thick forest and kept me on track if I paid attention. Definitely cuts out all the stopping and guessing where to go and looking at maps. <br />
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Had a quick refuel of coffee at my celebrity coffee friends in the Pass before getting in to town just in time for lunch. Got the larger gps (oergon600) loaded with day 1 of Fernie3, but I don't have any maps loaded so probably could have the same result with the 500. I'm impressed how well it works, even in the trees. So yes, I did ride the course backwards and didn't think much of it until the climb just seemed silly to go up, but so much fun to come down. Did a quick read on their write up of the course (would have been smart to do that before riding) and yes, I had to turn and start again. Oh well, when riding there is no such thing as taking a wrong turn, or being lost.... </div>
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Today I loaded Day 2 and read the course description before heading out. Worked much better, day two, as yesterday, is on the town side but today it went much further north. Enjoyed another sunny dry day. Some new cut trails again and some classics. Have no worries about Bears, one being my new bear spray on the bike, and second my breaks being so loud I'm sure the town could here me all day. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a nice stream - which if I didn't get off track once in a while, I'd not seen - a quick photo up and back up the hill....<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20130078.post-73828843927921574682014-06-08T20:06:00.000-06:002014-06-08T20:06:14.020-06:002014 Organ Grinder...... in Canmore - grinder it was!<br />
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Awesome morning, so refreshing compared to the last few years I've done this race. <br />
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No partner so 5 hours of grind! The course was similar to yesterday, but with extra lower section added in. I contemplated my fully this morning, for a long time, but in the end I decided on the HT. Mostly based on laziness - swap wheels, yikes... and then I'd have to carry the bear spray in my pocket.... two completely not the right things to debate when deciding on bike... I regretted the choice, but still had a good day riding. <br />
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The plan; rest a lap, hard a lap, rest a lap etc.... work on the high end. The actual; my rest lap had same time as my hard laps... the one I "really put the hammer down" on ended up being my slowest!<br />
The course was not a good resting course, the lower section I could try to pedal easy, but the roots just beat me up more when going slow, so off the seat pedaling seemed like the only way for me to get through those sections, and they seemed like forever. By the end of a few laps, the plan became more of a rest on the uppers section, get beat up on the lower section. <br />
Rode with many different people today, which was fun - had a good discussion around Redbikes blue kit!? Steve looked good on his green machine until the "twitch" appeared, and miss Martin styling down the coal shuts... The rare sight of Tim riding a bike with gear and suspension!<br />
Looks like everyone enjoyed a great day out there, though many I didn't see on the course - Erik with a bit of a equipment malfunction - this course is not gentle on gear - but looked to have a great day! Shawn nailed down 7 laps (and the win), very impressive. Andrea (on her birthday - 19?) felt great even through her last lap. Ryan leaving me in the dust on the last lap and Jeff and Alana taking the win in their category. <br />
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By the time it was all over I had 6 laps in and more than happy with that, legs are completely done from today and yesterday so that must be a sign of a good weekend.<br />
A perfect weekend for racing - Nice work to the organizers both days (Spin Sisters and CycleMeisters)! <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20130078.post-71700854418713890252014-06-07T17:55:00.001-06:002014-06-07T17:55:49.654-06:002014 Iron Maiden...... ABA cup xc race and my short race this year.<br />
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As always it does not disappoint - as expected my pain threshold gets a good test! After lots of miles in Portugal I do feel the fitness coming around, but being fit doesn't mean fast! Today was great, but painful, efforts can be done, but feel slow in recovering from each effort. And right now, hours later, my legs are still wondering what the heck I just put them through! Think they would much rather go slow for hours, which is tomorrows Organ Grinder (5 hr) - but still going back and forth on 5 hrs or find a partner and push high end for a couple hrs..... <br />
Today though, great trails, dusty dry and loose and pretty good turn out overall - watch out for all the younger riders coming up!<br />
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When you ride at the Nordic center it is now mandatory to carry Bear spray - should have used it on a couple of stubborn trails "bears" but kept it only to a thought :)<br />
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My favorite of the day though, the awesome medal!! It probably wont last in the collection, but I can assure enjoyment even if short lasted!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20130078.post-62536509141116866932014-06-04T20:04:00.003-06:002014-06-04T20:04:37.329-06:00"Selfie" ride......after work to check recovery.... and with no boys to pose for shots - I attempted plenty of selfies...<br />
