Blog Title: Early Morning Navel Gazing

Dukes Epic 8 Hour Endurance

Rob and I are a bit stiff in the legs and lower back this morning after the Dukes Epic 8 hour race yesterday. We rode round and round a 9km loop as many times as we could for eight hours. It was a hoot. We were lucky to be parked in the solo area with the read more..

He’s the Greatest Dancer!

Rob and I are in an 8 hour endurance race tomorrow and so,following the instructions of our coach and all the advice of the books about racing, we’ve been taking it easy this week. I can’t say I’ve really enjoyed this enforced relaxation (which has made me more RESTLESS than RELAXED), but I am read more..

We Miss Dave Beer

This post is just another excuse to link to Tecla’s Flickr site. We went to Mari’s house in Hamilton for dinner on Saturday night. Her husband, Dave, is still in Tokyo and so we thought we’d send him a Tokyo style “hello” courtesy of Tecla’s photo skills.

On Being Really Impressed by Material Trappings

Rob and I have been “negotiating” for about 24 months on the subject of a new car. He has the VW Westfalia and I have my ‘97 Civic. Lately, Rob has been riding into work everyday. This is just one of the reasons why he looks like Canada’s answer to Lance Armstrong at the moment read more..

Our First Ever O’Cup

For the uninitiated, an “O’Cup” refers to the Ontario Cup cycling races that take place each year here in…Ontario. There’s a cross country mountain biking O’Cup and a road riding O’Cup. I don’t know much about the road series, but the MTB series consists of 8 races over the course of spring, summer and fall read more..

A little bit of British Humour

Lately, CBC radio has been driving me crazy in the mornings. This could be down to the fact that my beloved Andy Barrie (I had to look the spelling of his name up, as in Canada, it is said more like “Andy Berry”) seems to be on the air less and less. But I read more..

Paris To Ancaster 2008

Although the official date was a couple of weeks ago, for me, the beginning of Spring is marked annually by our participation in the Paris to Ancaster bike race. More like a cyclocross race than a mountain bike race, it is usually a mud fest and can be quite the epic. This year almost everyone read more..

Rob is now officially an old fart

April 8th was Rob’s 40th Birthday. Since it fell on a Tuesday I decided to wait until the following Saturday to celebrate. I organized a surprise party at the Ceilidh House Irish Pub in Hamilton. Apparently it didn’t come as any kind if surprise to the birthday boy. Must be something to do with Rob’s read more..

Paul’s Dirty Enduro

This post, once again, is in the wrong order compared to the one below, but I am doing some catch up on the events of the last four weekends. Last weekend (the Thanksgiving weekend) Rob, Tim and Tecla went climbing in Kentucky. I stayed home, tired and burnt out from a hectic couple of weeks at read more..

Something I said I’d never do!

The leaves are turning red, the temperature (with the exception of a 30 celcius Monday last week) is dropping and there is a nip in the air in the mornings. I didn’t realize I was such a slave to the seasons (as if it isn’t enough to be governed by ones hormones), but it seems read more..