Alter Ego Sports Blog » Karin http://blog.alteregosports.net Cycling. Paintball. Snowboard. XC Ski. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:00:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Gold & Silver in Women’s Crit – Canada Summer Games http://blog.alteregosports.net/2009/08/23/gold-silver-in-womens-crit-canada-summer-games/ http://blog.alteregosports.net/2009/08/23/gold-silver-in-womens-crit-canada-summer-games/#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:26:36 +0000 Karin http://blog.alteregosports.net/?p=337 Congratulations to Alter Ego team member Leah Kirchmann and Woodcock team member Karlee Gendron for dominating the podium in their last race in P.E.I yesterday. The medals cap off a long, hard week of racing for the entire Manitoba team. Full results from the Games can be found here.

Wpg Free Press article – click here.

Woot, woot Team Toba!

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We split at Assiniboine Park – some of us continued to Headingly at a higher pace and others turned back to head home. Some wanted to continue on but not at a higher pace so maybe we could have split into 3 groups? Anything is possible!

I had my own personal time trial from the Perimeter to Headingly thanks to Dan’s blistering pace into the wind :-) . Thanks to Carla and John for the pulls! After several months (years?) of slothdom it feels good (yes!) to be a little sore all over this morning.

See you all in a couple of weeks (I’ll be at Grand Beach this Sunday).

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Grand Beach Trail Prep

by halberto

When: Saturday, May 2nd

Meet: Breakfast at Stella’s on Sherbrook @ 9:00

What to Bring: rakes (fan or tine), spade style shovel, pruning shears, axe, buck saw, hoe, food and water.

What we’ll be doing: Tomek and I were there on the 26th and there is not too much dead fall so there is nothing really to clear which is good. Here is what needs to be done:

  • There will be some underbrush to clear from some parts of the trail and this will be most easily done with pruning shears.
  • We will probably clear one new path approximately 20 meters in length, but it is all in the open and hoes, rakes, and shovels will be best for this.
  • We need to assess which parts of the course we are using for race. Ideally XC race times should be around 20-25 minutes for expert and the classic course is longer than this, therefore we will need to see if we can shorten the course while at the same time making sure course has its technical and fun sections.

Contact Hal L if you have questions.

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Need more info? Check out our Club page.

Quick Information:

  • You need to be an active member of the MCA (you can register and pay for this online at cycling.mb.ca)
  • You need to be an active member of the Alter Ego Cycling Club (you can register and pay for this online at cycling.mb.ca or in store)
  • If you need to register for the Alter Ego Cycling Club, come early to take care of registration and anything else before we depart at 9am.
  • Always meet at the shop unless otherwise indicated
  • Prepare to have fun!

Map of ride:

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