Tomorrow there is this - and it is free! Directions here
On Saturday there is the Provincial Crit championship - it is not free but you may be crowned Provincial Champion.
If crits are not your thing some of us are going to Grand Beach to get the course ready for mountain bike provincials. If you feel like helping send Halberto an email.
Tuesday the fun continues with Gianni’s grass track championships.
Liam has arranged a showing of this at the Park Theater on Sunday, July 18th @ 7:00. For more information go here. Looks to be good.
Our friends are involved in this starting this weekend (more info here). So forget about the Tour, the real race is happening in our own backyard. If you have a philanthropic bent donations in support of good causes can be made here (select the Hot Pursuit 2010 donation)
If you need to get your racing jones satisfied you can always do the Alter Ego ITT on Sunday as well, info here.
Now that the 2010 Back 40 is behind us it is on to the next events on the calendar:
If Road is your thing tomorrow is yet another Tuesday Night Crit, details here. If not, some of us will be out grooming the trails for the Wednesday Night Race. In the past this endeavour has been fraught with peril and serious consequences. How? you may ask. Well insufficient protective clothing
and using weed wackers to clean the trail resulted in poison ivy so bad that pictures of our conditions were seriously being considered for the medical journal Annals of Dermatology. To try and avoid this the OCC has purchased two of these babies
These should be better for mowing the trails - much less of the poison ivy shower one gets from weed wackers. Any ways, following tomorrow’s match between the Netherlands and Uruguay I’m off to Bur Oak to work on the trails - if you have time and the inclination you’re welcome to come and join the fun.
Wednesday - well that’s race race night at Bur Oak.
Sunday - MB Cup #5 and last in of the season before the Provincials. This is in Swan River, a long drive, but well worth it. Who’s in?
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Flavours on tap this weekend…
First, go to this and watch “little green man.”
Now the riding scene…
If road racing is your thing there is Olli’s (that is Olli not Oly) Mother’s Day Stage Race which starts tomorrow and goes into next week. Details.
Sunday morning ride - Winnipeg to Bur Oak , whirl around a bit, ride home. Meet at Starbucks on Broadway on Sunday @ 7:30AM. Comment to this post to let us know if you want to join us.
Okay, not exactly the weekend, but this starts next week.
This is one that I did not get to race so not much perspective from the viewpoint - that will come later and from others.
I don’t know if you could have hoped for anything better as an organizer, community buy-in and contributions, a great venue, an even better day, and fun had by all.
We arrived on Saturday night to the only accommodations in Bruxelles, the Carelsfield Inn, a delightful little bed and breakfast.
The beauty of this event was the participation of the community, they spared no expense and bought into the fun of the event.They decorated the hall…
And made sure that racers were treated right.
The following day Ian, David, and I went out to set up the course. We set up tents, put down cones, named the hills, and made sure everything was ready.
Registration started around 10:30 and the racers rolled in.
After that, we staged for the race and waited for church to get out - we had to do this because the local priest, Father Mackenzie, was asked to bless the race; a few words of wisdom, a small prayer, and a blessing (including a sprinkling of water on the riders) and they were off following the ceremonial start of the race by Louise Carels, proprietor of the Carelsfield Inn, maker of the food, and general host of Bruxelles. Here is the start of the Cat 4’s.
Racers found the course challenging and fun, some more fun than others if you managed to find your self with a flat, leaving you to ride the course and not race so much.
The Cat 3 finish was exciting, with Daniel N winning the sprint
Following the race it was back to the community hall for Belgian beer stew, awards and show by the Belgian dancers.
We want to thank all the Oly volunteers who helped with this event:
And a big thanks to Olympia Cycle and Ski and Celia’s Jewellery who sponsored the race.
