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Canada Day Weekend Report

Got some new toys for the bike on Friday:

From the website:

Rotor Q-Rings help to minimize the time spent in the dead spot while pedaling. While oval chainrings have historically been controversial, we believe that allowing a rider to fine tune the chainring position offers opportunities to minimize the dead spot never before realized with conventional chainrings.

I'll need to tweak the setup (all the holes allow you to fine-tune the position), but I seem to notice an improvement in power, I'd need a power meter to measure it though. I had to replace my front chainrings anyways due to wear... so for a little bit extra money thought I would give these a shot.

So.. with my new rings on, Frank and I set out on our Epic Canada Day ride. We managed almost 200km! I was pretty tired at the end.. but didn't feel too bad. I spent a lot of of the last 60km chasing Franks wheel.... he flew up Highwood Pass. I suffered, and suffered more!

That night, before diving too far into the wine, Heather and I decided it would be great to go to Edmonton and watch the half-iron on Sunday in Stoney Plain. So we threw our gear into the Subaru and off we went! Suprisingly, after my epic ride, I was awake the whole way!

Sunday was hot, but the conditions were pretty good for racing.. some pretty fast bike times! I pulled out my bike and zipped up and down the run route, cheering everyone on. I kinda wished I had done this race again this year... it's a fun fast course. Congrats to everyone who raced, plenty of PB's out there I think.

On our way back from Edmonton on Monday, we stopped in Red Deer and ran along the river valley. Red Deer is one of my favorite places to run. I'm sure the locals get sick of the same old paths.. but it was a treat for me. I think the last time I ran in Red Deer was the half-marathon about 4-5 years ago.....

posted by Greg @ 7/04/2006