Spring Series Road Race 2015 #2 @ Northern Bear Golf Club

Sunday April 26th, I finished at the very back of the race in group B and that is un official because there is no timing done. It took me 2 hrs. It was five laps and a total of 64 km's long. My average heart rate was 165 bpm and max was 197 bpm. The total Elevation gain was 1,519 feet. Check out my Garmin Data Here. I parked at Strathcona Olympiette Centre and it is 10 kms to the start line so it was as a nice warm up. For the day I went a total of 84 Kms and road for 2hrs 40mins. I ended up at the back about five bikes from the very back and there was a large group of about fifty riders. Towards the end of the first lap I got boxed out and then I was very last and that proved to be hard to hold on because I kept having to brake and then go again and then eventually I got dropped after almost lasting one lap with the group. I then road solo and caught up with team mate Shauna T and then the C group went by so we ended up riding with them for a couple of laps. I did a lot of work to keep the pace high and help out the C group. Then we got dropped again on our third lap and we caught on to Chris W so we road a lap. Shauna and I road the last lap at a group ride pace as it took thirty minutes. I am glad I tried group B today. The temperature was 12 deg c. Thank you to all the volunteers.

Spring Series Road Race 2015 #1 @ Northern Bear Golf Club

Sunday April 19th, I finished about mid pack in group C and that is un official because there is no timing done. It took me 1 hr & 30 mins. It was four laps and a total of 52 km's long. My average heart rate was 171 bpm and max was 191 bpm. The total Elevation gain was 735 feet. Check out my Garmin Data here. I parked at Strathcona Olympiette Centre and it is 10 kms to the start line so it served as a nice warm up. For the day I went a total of 72 Kms. I spent a lot of time at the front of the lead group and even lead the race for some of the time. I could not respond to an attack late on lap three on the hill and I found myself riding with a team mate Maury as we road the last lap together. This was the fastest I have done this race by one minute. There was one crazy moment as a Lama was on the course so we had to stop and then it ran alongside of us. I still do not feel comfortable road racing. I did enjoy today as great training. The temperature was 15 deg c. Thank you to all the volunteers.

2014/2015 Non Contact Hockey League Season Recap

This was my seventh season of organized hockey, second with the Rangers. We finished 2nd place out of 6 teams in Division 10/14. I played 26/30 games and had 15 Goals & 16 Assists for 31 points. I had a twelve game point streak this season. I played in 1/1 play off games and had 1 Goal. We lost our play off game and were eliminated.





Back Row L to R: Ryan S, James S, Blaise F, Bruce C, Howard C, Daniel D, Patrick G, Jason L, Me
Front Row L to R: Javan M, Ryan L, Harry A, Chris R, Alex H
Pic by Chris R's Dad 

April 2014/2015 Non Contact Hockey League (Play-Offs)

Sat 18th, (Game #1) 1 Goal
@ 1:30pm, Kenilworth Arena Rangers vs. Voodoo (L 6-3) I scored my goal as I won the face off back to Howard C who then took a shot on the net and there was a rebound so I dove across to reach the loose puck and poke it home, as I slid on the ice after the goal. We jumped out to a three nothing lead about six minutes into the game. I think at that point we thought that this was going to be an easy win. In the second and third period we got out played by Voodoo and they deserved the win more than us by making a big come back like that. I will be honest this was a tough loss as I thought we had a good chance to go all the way this year. Bruce C 1G. Patrick G 1G. Blaise F 1A. I would like to thank my parents for coming out to watch the game.






Pre game warm up: Javan M, Me & Chris R. Pic by Chris R's Dad



Me diving to reach the loose puck to score. Pic by Chris R's Dad



Me doing a toe drag while three defenders watch me do so. Pic by Chris R's Dad

April 2015 Training

Sat 25th, MTB ride @ Terwillegar Park for 1hr 37mins (Zone 1/2/3) Average heart rate =151 Max =186, Elevation gain 1,024 feet. Km's 20

Fri 17th, Road ride @ Colchester Hall for 35mins (Zone 1/2) Average heart rate =129 Max =158, Elevation gain 115 feet. Km's 15

Wed 15th, Road ride @ Colchester Hall for 2hrs (Zone 1/2) Elevation gain 551 feet. Km's 50

Sun 12th, Road ride along Ellerslie Road for 2hrs 23mins (Zone 1/2) Average heart rate =112 Max =139, Elevation gain 648 feet. Km's 45

Sat 11th, Road group ride @ Wye School to Northern Bear Golf for 2hrs 39mins, Average heart rate =164 Max =199, Elevation gain 1,109 feet. Km's 74

Wed 8th, Road ride along Ellerslie Road for 1hr 30mins (Tempo Effort 60mins) Average heart rate =140 Max =166, Elevation gain 492 feet. Km's 41

Sun 5th, Road ride to Beaumont for 2hrs (Zone 1/2) Average heart rate =133 Max =166, Elevation gain 643 feet. Km's 48

Sat 4th, Road ride Beaumont to Sherwood Park for 3hrs (Tempo Effort 55mins) Average heart rate =137 Max =172, Elevation gain 909 feet. Km's 70

Fri 3rd, Road ride along Ellerslie Road for 2hrs (Tempo Effort 55mins) Average heart rate =142 Max =167, Elevation gain 679 feet. Km's 52