Back in winterland... Love this country !

Well, after a well deserved break and awesome riding in Florida we got back to Calgary on a sunny Friday afternoon. Without hesitating I was eager to unpack my bike and meet with the Cadence group for the first winter ride of 2013. So pumped with the new bike all I wanted was to show off !! and of course try out the disc breaks.. The group was big and we headed out nw. After a few hours I had to turn around and come back home as Maria had an appointment and my parenting duties where needed :-)))) love that, perfect excuse to bail from the group that often makes me ride on red most of the time #$%%%
We rode some single tracks all the way up to Tuscany with 12 mile coulee been perfectly frozen this time (last time it was a lot of swimming).
Breaks are awesome and I am looking forward for more cold riding to take advantage of them!
Back in the house I put in my flashy green color tires on, they don't have an aggressive tread, but they look fast !
I have been riding now from home to work every day now since I just signed up for Salty Dog and I am hoping to do well, after the twins come my time for racing will be affected, so I am hoping to do a few races early April and May and then enjoy these creatures with lot's of lake time.
Maria wants to go to Kaslo again this year so that I can race the 100k again, so that will be late September (I hope we can make this our first trip with three babies !!)


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