I wanted to add Grandma's eulogy here that I had the honor of saying at the funeral with Tannis. She wrote it before we got home and I was very satisfied with her work when I finally got home to read it.

A TRIBUTE TO A SPECIAL MOTHER, MOTHER-IN-LAW, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, SISTER, AUNT, SISTER-IN-LAW AND FRIEND

As we stand here today, we would like to speak for a few moments about the woman whose life we are honouring and celebrating. We must emphasize the word celebrate, because although we are all grieving and mourning the loss of someone who was so very important to us, we would like to think of this as a very special time in which we share with others our remembrances of Grandma, or Mom, or Ruth. On behalf of her grandchildren, we would like to help everyone else see our Grandma for the vibrant and classy person that she was and in doing so, connect with her one more time.

Grandma was born on November 5, 1915 in the Mountain Gap District in the R.M. of Grandview. She was the third child in a family of six which consisted of two sisters and three brothers. She began her schooling in Mountain Gap, but then moved to McCreary and stayed with her Grandmother Collins to finish Grades 9, 10, and 11. At that point, her formal education was complete, and she moved back to the Grandview area where she earned a living as a domestic for a few years before her marriage.

A favourite outing at the time was the traditional Tamarisk picnic. It was at one of these country picnics that a big, strong, young gentleman named Marshall Dalgleish competed in a sheaf-pitching contest where he became the undisputed champion, and in doing so, captured the heart of one Ruth Fisher. And, I guess, the rest is history. The two were united in marriage on December 8, 1937. Grandma very easily settled into her role as farm wife as she readily pitched in and did her share of the work; she raised chickens, milked cows, planted and cared for a large garden, sewed, knit, mended, cooked up a storm and baked lots of goodies to satisfy Grandpa's sweet tooth.

Grandpa and Grandma became parents in 1941 when their son Ken was born. Three years later their daughter Jeanne arrived and then along came their son Stuart a year and a half after that. Grandma's role as farm wife and household manager had now expanded to include the duties of motherhood. According to her children, she was always the one to smooth things over when tempers flared or when times were tough. And she always did it so sensibly and sensitively, without ever raising her voice.

Of course, our memories of Grandma start in the 1960s and 1970s when we were fortunate enough to be born into the Dalgleish clan. At least, Grandpa always led us to believe that being one of his grandchildren was a stroke of good luck, and to imagine how good looking we wouldn't be if we hadn't been related to him. Grandma's house was always a warm and inviting place where you were fed and watered, questioned about what was going on in your life and made to feel like you were important. We always knew that we were valued, respected, and loved at Grandma's house.

Grandma and Grandpa moved to town in 1977, jsut before their 40th wedding anniversary. It was once she was in town that Grandma was really able to become involved in a number of activities, all of which contributed to keeping her so young. She continued her association with the Dawn of Peace Rebekah Lodge and the GACC Ladies Auxiliary, curled more often, and took up golfing and bowling. One of the highlights of her sporting life was the day she golfed nine holes in the morning, bowled in the afternoon and then curled in the evening. Not too many people can make such a claim, I'm sure. She continued with her knitting and became an avid quilter; each of us was thrilled to receive a pair of mittens, a toque, scarf or sweater, a quilt or one of her afghans. She learned to line dance in her 70s and later taught herself to crochet in her 80s. Grandma loved to read, do her crossword puzzles, go out for coffee with her frends and play a mean game of crib or hand-and-foot canasta. Upon their retirement from the farm, Grandma and Grandpa spent time travelling together, taking tours to the Maritimes, Hawaii, Florida, and California. However, it was still a highlight for them to take a drive out to the farm and visit with Uncle Stuart and Auntie Eunice. Even as young children, we could see that the relationship between Grandma and Grandpa was a special one. They were a very social couple who loved to dance, and we loved to watch them glide around the dance floor at weddings and anniversaries. They enjoyed fifty-five years of marriage together before Grandpa passed away in 1993.

Throughout her life, we knew that the one constant, and the one thing that was of the utmost importance to Grandma was her family. She raised her children to be the best that they could be and was so very proud of all three of them. Later, her eight grandchildren and her seven great-grandchildren were a source of great pride to her. Christmas concerts, music festivals and recitals, volleyball, basketball, hockey and baseball games, graduations, special family occasions - wherever her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren were, she did her best to be there too. She was never judgmental, always treating us with respect and interest; her gentle presence was so meaningful to all of us. We loved to tease Grandma, which she either accepted good-naturedly or came right back at you with a witty remark. Often, the teasing had to do with her being left-handed. She was quite proud of a plaque in her living room which read "Everyone is born right-handed; only the gifted overcome it."

Although Grandma's life had its hardships such as losing a son in infancy in 1954 and losing both her husband and grandson Warren in 1993, she was never one to back away from adversity. Through the good times and the bad, she held her head high and was a source of inspiration to us all. We all knew that her door was open and that she would be there for us when we needed her. Grandma was diagnosed with her illness in the late 1990s but who would have ever known? She did not waste time feeling sorry for herself. Instead, she went right on with the business of living. To her, this medical condition was just a minor obstacle that she could easily overcome. She viewed each trip to the hospital as a short stay for the purpose of getting rejuvenated, then she would be able to get right back home and into her regular routine once again.

Throughout so many conversations that we have had with family and friends in the last little while, there has been a recurring theme. How many times have I heard the phrase, "Your Grandma - she is one classy lady." Although it is nice to hear it, nobody needed to tell us. We knew. We were all so very proud of her and loved to brag about her. Not too many people can say that their Grandma is or was a line-dancing, bingo-palying, bowling, curling, and golfing machine! She was an impeccable dresser who carried herself with dignity and grace. This was evident right up until the end. The day she was leaving in the ambulance for Winnipeg, she had not yet put on any makeup or fixed up her hair that day, and was quite dismayed about her appearance, if you can imagine. No one could convince her that it didn't matter. By the time the ambulance was ready though, so was she.

Each one of us has been a part of Grandma's life in some way. And, as a result, each one of us is a little richer for having known her. It is hard to imagine her house without her in it; however, nothing can take away a lifetime of memories. How fortunate we all are to have had Grandma in our lives. She will always be here in our hearts, guiding us with her gentle strength as we make choices and decisions, encouraging us to remember the importance of family ties, inspiring us to live lives that will make a difference. She was, quite simply, one of a kind.

We love you Grandma and we will miss you, but thank you for the memories. May God bless you as we have been blessed.

I just got word from mom this morning that Grandma passed away. I guess dad and Auntie Jeanne (I assume) were at her bedside. I'm sort of relieved that she's out of her misery now and the family can move on from this holding pattern we were all in while grandma was in the hospital.

I'm really glad Grant, Owen and I were able to see her last week. I didn't think she was deteriorating that quickly that she wouldn't be around this weekend coming up, but that's how quickly things can change. I suspect the funeral will be on Saturday or Sunday, so I've booked another car for Friday the 1st to the 6th. I should be able to get off Friday, Monday and Tuesday from work.

I didn't get to talk to grandma much last week - it was pretty hard to see her in the state she was in. I'm glad that I did get to see her and say my goodbyes. I never got to do that with any of my other grandparents, so it's nice that I had the chance with Grandma D. She was a great woman who led a very dignified life, but had to remain stubborn until the end.

It's going to be weird missing her dynamic at family events. She was a family uniter and it will be interesting to see what happens next.

I'll miss you, Grandma.

I got talking to Grandma last night around dinner time in the hospital. They were just about to transfer her to St. Boniface in Winnipeg, apparently b/c there is a specialist there that might be able to help her. Roxanne answered the phone at the hospital and gave me the low-down on her condition. She has an iron buildup in her body due to her transfusions and weak pulse, apparently causing her fluid buildup and liver problems. I guess this specialist at St. B. can hopefully help her using medications. I hope things work out. She didn't sound very good last night...very weak and defeated. Anyone who's been stuck in the hospital would sound defeated... Nevertheless, I will wait until she returns to GV before heading to see her, maybe. I priced flights to Winnipeg for $290. If she's going to be there for any period of time, maybe I'll fly to the Peg next weekend or something to see her in St. B. I just hope she gets back to GV soon.

Grandma has been in the hospital for about three weeks now. Everyone in the family is pretty concerned. Her heart is pretty week and she's not kicking her intestinal problems. I hope that she gets through this okay. Illness has always come to her infrequently but when it does, it hits her like a ton of bricks. Here is the letter I'm sending to her. It's a big vomit of everything going on in my life, but what else am I supposed to talk about? I love having political discussions with her, but I don't know if that's the thing to write to her about. Anyways, here it is:

Hi Grandma,

I’ve heard you’ve been having a bad go of it lately, so I thought I’d drop you a few lines to let you know that I’m thinking about you. It must be a nightmare to have to stay in the hospital! It’s not much fun. I hope that you’re feeling better these days.

I’m sure you had a good time at Manitou Beach with Uncle Ken and Auntie Lollie. Their place certainly is ideal for relaxing. We haven’t had much in the way of warm weather this summer, but I’m sure it was nice to hang out there for a few weeks anyways.