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I guess there is many ways of monitoring recovery; at one time in my life I used to ride with heart rate monitor as well as checking resting heart rate in the morning, looking at the trend I thought it gave me a good indication on recovery. I stopped wearing one of those a couple years back, now I do it by "feel", as a scientist (sort of), I will not argue with anyone who tells me this can be a bad idea. But since I've not been in a position to really overdo anything with only riding on weekends I have not been concerned about over training what so ever. <br />
My new method, first try today, is to ride as hard as I can on sections you have done before, and with the features of Strava, PR = I'm recovering well....simple. The "feel" method had me thinking my legs wasn't feeling great, but my "ride hard" method tells me I'm doing ok :) <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20130078.post-13352344623958117012014-06-01T17:56:00.000-06:002014-06-01T17:56:44.089-06:00Staying clear...... of the storms again today, but evidence of rain was very clear in all the mud!<br />
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Another awesome morning in Calgary and not a bad day for a group ride.<br />
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Started off in West Brag. Nice to see few faces that I have not ridden mtb with yet this year, Andrea, Cindy and Jon. The rest, Erik, Craig and Trish.<br />
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Today the route started up Rangers Summit and it was surprisingly wet considering it was dry yesterday. Guess the storm we missed yesterday still left it's signs. It was also quiet busy already even though we had a pretty early start. Rode a steady pace up with Trish, crested at Strange Brew and rode back to connect with group to go down Bob Cat and venture over to Pnuma via Ridgeback. <br />
On Ridgeback the group put in a few minutes of trail work, nothing compared to the many hours that goes in every year to maintain these trails (thank you to those steady guys who we often see out there), but everything counts. I did the duty of taking pictures :)<br />
Took the classic sulphur up to Pnuma. With Trish having to work I decided to stay with her. She set a Trish pace up Pnuma! At Race of Spades we decided to go further to Special K to maybe shave some time. Great to test the legs on the last little bit of Pnuma, fun pushing the bike over the rocks. Hit a little bit of snow at the top. Special K - been on my lower part of list of great descents. It's technical challenging which some days are fun, but so steep you're just on your breaks and sliding down most times, I like to ride my bike, not slide.... today I hiked most of the beginning, it was pretty rutted and had some snowy/icy spots. The mid sections that was the "beat me up" section, well that hadn't change either... but the return on investment... last third is flowy and fun I have to admit. But all in all, I can check this one off my list for this year and it remains on the lower part of the list. ROF is still my preferred way back down or all the way up and Moosepacker/Ridgeback.<br />
The way back up Bob Cat and Rangers Summit was great, good effort to test the legs a little bit, work the grit from Portugal out :) Then a final descent on Rangers Summit that by now was very busy with riders and it must have taken a hit during a freak storm that we totally missed again today :) <br />
Another bike cleaning effort required but Trish made it back to work in time!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Showing muscle.... Erik, Trish and Craig..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A project of this magnitude requires strong leadership and encouragement - here provided by Cindy...</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20130078.post-66333014041181247782014-05-31T21:43:00.000-06:002014-05-31T21:44:30.207-06:00Long legs and......kittens where the big topics of the day.<br />
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Great day in Calgary! and when the sun is shining we take advantage of it! Toby and I enjoyed the early quiet park then met up with the group of Erik, Craig and Trish. <br />
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Over coffee the decision was Station Flats for a Ridgeback and West Bragg ride!<br />
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On the way out the topic of long legs kept the conversation going for the entire trip, pretty good! and no, not the kind of long legs and pretty women, it was all related to cycling! impressive. well, besides a few side conversation about shorts and who should wear what! From there it couldn't get much better.... but it did! <br />
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The trails were in great shape, few mud spots here and there, but hey what would I do on a Saturday night if I wasn't washing and fixing my bike!?... Ridgeback to the Bobcat intersection then up Bob Cat, great climb! and in great shape (cow damage from last year is a bit smoother now!). Went all the way up to Rangers Summit then down Strange Brew. Riding with the boys is usually quiet "noisy", they seem to have this ability to ride fast but keep chatting about bikes usually, parts, building, fixing, you name it... Today the topic was Cats! It was pretty interesting riding behind two of the fastest decenters talking about cats; and it was not going fast, for once they were so into the conversation they forgot about riding! I mean we were missing out of one of the best descents of the day being on the breaks behind them... It was one of the most amusing moments I've had riding with them; the things they new! breeds, and mixed breeds.... wow... eventually we had to tell them to shut their mouth and get of the breaks; not sure they heard it as they were so preoccupied, but the pace did pick up! <br />
