Hey all y'all!

An update from this weekend of racing! The second and final TrackFest was this weekend here in Victoria, BC, and out little club did very well!

Evan in the 'C' category unfortunately had only one competitor in the Omnium, and none in the Bunch Races, so he did no worse than 2nd in any event! =) Thrown in with the 'B' racers, he did amazingly well, remaining in contact with the bunch for almost all the races! He's inspired, and looking forward to a solid winter of training, and joining the B's full-on for next year.

Gillian came for Sunday's races, but was pretty pooched from winning the Provincial TT Championship, and also coming within 14 seconds of Olympic TTer Alex Wrubleski in the local TT course last week. Still, she put in some great efforts in the Keirin and other bunch races, including a top Women's finish in the Points Race.

In the A's, we had Emile and myself representing. Emile was a bit more focused on the Omnium, and i had the Madison in my sights. At the end of the day, Emile finished 4th, 2pts short of 3rd, and i in 9th (out of 16). In the Bunch Races, Emile finished 7th, mainly due to poor Keirin results. He finished 3rd in the final Points race. I finished one up from the bottom in 15th, and only entered the Keirins -- finished 3rd in both my heats, but only two went through each time. Still, in the first one, i hit a season high speed of 63kph! Hoy only hit 69 at the Olympics. ;)

Being the second and final event of TrackFest, Series Champions were also revealed! Evan, of course, came out on top in the Bunch Races and Omnium in the 'C' field! In the women's field, Laura Brown, who doesn't race for OA, took the title, but she's an OA Vic member! In the Omnium A's, we were happy to see Emile as the Series Champ!! I was also crowned one of the series Champions in the Madison series, tied with the second most points over the series.

OA Vic sponsored one of the events, the OrganicAthlete Omnium, and part of the arrangement was to have special Series Champion jerseys produced, with the OA logo and name on them, you can check out the design here:

http://www.gvva.bc.ca/events/2008-trackfest2/trackfest-jersey.pdf

These were awarded to the top 'A' finishers, so both Emile and i will be sporting these on occasion. A real honor!

The nitty-gritty details of TF#2 can be found here:

http://www.gvva.bc.ca/events/2008-trackfest2/

OA continues to shine here in Victoria! In the local racing leagues, i'm still sitting in 1st overall in the Track League, with Emile chasing me in 2nd. In the local Road League, i'm still sitting in 2nd overall, but Emile will likely overtake my position in the TT this week. He's also set the fourth fastest overall TT time!

OA Vic plans to keep things rolling, with Track Nationals coming up in a few weeks, another big weekend of road and track racing in mid-September, and then onto Cyclocross season!

- Dave