From what mom has told me, they aren’t really sure what is causing all of your discomfort. We can only hope you get out of the hospital as soon as possible. It would be fantastic to get out in time for Auntie Jeanne’s birthday party this weekend! It sounds like most of the family will be home for it this weekend, so you should have a lot of visiting to do! I only found out about the big party last week – a little too late to make alternate plans. I will have to call Auntie Jeanne on Sunday to wish her a happy birthday.

Instead, I have plans to race in the Alberta Time Trial Provincials in Darwell this weekend. I’m not really expecting a high placing, but I hope to beat my time from last year on the same course. Since I’ve been upgraded to Cat 2, it’s been a big test in humility. Now I’m racing with some of the strongest guys in the province (and the country, for that matter), I don’t really foresee getting a lot of high placings in races anymore. The days of glory are over! Hee Hee. Just knowing the company I’m keeping is supposed to be comfort enough, I guess.

We had our Road Race Provincials two weekends ago in Winfield. It was the most horrific race I’ve been in, weather-wise. It was 7 degrees Celsius with a heavy downpour and strong easterly winds to boot. It was a perfect storm to say the least. I’ve ridden in all of those conditions separately or in combinations of two, but never the three together. Needless to say, the race reconfirmed by beliefs that I’m a fair-weather rider. Maybe age has something to do with that…?

We have one more Provincial race after this weekend - on September 19 - the Hill Climb Championships at Mt. Norquay in Banff. We essentially climb the main road up to the ski hill. It’s about 3km at a very steep grade. It’s infamous for making your head explode on the way up (on top of the fact the climb starts at 4500ft and goes to about 5300ft.- no air to begin with!!!)

That’s finally the end of a very busy season. It’s been a very exciting racing season with great highs and yucky lows, but I managed to make it through relatively intact. I’m still working through insurance and the police to get the case on my bike/car accident closed. I’m very angry with the Calgary Police for their inactivity on my case. What a bunch of lazy oafs! If I had been injured in the accident, things would’ve been wrapped up much more quickly, but since it was only damage to my bike, it doesn’t seem to matter much to them. That sort of makes sense, since it would be left up to the court system or insurance to settle on monetary matters, however, after consulting with lawyers and the police on this and considering who it was that hit me, it’s likely the guy who hit me was unemployed and uninsured, so I was screwed either way. Now apparently he’s moved to Vancouver, and it would be futile for me to sue him, since he doesn’t have any money anyways and no one on the police force seems to be in a big hurry to find his address in Vancouver. Apparently, since he still hasn’t talked to the police in regards to the accident or completed a police statement (which is illegal), they are going to put out a summons on him, which will most likely never be resolved unless he’s ever stopped by traffic cops or something like that. I just can’t believe that there has been NO effort by the police forces at all to get this case finished.

It’s been a long four-month ordeal that I’ve had to be the constant pusher on. I’ve had to constantly urge the police to do anything, even talking directly to staff sergeants and threatening even more action beyond the police. They’ve essentially blamed me for letting the guy leave the scene of the accident without exchanging his insurance and plate information, like while I was lying on the ground I could hold the guy down so he wouldn’t leave before the police arrived. It’s quite sad, really. I’ve been through enough with this already, and now that the guy that hit me has gotten away scot-free and left me to pay all the bills myself, I’m pretty angry at the entire system…even more reason not to like cops.

Work has been extremely busy lately. I was moved to a new team with our department re-organization this spring, from an application development position, where you’re actually building the programs, to a support position, where you are maintaining them (or even administering life support to keep them alive…) and keeping them running for the customers/clients. I’ve found that I’ve been getting handed a lot of very un-related applications to support, so this is leading to another very steep learning curve on a bunch of very unfamiliar technologies. Things sort of get thrown at me rather suddenly without much of a chance to get to familiarize myself thoroughly with what I’m working with, so sometimes I feel like I’m troubleshooting by the seat of my pants. I guess I’ve been doing the right things, since they still keep giving me a paycheck and good performance reviews. It all certainly keeps me on my toes.

It’s hard to believe I’ve been working with the railway for 3 ½ years already. I sometimes feel like a jack of all trades, master of none – apparently this is preferable for a project manager, which I’m sort of thinking is the path I want to pursue down the road. I’m not so sure if I want to deal with the people and political headaches though. I really like leaving work at the office and having my evenings and weekends to myself to do the things I truly enjoy. If I was more passionate about what I was doing I’d probably make more of an effort to immerse myself in it, but that isn’t the case, at least not right now in the position I’m in working at the company I work for at this point in my life. I’m not sure what’s on the horizon for me.

Everything else is going okay. Life here is good, but I’m feeling the winds of change blowing again. There is talk around here about eventually moving to the West Coast, maybe not in the next year, but maybe the next five. I like the idea of living by the ocean. It’s something that’s always been in me to do. Pretty different for a Prairie boy, eh? I’m hesitant in a way. I think I would really miss the sun in the winter, but not freezing (and no more icy roads!) is a pretty nice counterpoint. Who knows? If I had the opportunity to work in another country again, I would probably consider that too. I would like to work in the United States for a while if I had the chance, but only to make a whole bunch of money and bring it back to Canada!

I went up to visit Owen and Chloe last weekend. We had a nice evening on Saturday just sitting around the kitchen table, talking and having a few beers. They have a very nice house and Owen has built a very formidable bar in the rec room. I even got to see the new camper. I think Owen will be seeing quite a bit more of me next summer whenever him and Chloe are up at the lake!

Unfortunately, I never got time to go to Lacombe and see Scott and Jen’s new house. Scott was out of town on the weekend. I’m planning on going back up to Red Deer again sometime in the fall, so I’ll get to check out the new digs then.

I don’t think I’ll be coming to Grandview for Christmas, but that’s not a certainty. I have three days of vacation left. A group of friends are planning on going to Vancouver Island for an extended weekend of scuba diving sometime in November, with some cycling and exploring during the day. I would like to go on the trip, but if things don’t end up working out and I can work out transportation to Grandview before Christmas, I’ll be there!

Next year there are some big plans and things going on, so most of my vacation is already reserved. I’m planning on going out to the East Coast with Joe sometime next summer. Joe is originally from Prince Edward Island, so we’ll be able to borrow his mom’s car and stay at his mom and step-dad’s house in Borden. It’ll make the trip much more affordable and I’ll have an excellent tour guide (as long as things haven’t changed too much – it’s been ten years since Joe’s been there)! I really think it will be a nice trip, but there will be a lot of miles to cover from Moncton to Halifax to Cavendish Beach on PEI. That will definitely be a two-week trip. I would really like to visit Newfoundland, but that will have to happen on another trip someday. There is also talk among the cyclists about another training session week in Arizona again next spring. I had such a great time down there last year, it is something else I would like to consider – so many places, so little time.

The World Masters Games are in Edmonton next summer as well. It’s a huge international competition – something like 20,000 participants, Olympics for old people! Hee Hee. Actually in most sports, Masters is considered anyone over 30. I’m planning on racing in all of the road cycling events which take place on two weekends, and track racing at the Argyll Velodrome in Edmonton which takes place during the week in between. There are quite a few of my cycling buddies that are planning on racing in some of the events as well, so I’ve taken an additional week off of work for that. My training goal over the next year is working to peak in my performance levels for that event next year. Once those games are over, I am already looking to 2006, when two more international events are fortunately taking place in North America. They are being held in Chicago and Montreal with a week in between, so I’m hoping to book three straight weeks for those two events (but I have to factor in some time to celebrate Dad’s 60th birthday that year as well). These events are also expecting to draw between 10-15,000 participants each. Talk about early planning! It may sound a little obsessive to some people, but I’ve found setting long-term goals definitely keeps your eye on the prize. It’s worked quite successfully with my cycling, running and triathlon – I only wish I could figure out how to apply it more to other things in my life.

Hopefully that will all come with time…

I expect by the time you get this letter, you’ll be out of the hospital already, so some of this might be old news already. It’s hard to believe that it’s been so long since I’ve actually sat down and wrote a letter. I realize how out of date the information gets as it did when I used to write letters frequently. You get accustomed to having more and more information around you all the time. Life is quite different these days with instant information at your fingertips or on a screen 24/7 if you want it.

Since you’ve been in my thoughts a lot lately, I just thought I’d send you healing vibes to get you on the road to a speedy recovery and a little (?) update of what’s going on in my life. I hope you’re feeling better soon.

I love you very much Grandma. Take care.

Love alwaysReid

What else is going on? Track provincials were fun, although Dave Corr and I spent most of Sunday in Foothills Hospital with Brian Kullman and Jon Keech who had crashed on the track. They were luckily only really banged up and nothing was broken. Dad and Mom came into Calgary that day from Red Deer, where they had been hanging out with Owen in the hospital while the doctors were trying to figure out what was wrong with him. Imagine their surprise when I asked them to meet me in the hospital in Calgary! They were wonderful - they patiently waited until we got Brian released, and drove Dave and I back down to the velodrome, where we managed to get into the final race of the day with Sean Huggins-Chan, the Olympic Pursuit. We ended up going down to the Barley Mill at Eau Claire for food and drinks and walked around Prince's Island for awhile before they dropped me off and headed back to RD.