From the bottom we climbed up Rangers summit where Erik put the hammer down for a good pace, at least it felt 100% for me. Had a moment to enjoy the view, finished the climb and go enjoy the Bob Cat back down, the boys were flying at this point! Had time to finish Ridgeback climb to the top and back down. <br />
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Great day out - and now I know Marvin the cat's bedtime routine of chasing lasers marks on the wall amongst other great facts about cats - and we agree that long legs can be complicated.... I think.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20130078.post-78838386055737098852014-05-29T19:11:00.001-06:002014-05-29T19:11:44.423-06:00Welcome Home!!!...Boone!<div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><b>Even the neighbourhood lady bug is keen to try it out and Toby thrilled to be part of the virgin tour of the hood!</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><b><br></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgResdWSN1y4ICDQyiT9kqCO2Rfilz5i8eRiEZyHRySrxhz0sP3ObFjxRLYAk9hoOArlpLdw7ADegA2avXsmTgSKMped9mvzIceFzKRHC5RrioeIYz0sesyseRxHqKZn4UPC845nQ/s640/blogger-image-1197289326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgResdWSN1y4ICDQyiT9kqCO2Rfilz5i8eRiEZyHRySrxhz0sP3ObFjxRLYAk9hoOArlpLdw7ADegA2avXsmTgSKMped9mvzIceFzKRHC5RrioeIYz0sesyseRxHqKZn4UPC845nQ/s640/blogger-image-1197289326.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYDcekyhgZ1-Ze1xe5CoqrmxmcfOiuA-afW9dlCGpdP-I3-jnijvbVQLiwktz5zVJVORHuw-kT49tfgELUh4j3zBk6jdOks39WsZhVtFXzAo24MQAE3u7t4Kbdgbuvu8aNRvptA/s640/blogger-image--1615915540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYDcekyhgZ1-Ze1xe5CoqrmxmcfOiuA-afW9dlCGpdP-I3-jnijvbVQLiwktz5zVJVORHuw-kT49tfgELUh4j3zBk6jdOks39WsZhVtFXzAo24MQAE3u7t4Kbdgbuvu8aNRvptA/s640/blogger-image--1615915540.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAs07VzdXQsqBJf6mTl9FkkZLm8EmxFnzG6uamV8wWNZpD0OAhI9ssICwE7afva_CI0qbOD4iPtNFtU1qodei4GSKipnrfEYShErJO4kj5udDB6DlcaxkLPQ9w23XinbAL07YVog/s640/blogger-image--2025579470.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAs07VzdXQsqBJf6mTl9FkkZLm8EmxFnzG6uamV8wWNZpD0OAhI9ssICwE7afva_CI0qbOD4iPtNFtU1qodei4GSKipnrfEYShErJO4kj5udDB6DlcaxkLPQ9w23XinbAL07YVog/s640/blogger-image--2025579470.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Have to wait for winter to really test it out. With long legs and short body it's never easy to get set up, this one was tougher than normal but the 10 min virgin ride felt ok. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ridley's know good bikes and this one might just be the perfect bike for our winter excursions (fully stashed, including disk breaks hydraulic, fender mounts front and rear, two bottle cage mounts, electric shifting yet to be proven to me as an upgrade for winter but definitely feels awesome, and last but not least Treks iso speed decoupler for extra comfort!!!).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Happy Riding!</div><br></b></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20130078.post-16896807240934658742014-05-25T20:45:00.001-06:002014-05-25T21:18:37.938-06:00Recovery weekend...... went well. It's easy to get too keen on riding after half a week in the office with 25 degrees and sunshine! But I stuck to my plan on taking it easy but get out and ride a little.<div><br></div><div>Saturday was Toby's day. Met up with Ryan and we ended up heading to Station flats. Rode up Ridge back and since it was in perfect shape we decided to keep going to make it a loop, so up Moose Packer. It seemed very promising as we completed most of the switch backs but as it flattend out and we hit the next section snow appeared and then more and more and deeper!! But at this point we figured we might as well make it to the top. It wasn't with out a lot of snow crawling, even went backwards up on last section of Pnuma to avoide the snowy double track. With that we also had to go down Pnuma a bit, to the utility house and from there we hit the road to Race of Spades. It was much better, finally back on the bikes again, with frozen skins and feet! But RoS didn't disappoint so all worth it in the end. Toby got his first real workout, a bit to go to peak performance, but at least he slept through the night for once :)</div><div><br></div><div>Today it was a girls ride. It's been a long time since we've got out to ride. It was great. Headed out to Minnewanka. Thought we left pretty early but as we arrived it was already quiet busy, but not too bad on the trail going out. I forgot how much I enjoy this ride. Since my fully had a shifter break yesterday I was back on the Ht and on this trail it is the perfect match. So flowy and fun. Turned back at the cabin, and on the way back the trail was getting really busy! Conteplated a second ride in Banff but settled for good coffee and snack :)</div><div><br></div><div>Dropped the fully off at Ridleys after a shifter mail function and got some good news! Looking forward to the long winter raining rides on what will be the little sister of Cronos :) Hopefully bring home Boone this week sometime.