Let's get this started!!!!

The annual start of the OCup season was last weekend at Woodnewton... close to home and always a great course to test the early fitness.  With the "usual suspects" in the starting corral, we headed off to a very hilly and Full Throttle race where every corner was important and any errors were costly....
As always, the Trek Canada Team was fully taken care of with our amazing Superfly SL bikes (a few 100's in there for those who wanted dually's...) and another great collection of Bontrager parts and tires....
Our Theme this year is "High Viz"... gloves, socks, bikes, helmets, and arm warmers sure make us hard to miss!!!

Anther great battled ensued at the front of the group, and after much effort to catch up and instigate said battle, i did my best to push the pace and snap the elastic.... which unfortunately did not happen... leaving a sprint to the top of the Spectator Climb - which i was just nudged out of... 

Very little passing opportunities remained, and I lost the sprint to the finish.... a close 2nd but very happy with how my legs responded to the long effort, hills and speed....

It was also the first race of the year for the kids... both of whom had pretty good rides... but intensity is something that you need to learn to love... which showed on their faces at the end of the day...

Next up.... a weekend to get some long hours in before heading to Tremblant for the first Canada Cup of the year.. and then off to Kelso for another OCup.... looking forward to it!!!