The following weekend was the RR Provincials in Winfield. Worst racing weather ever. I felt crappy for the first two-thirds of the race until we turned out of the wind and my feet were able to warm up, however we had already been dropped from the main pack and finished about 15 minutes behind the winner (Zach Bell, no doubt). Graeme Thomson, Steve German, Dave Leahy and myself all crossed the line together as the Cat 3 winners were crossing the line. I was very glad when that day was over.

Last weekend I headed up to Red Deer on Saturday to visit with Owen and Chloe. We had a fun time - very short, but good. I'm planning on heading back up there sometime again in the fall.

Most of the Red Deer crew is heading to Manitoba this weekend for Joey and Michelle's wedding in Russell. As well, Auntie Jeanne's 60th birthday party is this weekend in the Wilson barn. I was sort of surprised that they were having such a big party, and I was disappointed to not find out about it sooner. I got an email from Grant this week asking me if we wanted to drive to Grandview together. Even he is going. I'm probably the only kid in the family that won't be there.

Oh well, TT Provs are this weekend in Darwell. I'm not hoping to win anything, but I am hoping to beat my course time from last year - 58:18.

The weekend after, I'm volunteering at the Calgary Corporate Challenge team triathlon. For some ungodly reason, Peter Finnie figured that we had a hard time putting together a triathlon team, which is completely wrong, so he didn't enter us in the event since the CCC board is sanctioning companies that are no-shows to events now.

The CCC 10K (which I'm organizing AGAIN) is on the 18th, and the Hill Climb Provincials are on the 19th. And then the racing season is over. I'm also organizing the Frontrunners Ekiden teams, which reminds me - I need to register today!

That's about it. Joe's working very hard and working lots. I haven't seen much of him lately, but we're going to catch a movie tonight hopefully and we're planning on spending the night of the 18th in Banff before the HC on Sunday. The hotels are still very pricy, so I'm not sure how that's going to work out. Nick and him are planning on going to Vancouver for their birthdays on the October 16th weekend, while I'm in Banff running the Ekiden.

Grandview Trip - July 29 - August 2, 2004

Another whirlwind trip back to GV. I left Calgary on Wednesday night and made it to Saskatoon at midnight. Tara was up but Grant was in bed so we sat up and talked for awhile and then watched a movie (Wet Hot American Summer - very weird)

Never saw Grant in the morning either. Headed out around 9:30 and got to GV around 3pm. Visit with Grandma, Uncle Ken, Auntie Lollie in town until heading to the farm. Had a steak supper, few beers with dad while waiting for mom to get home. Visited and headed over to Lance and Buffy's for the evening.

Friday afternoon headed to Dauphin to pick some things up and visit with Michelle Jubenvill (Wilcox). Had a great visit, finally met Emma. Headed back to GV to get ready for anniversary. Showed up there around 8:30pm. It was visiting overload. Talked to lots of people, even saw Jody Powell and met his wife. Met Mitchell Grasby for the first time. Ended up stopped at Ervin and Maggie Morran's for a drink on the way home.

Saturday early afternoon headed up to Child's Lake. Stayed at mom and dad's lot. Owen and Chloe plus Kiall stayed at Britton's. Went over there for late dinner once fishers returned with their bounty. Spent most of the day hanging out and visiting with people on other lots.

Sunday, went scuba diving with Ron Myers in the morning. Very cool just to get out. Saw many Mariah beds (rooks) that they burrow into the lakebed. Spent the afternoon visiting. Dave and Roxanne and girls came for the afternoon. Also at the lake, Jeff and Denise Safronetz, Jennifer Wilson and boyfriend (Kevin?), Tracy Shields and Shirley Fraser and men plus Euphemia, Clinton and Joanna Myers and boys, Ryan Yarush, Chris and Lindsey Zamonsky, Darcy and Erin Brasch and daughter.

Drove Ryan's jeep home with Takeo in the back while mom drove my car home. Had dinner at Britton's again. Left for Calgary around 9:30 am on Monday.

2004 Season Results so far:

Grand Prix Bici # 1
Saturday, April 18, 2004
Calgary, Alberta

Category 3
Joel Regimbald ( Synergy ) 55m27s
Graeme Thomson ( bicisport ) st
Robert Martens ( Blizzard ) st
Mark MacDonald ( Sport Chek ) st
Ted Emes ( ERTC / redbike ) st
Phil Rayner ( Headwinds ) st
Nick Lynem ( Ridley's ) st
Sean Carter ( Snakebite ) st
Reid Dalgleish ( Synergy ) st
Harley Desprey ( Velocity ) st
Stephen German ( Revoluzione ) st
Spencer Royds ( Independent ) st
Jeff Klassen ( CABC / Projekt 1 ) st
Graham Rudge ( ERTC / redbike ) st
Ross Andersen ( Synergy ) st
Gord Kennedy ( Bow Cycle ) st
Chris Harrison ( ERTC / redbike ) st
Andrew Gage ( Eurotech ) st
David Kennedy ( Bow Cycle / CMC ) st
Jason Shenkariuk ( Snakebite ) st
Don Halliday ( Bow Cycle / CMC ) st
Per Strom ( bicisport ) 58m40s
Jonathan Nutbrown ( Bow Cycle / CMC ) dnf
Brian Bain ( Bow Cycle / CMC ) dnf
Glenn Murphy ( Velocity ) dnf
Dan Bierd ( bicisport ) dnf

Grand Prix Bici # 2
Saturday, April 24, 2004
Calgary, Alberta


Jason Shenkariuk ( Pedalhead ) 55m33s
Joel Regimbald ( Synergy ) st
Per Strom ( bicisport ) st
Harley Desprey ( Velocity ) st
Robert Martens ( Blizzard ) st
Kevin Masters ( Pedalhead Road / Sleemans ) st
Sean Carter ( Snakebite ) st
Graeme Thomson ( bicisport ) st
Reid Dalgleish ( Synergy ) st
Stephen German ( Revoluzione ) st
Mark MacDonald ( Sportchek ) st
Brian Bain ( Bow Cycle / CMC ) st
Ted Emes ( ERTC / redbike ) st
Spencer Royds ( Snakebite ) st
Phil Rayner ( Headwinds ) st
David Shylko ( Pedalhead Road / Sleeman ) st
Dave Kennedy ( Bow Cycle / CMC ) st
Jonathan Nutbrown ( Bow Cycle / CMC ) st
Graham Rudge ( ERTC / redbike ) st
Dan Bierd ( bicisport ) st
Jack VanDyk ( Terrascape ) st
Nick Lynem ( Ridley's ) st
Gordon Kennedy ( Bow Cycle / CMC ) st
Dave Crewe ( GS Campione ) st
David Watson ( Velocity ) st
Andrew Gage ( Eurotech ) st
Jeff Klassen ( CABC / Projekt 1 ) 55m55s
Michael Johns ( CABC / Projekt 1 ) 56m10s
Brian Kullman ( Synergy ) 57m05s
Don Halliday ( Bow Cycle / CMC ) st