</div><div><br></div><div>Happy Riding!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0I3CnjBcaHU9TUAdCAclk2ovk0ebcypP-VEMXaxtp-_8RTQODEkr_n3QCcIPaafxt5DIVLcQfwJdm6Fmy9tZpabSxpXhr25WUkAPACnegAndixhhHWHGiGqt6C1ZmyghhrhdTfA/s640/blogger-image--369680479.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0I3CnjBcaHU9TUAdCAclk2ovk0ebcypP-VEMXaxtp-_8RTQODEkr_n3QCcIPaafxt5DIVLcQfwJdm6Fmy9tZpabSxpXhr25WUkAPACnegAndixhhHWHGiGqt6C1ZmyghhrhdTfA/s640/blogger-image--369680479.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This was while it still looked promising :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYxzngVRtB5aSF0OyoUuY__1FvFoc0YLIaygfepx07GndtAgTTSI8xfaDusljbbMrWPJJWWzLXTK2i8gMT0HaN3XiUjRxfSqyT3NR4Zp_4jpmgFrEHlLs4E9uZuwsl86zC1qcpQ/s640/blogger-image-75907950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYxzngVRtB5aSF0OyoUuY__1FvFoc0YLIaygfepx07GndtAgTTSI8xfaDusljbbMrWPJJWWzLXTK2i8gMT0HaN3XiUjRxfSqyT3NR4Zp_4jpmgFrEHlLs4E9uZuwsl86zC1qcpQ/s640/blogger-image-75907950.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Great riding with Alana and Trish!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsw2LE16lhNWsXMRJkVmS9UehLU6YKWXSIh_GJBE7KBZ3RIQtjnwE5LryAj9pw_mF2jsjEBgnE3yuXz0RqDdbkEw8uXZm1jM8a3INZxd2fxUVNEyV9v_Ivq0jkB87TSeCusPF1jA/s640/blogger-image--336448746.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsw2LE16lhNWsXMRJkVmS9UehLU6YKWXSIh_GJBE7KBZ3RIQtjnwE5LryAj9pw_mF2jsjEBgnE3yuXz0RqDdbkEw8uXZm1jM8a3INZxd2fxUVNEyV9v_Ivq0jkB87TSeCusPF1jA/s640/blogger-image--336448746.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">If you look really close you see the rear end of the mountain sheep!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0kp_1ioEPNzMpFx0mC1HHj_R_k8Q4E-HEnV-J-8IAACgQUt-gtkByBXyenR2GiSQ04I2lHsp1Vd2gnNVLKUPlIUN78rH78ijAN3nF3YL3GGbiM-AGOjcbGL2ESbPihr30nQZHw/s640/blogger-image-725929856.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0kp_1ioEPNzMpFx0mC1HHj_R_k8Q4E-HEnV-J-8IAACgQUt-gtkByBXyenR2GiSQ04I2lHsp1Vd2gnNVLKUPlIUN78rH78ijAN3nF3YL3GGbiM-AGOjcbGL2ESbPihr30nQZHw/s640/blogger-image-725929856.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Rear end if Alana and Trish...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-O9OoK9PhfZ6Kohg2AkiM_WL38pll6wagmFTvSKNa-GUx4lbeH5zc93PaGa456NkIvsYxG6OpTTpd6vocTmgKazUKNN6LIg0pTAHkdQShXNiiHWh6HSaEULYwMp5TA6PXJF3Tg/s640/blogger-image-455470666.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-O9OoK9PhfZ6Kohg2AkiM_WL38pll6wagmFTvSKNa-GUx4lbeH5zc93PaGa456NkIvsYxG6OpTTpd6vocTmgKazUKNN6LIg0pTAHkdQShXNiiHWh6HSaEULYwMp5TA6PXJF3Tg/s640/blogger-image-455470666.jpg"></a></div>Oh yeah.... It'll be fun... But first the season of mt biking....</div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20130078.post-419173151615667232014-05-19T00:37:00.001-06:002014-05-19T00:49:06.552-06:00TransPortugal......a few of the typicals...<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-R3QfpgggD0bSlrEpp5hQV23IyVjH7gIvkMYpqhPG8Ps22VpCvJdVURq6JwClbpD7oL653BmCRMHiot8VyYOWahG_LNmtLqH-hJZqTx9tLVKhlWIEOLnjfAQShJYtKMIQRaUUg/s640/blogger-image--1880837476.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-R3QfpgggD0bSlrEpp5hQV23IyVjH7gIvkMYpqhPG8Ps22VpCvJdVURq6JwClbpD7oL653BmCRMHiot8VyYOWahG_LNmtLqH-hJZqTx9tLVKhlWIEOLnjfAQShJYtKMIQRaUUg/s640/blogger-image--1880837476.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Typical day on the start - dad always there to see me off, Tiago counts me down - Greg is already on the go but that's the only one before me. 14% for female and 2 % for being in my 11th year of my thirties :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9DG8p-lO7wlZxYDJHycH_FrwfHzXkBbNMCQQfwyTXsc3TFNuiMxzZsh8SAKuUa_kjnUuBhYyncRglMLC9rEVXfr5UzHdg63uj89lRro4wS57b9jVXLW1j6Qg5wzXJlVxfqHnWQ/s640/blogger-image-644032605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9DG8p-lO7wlZxYDJHycH_FrwfHzXkBbNMCQQfwyTXsc3TFNuiMxzZsh8SAKuUa_kjnUuBhYyncRglMLC9rEVXfr5UzHdg63uj89lRro4wS57b9jVXLW1j6Qg5wzXJlVxfqHnWQ/s640/blogger-image-644032605.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Typical view during the day (minus the shoe). The profile has a few km marks, this helps me focus on small goals for the day, CP's are part of it, some peaks and water stops. The large garmin keeps me on track, and sometimes it gets me in trouble navigating while going fast down hill, but to everyone's surprise I rode almost 1200 km on the Burt's and not one issue! The large one also serve as a data collecter that is used to verify you did the course and that you stopped for 5 seconds at Stop signs. This race can be completed without your bike as long as you have the GPS track, and of course without motorized assistance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The little GPS is my time, km and temperature to remind me to drink!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I would also carry a tracking device in my pocket for the to know your where abouts - this saved Eric at least one day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUPYvnplNewQ6iuEgV-nOGhAzWtKDm8QXfuy5XKK4hTZ0idx0IPr3Y7MA4zZI-O-oO8U1e8OG6TCysmBAdPAHWNio5rD7rJcePNBzb2jBnPTJqQt4-rj-FowHLUohRok0WxIIcw/s640/blogger-image-116431722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUPYvnplNewQ6iuEgV-nOGhAzWtKDm8QXfuy5XKK4hTZ0idx0IPr3Y7MA4zZI-O-oO8U1e8OG6TCysmBAdPAHWNio5rD7rJcePNBzb2jBnPTJqQt4-rj-FowHLUohRok0WxIIcw/s640/blogger-image-116431722.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Typical plate (first of many) at the finish, there is great options. Nice fruits, meats, tuna and bean salads, egg and the list goes on. I would usually visit again after massage (no good shot of the awesome team of massage therapists - but they are included in the typical day - highly recommend this package if considering this race.