FOTC: Bruce MacDonald, the Wind and the Rain, and the Steaming Nostril

The 2019 Steaming Nostril:  Sunday, April 14 In it's seventh year, the Steaming Nostril, presented by Cycle Waterloo, is of my early season highlights.  I've raced it for the last four years; my first three in the Runny Nose distance, and the full deal last year. The race is best described as an angry P2A, …

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88. Turkey Point XCM

Gobble Gobble, Gulp The Inaugural Turkey Point XCM, race #1 in the Substance Projects XC Marathon, presented by Cannondale. Best. Race. Ever, Which is what I would be saying if it wasn't actually my WORST.  RACE.  EVER. Yup, Team Colin donned a racing kit, loaded a bike on his car, and made the trek two …

87. Gobble Gobble Gobble

The 2019 Race Season is a GO! The MTB race season rips into full gear in two days and I AM READY!!! Which is what I would be saying if I wasn't so grossly NOT ready. Seriously, I am not even remotely close to being marginally in the same universe as prepared. I don't mean …

News: Free Stuff

Team Colin Day @ Joyride 150 What an awesome way to kick off the 2019 cycling season. April 5, 2019 7-10PM Half price admission and rentals Joyride 150 (150 Bullock Drive, Markham) How to participate:  Just say "Team Colin" when you register at Joyride. Boom. Bring your bike, rent a bike, wear a kit, wear …

News: Team Colin Day @ Joyride 150

1/2 Price at the Coolest Place in the World The trails are mush. My legs are mushier. And my belly is the mushiest. It's Spring, but not really, and it's cold outside, but it's sometimes warm, and it's wet, and maybe even a bit snowy (but it won't accumulate), and riding season is right around …

86. Ice Ice Baby

MTB Kingston: The Kingston Snophy Fatbike Race Do do do, d'd'do-dew. Do do do, d'd'do-dew. I love the fatbiking.  Conditions?  Pfft.  Weather?  Pfft.  It doesn't matter, especially when I'm on my Cannondale FatCaad2.  Sure, when the weather and conditions are perfect, which rarely happens in Toronto, it's a sustained fatbikegasm.  But racing in less-than-perfect conditions …

85. Georgian Nordic OFRS

I Should Have Stayed In Bed The Substance Projects Ontario Fatbike Race Series, presented by 45NRTH and Cannondale. Race #3.  Georgian Nordic Outdoor Activity Centre, Parry Sound. 4 laps.  28k. I was so looking forward to this race.  Georgian Nordic is renowned for their trails, and from what I saw, will likely become a fatbiking …

84. Albion Fatbike Festival

Borrowed Tires, One Stud Too Many, and a Man Made of Lego So awesome. When is the best time to change your tires before a race? I’m not sure, but I don’t think it’s at 10:30 the night before. Nonetheless, there I was in a frigid garage, trying to keep my heart rate down so …

FOTC: Tracy Roth Gobbles the Fat Turkey

The 2018 Fat Turkey:  Saturday, December 15, 2018 Tracy Roth hits the trails--and the keyboard--once again for a ripping race review of the 2018 Substance Projects Fat Turkey, presented by Cannondale. Tracy is wickedly cool.  She's fearless, boss, and never hesitates to bring it. I'm a jerk.  She was hoping to see me last year …

2018: Twenty-8-Teen

What.  A.  Season. Twenty-8-Teen. My first DNS, my second DNS (both races out of my control), and my first DNF (also out of my control).  But still, ugh. Also, my first 100k MTB race (the Summer Epic 8 Hour). And my second 100k MTB race (the Fall Epic 8 Hour). Boom. Overall, I think I …