Well i just got back from Baie St-Paul about and hours drive out of Quebec City past Mount St-Anne.
I left on Friday afternoon i took half the day off school which was nice. We drove for about 5 hours. But it was a nice drive because there was all the mountains.
Whats cool about Baie St-Paul is that it's alot like FRance in a way because all the buildings are that kind of style also it's amasing because i can speak and understand the french they speak there unlike must of Qubecers who speak crappy ass french.
Anyways it's about a month behind in terms of weather it was about 5-10 degrees colder than here.
Anyways they did a really nice job with the races because they're trying to get a regional training center there.
They just built the trails the trail for the Quebec cup looked like they built it a couple days ago cause no bikes had been on it.
The first day Saterday i had Coupe Charlevoix which was abslolutly terrible i was so pissed after the race because i went to practice the course but accidently did the wrong trail and didn't have time to do it again before the race.
It was crasy technicle and i was having a terrible time crashing and i just didin't feel good due to the crappy breakfast.
Somehow i ended up in 12th out of 41 which was a huge suprise and i would have gotten 11th and maybe 10th if i didn't let the guys pass me at the end i was just so pissed.
But luckly i always do better the next day after a hard race or training ride.
So today the race went great i finished 14th out of 61 and i was very close to the leaders.
I think if i just lose the weight i put on a while ago about 7-10# i'll be able to be right up in the front.
I'm really happy with that race cause i started right in the back and moved through all of the feild pretty fast. It always makes me laugh because there's all these kids racing there first year in Cadet and they all think they're something else but they almost all suck and as soon as a hill comes i go way ahead of them.
I always seem to have a few crashes the first was because the course was the muddeist and wetest i've ever raced on some hills you'd just sit there spinning you're wheels. I was on the downhill and there's a part that has a little bridge and than a sharp turn than another one thats bigger and they didn't put anytrhing for grip on it. So i'm coming down this hill and hit the bridge at an angle at about 25KMH and wam i was sliding across the bridge on my hip. When i got up i fell agian cause it was so slippery and my derailler hanger bent a bit thats when i lost 2 guys i should have beat.
The other crash was on an up hill after crossing a bridge and i somehow slipped on a rock and fell off a 30' cliff but i graped a bolder just in time and used my bike as a bar to help me up it suffered some scratches but is alright.
Anyways best of all last Quebec Cup i was 18th this one i was 14th and much closer to the winners time.
I left on Friday afternoon i took half the day off school which was nice. We drove for about 5 hours. But it was a nice drive because there was all the mountains.
Whats cool about Baie St-Paul is that it's alot like FRance in a way because all the buildings are that kind of style also it's amasing because i can speak and understand the french they speak there unlike must of Qubecers who speak crappy ass french.
Anyways it's about a month behind in terms of weather it was about 5-10 degrees colder than here.
Anyways they did a really nice job with the races because they're trying to get a regional training center there.
They just built the trails the trail for the Quebec cup looked like they built it a couple days ago cause no bikes had been on it.
The first day Saterday i had Coupe Charlevoix which was abslolutly terrible i was so pissed after the race because i went to practice the course but accidently did the wrong trail and didn't have time to do it again before the race.
It was crasy technicle and i was having a terrible time crashing and i just didin't feel good due to the crappy breakfast.
Somehow i ended up in 12th out of 41 which was a huge suprise and i would have gotten 11th and maybe 10th if i didn't let the guys pass me at the end i was just so pissed.
But luckly i always do better the next day after a hard race or training ride.
So today the race went great i finished 14th out of 61 and i was very close to the leaders.
I think if i just lose the weight i put on a while ago about 7-10# i'll be able to be right up in the front.I'm really happy with that race cause i started right in the back and moved through all of the feild pretty fast. It always makes me laugh because there's all these kids racing there first year in Cadet and they all think they're something else but they almost all suck and as soon as a hill comes i go way ahead of them.
I always seem to have a few crashes the first was because the course was the muddeist and wetest i've ever raced on some hills you'd just sit there spinning you're wheels. I was on the downhill and there's a part that has a little bridge and than a sharp turn than another one thats bigger and they didn't put anytrhing for grip on it. So i'm coming down this hill and hit the bridge at an angle at about 25KMH and wam i was sliding across the bridge on my hip. When i got up i fell agian cause it was so slippery and my derailler hanger bent a bit thats when i lost 2 guys i should have beat.
The other crash was on an up hill after crossing a bridge and i somehow slipped on a rock and fell off a 30' cliff but i graped a bolder just in time and used my bike as a bar to help me up it suffered some scratches but is alright.
Anyways best of all last Quebec Cup i was 18th this one i was 14th and much closer to the winners time.
