It's been a awhile since my last post but let me bring you up to date on my past activities. The week of April 10th had me traveling to Calgary on business. The morning of April 9th I participated in the ParisAncaster Bike Race. It was quite the muddy ordeal as the pictures will attest. I finished but not without some bruises and scratches. At some point during one of my many spills I must of put a gash in my calf. I didn' notice until the completion of the race. Someone pointed to it and said you better get that looked at. I thought with all the riding through farmer fields and manure this would probably be a good idea. After the race I had to drive quickly home, shower and get to the airport for my flight to Calgary. I made sure that I was fully hydrated before getting onto the airplane but with the limited space that Air Canada provides I was quite confined in my seat. About 2 hours into the flight my legs began to cramp. It was difficult to try and stretch them out so I think the gentlemen in the seats beside me were starting to get annoyed with my many romps up and down the aisle. Although, the one passenger was a mountain biker from Calgary and he could sympathize. I also got some sympathy from the cute flight attendant as she kept on bringing me water. 
When I was in Calgary I was able to get in some pretty decent runs on Monday and Tuesday. It was nice to run with the backdrop of the mountains. Nothing to strenuous but wanted keep the legs moving while I was away. Everytime I venture out onto an airplane, which is typically once or twice a month I seem to always pick something up and get sick. No matter how hard I try to stay hydrated and try and do all the sanitary things (wash hands, etc) I seem to still get sick. This trip was no different. I started to feel quite ill on Thursday and by Friday I was in bed with a bad chest infection. This cancelled my group long run on Saturday and the long bike on Sunday. I also missed out on all the Easter festivities, so no bunnies for moi. I started to feel much better by Tuesday so I ventured out for an easy 30 minute run. Kept the pace slow and did 10x30sec pickups to keep the legs fresh.
Wednesday, April 19th
I decided to meet a group of fellow cyclist on Wednesday evening for a simulated Time Trial. Although I wasn't feeling 100% I thought it would be great to get use to the new bike in race conditions. Although the bike performed outstanding I in turn did not. I just averaged just under 30kph for the 15km T.T. I rode about 30 minutes beforehand to warm up and did another 60 minutes afterward. Overall it was a great workout with a couple of good climbs around the Niagara Escarpment. Even rode a bit of the Milton Triathlon bike route.
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