Ardrossan Stage Race
May 8 & 9, 2004
Ardrossan, Alberta
Category 3
Troy Misseghers ( Mountain Bike City ) TT 0:07:24 ( 5 ) CR 0:45:27 ( 7 ) RR 2:13:59 ( 1 ) GC 3:06:50 ( 1 )
Kevin Masters ( Pedalhead Road/Sleeman ) TT 0:07:25 ( 6 ) CR 0:45:27 ( 15 ) RR 2:14:01 ( 2 ) GC 3:06:53 ( 2 )
Jason Shenkariuk ( Pedalhead ) TT 0:07:48 ( 20 ) CR 0:45:27 ( 11 ) RR 2:14:27 ( 3 ) GC 3:07:42 ( 3 )
Kevin McFadzen ( Schwalbe Cycling ) TT 0:07:13 ( 1 ) CR 0:45:27 ( 10 ) RR 2:17:07 ( 4 ) GC 3:09:47 ( 4 )
Mark MacDonald* ( Sport Chek ) TT 0:07:17 ( 2 ) CR 0:45:23 ( 3 ) RR 2:17:17 ( 6 ) GC 3:09:57 ( 5 )
Evan Sherman ( United Cycle ) TT 0:07:50 ( 22 ) CR 0:45:27 ( 4 ) RR 2:17:17 ( 5 ) GC 3:10:34 ( 6 )
Ted Emes ( ERTC/redbike ) TT 0:07:37 ( 11 ) CR 0:45:27 ( 9 ) RR 2:18:03 ( 10 ) GC 3:11:07 ( 7 )
Sean Carter ( Snakebite Society ) TT 0:08:06 ( 30 ) CR 0:45:27 ( 5 ) RR 2:18:00 ( 9 ) GC 3:11:33 ( 8 )
Brian Bain* ( Bow Cycle/CMC ) TT 0:08:18 ( 36 ) CR 0:45:27 ( 8 ) RR 2:18:46 ( 12 ) GC 3:12:31 ( 9 )
David Shylko ( Pedalhead Road/Sleeman ) TT 0:08:29 ( 39 ) CR 0:47:46 ( 31 ) RR 2:17:26 ( 8 ) GC 3:13:41 ( 10 )
Nick Lynem ( Ridley's ) TT 0:07:45 ( 16 ) CR 0:48:46 ( 33 ) RR 2:17:17 ( 7 ) GC 3:13:48 ( 11 )
Chris Harrison ( ERTC/redbike ) TT 0:07:45 ( 17 ) CR 0:47:46 ( 29 ) RR 2:19:53 ( 13 ) GC 3:15:24 ( 12 )
Shaun Adamson* ( United Cycle ) TT 0:07:34 ( 9 ) CR 0:45:27 ( 12 ) RR 2:25:35 ( 14 ) GC 3:18:36 ( 13 )
Graham Rudge ( ERTC/redbike ) TT 0:07:54 ( 26 ) CR 0:45:37 ( 21 ) RR 2:26:12 ( 15 ) GC 3:19:43 ( 14 )
Jeff Sparling* ( Bow Cycle/CMC ) TT 0:07:22 ( 3 ) CR 0:45:18 ( 1 ) RR 2:27:26 ( 16 ) GC 3:20:06 ( 15 )
Paul Paetsch ( ERTC/redbike ) TT 0:08:17 ( 34 ) CR 0:45:27 ( 17 ) RR 2:27:30 ( 17 ) GC 3:21:14 ( 16 )
Harley Desprey ( Velocity ) TT 0:07:47 ( 19 ) CR 0:45:27 ( 6 ) RR 2:28:07 ( 20 ) GC 3:21:21 ( 17 )
Sean Walsh* ( Bow Cycle/CMC ) TT 0:07:48 ( 21 ) CR 0:45:27 ( 14 ) RR 2:28:07 ( 21 ) GC 3:21:22 ( 18 )
Tim Deschenes ( Velocity ) TT 0:08:03 ( 29 ) CR 0:45:48 ( 24 ) RR 2:27:40 ( 19 ) GC 3:21:31 ( 19 )
Peter Toth ( ERTC/redbike ) TT 0:07:54 ( 25 ) CR 0:55:16 ( 40 ) RR 2:18:36 ( 11 ) GC 3:21:46 ( 20 )
Rene Regimbald* ( Synergy ) TT 0:07:46 ( 18 ) CR 0:45:23 ( 2 ) RR 2:29:45 ( 22 ) GC 3:22:54 ( 21 )
Marty Machacek ( G.S. Campione ) TT 0:07:28 ( 7 ) CR 0:48:46 ( 34 ) RR 2:27:35 ( 18 ) GC 3:23:49 ( 22 )
Ross Andersen ( Synergy ) TT 0:07:35 ( 10 ) CR 0:45:27 ( 16 ) RR 2:34:50 ( 24 ) GC 3:27:52 ( 23 )
Reid Dalgleish ( Synergy ) TT 0:07:29 ( 8 ) CR 0:45:26 ( 13 ) RR 2:35:30 ( 25 ) GC 3:28:25 ( 24 )
Michael Vukadinovic ( Skookum Cycle ) TT 0:08:18 ( 37 ) CR 0:45:27 ( 19 ) RR 2:34:50 ( 18 ) GC 3:28:35 ( 25 )
Graeme Thomson ( bicisport ) TT 0:07:23 ( 4 ) CR 0:47:16 ( 27 ) RR 2:34:50 ( 23 ) GC 3:29:29 ( 26 )
David Watson ( Velocity ) TT 0:07:58 ( 27 ) CR 0:45:37 ( 20 ) RR 2:43:36 ( 27 ) GC 3:37:11 ( 27 )
Jeff Klassen ( CABC/Projekt 1 ) TT 0:07:42 ( 14 ) CR 0:47:04 ( 26 ) RR 2:43:12 ( 26 ) GC 3:37:58 ( 28 )
Kyle Halstead ( Cycledelia ) TT 0:08:35 ( 40 ) CR 0:50:46 ( 36 ) RR 2:46:04 ( 29 ) GC 3:45:25 ( 29 )
Brian Kullman ( Synergy ) TT 0:08:16 ( 33 ) CR 0:54:16 ( 39 ) RR 2:43:53 ( 28 ) GC 3:46:25 ( 30 )
John Twells ( Pedalhead ) TT 0:07:51 ( 23 ) CR 0:45:27 ( 18 ) RR ( dnf ) GC ( dnf )
Jack VanDyk ( Terrascape ) TT 0:07:43 ( 15 ) CR 0:45:41 ( 22 ) RR ( dnf ) GC ( dnf )
Phil Rayner ( Headwinds ) TT 0:08:13 ( 31 ) CR 0:47:16 ( 28 ) RR ( dnf ) GC ( dnf )
Jason Kincaid ( United Cycle ) TT 0:07:53 ( 24 ) CR 0:47:46 ( 30 ) RR ( dnf ) GC ( dnf )
Craig Horon ( Velocity ) TT 0:08:18 ( 35 ) CR 0:48:16 ( 32 ) RR ( dnf ) GC ( dnf )
Ryan Anderson* ( Juventus ) TT 0:07:59 ( 28 ) CR 0:49:46 ( 35 ) RR ( dnf ) GC ( dnf )
Kevin Bowser* ( Bow Cycle/CMC ) TT 0:08:13 ( 32 ) CR 0:52:46 ( 37 ) RR ( dns ) GC ( dnf )
Wayne Giles* ( Bow Cycle/CMC ) TT 0:07:38 ( 12 ) CR 0:53:46 ( 38 ) RR ( dnf ) GC ( dnf )
Rob MacCollum ( Pedalhead Road/Sleeman ) TT 0:08:38 ( 41 ) CR 0:55:16 ( 41 ) RR ( dnf ) GC ( dnf )
Andy Achuff ( Pedalhead ) TT 0:07:39 ( 13 ) CR 0:46:10 ( 25 ) RR ( dns ) GC ( dnf )
Andre Sutton ( Hardcore ) TT 0:08:20 ( 38 ) CR 0:45:44 ( 23 ) RR ( dnf ) GC ( dnf )

Alberta time trial series # 1
Saturday, May 15, 2004
Canmore, Alberta
Category 3
Kevin Masters ( Pedalhead Roadworks ) 0:57:00.0
Reid Dalgleish ( Synergy Racing ) 0:58:08.0
John Impey ( Bow Cycle ) 0:58:11.0
Graham Rudge ( ERTC/Redbike ) 0:58:37.0
Phil Rayner ( Headwinds CC ) 0:59:00.0
Jack VanDyk ( Terrascape Racing ) 0:59:47.0
Edward Emes ( ERTC/Redbike ) 1:00:01.0
Frank Kovacs ( Snakebite Society ) 1:00:08.0
David C Watson ( Velocity ) 1:00:15.0
Jeff Klassen ( ERTC/Redbike ) 1:01:41.0
Steve Elm ( Bow Cycle ) 1:01:45.0
Bob McKerrell ( CABC / Projekt One ) 1:02:06.0
Joel Regimbald ( Synergy Racing ) 1:02:55.0
Craig Horon ( Velocity ) 1:03:05.0
Harley Desprey ( Velocity ) 1:05:08.0
Mike Patton ( Synergy Racing ) 1:05:33.0
Christopher Harrison ( ERTC/Redbike ) 1:07:53.0

Alberta team time trial series # 1
Sunday, May 16, 2004
Canmore, Alberta

Men
Bob Veroba ( Bicisport ) DNF Per Strom ( Bicisport ) 0:51:32.0 Ryan McKenzie ( Devinci/Sportrack ) 0:51:32.0 Taylor Little ( River Valley Cycle ) 0:51:32.0 James Sparling ( Bow Cycle ) 0:51:32.0 Jesse James Collins ( Bicisport ) 0:51:33.0

Gregg Menard ( Juventus ) 0:52:03.0 Chris Rubuliak ( Juventus ) 0:52:03.0 Christopher Wright ( Juventus ) 0:52:03.0 Bruce Copeland ( Juventus ) 0:52:03.0 Nicholas Jendzjowsky ( Pedalhead Roadworks ) 0:52:03.0 Kevin Masters ( Pedalhead Roadworks ) 0:52:16.0

Geoff Johns ( Bianchi-The Bike Shop ) 0:52:33.0 Dylan Snowdon ( Bianchi-The Bike Shop ) 0:52:33.0 Nicholas Friesen ( Bianchi-The Bike Shop ) 0:52:33.0 Paul Kelly ( Bianchi-The Bike Shop ) 0:52:33.0 Pat Dodge ( Bianchi-The Bike Shop ) 0:52:33.0 Robert Gasienca ( Bianchi-The Bike Shop ) DNF

