My Six Day Season has Begun!

Over the last couple of days I have made my way up to Burnaby, Canada. There is a nice 200m indoor track up here that holds a six day race every January. If you have been following the blog long you might remember that we missed this race last year do to an unfortunate turn of events. As for this year it is quite the opposite. We had a nice relaxing trip up here and were well recovered for the race.

Now I am recovering from the first night of racing! It was very fast due to the amazing field that has turned up to tune up for their next big races. At least four of the riders have been racing the world cup schedule this year and showed a nice turn of speed tonight. As for us we had a rough time keeping our head above water. This is mostly due to the fact that we haven't raced since October nationals and with a good block of training under our belts we now need to clear out the cobwebs in the legs and get them back into track shape. All in all this will be the best preparation for our trip to the U-25 races in two weeks.

To keep up on the racing probably before I can post updates, I believe the Burnaby site will be updating with news and videos. You can visit it at: www.burnabysixday.com

I guess that is all for now, I have a nice dehydration headache and really need some sleep...

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