138. The Eager Beaver Part 3: Sarah Caylor

One Ring to Rule Them All “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them All And in the darkness, bind them…" J. R. R. Tolkien I can't hide it.  I'm super chuffed about this post.   I mean, SARAH CAYLOR is on my blog!!! After missing the Spwoa …

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137. The Eager Beaver Part 2: Donna, Andy, Barry and some XC MTB…

Comfortable Discomfort...and the Substance Projects Eager Beaver XCM “...racing can be hard, and that maybe one of the best parts of racing is simply that it is hard!   Somewhere in my "discomfort" I started to focus on the trail….”  (Andy McKean) “...although I was pack fodder at the end of the day, I had …

136. The Eager Beaver Part 1: Adam Wenn and the Eager Beaver XCM

When a Bike Race is More Than a Bike Race Sunday, August 14, 2022: “My mindset going into the race had been positive and carefree - and yet, here I was parked on the shoulder of Highway 12 trying to breathe in through my nose and out through my mouth, and convince myself I wasn't …

135. The Substance Projects Weekend of Awesomeness

This Blog is Empty Ooooh, I got the FOMOs so bad. After three years of dodging COVID at my school, it nailed me last Thursday, and had to miss both races in the mid-August Substance Projects Weekend of Awesomeness. Mhm, I got the FOMOs so very bad...and I NEED YOUR HELP!!! Soooooooooo tell me about …

134. Summer Epic Sea Otter

Well That Was Awkward... I'd been looking forward to the weekend for a few months. One weekend...three massive events:  Sea Otter, Summer Epic 8 Hour, and Reggie Ramble.  But which race to do?  Could I do one and not the others? In total, there were over a dozen different races to choose from... And a …

133. The East Scarborough Loop

Whatta Route! Presenting: The East Scarborough Loop! Mm hmm.  The EAST Scarborough Loop. It's a combination of the South Scarborough Loop, with the addition of the the North Scarborough Loop, for a sweet 50k rip. I've been thinking about a way to extend the South Scarborough Loop...so I did! I call it the North Scarborough …

FOTC: My Teammate Gregg and the Course at the 24 Hour

A Pal Answers the Call I've talked a lot about my team at Chico's 24 Hours of Summer Solstice.  They're awesome. Yeah, these guys (from L to R:  Rich, Bill, Dude's Eyes and Hat, Mark, Dude w/Water Bottle, Geoff, Rihanna, Me). Get it?  Umbrella?  Oh never mind. So, I'm horrible with trail names, and asked …

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Untitled Out of respect for the people involved, and the depth of the situation, I can't give this post a title, so I'm leaving it as "Untitled".  Actually, I don't even know what title I'd give it. As some people know, in my other life I'm a teacher, and after 25 years, I thought I'd …

132. 24 Hours of Summer Solstice ‘22

24 Hours of Perfection, Connection, and Community For what feels like a moment stuck in time, about 40km north of Toronto, on the longest days of the year, we got together to ride bikes. Chico Racing’s 24 Hours of Summer Solstice.   24 hours of racing and riding. 24 hours of bike minded people.   24 hours …

131. The Inaugural Screaming Squirrel

First Time Luck? The hills of Mono, Cannondale bikes, Team Colin, Substance Projects, and a bunch of invisible screaming squirrels...with a shot of Mandem CC?  What could go wrong? Absolutely nothing.  Oof, what an awesome race (also, luck had nothing to do with it)! The Cannondale Screaming Squirrel p/b Substance Projects was, once again, perfection.  …