Crazy Crash

Check out the video of this crash at the Melbourne Cup on Wheels U18 race. Apparently everybody walked away from this.

ABC News AU

Update: Video w/interview

Rink is Open!!!! /google calendar / cyclocross

warning: this post is pretty scatterbrained

We all skated on the rink for the first time yesterday! The surface is not very good and we're supposed to get a 1/2 inch ice storm today so i have no idea what that's going to do to the rink but considering the pain with the dog and everthing i'm very thankfull that we can now skate.

About a week ago i discovered google calendar and it's changing my life. I'm in the process of putting my whole training schedule into it. I'm finding it very flexible and great to use. The best thing about it is i can put all the different areas of my life on it's own calendar. Work, family, training, and whatever else i can think up of to fill my days. I can view all or just one at a time. Now if they would just provide a free syncing application like yahoo does i could automaticly import my work calander instead of having to do it the manual way every couple of days.

Cyclocross. I'm now dreaming of getting a cyclocross bike. It's gonna be a single speed and on the cheap but i would like to have that to ride in the winter and do a race or two on. I still am pretty sure i will really suck at cyclocross but it would be fun.

I guess that's it for now.

Hockey!!

As I did last year during the winter, this blog will drift towards the subject of hockey from time to time. I setup our backyard rink at the end of last week and all was perfect until the puppy from next door decided to try and cross the ice on saturday. Long story short is i had to drain the rink, found 20+ holes in the liner that i patched and after all that and refilling the rink it's still leaking. It's not as bad so hopefully it can all freeze and we'll be able to skate.

While watching my new favorite channel, the NHL Network, i saw a piece on Zdeno Chara. He now plays for the Boston Bruins but is also an avid cyclist. In this clip he talks about going to the Tour and riding some of the climbs.

World Aids Day

Today is World Aids Day. As a cycling community let's do our part and make a difference. Please go to the World Bicycle Relief website and make a donation.

check out this video