Jeff summed up the life of a professional cyclist really well when he said you're either working unbelievably hard or resting unbelievably hard. Here's me resting "unbelievably hard". We went up to Pinery Provincial park earlier this week and had an amazing time...eating, swimming, eating, resting, eating, walking among the sand dunes, and eating :)
So I made it to Nature Valley and I conquered the race that cracked me last year! It's one of the hardest stage races we do all year, I think because the stages get tougher and tougher as the days go on.
To get to the races our host "Dad" escorted us by bike along one of the MANY bike paths in Minneapolis-St. Paul. In all the places I've visited, I've never seen such an incredible network of paths throughout the enitre city.
This is Speedo - our team mascot for the week :)
This is one of our many podium shots. We ended up with two stage wins, a stint in the yellow jersey, the best young rider's jersey and the most agressive rider's jersey.
And these are some of the most adorable kittens I've ever seen. Our tenant and friend Paul is selling them, but I think they'll still be there when I get home :).
This one's for you Brooke :)...I was thinking of you telling me about soaking your legs in a glacial fed river after your rides. Well...this river definately isn't glacial fed...but it felt good all the same.
One of the best things about having a Monday/Tuesday weekend is that you can go camping and nobody's there!
Yes...this IS my fiancee Jeff :). We went to his staff party and were asked to dress in our best Hawiian outfits...Jeff won best costume by far!
Just a little aside...I'm selling my Cervelo P3 (reluctantly :). It's a super fast bike with 650 wheels, Shimano 105 and HED racing wheels (including disk). I'm asking $2000.00 CAN for the bike and two sets of wheels. Email me at cyclehobson@aol.com if you'd like more info. 
Today's 3 km time trail was in Lachine along the bike path. It was really pretty and really windy! Times were incredibly close, with Judith Arndt winning over Dotsie Bauche by only 4/10th of a second! This evening we raced a criterium in "Little Italy", Montreal. To me, criterium riding can be like running through a mine field...crashes happen everywhere and you're just plain lucky if you don't go down. Betina and Cath went down today...fortunately they didn't hurt themselves too badly and are in good spirits for tomorrow.
We went to the top of Mont Royale for some pictures (Chissy was STILL trying to pee for Doping Control :) 
The Olympic Dome
The mountains
A little critter taking bread from the tourists
Brooke's birthday dinner :)
My mom and Winnie once again made the marathon trek to Montreal to watch me race the World Cup. Fortunately the start/finish was at the bottom of the hill this year so they didn't have to carry all the fruit they bought us up the mountain! Thanks so much for coming to the race, it really meant a lot :).
