post easter bunny

so i screwed up. with my lack of religion in my life i failed to realize that last sunday was easter (i guess having a friday off was a big clue)

i propose instead if it is nice that we all go for a slow but long road ride next sunday.

any takers?

training tomorrow?

question. is there training tomorrow.

my answer. yes.

but i guess we will see.....

until then

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=toVIKUDGd3Y&eurl=http://www.meandmybicycle.com/

another training day gone

Sunday at 12pm is the next training session. we had one today...but i again showed up after the fact..so can not really comment.

in other news. We got some people going to Toronto for CMWC.

and some of our racers did darn well in the alley cat on saturday. (if you missed that one because A. you were smart and did not want to keep your hip bones and not fall or B. you did not want to dance with a cop (was it 1:5 or 1:3 were cop cars last night?) then look out for global gutz on april 20th.

so, good job to all of you and the rest of you (like ohh..i don't know...lets pick... shona) get your butt outside or on a bike seat and feel that lactic acid floooow baby!





Nutrient-rich shake

3 cups water (or 2 cups water and 1½ cups ice)
1 banana – electrolytes
½ cup blueberries – antioxidants
½ pear – natural sugar, fibre
1 tbsp hemp oil – essential fatty acids (3-6)
1 tbsp ground flax seeds – omega 3, fibre
2 tbsp hemp protein – complete protein
1 tsp (2.5 grams) maca, powdered form – sterols, alkaloids glucosinolates
1 tsp (2.5 grams) chlorella, powdered form – vitamin b12, chlorophyll, nucleic acids

Blend together until smooth.



Chocolate recovery pudding

¼ pound medium firm tofu – protein, calcium
1 banana – electrolytes
½ pear – natural sugar
½ tbsp hemp oil – essential fatty acids (3-6)
½ tbsp cocoa powder – natural flavour
sprinkle sea salt – sodium (lost in sweat)

Blend all ingredients together until reaching a consistent texture. I recommend a food processor.

new team manager

just finished suiting up to ride for work today and thought before i leave would just say to everyone be safe and tell jon that we all are thinking of him. and if he wanted to be the kewel european guy who drives the little eco-car and yell things at us when we are riding he could have just asked and not gone to all this trouble of the hospitable. so i propose that jon is our manager until further notice. get better chief jon! and the rest of you lowly athletes, keep up the good work!

The wind beneath my bib shorts

Go team Windbreaker! Well we finally have a name, I'll consider that an accomplishment. After an hour of breaking the wind (or blowing air from a couple of fans) along with the spinervals dvd my legs are spent and Im feeling great. I hope Aaron and Mark dont mind the litres of sweat I left behind in their living room... luckily the rug was beneath me to soak it all up. My favourite part of the training came right at the end when some dude came to pay Lep a visit, and was surprised to find me doing the "Squats" portion of the spinervals dvd in my bib shorts.

Hope there will be more participation next week! Either way, good on everybody for getting out of bed and making it down... I know for some folks rising before 2 pm on a Sunday is quite a feat in itself. Train hard everybody!!

oh, and here's an idea for the jerseys... (at the very least a can of baked beans somewhere on the jersey would be sweet... maybe we can get sponsorship from heinz??)

training vs daylight savings time

so at 12pm today the first training went down. looked awsome though i did not partake in it. hopefully one of the folk who actually got their shabang together will give the low down and maybe some photos????

good job to all who rode. the rest of us will have some catching up next sunday at 12.

p.s. don't forget alley cat on the 15th at west broadway community center. be there!

stand up and shout if you have a trainer

if you have a trainer, pick up the phone or grab a computer or use your jedi mind tricks to contact Benjamin before sunday.

and it is snowing so if you want to you can practise some trials or bmx moves inside for your bike handling skills (cause i heard the bmx and trials tracks might be up for racing this summer. )