First Road Race Prairie Roubaix

First race of the season you could sense the nervousness & excitement in the peloton for the B racers. A few racers (Old Rob W no pun intended with age) right off the gun had an abundance of enthusiasm & wanted to gap & did. The peloton then rallied about 1/4 into the first lap & caught the lead pair. Nice try Welchie said!! & then he went off the front like an angry warrior!. The main group quickly stretched out & racers began battling for mini groups based on how the hills were treating them. A group was forming near the front & a gap was opening up so I made a concentrated effort to catch the back end. When we turned onto Willow road we caught a very proud Welchie that was given his well deserved honour! The front group of 9 men consisted of 3 bow cycle guys, a bicisport rider, myself, a few team jersey riders I didn't recognize & an independent rider. When we turned onto Glendale road the front boys laid the hammer down to establish a discouraging gap. As we finished the gravel section & began our uphill climb to begin the 2nd lap I saw Clark trying to bridge so I pulled out of the main group for a few seconds dropped back & paced him up. We than began turning up the screw again once we took a sharp south turn onto Locheed road. Clark displayed enormous courage to stay in the pack however expended much energy from bridging the gap & got dropped before the turn onto willow road. The main group eased up on the gravel section for the 3rd lap & everyone seemed like they were wanting to recover for the final gravel sprint. On the 4th lap right before turning onto Willow road the Bicisport rider had a 30-45m gap from the other 8 riders. He seemed to not be pulling for most of the race so most riders assumed weakness however he was strategically playing fatigue mind games & displayed this sabotage late in the race! I decided to bridge the gap & in doing so taxed myself somewhat & left what was most likely my last energy for the sprint if the main group caught back up. We had the gap but our legs didn't hang on & we swallowed our pride & faded back into the back of the group. Onto the gravel section for the 4th lap. All hell broke loose. Everyone attacked & there was now 2 lines to follow & I was near the back & kept hopping from whichever line looked stronger. The 9th rider popped off the back & there were 8 of us to determine the glory of the first hosted Speed theory PR B race! 5 riders got a gap & left me in 6th place trying to bridge. the 2 riders behind looked like they were fading however as soon as the gravel ended & the uphill finish began they put the hurt on me. I tried letting it all out on the sprint but had nothing left & finished 8th place. All in all a hard course & a well fought first season battle for Speed theory! Jevon

Equilibrium? Happens Rarely But Can Be Beautiful!

The business, the training & my personal life seem to have somewhat of a balance these days.

I bring these types of balance requirements on myself but wouldn't have my life any other way.

With full time staff for our cleaning company beginning to grow legs helps take away my physical labour requirements & allows me to focus strictly on acquiring new business.

This allows me to ramp up my training & prepare for racing.

My new race schedule will be as follows:


Speed theory PR - April 18th
Police Half Marathon - April 25th
Velocity- - May 1st, 2nd
Speed theory ITT - May 30th
Pigeon lake RR - June 6th
Wasa Triathlon - June 13th
Jasion Lapierre ITT/Crit - August 21st
Speed theory RR - August 22nd

My goal this year is to race to the best of my ability.

Training is feeling good. running & biking are progressing well & the swimming I will need a lot of work in April & May to be ready for Wasa.