After World Championships in Stuttgart Germany on September 27^th. I flew back home to Regina Saskatchewan and took a full month off the bike… I literally didn’t unpack my bike until November 7^th. It had been a long season, 9 months of racing which started in February.

After my last race in Charlotte with my team: Colavita/Sutter Home in July, I was ready to hang up my bike for the year. In my mind I was done. I was tired and had had a fairly frustrating season on and off the bike. At first I didn’t even know if I was going to be selected to the worlds team, and to be honest, at that point I didn’t really care. I just wanted the season to be over.  So I took some time off the bike and found out I was going to France for: Tour de Ardeche and to Germany for Worlds. I knew this would be my last shot of the season to get some results, help get some points back for the country and to prove to myself that I could. After 4-5 weeks of training in Regina and Victoria I was off to France! It was a great experience, and the season ended on a really positive note. I even brought home some new scars from the worlds Road race to remember it by!

Now I am in Victoria and am planning to do my winter training here. I decided that I wanted a vehicle this winter, so I made the 22 hour drive from Regina and did it over 4 days, making a few stops to visit some people!

The first week back on the bike was a real shock to the body… I went full on back in to it! I’ve been here for over 2 weeks now and I’m loving it. I’m training with the pacific sport national training centre, where I get all of the support that I need. I have a great training and living environment, I have lots of people to train with and lots of amazing roads to ride. Although right now, many days it’s just me and my team mate Erinne that show up. I really only have 3 months until our first race in Australia. Our 08 race schedule isn’t complete yet but it looks like we will be doing a lot of the UCI circuit in the spring to gather points for the Olympics. So I will be spending a fair amount of time in Europe with my team and with the CCA.

It’s scary how soon it all starts again, but it’s also really exciting!!

Alison, Erinne, Me and Megan on a training ride

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