A few years ago, an “evening with the girls” would have entailed much different activities. Nowadays, a girls’ night starts in the day...

On the menu is the standard duathlon distances of a 10km run, 40km bike, and a 5km run. The course will be in the heart of downtown...

I chat with Masters (60-64) World Cyclocross Champion Jim Laird and find out how he survived the mud, freezing temperatures and an...

I catch up with Ashleigh and find out the Olympics “is not all sunshine and rainbows. Ashleigh is the type of girl who is always busy. If...

Tour de PPA, Vissershok climb. [photo courtesy: Courtney Dyoll Yentruoc Lloyd] I’ve never wanted to quit a race before.  I’ve thought...

Bianca Holtzkampf-Mayer (2nd), Kelly van der Toorn (1st), and me! After a crazy early 4am wake-up, I was standing on the start line...

Mark Dwyre, one of Canada’s premier bike fit experts, shares his vision of bike fitting and it’s not all about the bike. Almost right...

A white Christmas is a romantic idea but there is nothing romantic about base hours on an indoor trainer.  Every year I come home for the...

The very first time I fell was my second or third ride in clipless pedals. I say “fell” and not “crashed” because I literally just tipped...

Meet Pippi. My previously loved Cervelo R3SL. Most of you will be interested in the geometry, weight, and all the design details but all...

Die Burger Cycle Tour: Sharon Laws and Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio.                                       [photo courtesy:...

No better way to come back to racing after my big crash than to take on a 202km team time trial.  After taking such a long break from...

Karien van Jaarsveld “Everyone has learned somewhere along,” Karien van Jaarsveld assured the crowd of mainly women last night during her...

SOUTH AFRICA’S MOOLMAN-PASIO DOMINATES AFRICAN CONTINENTAL CHAMPS Published in Bicycling Magazine Moolman-Pasio takes gold in the...

Table Mountain, Cape Town. A view and a road I never get tired of. I left Canada on a Sunday and arrived in Cape Town on a Tuesday...

I’m usually only home in Westport, my small hometown in Canada, for Christmas and confined to the indoor trainer because of the snow....

Ed, myself, and Jacqueline (my sister) on the top of Signal Hill For those of you who don’t know, Canadian’s often refer to Newfoundland...

My smashed Garmin Forerunner 310XT A month ago, a slight touch of wheels at the front of the bunch during a race rendered me unconscious...

My birthday suit is the Pearl Izumi’s P.R.O. In-R-Cool Tri Suit.  When I say “people” have been encouraging me to participate in...

Previously published on WomensCylcling.ca Talk to a cyclist with a dairy intolerance and their fastest interval may be a mid-ride dash to...