Climbing 101

This past long weekend I decided to go for a mountain bike ride. I was invited by some of the old school racers to do some 'hilly' trail riding up past Pemberton at a hidden little gem called Gun Lake. Insert 2100m mountain passes and a former multiple Provincial Road Race and Hill Climb Champion and you have the recipe for some aching lungs/legs and a broken fun meter. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves but Mighty needs to go on a road trip here.

Jim Horner GP....in pictures.

Day two of the Canadian CX Nationals was the Jim Horner GP. Slightly different course, but just as cold and snowy. I missed Jays race in the morning because I was getting my beauty sleep, and I didn't take any picture while I was actually racing, but I managed to catch the A race:

Our wonderful hosts, Ted and Lisa.


"A" staging. Spot the carrot!


Jay Loder, the man with the bag full of gifts.


Ted's shoes were so hot they were melting the snow.


Our RACEFACE equipped bikes kept us racing and had our backs in the pits.


Your photographer.


Nick, out of the bowl, back on the bike, sayin NO THANKS to the pumpkin pie and whipped cream hand off.


HONK!


Nick rides while the Green Hornet runs.


1:07:56 of 1:07:59


Thumbs up!

Cross Nat's

Our own Jay Loder made a visit to the podium in Edmonton finishing in third place in the Masters C Men proving that beer and T3's are the best of training partners. In the Elite Men, Nick Berry rep'd the Mighty colours well with a 12th place. In the additional day of racing, Jay followed up his podium with a hungover 4th place, Nick was 18th and Matt Barber was 14th in the Masters A Race. No word on whether Barber left the contents of the previous nights drinking and debauchery on his top tube like he did last week... I believe we all need a Crown and Coke to celebrate a good Edmonton Nationals weekend Alberta style. Sounds like we need a team meeting.

He wants to ride his MTB

The big H dissin' roadies everywhere. Including but not limited to: their sissy shaved legs, no drop rides and their stuck up demeanor. May I point out there be no shaved legs on this humble blogger...

Helltrack Owned.

They call it Hell Track. Morgan owned it. Look at that trophy. And cold hard cash, merchandise and BEER was won. Perhaps it was all the cross dressing...

BC Senior Games

Bill rep'd the Mighty colours well at the BC Summer Games in Richmond. He came home with all sorts of hardware: Silver in the HC, Gold in the RR, Silver in the TT. Great late season performance!

Baker Hill Climb

The best way to end your road season. 40k hill climb with 700 participants over two start times (recreational and competitive). Our very own Chris Squires showed some late season climbing form to post a 15th OVERALL. Awesome (especially for such an old man).

And big props to the crew that came down for the Cross 542 Race. Hayley won her women's race, Meat was second in his C group race and Morgan had one of the craziest closing sprints I have ever seen to finish second in the B's. The only low point of the weekend was the American beer.