Welcome to the OrganicAthlete Victoria Chapter! Quick list of options below:
* email OrganicAthleteVictoria@gmail.com to get in touch with us
* July 4th story in the Victoria Times Colonist
* OA Victoria would like to thank our sponsors, Vega (Sequel Naturals) and Oak Bay Bikes
* results for the Track'n'Trail event
OA Victoria is a relatively new Chapter in the OA family. It began to formulate in January 2007, we had official Chapter status early in 2008, and now we're up to 18 members!
Our group consists mainly of cyclists (track, road, cyclocross) and triathletes, we certainly don't discriminate, and have members from diverse areas, from rock climbing to Taekwan-Do.
We have regular meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of every month, and all are welcome!
The OrganicAthlete Victoria Track & Trail Duathlon is an Omnium-style duathlon, held in the Velodrome at the Juan de Fuca Recreation Center, with four events:
* 333m time trail
* 333m run
* 4km Pursuit
* 5km Trail Run
The goal is to get the best possible times in each event, to win the overall Omnium. There is no 'transition' between each event, as racers run/ride individually, with the exception of the final trail run, which will be a bunch event.
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.
Provincials is going quite well, i've gotten two medals!
First was Friday, got a Bronze in the Madison, which was an 'open' event. I choose one of the two Elite Women riders as my partner, so cool that we finished well. There were something like 8 teams.
Second was Sat, somehow i got another Bronze in the Keirin!!! Sooo close to silver, but got pipped at the line...
Also got third in the Madison Tournament with Rachel, earned us $20..haha
Four OA racers at the track tonite for the 'Epic Points Race'! Two in A, and two in B.
Emile and i roll out in a pack of 11, and it starts off rather slow, and remains much that way until the first sprint. Bob Cameron, our main 'threat' is off like a rocket, Emile is on him, and i blow through the field to get the 4th point. I keep the pace up through the sprint in order to try and drop a few people.
So I went out to Caleb Pike tonight in hopes of getting at least a few VCL
points. Unfortunately I was the only one out there in green which is too bad
because it was a nice night for racing and was really looking forward to
some teamwork. Despite taking over a week off due to a little mishap
involving a ladder, a cement floor, and my right leg I was feeling
surprisingly strong on a short test ride the other day and quite fresh on
the way out to Caleb Pike. The warmup was fairly hard with increasing
intensity, as I'm learning this is the key to me feeling strong during the
race.
It was pursuit night last Monday at the track, i had it all planned out for myself -- get up to and hold 43kph. That's all i had to do, and i'd get a solid time. This was after careful consideration of the weather conditions and my fitness. That would get me a time in the mid 5:30's, which would be fine for this time of the year.
Did i listen to myself? Nope.
I started off, and by the time i sat, i saw i was going 45kph.
No prob, i thought, i just kept my legs spinning, no pressure.
Hey all, here's our Thursday night report! We had three in the A field, with Emile, Marty and myself. Marty wasn't feeling too peppy, so volunteered to work for us, and Emile and i agreed to defend whomever was off the front.
I arrived at the beautiful and historic Royal Roads University early, well slept and carbed up.
Decked out in OA green from head to toe. After a 15 min warmup my persistent old ankle injury was really bothering me and I was noticing a slight twinge of pain going down along the outside of my foot. I had Cara Obee kindly tape it up for a small donation to Doctors Without Borders. It felt quite stable after but I still had
my concerns. Nearly 12k of climbs and descents lay ahead.
There are photos as well, we're definitely the most sharp looking riders out there!
Congrats to Kevin who finished 8th in the larger B group (~20 starters) in
his first time on the course, and Marty who finished 11th in his first RR in
several years! I finished 6th in the A's, but it's really not that
impressive, as that's out of six. Nine started, but three DNF'd..haha..
Still, that'll keep my name fairly high in the local league rankings for a