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZhDjSjgdr3-qwl_On99KFFNBXXyVWFtDBA-fRTfBcrpb2IGw41pXF2ONns1mLPbzsWWncWR3oiUOmGbfLkXgLQb7EwdKB5jNRU7KKAq1GElx3ev5WNzToawcheHD-LzH56fy_g/s640/blogger-image-1613050306.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZhDjSjgdr3-qwl_On99KFFNBXXyVWFtDBA-fRTfBcrpb2IGw41pXF2ONns1mLPbzsWWncWR3oiUOmGbfLkXgLQb7EwdKB5jNRU7KKAq1GElx3ev5WNzToawcheHD-LzH56fy_g/s640/blogger-image-1613050306.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">After massage a "ice" bath. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismwKirvNz622mmSNcs-54IUW7jb6dnnUG_EefIn5VbQZNO_wzhm3K2O_nQ-tUFo3YUo8tJGp9CEoGN6W9e6PG1rXkZo58G7yH6mWRGvmRMnilYnO6RH2ZfZLCBACrsPiDPT_RVw/s640/blogger-image-1724052707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismwKirvNz622mmSNcs-54IUW7jb6dnnUG_EefIn5VbQZNO_wzhm3K2O_nQ-tUFo3YUo8tJGp9CEoGN6W9e6PG1rXkZo58G7yH6mWRGvmRMnilYnO6RH2ZfZLCBACrsPiDPT_RVw/s640/blogger-image-1724052707.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Typical night - dinner and lots of it. Dad on his way in the hunger fighting crowd. Great food all around.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhft23vpNoMSnqsIu04MiEEIGCeEkW5kQL6DuOrT9Dd1P_lLXH7oBJnKaWsh9D05S2n2WyaTuq_u_P93cX5UF-i2gZGLZneqmZY0NA0pbo3wbf1ZSSOa9Gn4ENgYOCUAqfxca5ZZg/s640/blogger-image-1326587418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhft23vpNoMSnqsIu04MiEEIGCeEkW5kQL6DuOrT9Dd1P_lLXH7oBJnKaWsh9D05S2n2WyaTuq_u_P93cX5UF-i2gZGLZneqmZY0NA0pbo3wbf1ZSSOa9Gn4ENgYOCUAqfxca5ZZg/s640/blogger-image-1326587418.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Typical after dinner briefing and GPS handout. Tiago is the timing and GPS master of the Staff. Below is what he goes through.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxZU-3hH2ltbMya0imdY6nDc30McoNMUn-wRJ0Ne8lmjwaf_BL4NL1Ve4fNYq2feYoDefSxc5ytRBVuDRUQKfm6mBUx52mrGdDqjI7YzQQTF07UxPHYA01BOs8t4v6RuOSI47uw/s640/blogger-image-1113179189.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbxZU-3hH2ltbMya0imdY6nDc30McoNMUn-wRJ0Ne8lmjwaf_BL4NL1Ve4fNYq2feYoDefSxc5ytRBVuDRUQKfm6mBUx52mrGdDqjI7YzQQTF07UxPHYA01BOs8t4v6RuOSI47uw/s640/blogger-image-1113179189.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Typical briefing sheet - we also get our gps back. The info would include water stops (taps or cafés), major climbs, things to note of warning, and stops. Before lights out for the night I would change batteries, make sure the right map (one for each day) is set and make my little frame map.</div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClGPmoevRt-2Mwpt0L3FtLke3mUx7Wb1_8sG2zfyyhdsgsrqllbyaENnn1CKrmx8gtoFSZLh0nwQum3IVC6-6w4J-VAu1U2kU4EpCruO3XmrDAGPv7T1lhgWTLyuUinWoyKCoQA/s640/blogger-image-166248797.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClGPmoevRt-2Mwpt0L3FtLke3mUx7Wb1_8sG2zfyyhdsgsrqllbyaENnn1CKrmx8gtoFSZLh0nwQum3IVC6-6w4J-VAu1U2kU4EpCruO3XmrDAGPv7T1lhgWTLyuUinWoyKCoQA/s640/blogger-image-166248797.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJKDAZg-fnNvDBkhjhyphenhyphenuSZ1-6r-efoEuaNc7S1mz9iicOxdil-FOV_5Ixd5H2P-ex1ViStRPOjPGDuTuaLIb1RZduCVP7NbJ2S32ijHOQFYocnis89xmisG91mEKwnlF0nwdQ7w/s640/blogger-image-1366326868.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisJKDAZg-fnNvDBkhjhyphenhyphenuSZ1-6r-efoEuaNc7S1mz9iicOxdil-FOV_5Ixd5H2P-ex1ViStRPOjPGDuTuaLIb1RZduCVP7NbJ2S32ijHOQFYocnis89xmisG91mEKwnlF0nwdQ7w/s640/blogger-image-1366326868.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Typical find your bike action - a group of staff takes your bike on the finish line, then clean it and tune it up! A package I would highly recommend if you consider this race. It's so nice not to worry about the bike, you'll find it almost brand new amongs the others in the morning before your start.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgylDftsSGUgEHeO6wSMD27roSIaAJ4DQl4QTNu4pftRzkP-tJW-MLN1RyqMimZdNaHq-DOZZazd7dLVDdIQ_vVXs73R1JCyMbUqiVfkT_cQ2GLy8qGsMxJoYGrKV9gcoPRiLPGAw/s640/blogger-image--439057804.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgylDftsSGUgEHeO6wSMD27roSIaAJ4DQl4QTNu4pftRzkP-tJW-MLN1RyqMimZdNaHq-DOZZazd7dLVDdIQ_vVXs73R1JCyMbUqiVfkT_cQ2GLy8qGsMxJoYGrKV9gcoPRiLPGAw/s640/blogger-image--439057804.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Maybe not a typical view but typical standard of the hotels! It's a vacation after all - so why suffer after a day on the bike. The hotels are nice - Raphael and Paul enjoying tonight's last hotel. The carrot we ride towards for 9 days :)</div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20130078.post-12395578259542756212014-05-17T15:07:00.001-06:002014-05-19T00:33:51.136-06:00TP 2014 - Stage 9...the finale! Wow it seems so recent I was wondering about how can I get through the next 8 days, now there is only one left :)<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdVsWAhwFrYoysZkk2ScHR8yZzBZ4ACe0L5cpmjxK4GWXseAM-ncsym1DTOt_290vonTKc_YGYuMxnlKyivqPLCUkSMKq111e9WQwvljqr8hA89C2NNbXPr5UPRE9gupXnnZ04XQ/s640/blogger-image-1803563558.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdVsWAhwFrYoysZkk2ScHR8yZzBZ4ACe0L5cpmjxK4GWXseAM-ncsym1DTOt_290vonTKc_YGYuMxnlKyivqPLCUkSMKq111e9WQwvljqr8hA89C2NNbXPr5UPRE9gupXnnZ04XQ/s640/blogger-image-1803563558.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Pre-race:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">99 km to rest on the beach, well at least for a couple hours before the packing and journey home. But it'll be the best couple hours in a long time. But of course it's not done until it's done, and sure it's one of the shorter stages but punchy climbs on these legs will definitely be a challenge. