Today was a great day, we hammered it. 50 km around Squamish which took us 4 hours 15 minutes. In races like these you tend to spend each day riding with similar people of equal skills and fitness. Today we dropped our ‘group’ with most of them coming in 3o minutes behind us! I (troy) felt like I had Tour de France legs today and could climb forever–for once I wasn’t chasing Jon which I have been doing this whole damn race!! It was your standard Squamish trails today-the Test of Metal start, Rob’s Corners, Powerhouse Plunge and Far Side. What weather 30+ degree’s here today. Highlights were Troy getting stung by a hornet while descending a very technical portion of the course, nobody passing us on any climbs, Troy getting a flat 2km out from the finish (we just rode it in!!), and 50 guest riders joining the race today–all sponsors who were fresh! Tomorrow is a short 30km day finishing in Whistler Creekside and followed by the afterparty……the next blog could be later Sunday afternoon!!
GWA Racers - couple of studsFinally started after some kids removed the flagging!!
Today was a 60 km loop leaving and returning from Cumberland. It was another tough day, but not as hard as day 2!! We had a strong ride, finishing in 4:45 making our total time for three days of racing approx imately 12 hours 15 min. If anyone has ever rode alot you will be familiar with the sore ass feeling, I’d say for me it hit about hour 5 day two. Today included a big hill right in the middle of the day that we thought was 15km and turned out to be 8km, feels good when …Continue reading »
Well Day 1 was a good warm up!! Only 29 km through some of the best trails in North Vancouver including Old Buck, Bridle Path, Severed Dick, and Pipeline which took us 2.5 hours. …Continue reading »
Troy and Jon are competing in the epic seven day BC Bike Race beginning Sunday in North Vancouver. The mortorhome has been rented, driver signed up (Jon’s Dad!!), and the training hours put in. Now it is time to deliver on some of the most beautiful mountain biking trails in the world. The race begins in North Vancouver and then heads to Vancouver Island for four days of riding around Nanaimo, Cumberland, and Powell River. We then come back for the last two days in Squamish and the finish into Whistler Creekside. Check our blog nightly for race day recaps and highlights!! BC Bike Race has a great website if you want to learn more about the race www.bcbikerace.com.