Edward Emes ( ERTC/Redbike ) 0:53:02.0 Kevin Rokosh ( ERTC/Redbike ) 0:53:02.0 Graham Rudge ( ERTC/Redbike ) 0:53:02.0 Cameron McKnight ( ERTC/Redbike ) 0:53:02.0 Jere Hu ( ERTC/Redbike ) 0:53:10.0 David Ariano ( ERTC/Redbike ) 0:55:44.0

Shawn Taylor ( Rundle Mountain CC ) 0:55:15.0 Scott Manktelow ( Rundle Mountain CC ) 0:55:15.0 Gary Brown ( Rundle Mountain CC ) 0:55:15.0 Andrew Reed ( Rundle Mountain CC ) 0:55:15.0 Brent Bittner ( Rundle Mountain CC ) 0:56:03.0 Patrick Griffith ( Rundle Mountain CC ) 1:03:50.0

Reid Dalgleish ( Synergy Racing ) 0:56:15.0 Tyler Boake ( Synergy Racing ) 0:56:15.0 Jayson Gillespie ( Synergy Racing ) 0:56:15.0 Craig Good ( Synergy Racing ) 0:56:15.0 Chris Hooper ( Synergy Racing ) 1:01:20.0 Brian Kullman ( Synergy Racing ) 1:10:28.0

Bob McKerrell ( CABC / Projekt One ) 0:57:52.0 Jason Frank ( CABC / Projekt One ) 0:57:52.0 Michael Fix ( CABC / Projekt One ) 0:57:52.0 Michael Meeres ( CABC / Projekt One ) 0:57:52.0 Ted Dahms ( Pedalhead Roadworks ) 0:57:52.0 Dave Jaeger ( CABC / Projekt One ) 1:02:01.0

Dylan Menard ( Juventus ) 0:58:04.0 David C Watson ( Velocity ) 0:58:04.0 Harley Desprey ( Velocity ) 0:58:04.0 Craig Horon ( Velocity ) 0:58:04.0 Ryan Lakhram ( Juventus ) 1:04:24.0 Brad VanderVeen ( Velocity ) 1:08:25.0

Peter Heppleston ( Edmonton Masters CC ) 1:00:03.0 Ed Heacock ( Edmonton Masters CC ) 1:00:03.0 Karl Schneider ( Edmonton Masters CC ) 1:00:03.0 Shane Frahm ( Edmonton Masters CC ) 1:00:03.0 Gordon Sustrik ( Edmonton Masters CC ) 1:09:26.0 Jim Yeske ( Edmonton Masters CC ) 1:10:05.0

Marie Kaplan ( Edm Masters CC ) 1:08:05.0 Barry Evans ( Edm Masters CC ) 1:08:05.0 Johnathan Billheimer ( Edm Masters CC ) 1:11:03.0 Linda d'Ilio ( Edm Masters CC ) 1:11:16.0 Marcy Dibbs ( Edm Masters CC ) 1:18:43.0 Graem Dibbs ( Edm Masters CC ) 1:18:43.0

Inform Cycle downtown criterium
Sunday, May 16, 2004
Canmore, Alberta
Category 3
Rene Regimbald ( Synergy ) 0:53:26
Robert Martens ( Blizzard ) 0:53:26
Sean Carter ( Snakebite Society ) 0:53:26
Joel Regimbald ( Synergy Racing ) 0:53:26
Steve Elm ( Bow Cycle ) 0:53:26
Brian Kullman ( Synergy Racing ) 0:53:26
Harley Desprey ( Velocity ) 0:53:26
Kevin Masters ( Pedalhead Roadworks ) 0:53:26
Marty Schaffer ( Bicisport ) 0:53:26
David C Watson ( Velocity ) 0:53:26
Christopher Harrison ( ERTC/Redbike ) 0:53:26
Frank Kovacs ( Snakebite Society ) 0:53:26
Craig Horon ( Velocity ) 0:53:26
Reid Dalgleish ( Synergy Racing ) 0:53:26

Bikes on Broadway
May 22, 23, 24, 2004
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Category 3
Edward Emes ( ERTC ) TT 0:11:26 CR 0:58:23 RR 1:31:59 GC 2:41:38
Graeme Thomson ( Bicisport ) TT 0:11:38 CR 0:58:23 RR 1:31:59 GC 2:42:00
Reid Dalgleish ( Synergy ) TT 0:11:43 CR 0:58:23 RR 1:31:59 GC 2:42:05
Graham Rudge ( ERTC ) TT 0:11:44 CR 0:58:23 RR 1:31:59 GC 2:42:06
Matt Walker ( Cycledelia ) TT 0:12:00 CR 0:58:23 RR 1:31:59 GC 2:42:07
Curtis Earl ( Cycledelia ) TT 0:11:50 CR 0:58:23 RR 1:31:59 GC 2:42:12
Greg Fulford ( Cycle-Logic ) TT 0:11:53 CR 0:58:23 RR 1:31:59 GC 2:42:15
Scott Cranston ( Cycledelia ) TT 0:11:58 CR 0:58:23 RR 1:31:59 GC 2:42:15
Mark Russell ( Cycledelia ) TT 0:12:08 CR 0:58:23 RR 1:31:59 GC 2:42:30
David Watson ( Velocity ) TT 0:12:09 CR 0:58:23 RR 1:31:59 GC 2:42:31
Harley Desprey ( Velocity ) TT 0:12:24 CR 0:58:23 RR 1:31:59 GC 2:42:46
Jeff Hehn ( Cycledelia ) TT 0:12:26 CR 0:58:23 RR 1:31:59 GC 2:42:48
Brad Kerr ( RCC ) TT 0:11:47 CR 0:58:23 RR 1:32:54 GC 2:42:54
Steve Martins ( Hardcore ) TT 0:13:01 CR 0:58:23 RR 1:31:59 GC 2:43:23
Jay Hawranik ( VW /Kal Tire ) TT 0:12:07 CR 0:58:23 RR 1:33:12 GC 2:43:42
Kyle Halstead ( Cycledelia ) TT 0:12:48 CR 1:00:18 RR 1:31:59 GC 2:45:05
Tim Woodcock ( Woodcock Cycle ) TT 0:12:27 CR 0:58:23 RR 1:34:42 GC 2:45:27
Craig Horon ( Velocity ) TT 0:12:06 CR 0:59:40 RR 1:34:42 GC 2:46:28
Andrew Nichol ( Team Manitoba ) TT 0:11:48 CR 0:59:40 RR 1:35:18 GC 2:46:46
Paul Kowalzik ( RNR ) TT 0:12:55 CR 1:00:47 RR 1:39:03 GC 2:52:45
Dean Shaw ( Cycledelia ) TT 0:13:08 CR DNS RR DNS GC DNF
Robert Martens ( Blizzard ) TT 0:12:18 CR 0:58:23 RR DNF GC

Bikeshevik Grand Prix
May 29 & 30, 2004
Calgary, Alberta
Master Men
cp Walsh Synergy 41
Reid Dalgleish Synergy 35
Tim Caulfield* Juventus 17
Dave Embury* Juventus 11
David Corr Synergy 10
Norm Kalmanovitch* Bow Cycle/CMC 5
John Plant* Crankmasters 4
Rob Onodera* GS Campione 4
Roger Tetrault* Velocity 2

200m - Master Men
cp Walsh Synergy 12.22s
Tim Caulfield* Juventus 12.25s
Norm Kalmanovitch* Bow Cycle/CMC 13.04s
Reid Dalgleish Synergy 13.55s
Roger Tetrault* Velocity 13.61s
David Corr Synergy 13.76s
John Plant* Crankmasters 13.98s
Dave Embury* Juventus 14.42s
Stuart Harbottle* Bow Cycle/CMC 14.76s
Rob Onodera* GS Campione 16.25s

3000m - Master Men
Reid Dalgleish Synergy 4m03.9s
cp Walsh Synergy 4m09.7s
David Corr Synergy 4m18.5s
Dave Embury Juventus 4m21.5s
John Plant Crankmasters 4m30.2s
Rob Onodera GS Campione 4m32.8s
Stuart Harbottle Bow Cycle/CMC 4m35.3s
Norm Kalmanovitch Bow Cycle/CMC 4m38.9s
Roger Tetrault Velocity 4m41.3s

Master Men - Kilo
Tim Caulfield* Juventus 1m13.08s
cp Walsh Synergy 1m13.99s
Reid Dalgleish Synergy 1m15.56s
Dave Embury* Juventus 1m17.79s
David Corr Synergy 1m18.09s
John Plant* Crankmasters 1m20.63s
Rob Onodera* GS Campione 1m22.89s
Stuart Harbottle* Bow Cycle/CMC 1m24.73s
Roger Tetrault* Velocity 1m24.89s

