suffering......suffering.......

"When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool."

today was another solid day with a double run and a ride.... i m also very tired and caffein is essential to keep me moving!

taken from rappstar blog that himself took for joel's blog...... i m recycling stuff tonight!!!

Mt lemmon!!!!

What a day!!!!! Riding in beautifull sunny day with a great group of very driven athlete! On this pic, kyle jones, sean bechtel, me and colin been....himself!!!! Everyone was all smile knowing a nice 18 miles climbs was about to start!!!!

It didn't take long for the pace to heat up!!!! Jordan was up the road towing kyle and andrew was alone in no man land..... I had colin setting up a very solid pace and i was simply focusing on simon's butt.... dont let it go.... dont let it go!!!!
I was riding the CERVELO R3-SL. WOW.... This bike is so much fun!!! It s like a very happy dog always ready to play! It s just under 15lbs!!!! very nervous and stiff but these tiny seat stay make for a very nice ride.... by far the most fancy and nices road bike i have ever own! I m very happy with it! It look cool also!!!!
Pic of me at mile 16.... it was getting cold and i put on a jacket. There was snow on the side of the road and i was focusing on catching up on Sean and Paul that were my friends going up to the 18 miles marker!

The down hill was a blast! about 30 minutes of fast pace with nice corners!!!! The riding time was about 3.5h. I also had a nice 5km swim this morning and a 40 minutes run so it s was a pretty decent day!!!

The training as been going very well as i been very consistant everyday doing mostly base miles with mostly everything at endurance pace.... nothing crazy but still about 30h a week! getting the work done but also having a great time... i m very lucky to be doing this!!!!

good night everyone!

pictures!!!!!

TOYS!!!!!!!!!!! TOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT S CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Thank you to everyone at cervelo..... here s my new rides for the season!

54cm R3-SL and a 51cm P3C. I m 5'9 and like a smaller time trial bike so the reason for a 51cm. It seems to be fitting very well so far!!!!The R3-SL is so light..... stock components must have it at just under 16lbs! The bike comes with some very nice training wheels, the Hed Bastonge. This must be the nicest road bike i have ever own!!. It s a 54cm and i just finish building it. I will have a nice 3 hour ride tomorow with some climbing up mt lemmon so i should have a chance at riding it!
There is also the P3C that i also build this afternoon. I put on my favorite aerobar, the hed clip-on with vision tech base bar with a special cut and carbon brake levers! I really like this year colors and of course, i will have a touch of my own in a few weeks!

well, i will have plenty of motivation to ride in the next few days as i have to try these new bikes and keep get myself back to decent shape so i dont look like a clown on these nice machines...

thank you again cervelo!!!

And it s one more day up in the canyon.......

This was a solid day.... Up at 6am for a breakfast and a group ride in a cold 5 degres temperature. I sat at the back of the group for awile until it got too hard and dropped back and rode a more conservation z2.

I got 3h in and it was a fun ride near gate pass and back to sabino canyon. Tucson is definitly one of the best place to ride in the world!

got tons of food in but no time for a nap.....

I then got a 1h run at a relatively speedy pace with kyle. We ran in some awsome single track trail of sabino canyon.

Finaly, a 4km swim with a 3X500m pull paddle descending 1-3 and a 5X300m drill and build. That is a very solid day overall and i m just about ready to go to bed.

this is what our swimming pool look like in the morning... it s simply unreal... and we are gettting very good and fast at changing the lane rope from yards to long course meters... team work!!!

The group is pretty awsome here and it s definitly a good kick in my butt and a good reminder of what commitment is all about. It s pretty awsome to be surrender by such amazing and very focus athlete and be supportive of each others... I think many of the people here will be having some amazing season and will most likely be at the olympic games in 9 months. I m very lucky to have this opportunity to be here and get the work done with them!

good night!!!

where the time goes????

The training as been awsome but also very tiring. I just can't beleive days goes by so fast!

Saturday was a nice 4h ride finishing with 7 miles of climbing of mt Lemmon. Riding with jordan was a very humbling experience as he simply destroyed me all day long. The other boys were also riding strong and we all rode together for the first 3h. Some attack and littel sprint now and there but it s was a very good ride overall.

I ran 1h and that was it for the day!

Today was a 1;25 run in sabino canyon. We ran the phone line trail. It was wet on some bridge and we ran with wet shoes for most of the way!!!! Amazing scenery running high on the cliff of the canyon.

Swim 5km with some steady work and also had a 2h nap. I m tired today and looking forward to go to bed!

Tomorow is a 5km swim, 2h spin and 1h run! A lot of fun!!!

TUCSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I M IN TUCSON !!!!!!!!!!!!

i been in this place many times and it always been very good to me. I meet my amazing friends Brian & Mimi here and many more.

This time, i m back here for a 3 weeks training camp with the canadian national team. All short course speedy athlete. I will be here until the 28th!

Training as been going well but i m still not in great shape. It s a long process but i should be back to decent fitness soon. I m just trying to be consistant and get the workout in!

This morning, we where up at 6am for coffee before heading to the pool for a 5.2km workout. The main set was a 3X800m repeat on 45sec rest and a few more repeats on 100m on 1:30.

I m not resting before a 90 minutes ride and a 30 minutes run! But most importantly, i need to find a way to escape the high secrurity condo complex to get to the shop where they might be 2 new cervelo waiting for me!!!!!!! I can't wait to start playing with them!!!

pictures of the camp coming soon!

2008 start slow!

i m back from the christmas vacation! I dont know why i call it vacation because it s nothing like what vacation should feels like. You run everyday to see as many people as possible, eat way too much and go to bed late or very late. I end up burn out and sick:(

IT s still been a lot of fun skiiing and seeing friends and meeting new one. I had a awsome new year evening with awsome friends up in a cabin in the gatineau park. We also ski in the dark pass midnight!!!! a amazing experience!!! But on a training point of view, it was a disastor. I manage a few good training session but got sick from food poisonning and it lasted a good 7 days.

I m now back to Las Cruces and very happy to be here. Everything is quiet and i m getting a lot of time to recover and get the training done. It s also very good weather so that make training outside a fun experience! I m waiting for some new toys to arrive from cervelo!!!! i hope to have the chance to go to tucson for a short camp and get to try them on the amazing road out there!

Anyway, i will be better at updating this blog now that i m back to my routine! Tomorow is early swim with the girls so i better get to bed now and get some good sleep!