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Post race update:</div><br></div><div>It's amazing what your body will let you do to it and how it adapts to pretty much anything as long as your head is in the game. When after day 1 of a 9 day stage race you feel shattered, the next day it'll let you abuse it again, and again....and in the end it no longer feel like abuse, it's just part of the rutine each day. Today some adrenaline of it being the last day got mixed in and the mind knowing it was the last, both puts a whole new dimension to it - pain goes away and you just enjoy the moment of no looking back (literarily). </div><div><br></div><div>Started with a super fast downhill and I managed to miss the turn to the dirt, so up the hill again. Then a little bit of gradual to super steep climb. I chose to walk a bit to and though I rode hard I was looking back for Eric. The course is more suited for my tired legs, lots of shorter ups, but you know you'll get a coasting break going down. It's mostly dirt with a couple of sections of ashpalt. Passed a group of road cyclist out training, up a hill. They were a bit surprised as I passed by with a hello and have a good ride :)</div><div>By the time I hit CP 2 and no sight of Eric, I figured it was time to not look back again. This last section I remember from before and after a bit of double track you hit a short rode section up to the view of the cliffs and the ocean. It was windy but I tucked in on the bike, I had tilted my seat forward today, and it help the sitting on the seat part of the ride :) </div><div>Then you hit the beach - it was nice and solid so a light jog wasn't too bad (ok, so I walked a bit too). Off the beach the first up and down and up. It was hot but with a little breeze it was manageable (adrenaline is also good at this point). I "cheated" and looked back, didn't see anybody, extra motivation to keep pushing. Quick back down again and a climb out, passed last CP and a little further up. A few km fighting wind before the last up down up of the day - of the nine days!! The last climb is on the road, quiet steep and with a little bit of view of the path down, looked back again, no sound of bike no view of yellow. The last slight downhill I remember as super fast and I was looking forward to this, but it was everything but super fast. It was more sand, windy as heck so no coasting, and washboard features that reminded you this is TransPortugal and nothing comes easy. I did not remember this section being this long, and was very happy when I hit the pavement for a little bit. </div><div>Then a little bit of up passed the hotel for the night, back out on some last trail, and down towards the very end, single track to the finish and the beach!! Amazing finish arena, and even better when no Jose passed with a smile saying "go Kate, go!". A couple minutes later he crossed. Glad I never saw him, great guy, but much better this way :)</div><div><br></div><div>Time to rest and enjoy the beach town of Sagres. This journey is one of the hardest, most memorable, enjoyable in all weird ways, I do, and three times now, and it hasn't changed my view. I know I will be back, it's just a matter of when.</div><div><br></div><div>Team Aardal did well, thanks to dad for getting to most of the CP's out ther, seeing me off the start and again there in the finish. Sharing experiences other than in words makes for a even better time. Only in it can you really understand what this is and why people keep coming back - wether your first or last or in the middle, the passion is the same for what we do. </div><div><br></div><div>Happy Resting!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJLAR30i3SAZX62GftWjSFz7CVS35_tTnQl6UvJtCNaOG6V0kRxP7N0GGuxkr6KGbHdJqtCdbWb5n_sUPa6Ngt11WYfdTrY2aEF1fvtu1u00QVd9aXKS0zG2YURQWpdSYk6SAkQ/s640/blogger-image-762262542.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJLAR30i3SAZX62GftWjSFz7CVS35_tTnQl6UvJtCNaOG6V0kRxP7N0GGuxkr6KGbHdJqtCdbWb5n_sUPa6Ngt11WYfdTrY2aEF1fvtu1u00QVd9aXKS0zG2YURQWpdSYk6SAkQ/s640/blogger-image-762262542.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20130078.post-39797577422257035332014-05-16T15:22:00.001-06:002014-05-17T12:53:04.166-06:00TP 2014 - Stage 8...the real test!<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4prh5nu1OncoyZhrdJNx4XXbo6ELIRVWuEX3OqNrQ68P4A6sjEywyTyx3woHpxGVKeuSvsEaxDG35ygajjOxST1_Z0VYqgwnFPFp2kIGJia4lVzCRKzZFgjOASo5BCV5OJaxXw/s640/blogger-image--64452365.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4prh5nu1OncoyZhrdJNx4XXbo6ELIRVWuEX3OqNrQ68P4A6sjEywyTyx3woHpxGVKeuSvsEaxDG35ygajjOxST1_Z0VYqgwnFPFp2kIGJia4lVzCRKzZFgjOASo5BCV5OJaxXw/s640/blogger-image--64452365.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">With 7 days in the legs, stage 8 is probably the one most suffering occur. It starts out gentle but midways the fun begins - one climb after another, with the real kicker at 109, a 25% gradient to start the first 1 k of this 4 k climb. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm hoping there is something left in the legs to enjoy this otherwise great stage, along with stage 2 a favorite of mine in terms of riding and scenery. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Today is also the Norwegian constitution day, Happy May 17th! I'll celebrate on my bike.