To lighten the mood a little bit, given the Air Can't-a-da sh!t show, here's a little bit of news worth mentioning:
Groat Road is getting repaved. The City of Edmonton is going to put in night shifts to resurface Groat Road between 107 Ave and River Valley Road. This is extremely good news as Groat Road north of the North Saskatchewan River was in pretty bad shape. Edmonton weather goes through the extremes (-40C cold snaps in winter, to 30+C in summer), and the spring freeze-thaw is really tough on roads up here. Groat is a beautiful bike course section, winding up through a big ravine up from the river. It's a big ring climb and a fast winding descent. This pertains only to Age Group athletes for both sprint and olympic, so it's nice that they're considering the rest of us plebs and not just the elites. ;-)
This new pavement is in addition to patchwork that has been done in other areas, as well as the repaving of River Valley Rd. and Victoria Park Rd. last year. Should make for a fast bike split. :-)
We're lucky to have a mayor who is a cyclist himself, and who is a big supporter of the race. Good to see the City listening to local athletes as well as the ITU local organizing committee.
You can read the Sun article here:
http://www.edmontonsun.com/...0408ec84c1de00c62ff7
Happy training
Groat Road is getting repaved. The City of Edmonton is going to put in night shifts to resurface Groat Road between 107 Ave and River Valley Road. This is extremely good news as Groat Road north of the North Saskatchewan River was in pretty bad shape. Edmonton weather goes through the extremes (-40C cold snaps in winter, to 30+C in summer), and the spring freeze-thaw is really tough on roads up here. Groat is a beautiful bike course section, winding up through a big ravine up from the river. It's a big ring climb and a fast winding descent. This pertains only to Age Group athletes for both sprint and olympic, so it's nice that they're considering the rest of us plebs and not just the elites. ;-)
This new pavement is in addition to patchwork that has been done in other areas, as well as the repaving of River Valley Rd. and Victoria Park Rd. last year. Should make for a fast bike split. :-)
We're lucky to have a mayor who is a cyclist himself, and who is a big supporter of the race. Good to see the City listening to local athletes as well as the ITU local organizing committee.
You can read the Sun article here:
http://www.edmontonsun.com/...0408ec84c1de00c62ff7
Happy training