One Long Drive, point and Shoot

 6am Departing

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and my favorite back woods Montana stop

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battling the wizards blizzard

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Vegas Baby!

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party like a Rockstar

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four to go

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this close

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Enter Tucson

Training shall be based solely on feel,
while racing shall be guided by sensations and instinct.



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Tucson, Az

  It is hard to fathom what we just accomplished.  Three 20 year old cyclists from Canada just drove clear across the continent.  From Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada to Tucson, Arizona, USA. WOW what a trip.  In 33 hours we covered 3,378km that is 9% of the circumference of the world.  We crossed 2 Canadian provinces and 5 American states.  Our longest rest stop was 15min. 

We battled blizzards in Canada, Montana, and Utah.  We saw Salt-lake City, the Las Vegas Strip, the Hoover damn and drove Mario-cart rally on the free ways of phoenix.  We arrived at our condo with no furnature and no food.  We quickly had a bite to eat and set up a camp site in the living room for a good 12 hour sleep.

We spent the next day with light recovery training and some serious nesting activity.  It almost qualifies as a household. I took a great many pictures on the way down, and I am currently battling with our week internet connection to try to get them posted.  The data stream is not great so they may remain a mystery for a while.  Look forward to it.

Training shall be based solely on feel,
while racing shall be guided by sensations and instinct.



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Here We Go, FOR REAL

Well, this all just got real.  I almost thought it wasn't going to be real, but I am on my way to Tucson, AZ.  I have spent the last months planning and packing and planning.  I was beginning to feel that it was a just a dream something intangible that wouldn't resolve.  Yet here I am, I thought it wouldn't come and now it all happens so fast.

I am overnighting in Moose Jaw.  The car is packed to the brim.  The route is laid into the GPS and tomorrow I look forward to 2,822km to cross the continent in a Honda Fit.  The final Destination and home for the next 2 months is Tucson, AZ.  Tucson holds the promise of warm weather and the freedom to be singularly purposed.The next two months will be dedicated to training, eating, breathing and dreaming bicycles.

 The first step is the drive and I am even looking forward to it.  Masochistic this may be, but some times you need to be a little bit of a masochist to have success.  I am convinced this drive will test the ability to creatively entertain myself.  I have some plans, and I will fill the world in after we arrive.

Training shall be based solely on feel,
while racing shall be guided by sensations and instinct.



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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

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Grab Your Sleds and Hit the Slopes

Training shall be based solely on feel,
while racing shall be guided by sensations and instinct.



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Ryder for president

Vote for Ryder Hesjedal in Sportsnet Athlete of the Year Competition

 Ryder Hesjedal has been nominated for Canadian Athlete of the year on Sportsnet.ca.  For those of you living under a rock Ryder is putting Canadian Cycling on the international map.  this year Ryder Hesjedal had a phenomenal Tour de France and a phenomenal season.  With podium finishes at Amegn Tour of California, Liege-Bastogne-Lieage, and the Canadian protour races in Montreal and Quebec.

Lets get the word out and vote rider for Canadian Athlete of the year.  Cast your vote Here

 

  Training shall be based solely on feel,
while racing shall be guided by sensations and instinct.



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Finals

Ah finals.  A time for students across the country to lock themselves up and throw away the key.  This is perhaps one of the simplest times of the year.  As a student your entire purpose for the next 3 weeks is to stuff as much "knowledge" into your brain as possible and then vomit it all over the examination.  Just try not to burst before it is all over.

Many find this an incredibly stressful time.  Many will not survive without a catastrophic episode.  Others may simply not survive.  It seems that no matter how the evaluation is distributed it all comes down to this.  perhaps writing finals will drive you crazy.  Or maybe you must be crazy just to put yourself through this.  perhaps, the most terrifying crazies are those who are looking forward to it.  perhaps  I am looking forward to it...

You see I find finals offer a certain kind of relaxation.  Almost like running on auto pilot.  There are far fewer time commitments.  All you need to do is wake up and begin learning, ah finally some learning.  No long lab sessions, no lectures, no assignment deadlines.  Finally I can sit down and learn something, instead of just trying to get some "work" done.  Over the next 3 weeks most of my life falls into the free time category and with this free time I can finally do what students are meant to do which is learn.

With all this free time why do I choose to "learn"?  Well, I like to learn.  I would be lying if I said I didn`t, and I guess that makes sense because what student should be is a professional "learner".  The reason for learning is to further ones knowledge, understanding, reason, and application.  The ends of which are difficult to quantify.

The world attempts to focus on the quantification.  How much do you know? 60, 80, 90, 70, 100.  What is it that you know?  Well I know that those are numbers, and I understand where you are trying to go with these numbers.  But it wont work.  You can study for the numbers and you will probably get them, but in the end do you even know what the numbers mean.  I have given up on the numbers.  No, I quite on the numbers.

I havn`t even looked at my midterm marks assignment marks.  In the end they are all pretty hollow.  This time I just study for the hell of it, because I feel like it.  The world will always try to find the bottom line, but my "knowledge" is rising not falling.  So I wont be found on the bottom line, I will be drawing it.


Training shall be based solely on feel,
while racing shall be guided by sensations and instinct.



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