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Post race Update:</div><br></div><div>Ouch! It was as hard, maybe harder than I recalled. It takes me well over an hour to enable the butt to sit on the seat, by then it's numb and I can give the feet a little rest once in a while. Good thin it's only one stage left; I might have reached the limit to what it can take :)</div><div><br></div><div>The first 50 km are pretty in eventful, lots of farm lands and rolling, kept looking back for Eric and Raphael, some company would have been nice. Eventually Raphael rolled up alone. Eric had rode easy to wait for Peter today, good friend. Raphael stayed with me for not too long. So it was a fairly lonely ride today. I was actually quiet happy when the climbing started at around 60 k mark, gets the mind focused on the task and not wondering to all the aches and pains. It was very hot and by the time I hit the second major climb it was well over 30, and trees that used to give you some shade were all gone! It was hot. I'm happy I turns around to ask a couple of farm workers if they had water on the bottom, I would have been very short. This is around the 110 k mark. It's about 4 km climb and very steep. The decent down went safe, not risking anything this close to the end of a 9 day race.</div><div>Around 120 and there is almost no more dirt and rock, all paved but still hard, steep and hot and I knew the guys were behind chasing me down. Jose passed me a long time ago at this point. </div><div>Did what I could to keep it steady. And it felt very good cresting the last hill knowing it was mostly down to finish. Made many navigation mistakes today, all fairly short but going down I made sure to keep a close eye on the gps, it's so fast so missing one turn might have you climbing back up a few minutes. I only made two small mistakes, pretty good, it's actually pretty tricky in the last little bit.</div><div>Second place just in front of Malcolm. Happy with the day, glad it's over! Tomorrow is a shorter day, ride it safe to the finish on the beach!</div><div><br></div><div>Team Aardal also celebrates 17th of May.</div><div> I used this as a little bit of motivation when it got real rough today :) we got it pretty good, so feeling sorry for my self while doing something I on my own chose to do is not really an option. I'm really fortunate to be able to participate in events around the world and live a life totally free to make my own decisions on how to live it. Those who enabled me and the rest of us to live such free and full life's, those are the heros. </div><div>So, happy 17th of May Norway! </div><div><br></div><div>Happy Riding!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhXlz9nIPH_2y9Q1Vs8x2JKIxLai8sY-pTlKj38riNYrAsQJuIvJKDtdInwrwL-5YtcIoqrWMdfjxrFOAWeonLbddauq-KzzLY0LKjPLWDylb-h4mMief95VUFu94iu2MNf80eg/s640/blogger-image-147351245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhXlz9nIPH_2y9Q1Vs8x2JKIxLai8sY-pTlKj38riNYrAsQJuIvJKDtdInwrwL-5YtcIoqrWMdfjxrFOAWeonLbddauq-KzzLY0LKjPLWDylb-h4mMief95VUFu94iu2MNf80eg/s640/blogger-image-147351245.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks Joao, for photo and keeping my bike tuned :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXosa1z8y-OtLFhGK54YY5TEKKsphHwEaebf7LAZ5xC6FrxMojJBtCvMTceaPoKNOwol1wKRDBsUtI9AWZO_BeyV4ddFPPy6E54Hm1lTBLseKfa3RitmGBVTZSkYqtx5zRq_6gZA/s640/blogger-image-888185961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXosa1z8y-OtLFhGK54YY5TEKKsphHwEaebf7LAZ5xC6FrxMojJBtCvMTceaPoKNOwol1wKRDBsUtI9AWZO_BeyV4ddFPPy6E54Hm1lTBLseKfa3RitmGBVTZSkYqtx5zRq_6gZA/s640/blogger-image-888185961.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Nice to have a little time no solo, Raphael had a good day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX99m1JZ2by4SJ4cHje8nH7B1KIrtTntogsj5afEYUl3r3pSHLkKd1ZfmCZ6sbOIIkq4DGEzEYpZ0A5Iq4C9JC1fGjroYy9uI0cH1ZeJ0rU4Z3Qm7-bvicdwg-F5KiisoS-l-XkA/s640/blogger-image--683774660.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX99m1JZ2by4SJ4cHje8nH7B1KIrtTntogsj5afEYUl3r3pSHLkKd1ZfmCZ6sbOIIkq4DGEzEYpZ0A5Iq4C9JC1fGjroYy9uI0cH1ZeJ0rU4Z3Qm7-bvicdwg-F5KiisoS-l-XkA/s640/blogger-image--683774660.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In to second place; then got stung by some bug.... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCOq-RdjtOEr1EOZ7xhegPf67X7RAWyhTR_sT_0dB0QnvgquIchFRzOzrvbp7kV89DzyolGAbZyY9KGxoUrm3m4VCoUIu_UfwM4UAFazexFV-zWpc30daxz80c7Y1swiaxqB-jfA/s640/blogger-image-1996644661.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCOq-RdjtOEr1EOZ7xhegPf67X7RAWyhTR_sT_0dB0QnvgquIchFRzOzrvbp7kV89DzyolGAbZyY9KGxoUrm3m4VCoUIu_UfwM4UAFazexFV-zWpc30daxz80c7Y1swiaxqB-jfA/s640/blogger-image-1996644661.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Team Aardal! We had a good day again, all cp's covered and second place:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUFSqA0q8xKwJlDgxM-62C3HF9mfV_RZ8mfLsvT95QVx45muRQnYlaRVwdYUJx7arnmk5S_j2BloDdCl0npU-CgGMW5hzO714BQ-s6FjeKDj2oyvVwZJEBzrUF9B-8AcKJEf-LFA/s640/blogger-image--299422086.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUFSqA0q8xKwJlDgxM-62C3HF9mfV_RZ8mfLsvT95QVx45muRQnYlaRVwdYUJx7arnmk5S_j2BloDdCl0npU-CgGMW5hzO714BQ-s6FjeKDj2oyvVwZJEBzrUF9B-8AcKJEf-LFA/s640/blogger-image--299422086.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Miss you little guy!</div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20130078.post-45928929592821466642014-05-15T15:19:00.001-06:002014-05-16T09:31:33.768-06:00TP 2014 - Stage 7... shorter than last years stage seven, but nothing is easy with this race so before I say so I'll ride and then make the call. