Winter blues

Well, I've been reading all my teammates storied tales of sunshine and adventure and I sit here atrophying in the land of ice and snow. My hockey team has been beaten out of the playoffs, our mtb trails are snowed in, I refuse to ride the windtrainer, so my options are lean.

I have found running again and it is definetly the best time-effort ratio workout. I've even convinced my Gears-based bro to try it and hey he likes it. Motivation is at an all time low with this weather, so a bit of running, some weights and spinning in the gym and the odd road ride is where it's at. I'm not a big fan of the cold and recently 'Oh-my-god let's stop for coffee' seems to be all I accomplish. Maybe all those years in Tucson have softened me - I used to be tough.

This will be my 23rd consecutive year. Since my first year of Senior in '86 I have raced for Miele, Main Cycle, Evian, Toronto Italia, Ital, St. Catharines and now JetFuel. I have watched JetFuel grow over the years and am glad to be a part of this team. There is an excellent core group from Johnny to Dave to Andrew that keeps this team feeling like a family. I am excited to have Joe G back on board, we were teammates in '97 and have battled against each other hard. I am also anticipating the Buck and Pozzy show to turn some heads and will be motivated to train and race with these two potential rock stars.

We are all anxious to get out there and tear it up, the spring can't come fast enough. Venturing out to the bike show in T.O only feeds the flame, especially when you hear of a $40 000 crit in our backyard! I still love this sport and consider myself lucky to be at this level and on this team, cya out there.