Weekend wrap

Much has happened in the world of P. this weekend. First off I want to extend my congratulations to the Albertans who did the red and white proud at cross worlds. Ryan hopping of ERTC had a solid race in Espoir and Mike Bidniak of Juventus flew the coop and punched in at 31st spot halfway through the field in the junior event. Congrats to Erwin on the big win in Elite, I am pretty sure I raced him at either Melle or Oetingen this summer, but I don't think he remembers me....
Another congrats goes out to Mark MacDonald who is retiring from cycling in pursuit of long track speed skating. Mark is one of the fruits of the "Own the Podium" project to develop athletes for 2010. He made the cut and is one of a handful of athletes with the golden ticket to live the dream. He is quickly becoming a 1500m specialist, only tenths off Groves at a race a couple of weeks back and that is after being on the long blades for all of maybe 5 months!
Rediscovered group riding this weekend also. I haven't ridden with more than one other person on the road since September, the charm of long solo rides with nothing but my tunes has somewhat worn off. Met up with Alexander and Ellis on Saturday and ripped it up for some big hours, then out again today with a good group including the likes of Collins and Bayly to name a few. We met up at Cadance at 11 and it is now decided that if you want to ride on Sunday's Cadance is where it is all going down. Cadance at 11 if the weather is reasonable. If you are second guessing yourself call me and I will convince you otherwise. Spread the word. As a side note this ride is non denominational and club colours mean nothing, sport them if you like, but this is an interclub, no strings, lets just ride bikes. The pace of these rides will be steady and determined by the majority.