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKF76UwVtikE-IQ0VDEXvMOVoVkAfc0zIidRoE3_89thkT7x2h3A8ziFf0CzyjzyUSRohewig6Oo19YdC4Ge3hzpDK5k6zBf9qaKqX-y90SSg4HNyJ-xxkY5Yt4xNoLKfZ-w5Tg/s640/blogger-image--1460112970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKF76UwVtikE-IQ0VDEXvMOVoVkAfc0zIidRoE3_89thkT7x2h3A8ziFf0CzyjzyUSRohewig6Oo19YdC4Ge3hzpDK5k6zBf9qaKqX-y90SSg4HNyJ-xxkY5Yt4xNoLKfZ-w5Tg/s640/blogger-image--1460112970.jpg"></a></div></div><div><br></div><div>Pre-race:</div><div><br></div><div>It's a day for the roadies again, lots of fast dirt or paved road. No climbs to speak of. </div><div>And later start so it will get hot quick.</div><div><br></div><div>Gave my other gps to Erik so hopefully he won't get lost once again, and possible come ride with me :) If another headwind both Erik and Peter in a little group today would be super. Goal today will be to save a little bit in the legs for tomorrow's big stage. </div><div><br></div><div>Had a nice little stay at this Eco friendly hotel - fully solar powered, everything around is natural growth, weeds and all stay, the breakfast was the best so far I'd say, maybe driven by no need to rush.</div><div><br></div><div>Post race update:</div><div><br></div><div>So my verdict on a short easy stage; not in Trans Portugal. No easy day here. This new stage of just over 100km on the profile looks like a walk in the park to some, but with some good winds and tired legs it is hard as any other stage, adding Erik's motivation and drive to get a stage win, made it very difficult to stick to the plan of not killing the legs for tomorrow.</div><div><br></div><div>I rode fairly moderate for the first little bit and Erik and Raphael cought me pretty quick. From then on it was race pace to the end. There was a better variety of trail and road today and quiet enjoyable. Some dude joined our ride in one of the early towns and it wasn't great. I don't think he clued understood when I asked him to either go back or go way ahead. He open a couple a gates for us and wanted to pull on sections which was no ok. So I told Erik to stay off it and him and I do the work only (off course not a great substitute for Erik but at least we can feel good after). I told the guy to stay off the front, so he decided to then ride next to me. And for those who know these double tracks, sometimes you have to swap line very quick to avoid obstacles like big sharp rocks (and with Burt's it's key to pick safe lines), well I didn't have this option anymore, he was always right there. On the road he would stay on our wheels, and when it was my turn to sit in I had to push him off Erik's wheel so I could get my spot and not be on his wheel, which wouldn't feel right. Weird deal, but after an hour or so, he smiled and said he had to go home and thanked us for the ride, had been fun he said and back he went. He probably never meant to be a annoyance but unfortunately it was a bit of that. </div><div>Finally could relax a bit and ride normal. </div><div>Erik rode like a mad man again, on the last CP we got the splits from the last cp, 16 to Jose and 9 or 6 to Peter. That was a few kilometres ago so they could be close. I told him to just ride and not look back, about 10 km to go. For the next 7 he rode as strong as I've seen him ride, I could barley hang on to the slight up wich is usually were he slows down. I gave him a couple breaks here and there but he did most of the hard work. In the end, we made it to the finish with no others passing after almost a wipe out in a massive puddle. Jose and Peter came a few minutes later together. And the pack not far after.<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">As for my goal for today; a total fail :) the legs left it all out there. I really wanted to maintain a nice pace for legs to recover, but when you ride with someone so driven and so committed to leaving it all out there for this one chance it's hard to not wanna join. And in the end just another day of great riding, and so is tomorrow.</span></div><div><br></div><div>The other half of team Aardal made all CPs and the finish, I believe this might also be a record. Note that last CP was only 10 k from the finish so nice work!</div><div><br></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">Happy Riding!</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkybCN6jTW3tLOp9XLg99C-QrtSS6szzWrihveEf97qhfzhlZ85kfZedvALhsg5Z5DQ71IpcjVPBpFQ5Fs0M-hFWG8TsB5tAXa26GAs5A-zxnKXgO5gRThc_rw19P7QIZqOTtDiw/s640/blogger-image--1050408813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkybCN6jTW3tLOp9XLg99C-QrtSS6szzWrihveEf97qhfzhlZ85kfZedvALhsg5Z5DQ71IpcjVPBpFQ5Fs0M-hFWG8TsB5tAXa26GAs5A-zxnKXgO5gRThc_rw19P7QIZqOTtDiw/s640/blogger-image--1050408813.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJhOOhD2YJesYXUCTnON_0gnbScazV87abOKb7g0y_o1pl-Lw5gG-K8EwncsJfFjoTs8qbQ9XlkZBsBePoOVFr7HQaS3ZYP0wKgkEHEMKAqu-cEAmjVaYIDORf33XymGBn9olpQ/s640/blogger-image-6001205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJhOOhD2YJesYXUCTnON_0gnbScazV87abOKb7g0y_o1pl-Lw5gG-K8EwncsJfFjoTs8qbQ9XlkZBsBePoOVFr7HQaS3ZYP0wKgkEHEMKAqu-cEAmjVaYIDORf33XymGBn9olpQ/s640/blogger-image-6001205.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4J0JJX9T17CDeh9IO5kGh8gjWGRIiZZRw0yWL_SNhdM_Wt0FCX87rR3hcflWWgYLz1qgaah9iwoL7H_PyKKSakK30uk047VwGW4ALOEPGqJSpXhxg8IVFWNvT4KbT9EUV-nDUw/s640/blogger-image--555661016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4J0JJX9T17CDeh9IO5kGh8gjWGRIiZZRw0yWL_SNhdM_Wt0FCX87rR3hcflWWgYLz1qgaah9iwoL7H_PyKKSakK30uk047VwGW4ALOEPGqJSpXhxg8IVFWNvT4KbT9EUV-nDUw/s640/blogger-image--555661016.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0