POINTS RACE - U17 and Master Men
Eric Smith (U17) Bow Cycle/CMC
Reid Dalgleish (Mas) Synergy
Anthony Stadnyk (U17) Bicisport
cp Walsh (Mas) Synergy
Nic Andrichuk (U17) Bow Cycle/CMC
Spencer Smitheman (Mas) Juventus
David Corr (Mas) Synergy
Rob Onodera (Mas) GS Campione
Brian Robinson (U17) Bow Cycle/CMC
John Plant (Mas) Crankmasters
Stuart Harbottle (Mas) Bow Cycle/CMC
Dave Embury (Mas) Juventus
Paul MacDonald (U17) Sport Chek
Kasper Woiceshyn (U17) Bow Cycle/CMC
William Monteath (U17) Juventus

KEIREN - Master Men
cp Walsh Synergy
Reid Dalgleish Synergy
Dave Embury Juventus
Rob Onodera GS Campione
David Corr Synergy
John Plant Crankmasters
Stuart Harbottle Crankmasters

Pigeon lake road race
June 6, 2004
Pigeon Lake, Alberta
Category 3
Ryan Anderson ( Juventus ) 2h58m12s
Shawn Goulet ( Pedalhead Road/Sleeman ) st
Mark MacDonald ( Sport Chek ) st
Graham Rudge ( ERTC/redbike ) st
Brian Kullman ( Synergy ) st
Trev Williams ( Revoluzione ) st
Reid Dalgleish ( Synergy ) st
John Twells ( Pedalhead ) st
Shaun Adamson ( United Cycle ) st
Brian Bain ( Bow Cycle/CMC ) st
Sean Walsh ( Bow Cycle/CMC ) st
Ross Anderson ( Synergy ) st
Dave Watson ( Velocity ) st
Greg Fulford ( Cycle-Logic ) 2h58m29s
Mike Sarnecki ( United Cycle ) st
Rob MacCollum ( Pedalhead Road/Sleeman ) 2h58m54s
Rene Regimbald ( Synergy ) st
Jeff Klassen ( ERTC/redbike ) 3h00m45s
Sean Carter ( Snakebite Society ) st
Paul Paetsch ( ERTC/redbike ) 3h01m47s
Jason Kincaid ( United Cycle ) st
Graeme Thomson ( bicisport ) 3h02m23s
Orest Massitti ( bicisport ) st
Glenn Murphy ( Pedalhead Road/Sleeman ) 3h02m36s
Peter Toth ( ERTC/redbike ) 3h03m05s
Ryan Steenbergen ( Bow Cycle/CMC ) 3h04m28s
Steve Martins ( Hardcore ) 3h06m19s
Bob McKerrell ( CABC/Projekt 1 ) 3h12m32s
Dave Shylko ( Pedalhead Road/Sleeman ) 3h13m18s
Wayne Giles ( Bow Cycle/CMC ) 3h15m50s
Michael Johns ( CABC/Projekt 1 ) 3h19m33s
Chris Harrison ( ERTC/redbike ) 3h19m40s
Curtis Roper ( Velocity ) dnf
Andy Achuff ( Pedalhead ) dnf
Craig Horon ( Velocity ) dnf

Alberta time trial series # 2
Sunday, June 13, 2004
Lethbridge, Alberta
Category 3
Phil Rayner ( Headwinds ) 1h02m04s
Reid Dalgleish ( Synergy ) 1h05m48s
Jack VanDyk ( Terrascape ) 1h10m05s
Frank Kovacs ( Snakebite Society ) 1h10m32s
John Impey ( Bow Cycle/CMC ) dnf

Prairie Steamer Stage Race
June 19 & 20, 2004
Calgary/Cochrane, Alberta
Category 3
Ryan Anderson ( Juventus ) RR ( 1 ) 3:45:05 - HC ( 1 ) 0:02:25 - TT ( 4 ) 0:01:19 - GC 3:48:39
Shaun Adamson ( United Cycle ) RR ( 3 ) 3:45:14 - HC ( 3 ) 0:02:33 - TT ( 2 ) 0:01:18 - GC 3:49:01
Shawn Goulet ( Pedalhead Road/Sleeman ) RR ( 6 ) 3:45:19 - HC ( 6 ) 0:02:36 - TT ( 5 ) 0:01:19 - GC 3:49:14
Jon Benson ( Manitoba ) RR ( 4 ) 3:45:17 - HC ( 5 ) 0:02:36 - TT ( 10 ) 0:01:23 - GC 3:49:16
Greg Fulford ( 9th Street Cycle-Logic ) RR ( 7 ) 3:45:24 - HC ( 4 ) 0:02:35 - TT ( 6 ) 0:01:20 - GC 3:49:19
Reid Dalgleish ( Synergy ) RR ( 10 ) 3:45:35 - HC ( 9 ) 0:02:38 - TT ( 3 ) 0:01:18 - GC 3:49:31
Ross Anderson ( Synergy ) RR ( 9 ) 3:45:27 - HC ( 11 ) 0:02:45 - TT ( 8 ) 0:01:23 - GC 3:49:35
Graeme Thomsom ( bicisport ) RR ( 12 ) 4:02:44 - HC ( 2 ) 0:02:30 - TT ( 1 ) 0:01:15 - GC 4:06:29
Dan Bierd ( bicisport ) RR ( 15 ) 4:02:44 - HC ( 8 ) 0:02:37 - TT ( 7 ) 0:01:20 - GC 4:06:41
Jay Hawranik ( Manitoba ) RR ( 14 ) 4:02:53 - HC ( 7 ) 0:02:37 - TT ( 9 ) 0:01:23 - GC 4:06:53
Orest Massitti ( bicisport ) RR ( 13 ) 4:02:53 - HC ( 10 ) 0:02:44 - TT ( ) dns - GC
Michael Johns ( CABC/Projekt 1 ) RR ( 16 ) 4:04:41 - HC ( 12 ) 0:02:51 - TT ( ) dns - GC
Paul MacDonald ( United Cycle ) RR ( 2 ) 3:45:14 - HC ( dnf ) - TT ( ) - GC
David Watson ( Velocity ) RR ( 5 ) 3:45:18 - HC ( dnf ) - TT ( ) - GC
Jason Lapierre ( Independent ) RR ( 8 ) 3:45:26 - HC ( dnf ) - TT ( ) - GC
Brian Bain ( Bow Cycle/CMC ) RR ( 11 ) 3:49:45 - HC ( dnf ) - TT ( ) - GC
Robert Martens ( Blizzard ) RR ( dnf ) - HC ( dnf ) - TT ( ) - GC
Tim Ogryzlo ( Pedalhead ) RR ( dnf ) - HC ( dnf ) - TT ( ) - GC
Andrew Gage ( Eurotech ) RR ( dnf ) - HC ( dnf ) - TT ( ) - GC
Brian Kullman ( Synergy ) RR ( dnf ) - HC ( dnf ) - TT ( ) - GC
Bob McKerrell ( CABC/Projekt 1 ) RR ( dnf ) - HC ( dnf ) - TT ( ) - GC

ERTC Canada Day Criterium
Thursday July 1, 2004
Edmonton, Alberta

Category 1 & 2 & 3
Zach Bell ( Synergy )
Nick Jendzjowsky ( Pedalhead Road/Sleeman )
Sean Barr ( Pedalhead Road/Sleeman )
Mike Stickland ( Pedalhead Road/Sleeman )
Reid Dalgleish ( Synergy )
Jere Hu ( ERTC/redbike )
Sean Walsh ( Team Alberta )
Nick Friesen ( Bianchi/The Bike Shop )
Chris Wright ( Juventus )
Shawn Goulet ( Pedalhead Road/Sleeman )
Tim Ogryzlo ( Pedalhead )
Jeff Sparling ( Team Alberta )
Ryan Anderson ( Team Alberta )
Shaun Adamson ( Team Alberta )
Robert Simpson ( Juventus )
Guri Randhawa ( Pedalhead Road/Sleeman )
Matt Walker ( Cycledelia )
John Twells ( Pedalhead )
Paul Macdonald ( United Cycle )
Dan Wood ( ERTC/redbike )
Harley Desprey ( Velocity )
Kevin Masters ( Pedalhead Road/Sleeman )
Kamren Farr ( ERTC/redbike )
Dan Bradley ( ERTC/redbike )
Mark Fewster ( TRS Racing )
John-Chris Reid ( Oak Bay Cycle )
Dylan Snowdon ( Bianchi/The Bike Shop )
Joel Regimbald ( Synergy )
Felix Haspel ( Synergy )
Robert Martens ( Blizzard )
Chris Harrison ( ERTC/redbike )
Mike Sarnecki ( United Cycle )
Brian Kullman ( Synergy )
Ross Andersen ( Synergy )
Lloyd Kupchanko ( ERTC/redbike )
Craig Horon ( Velocity )
Brian Bain ( Team Alberta )
James Sparling ( Bow Cycle/CMC )
Mark Macdonald ( Sport Chek )
Daniel Skinner ( Oak Bay Cycle )
Graham Rudge ( ERTC/redbike )
Ted Emes ( ERTC/redbike )
Dave Ellis ( Pedalhead Road/Sleeman )
Jon Wood ( ERTC/redbike )
Curtis Roper ( Velocity )
Gregg Menard ( Juventus )
Chris Rubuliak ( Juventus )
Peter Toth ( ERTC/redbike )

