2016 Mountain Bike XC Stage Race & MTB XC Marathon & MTB XC Racing Season Recap

SingleTrack 6 MTB XC Stage Race

1. Stage 1 @ Fernie BC July 23rd = 43rd place out of 49 in Solo Open Men   
2. Stage 2 @ Fernie Alpine Resort BC July 24th = 44th place out of 49 in Solo Open Men  
3. Stage 3 @ Cranbrook BC July 25th = 39th place out of 49 in Solo Open Men
4. Stage 4 @ Kimberley BC July 26th = 39th place out of 49 in Solo Open Men  
5. Stage 5 = DNS (Sprained Shoulder)
6. Stage 6 = DNS (Sprained Shoulder)

Marathon MTB XC

1. Royal River Valley Rumble in Edmonton AB May 29th = 34th place out of 39 in Solo Open Men
2. Dead Goat Giver6er @ Canmore AB June 5th = 25th out of 26 in Solo Open Men
3. Rundles Revenge @ Canmore AB June 25th = 14th place out of 21 in Solo Open Men    

Alberta Cup MTB XCO

1. Mountain Maiden @ Canmore AB June 4th = 25th out of 28 in Sport

This was my seventh season of mountain bike racing, and third with coach Heather K. I organised Race the Ridge as the primary point of contact along side with Cory D, my mom doing the lap counting and all our great volunteers. There is a great deal of planning to do before the race including lots of forms to fill out including: tec guide, emergency response plan, race sanction, commercial event application, Land use form, insurance certificate. It was also a big week to get some details done before the race and on race day it was an 11 hour day to get the course set up, volunteers ready to go and prepare the race as to the regulations set out by Alberta Bicycle Association. This was my first time ever doing this. I had a blast doing it because of three major reasons: 1- Seeing the youth have a MTB XCO event in Edmonton and my friends racing in the afternoon. 2- Promotes a healthy way of living. 3- brings United Cycle into the community and gathers fellow racers alike all together.

This year I took up a role on the Executive with United Cycle Cycling Club as the Mountain Bike Coordinator and that included meetings with the other members on the executive and every Wednesday evening I was the MTB group ride leader. I really enjoy doing this role.

I raced 1 Fat Tire Tuesday MTB XC Race. I volunteered for 1 ABA Cyclo Cross race put on by my club United Cycle I went a total of 3,107 km's training and racing on the road and trails along with indoor spinning.





Me enjoying the day, my mom lap counting in back ground. Pic by Aaron A