O-Cup #6

Ontario cup #6 is coming up. I (owen) hope all the boys are traning hard cause I know I have got into more intence training. The countdown is on, dont stop training train harder. Keep your overall standing going into the finals dont  at spot make it better.

Sir Sam's Race #3

Today I (Nick) went over to Sir Sam's for their third race of the series. The other four Haliburton Racers didn't show. There were 27 racers in the whole entire field, some new racers were there as well. The race was a really fast one and I crossed the line at 32:57, it was my fastest time yet. There was a guy there riding a single speed and he smashed my record to the hemlock tree up the hill by 13 seconds, The new record is 2:42, he was really fast. The course was good because of the small rain we had this week, but the sun started to loosen up the sand at the end of the race. It was a great race there today.

Not sure if any of us will be able to be at the next race at Sir Sam's because the O-cup in Bracebridge is on the same day. It was to bad that none of the other Haliburton Racers couldn't show up, it would have been a great race for everyone.

Posted By Nick

Rider On CHEX TV

I (Owen) was featured on CHEX tv this week. I met up with Meahgan from CHEX tv on thursday morning I did an interview then got to go ride an be filmed. It was a great experience one I would love to have agian. Thanks Bishop family and Dave Webb for asking me to do what I got to do. Us the link below to see the tv clip.

http://www.chextv.com/Sports/LS/12-07-19/Feature_Owen_Flood.aspx

Great day to Train!

Today's weather was so much better to train in.  I managed to get a 30km ride in the morning and then went to Sir Sam's and met Trey Kyle for a hard training ride. The temp was good to ride in and managed to get 8 laps in. I am hoping this temp stays for awhile as it makes logging the miles much easier. Thanks to Trey for helping me tonight train for the Crank the Shield race that's coming up soon.  Keep hydrated everyone!  

-- Posted By Nick

Sir Sam's race #2

Well it was the second race at Sir Sam's. I (Nick) was the only Haliburton County racer there. I placed 1st with a time of 34:06. It was another fast race and it was really fun. It was too bad that the other racers couldn't show up.
The next race at Sir Sam's is in two weeks and it will be another fast one again for sure. Hope everyone shows up!

-- Posted By Nick

4 in the top 10

Well there were 4 of us that got in the top 10. There wasn't as many racers in everyones category, probably because of the distance of the drive. In my category I had 29 racers instead of the usual 35-40. In Owen's category there were 10 racers. Nolan's category there were 17 racers. Their mother (Melanie) had 6 racers.
I finished with a 10th place, Owen 5th, Nolan 8th, and Melanie placed 5th.
It was to bad that Kyle and Trey couldn't make it to the race as the track was great and fun to ride.
It was a long drive and I only had 1 1/2 hrs. of sleep before the race, and I like to sleep!
The next O-cup race is at Buckwallow in another month. At least it isn't as far a drive and we all will be rested and ready.



-- Posted By Nick

Race Weekend

The weekend has come! Racers from Haliburton will be driving to sudbury for O-Cup #5. Lets hope we all do well and dont run into any trouble on the trails cause its to far to drive to have a problem during the race. Results and pictures/videos will posted mon or tuesday after the race.


-- Posted By Owen

O-Cup #5 Next Weekend in Sudbury

Next weekend the Haliburton Boys will be making the long trek to Sudbury for our 5th o-cup race. We will be racing in Naughton Trails where a mountain bike club made a trail system off there nordic ski trails. Sudbury is built on rock so we are getting the bikes all ready and tuned up for a technical race. Wish us all luck. www.chicoracing.com 

 -- Posted By Owen

First Race at Sir Sam's

Well all of the Haliburton County Racers went to Sir Sam's and did the first race in the series. Sean Ruppel was there from Chico Racing, and we all had a great race. I (Nick) set the record for making it to the hemlock tree with a time of 2:55, and Sean set the course record in a time of just over 14:00 (not sure of the exact time) but it was fast.
The Haliburton Racers times were,
Owen 32:40
Nick 34:33
Nolan 41:27
Trey 41:28
Kyle, 41:40

After the race was over Dave Webb of Sir Sam's and Sean Ruppel of Chico Racing and I went and checked out the Crank the Shield course that is being held there in September, and it looked great. Can't wait to race at Sir Sam's in two weeks.

-- Posted By Nick