Cesar's Blog

Dress code working from home With the arrival of Corona Virus to Alberta all companies ordered a work from home policy to support the province with the lock-down... Same with kids (schools shutdown across Canada). Times are very different these days, super weird feeling in isolation, streets are empty, shops are closed, people are wearing respiratory mask, gloves, and avoiding getting to close to others (2mts distance). Working from home has proven to be very efficient, despite the social interaction with colleagues work is getting done quicker, not many distractions and plenty of time to be use towards your projects as opposed to dealing with the normal interruptions in the office... The dress code has changed, nice and presentable up top in case you have to attend a video conference, and lose and comfy bottom.. Office space has changed a bit to, with day 1 using an ironing table to work to a more appropriate standing desk with dual monitors for the remaining of the house ...

Every year I try to do a long ride to start getting in the mood for 24 hours races... at the same time, it is always nice to get out your regular route and hammer a distance that you only do a few times a year at the most. This route is known as the Water Valley 220. Started years ago (at least for me) with Craig Stapler and Kate Ardal. Super hard core riders, lovers of adventures on two wheels and crazy fit riders (physically and mentally). They both accumulate enough miles on the bike to go around the world a few times !!!. Anyway, it was probably ten years ago when I told them I would love to join them for a super long ride, they toss the idea of the Water Valley 220 that originally started after coffee at Cadence (Bowness breakfast place) finding a way north through 12 mile coulee all the way the Maden and then left towards Water Valley. There are many other ways to get to WV, but at least this is what I would consider the original route. From WV (after a mandatory stop ...