Canada Cup #3...

Dry and fast is usually a term that you would not describe Mount Tremblant! This year seemed to bring new conditions to an old course, a very nice change! The trip started on Thursday with the 7hr drive in the team bus. The drive was pretty relaxing, napping, eating and stretching, the luxury of traveling in a motor home. There was one moment of excitement during the drive! I defeated Derek in a passionate game of Crazy 8’s Countdown. For you that don’t know Derek he is undefeated in Crazy 8’s…. till know! (Karma would swing his way in the end) We got to the venue around 8pm Thursday night, not enough time to check out the course but enough time to set up camp and hit the pillow for some ZZZZZ’s! Day 2 was hot, hot, and hot, the heat was intense. It seemed like the second you poured water down your mouth it was coming out all over your body. Pretty much Derek, Haydn, Chris, Cory and I were the fun boys just chilling in our shorts! We assembled a big group for pre-riding Friday afternoon and hit the trails. The course was identical to the 2006 Canada Cup, the only change was fast and dry. We were all excited about the course and all had a good feeling about Saturday. Friday night was nothing special pasta dinner, early bed time, stretching etc… Saturday a.k.a race day. First I will say Derek and Amanda rippppppppppppppped it up winning the Pro Men’s race and Pro Women’s race…. Wicked sweet!!!!!! I had an amazing race as well. I placed 23rd out of 79. The best part of the whole thing was I started in last position… My whole race consisted of passing people. Pretty much I banked on people blowing up and hoping to catch and pass as many of them as possible and it worked. All around it was a great weekend for the whole team!
Stage 2- The after party…. One word… D.A.N.C.E….

Later…