Alberta team time trial series # 2
Saturday, July 3, 2004 Ride For Wild Roses
Cochrane, Alberta
Category 1&2
1 . Geoff Johns (Bianchi/The Bike Shop) Dylan Snowdon (Bianchi/The Bike Shop) 0:52:50
2 . Jere Hu (ERTC/redbike) Kevin Rokosh (ERTC/redbike) 0:53:58
3 . Reid Dalgleish (Synergy) Craig Good (Synergy) 0:54:57
4 . Edward Emes (ERTC/redbike) Graham Rudge (ERTC/redbike) 0:55:23
5 . Sean Huggins-Chan (bicisport) John Bence (bicisport) 0:58:04

Juventus Track Meet/Master's Provincial Championships
July 10/11, 2004
Edmonton, Alberta
Master's Omnium

Master Men A
200m Sprints Pursuits 500m/1000m Total
242 Craig Good Synergy 10 7 7 5 29 Gold
719 David Corr Synergy 7 10 7 24 Silver
292 Reid Dalgleish Synergy 3 5 10 3 21 Bronze
250 Kevin Rokosh ERTC 3 10 13
209 Sean Huggins-Chan Bicisport 2 5 2 9
331 Sean Carter Snakebite 5 1 2 8
625 Martin Kaefer Juventus 3 1 4
465 Greg Yanicki Bicisport 1 2 1 4
477 Nick Insole Juventus

I will work on updating all of this very soon.. But I wanted to put details about the Madonna/Toronto trip down quickly before I forget what happened. It was the most clear five days of my life, due to all the beer and late nights. But what a blast!

Thursday, July 15th. 2004: Arrived in Toronto at noon, took a $50 cab ride to the Royal York and checked in. Joe and I called people to let them know we'd arrived and had a nap. Went for dinner at Thai Thai on King St. E., and then to Woody's in the gay village to meet up with Bob. Had a few beers there and then went to the Barn/Stables until 3:30am or so.

Friday, July 16th: slept in, worked out in the hotel gym until Joe got up. Went for food, met up with Natasha and went shopping on Queen St., Kensington Market. Natasha went home, we went back to hotel to get ready to go out. Went for food at Zelda's, went to Lub with Erin, Natasha, met up with Jag and partied there until moving to Crews. Girls went home, we dumped Jag off at the Barn before heading back to the hotel.

Saturday, July 17th: slept in. Checked out and went for brunch at Royal York hotel restaurant, which ended up not having breakfast buffet b/c of huge conference. We ordered anyways. Moved our stuff to the girls' place, but had to get keys from Laura who was working at the gym nearby. Cleaned up, (where did we eat?) met up with Jag, Denis, Neal, Bob, Russell at Lub, and then went to Fly for the evening. Crazy time! Stephan Grondin was spinning. Stayed until couldn't keep awake anymore. Headed back to apartment and crashed.

Sunday, July 18th: Everyone slowly got up. We took the girls for brunch at Bumpkin's. Very good. Got some beer and went back to apt after checking out Church St. Street Fair. Not overly exciting. Got ready for the concert and met up with Jag, Neal, Denis at BCE Place Market for food. Headed to Air Canada Centre, bought tour merchandise, settled in. Concert started 45 minutes late, but what a show! Madonna was awesome. Only wish we could've had (or afforded) better seats, but video screens and binoculars did the trick. Two thumbs up. The entire gang headed to 5ive afterwards. We met Bob on the corner of Yonge and St. Joseph. He had managed to get Joe and I on the guest list on Thursday night and tonight he managed to get Jag, Denis and Neal in as well without paying cover. He's awesome. I finally got to meet Bob's brother, who is co-owner of 5ive. The crowd was pretty sparse at the start, but the house was very funky and by the end of the night, the party was in full swing. There were a lot of Madonna concert people there as well, as we could tell since there was a big cheer from the crowd everytime the DJ threw on another Madonna remix. We had a lot of fun, Jag "I'm so glad I'm gay!" Bilkhu found another playdate for the evening and everything was right with the world for a few hours.

Monday, July 19th: I had to get a new bank card in the morning since I lost my last one at Fly on Saturday. Got back to the apt and hung around until Joe was ready. Went to Eggstacy for brunch, went back to apt and chilled. Erin and Natasha gave us a ride to the airport around 8:30, however our 10pm flight was delayed until 11:30 so we had a lot of hanging around to do. Finally got back to Calgary at 1:30 am local time on Tuesday.

Awesome whirlwind $$$ trip!

The order from Hauteng.de arrived today. Three rubber masks and two bondage balloons. I stretched out the transparent balloon in the shower with warm water, lubed up and hopped in. I like these balloons much better than the d-v8 ones, for about a quarter of the price. I ordered the masks in medium and they are still too big. Unfortunately the black balloon burst during the first attempt to enter (just like the first balloon I received) and the transparent one burst on second entry while trying to close up the gap on the neck entry from behind. Recommend having Joe help to get in. May need to devise some vacuumization technique with a smaller hose from a less intense source than the vacuum cleaner - possibly a bike pump? I will order more balloons soon - Hautengs customer service was great, the prices are good and the shipping was very quick. I'm liking the masks, but I may order one or two more in size small for a snug mummified fit when intending to do a two or three hour session in bondage in the fall.

Rubber mummies rule!

Today I was hit by a car. Kong Deng (I will never forget the name after all the crap that has gone down) was turning southbound onto 14th Ave as I was travelling through eastbound on 5th Ave. SW . Jon Keech went through the intersection about 50 meters in front of me. A red car turned after he went through. Kong and his passenger entered the intersection and stopped. As I entered the intersection, he started to accelerate to complete his turn. At that moment I had to decide what direction to go in and I decided to continue in the direction I was going. Dropping the bike at 35kph may have damaged me more than I was, but it's hard to say. Anyways, he t-boned me and I landed with the bike in the northbound lanes of traffic. I amazingly got up and walked away. Jon came back immediately and Kong got out of the car. The passenger hopped in the drivers seat and moved the car to the Roger's Video parking lot before we could get a plate number. We exchanged information and Kong left before we realized that a witness had called 911. The police, fire and ambulance showed up soon after. Just before they arrived the passenger of Kong's car came back to us looking for Kong because he couldn't find him. He left about 20 seconds before the police arrived. We told them that the driver and car were still in the parking lot, however they never went over there right away. By the time they did, Kong and the car were gone.

I talked to Kong the next day. He seemed to be concerned about how I was, and luckily I only had a bruised hip (which I couldn't sleep on for two weeks) and some scratches and bruises. I went and got a replacement assessment done on the bike and told Kong how much it was going to cost. He said he was going to call again tomorrow with his insurance information, which he never did. I never talked to Kong directly again.

Forward to today, August 5. The cops are obviously dragging their feet on this one. As of last week, they still hadn't contacted Brooks RCMP to get a statement from Kong. He has refused to return any of my phone calls or the police's and as of a month ago, his phone number was disconnected. By law he is required to fill out a police statement, which still hasn't been done. This is freaking ridiculous; I am going to be the one to pay bigtime for this accident. After consulting with lawyers, it seems the chances are slim to none that Kong nor his passenger (who I understood from Kong's explanation the day after was the owner of the car) had insurance on the vehicle. As is stands right now, this could be considered a hit-and-run or at least a case of driving without insurance. If it wasn't for the thought that this could be a long drawn out five-year affair if I decided to take him to small-claims court, I would sue him. Seems sort of futile trying to get blood from a stone. I guess I'll take the hit, pay the deductible and take the hit on my insurance rates in order to get this over with. If only they can find out whether there was insurance on the car or not. Fucking police.

I can only hope that the quotes I'm getting redone at Ridley's Cycle and Calgary Cycle will be big enough (replacement value of damaged parts only), that it will offset what I paid for the parts, plus my deductible. Barring the fact that I've already paid hundreds to get things up to spec on the 2100 for racing, I am definitely going to be at a loss. I paid $4250 for the bike and wheels. I'm figuring a replacement quote on the frame, fork, seat post and wheelset will be around $4500, minus the deductible will be around $4000. The shitty thing is unless I want to invent another $1200, I'm going to have to settle for a Trek 5200 or something less than what I had. *sigh* Life sucks sometimes. All I know is that since the accident, I've really taken on a lot of hatred towards city drivers. I wish killing stupid people was legal, because I would be carrying a firearm. I'm sure one of them would have dinged me off long ago since cyclists are such a 'pain in the ass' for them.

Tucson trip April 6-14, 2004

Tuesday April 6:
Arrived in Tucson via Dallas. Bike was missing, most likely in Tulsa. Got in late to heading to Dwayne and Hazel's for bed.

