In the first days of Canada’s canoe kayak National Team training camp in Indian Habour Beach; FL, amidst sore muscles, ice baths and blistering hands we find ourselves, as a team, inspired, watching and cheering on our winter sport counterparts in Vancouver (A past time that engulfs every second of our off time). Last night, three full buildings of Canadian canoe kayak athletes erupted in cheers and celebration as Alexandre Bilodeau’s inspirational story and outstanding performance in men’s moguls catapulted him into Canadian and Olympic history.
As we begin preparation in the second half of our own quadrennial for London, and in the long term Brasil-we are working hard on and off the water to shed the same hundreths of a second that earned our Canadian athletes a birth on the 2010 Olympic team.
The following are end of stage wrap-ups of Team Garmin-Transitions and Team RIVALUS Athlete Christian Meier from the 2010 Tour Mediterranean.
STAGE 1
Today 170km race featured many climbs and again the wind was rearing it’s ugly head. After yesterdays cold stage we figured it could only get warmer from there, we were sadly mistaken. We rolled off the start in -2 C temps, which would be the average temperature for the day, light flurries falling throughout the day. Early in the race 3 riders escaped including my teammate Dan, and after spending some 165km in the break away he was caught by the chasing peleton within 1km remaining. For myself the day went well, my legs feeling good, but with Dan in the breakaway we just remain in the peleton and follow. Tomorrow’s stage is at the moment in jeopardy as the temperatures are suppose to remain below freezing with possible snow overnight, but I guess we will see in the morning. For now it’s sleep.
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As we begin preparation in the second half of our own quadrennial for London, and in the long term Brasil-we are working hard on and off the water to shed the same hundreths of a second that earned our Canadian athletes a birth on the 2010 Olympic team.
