Deep Fried in the Double Wide!!

The ride today was 4hrs, the last part was harder & faster to simulate race type efforts. It was a smaller group today , it really allows for deep intellectual conversation, we had a new guy along, don’t know his name but "Orange guy" seemed to work. After the ride homesickness started to set in a little bit, I conversed the topic with my homestay chaperone Veronica, she suggested I should lay around in my underwear and drink beer for the rest of the day. After about 4 beer and a visit from the pizza guy, I noted some activity in the kitchen Veronica was preparing a four course deep fried homestyle feast!! First course deep fried taquitos, second course deep fried chimichangas, third course deep fried chicken nuggets all courses followed by a beer & bbq chips to cleanse the palette. All the food caused me to fall asleep.....shortly thereafter a LARGE explosion occurred while V was deep frying the fourth course ( A Turkey) I was struck in the head with a drumstick causing a laceration, broken glasses and severely greasy hair, luckily no brain damage. On a more positive note I received a formal apology from senior officials at the bank regarding the mix up earlier in the week.

until next time!
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A BIG dump.........................................run

The past two days have been steady, predictable and hassle free training, no weirdness or strange things have happened. A couple of good outdoor rides with just the odd weirdo trying to have a race with me. I swallowed a fair bit of water on the last few swims and have been waiting for the Gastro Intestinal symptoms to appear, but no sign yet. Uncle Drew at the pool says hi to everyone, and is quite excited about some new PeterPan movies he recently acquired. As you may have noticed in the title I loaded the truck with a lot of junk laying around the yard and took it to the dump, it was a full load. Thats it....train hard and remember 80% of life is just showing up

A big day

Training has been progressing at an incredible pace, I am feeling stronger by the day. Every time I attend another camp it amazes me how just being away from the daily distractions can really help spring board my fitness level to a new level. I have been trying to work on my race pace this year and this mornings session was great. Veronica warmed the truck up this morning for a motor pacing session that had us leaving at 5am As we crested the Malahat summit at about 620am the sunrise was breathtaking, moments like this are worth the months of lonely travel during my grueling season. From Duncan to Nanaimo was some tempo work, mid 40s for speed HR 145. Up to Courtney next, then up Mt Washington. Things started feeling pretty good near the top but I found the traffic was slowing me down a little. On the drive back I decided to stop at a sperm bank and make a sale to raise some extra $$ for training supplies. The lady at the counter started screaming , and a guard tackled me, I managed to break the hand cuffs off and squirm free….while hustling out I realized the sign on the building said Scotiabank not spermbank....an honest mistake didnt justify the horrific treatment I endured. Remember folks never sweat the small stuff!

My box has been tampered with!

My luggage has finally arrived, while assembling my 99 Specialized Alez I noted some drool marks on it, evidence that the customs guys (and maybe a dog) had been in my box. When you are on the road as much as I am you learn not to take things like this personally. With the bike assembled I did a nice trainer workout, staring at a garage door for 2 hours really helps with focus.
After the workout we laid our new kitchen floor.....three hours of crawling around on hands and knees, smelling glue, and bickering the job is done and looks great. Being able to crawl for three hours, is an important “back up discipline” for an athlete of my stature, no matter how tough things get on race day I know it’s possible for me to crawl about 20kms, how many other competitors can make this statement?
Todays training will be a 1 hr run, through the Panama Flats, this is a local potato field with a deep history in our family. Almost all vehicles owned by our family have been stuck in this muddy field at one time or another, my sister Pam was particularly bad for this.

Here I am at the camp where I will train for the next 2 weeks! The day started early with a 10am flight, no real issues other than my luggage and bike box being lost. The lady hosting me for the homestay picked me up at the airport and seems really nice her name is Veronica . We went directly to WalMart to get me some new undershorts, toothbrush, and other things to tide me over until my luggage arrives. When I arrived to my new home Veronica prepared me a nice snack of Chimichangas and Coke, I am just getting ready for a nap and will swim tonite with a local masters group that Veronica belongs to.

Almost time to leave

Hi everyone I am just getting ready for the first ever Po People training camp. Everyone else, has gone to Hawaii to train, I am headed off to somewhere not quite as exclusive. Follow along in the days to come. I will try and post everyday but its going to be a busy camp. My flight leaves tommorrow so I have to go pack up all my training gear now