is it 2009 already??? i hope so!!!!

Well, i took a bit of a break from blogging. A nice trip to hawaii, seeing my friends race and learn a little more about this race and this mysterious place. I m now back to Las Cruces and moved to La Villa Del La Montoya. It s really been a lot of fun to live with Danny and Misha and there perfect dog Jordy!!!

I have took a lot of rest and i m now starting back moving and trying to regain health and some fitness. So far this week, i have done 3 swim, 3 swim and 3 bikes.... Nothing spectacular but moving along and getting the work done slowly and getting back into a routine with early bed as much as i can and healthy eating choices.

There is some changes this season with a few new sponsors that i will talk about later but i m happy to be back with Cervelo and 2XU, The Bike Barns and the complete city of penticton!!!

Another change that make me very sad is that i will not longer be working with Paulo as my coach. I m not a very easy athlete to coach as i have my french canadian carachter and flaw. I m also extremly hard on the people surronding me as my goals are very improtant to me and i ask a lot from them and hold them to very high standars. We have some different vision and could not find a commun ground so to part away was the best choice at this time.

I want to take the time to thank him for all the guidance and succes i had in the last 2 year. During the 2007 season, i won a national title, broke the 9h mark at ironman and a finish second a ironman canada (8;39) and a big part of these succes are because of paulo's contribution. I have learn so much with him and had one hell of a ride winning many races and having a blast. I still have a lot to learn and do hope to continu by reading is blog and peaking on his athletes training schedules!!!

I will take the month of november to set a good routine, rebuild fitness and stay on the healthy path. I will also take my time to reflect on what direction i will take and the way to get there. Thank you for reading and your support over the years! There is more to come!!!

end of the season 2008.....

Well, this week, i made the decision to end my season 2008 and not take part in any other races this year. I have struggle a lot over the past 7 months with Ulcerative colitis that keep hitting my hard and getting me very weak and sick. On top of that, i have developpe a gluten alergy and have been struggling even more learning to eat properly and be able to have enough energy to train.

My training wasnt been going too well in the past few months and i do beleive taking a step back right now is the best way for me to move forward. That wasnt a fun decision to take but i feel very releif to have taken it and not feel the pressure to prepare for another race right now.

So what's now? I will sleep a lot! I will do about 1h of exercice a day to keep moving and not get in too bad of a shape but i will keep it very unstructure. I swimming regularly with the MNSU swim team and will run and bike once awile...

I will be racing very early next season...and most likely a start of the season far away from canada/usa.... more soon!

Ok, tomorow morning, i m leaving for Kona hawaii where i will be supporting my teamates, representing my sponsors and also refuelling mentaly and physicaly. I havent taken vacation in years and the october month is mine...i will rest a lot and rebuild my health...

Thank you for my sponsor that are sticking with me...and those that still answer my emails even after this disastrous season....

Season Review.

ironman Arizona 6th place 8:48 (motor cycle incident on the bike)
ironman canada DNF.......:(
lots of sick time...not enough smilling... lets put this season behind me..

this is hell gentleman...beleive me, it is.....

Well, i had a good sequence of 10 days of decent training and tuesday night, we went for a team dinner at the mexican restaurent. I took a few CORN chips to eat waiting for my main meal and in a lapse of 10minutes, it was hell.... i was sick...fever, sweating, feeling very weak and low pressure..... i guess some of these chips were contaminated with Wheat or gluten but i was in hell.

Since that night, i have been on the side line once again and not doing much but trying to recovery from that feeling of tiredness and weakness. I m struggling a lot with the gluten free diet to get enough food in my and just fuel myself and not get sick. My firend, Jodi came with me tonight to do grocery and try to show me some gluten free options, we have cook some banana bread tonight and Risotto last night....

This year as been all about murphys law as everything that can go wrong will go wrong for me. I have to say i have rarely face so much adversity in my career....never really and sickness and injury are coming one after another. I been pretty down and not really enjoying the training lately as it s not really training but trying to get in some sessions while dealing with pain and sickness... just not a fun place to be right now.

I m lucky to have some great friends, coach, training partner surrending me and i m trying to keep perspective myself. I do get a lot of email from people with crohn and UC asking question. I apologize for not really getting back to you right now, i do receive a lot of them and at this moment, i m using all the energy i have to myself and i need it........ like Al pacino says; inch by inch...play by play to fight my way back to the light.

i had a happy meal...feeling better now....

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yes... i m grumpy....knee hurt, body isnt happy.

It s training camp here in Las Cruces, Will, Mark, Lauren, Purse, danny, me and paulo...everyone is all smile... just missing jodi and scott that is stuck in calgary.... when are you getting here scott? ???? we want you here!

ok, i m low on energy, have had a lot of trouble with my health again and it s getting super frustrating... try to train and get back into a solid routine where my body will be happy...

i m going crazy tonight... i m out to get a happy meal at my favorite Golden arch restaurant......

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Credit photo to Courtney Johnson

I m in Las Cruces, NM!!!!!!! unfortunetly, i m injured. I hit my knee very very hard on my bed frame in penticton the night before ironman Canada and since then, i can barely swim...no bike or running... so it s been very hard mentaly...probably the hardest year in my career as everything that can go wrong will go wrong. I nver had such bad luck ever.

Anyway, i m doing some treatment with Bobby, a chiro in town that is awsome and helping me out enormously...thank you bobby for the help and danny for the good contact!

Triathlon magazine made a article on me...

here it is...

oh...some precision in the article. I didnt lose 17 minutes on the side of the road at imz... i was 17 m when i got back in to the race but i lose about 8-10minutes..

http://www.triathletemag.com/site3.aspx

anyway, my blog is really getting boring lately... i think it s time for me to get back on track and do something out of this....

THE PASEO IS READY FOR DEPARTURE....

In the paseo:

- 1 bike box
- 6 complete bikes (2 road, 2 TT, 1mtb, 1 cyclo cross)
-14 wheels ( 1 disc 1 hed3 deep, 2 808, 6 road training wheels, 2 mtb and 2 cyclo cross)
-Camping equippement
-computer
-all the clothes i own
-all the sport gear i own
-a full mechanic shop...all the tools you can think of...
-Food
-tons of books
-electonical equippement, video cam,compur, ipod, etc.
-my life.............

the paseo as a schedule departure of 9;30am and will be routing to, coeur d'alene, missoula, Salt lake city, Alberqueque to finaly reach is final destination of Las Cruces, New Mexico friday around 3pm.(in time for swim practice!!)

the trip of 2800km should take 28h, 9 stops, 2 mcdonald happy meal, tons of coffee and lots of music and signing.....

the road to IMFL start now!!!!!

i m sad to be leaving penticton. I had a awsome summer with Will and Melissa... i had so much fun with them....and MY dog diablo!!!!

but i will be back soon... !!!! the people here are amazing!!!!!