Wednesday April 7:
Bike doesn't arrive in Tucson until late afternoon. Spend day with Dwayne driving around town. Craig Good and Chris Hooper arrive mid-afternoon from Phoenix. We checkin at hotel, they decide to go for a ride. I return to Dwaynes, have a few beers with him and Greg Chyz.

Thursday April 8:
143.3km 5:58:30 26.1km/h AVS. Hot hot hot - 32C
Picture Rocks - Saguaro Nat'l Park (West) - Tucson Mountain Park - Old Tucson - Kinney Rd - Valencia Rd - Houghton Rd - River Rd.
Craig, Chris and I went for this ride. Cory Fagan arriving today, Marcus Lemaster arrives late day. Valencia Rd cuts through south part of town, will avoid next time by following route around the city flanking on the south side (name eludes me right now).

Friday April 9:
101.5km 3:49:42 26.5km/h AVS Hot hot hot - 32C
Oracle Rd N to Biosphere 2 and return.
This was the first ride together of the entire group. Oracle Rd very busy. Biosphere 2 is very cool, didn't go in though. Entry rates into most tourist spots around here (including Old Tucson yesterday) averaging around $15 USD. Too rich for my blood.

Saturday April 10:
111.1 km 4:05:22 27.1kph AVS Hot @ start, ended scattered showers cooled nicely, remained overcast.
River Rd - Tanque Verde - Houghton Rd - Saguaro Nat'l Park (East) loop - return via Sunrise Dr.
Nice ride. Saguaro was very cool and requires more study at some other time. Entry was pretty cheap, $3 or something like that. Check out pics.

Sunday April 11 EASTER!:
119.6km 4:40:21 25.5kph AVS Hot @ start, scattered showers and snow in mountains, cold descent but warmed up again around 4000ft, hot (32C) upon return to Tucson
MT. LEMMON ASCENT. Great climbing, felt a bit bonked by the top but the descent made it worthwhile. Still tons of tourists around.

We all went to Dwayne and Hazel's place for Easter dinner. What a treat! Greg and his wife and friends of the Chyzes were all there as well. Good times, even watched a hockey game.

Monday April 12:
67.3km 2:32:30 26.4kph AVS Hot 31C
Ina Rd W. to Picture Rocks - Kinney Rd. - Gates Pass Rd - Silverbell Rd to return
Short recovery ride. Nice intense climb @ Gates Pass. Pretty busy roadways, not too bad though. Cory dropped out early before the climb and headed back to the motel. This is the day we went to the Casa Grande outlet mall and did some souvenir shopping....

Tuesday April 13:
200.9km 7:26:34 26.9kph AVS HOT 36C
Ina Rd - Sandario Rd - Ajo Hwy - Kitt Peak - return
Our last day, the hottest day, the longest ride. It was awesome! Had a great sense of accomplishment completing the climb to Kitt Peak. ~6000ft climb in 13 miles. Lots of kudos from passersby on the road up and down as well. Even a few people slowing down beside us asking us if we needed water! Others loved Craig's Italian national champ jersey. Viva Italia! The US Immigration Dept has a LOT of people manning the watchtowers and surveilling via trucks along Ajo Hwy. Apparently b/c the Indian Reserve is just south of here, it is a favorite place for Mexicans to jump the border.

Overall, fantastic trip. Would love to do it again next year, if we weren't already planning a trip to Eastern Canada in the summer and the World Masters Games in Edmonton...

Reports from the Wedding, etc.
The trip back home was interesting. The week started off quite innocently but ended with a bang. I left Calgary on Friday night and ended up in Saskatoon around 11:30. Tara was home and let me in, however Grant was out partying and didn't get home until 2:30. He had to work in the morning so he went to bed. I didn't hear him get up, however I left before Tara got up. I tried to exchange my rental at Avis at the S'toon Airport but it was too much of a hassle so I continued my trek east. Next stop, Kamsack.
I got to Mark and Tracy's mid-afternoon. Tracy and I sat in the living room and talked all afternoon. Mark got home from class in S'toon around 5:30. We began cooking a meal. They made a great BBQ with spiced chicken and pork, etc. We ended up the evening in their kickass hottub.
In the morning I got up had coffee with them and their neighbor. I got the bike together and rode from Kamsack to the Manitoba border and back (approx 65km). Once I got back and cleaned up I headed to Childs Lake. Mom/Dad had called in the morning and asked that I meet them at Britton's cabin for a fish fry. Got there around 8pm. Followed each other back to Grandview around 10pm.
The next few days are a blur. Monday night I went over to Lance and Buffy's. The Wilson's had a b-day party for the October Pulock's in the loft on the farm on Tuesday(?). I ran to town from the farm that afternoon and met up with Tannis and boys in the minivan and Dave and Ryan in the car on their way out to Wilson's - they both invited me. Run was approx 9 miles - 15km. Visited with Grandma for a few minutes before mom showed up and brought me home.
The next day I went to Dauphin. I had dinner plans at Liwiski's so showed up early to do some banking (Owen & Chloe's present), tried on my tux, and put the bike together again, this time riding from the north Park border road to the north shore of Clear Lake and back, approx. 100km.
Had a great visit with Dave, Nic, Andrew and Mark and their boarder, Marie-Eve from QC. Lots of laughs, etc.
I also worked out with the weights in the barn on Monday and Thursday. There was enough isolation that I wore my M.Stevens unitard on Monday and the grey M.Steven tights and UnderArmour shirt on Thursday. Marvelous.
By Thursday all of the relatives were showing up. This was also the morning Keith Dalgleish got into his anhydrous accident out in the field. Everything got really busy after this. Thursday night after getting home from wherever, Clinton, Kent, and Shalon showed up with the deep fryer for chicken wings on Friday. They sat in the shed with Dad and I until 2:30. After that Dad and I got into a deep drunken conversation about homosexuality and gay marriage that lasted until 5:30. I was angry about it initially, but now I see that both him and mom are making an effort to understand what's going on. Considering where they live, this may be all I can hope for. I was still very hurt by Dad's comments that he hated Joe for who he was (I still don't know whether they like him as a person or not), and the fact that he flat-out refused to come to my wedding someday if I ever decided to have one. Maybe in time this attitude will change as well.
The rehearsal was on Friday. The rehearsal party went back to the barn loft on the farm afterwards. Most people left in a reasonable time, but the hardcore people stayed up and got drunker until Eddie Wilson rolled into the yard with his truck and fifth wheel. Crap, I can't even remember who was all there - there was Lance, Owen, Cam, and who else????
Anyways, Saturday was the big day. The wedding went without a hitch; everything was perfect except for a bit of rain when we left the church, however everyone maintained their cool and Chloe looked like a princess, so that was all that mattered.
The wedding party were a bunch of boozepigs. Between the 12 of us and a few extra glasses of wine & champagne to the parents and Owen and Chloe, we managed to finish off 35 bottles of alcohol in the four hours between the ceremony and cocktails at the hall.
Michelle Wilson was my 'buddy' for the day. She was in the bathroom when the bridal party made their way into the hall. I had to wait for her and we walked in late, by ourselves. How embarrassing (funny)!
The dance flew by. I was feeling quite ill on Sunday because of the three-day boozefest beforehand, so in a way I was glad the week ended with a long drive to Saskatoon with Grant in tow. Very glad to be getting home, however sad now that holidays are over for 2003.
What else has been happening since then? I'm still trying to get back into full fall training mode - it's been a challenge....The weekend after the wedding was the Banff Ekiden Race. We had a lot of fun there and then spent some time at the Sulphur Mountain Hot Springs.
Last weekend was the "Midsummer Night's Dream" ballet at the Jubilee which may have been one of my favorites because of the humour in it and the flow of the storyline. Right after that we got home and got ready to go to Doug's Hallowe'en party. Fuck, it was a C-train ride to the end of the south line and still a $15 cab ride after that! Ridiculous. I can't really see going to another party down there again in the near future especially when we get there so late, all the food's eaten and most of the party's already left.
The "Ralph Klein Sux" curling team also had their debut on Saturday. We unfortunately lost 9-4.
This weekend coming up is Hallowe'en on Friday, and the Synergy Hootenany on Saturday. It's going to be a nightmare! I'm wearing a devil costume again on Friday with the red skinsuit, Joe is going as Dracula. Should be fun. I'm really looking forward to Saturday though. I've invited a shitload of people again, however it's hard to say who'll show up considering there are still a lot of Hallowe'en parties going on that night. The weather has also turned for the worse. We got 10cm of snow last night and the original weather forecast claimed a low of -24^C on Sat. night, although that's now been downplayed to a balmy -10 in comparison.
I'll update with the critique of the parties later.

Reports from the trip East:
We had a great time. Definitely wound up being the party vacation - next week will hopefully be the relaxing one! I'm heading to S'toon tonight and Kamsack tomorrow before rolling into GV on Sunday. I have to plan a two-day excursion to Dauphin. I'm hoping either to bike there and back with an overnight stay or do a day trip out and back to Wasagaming from Dauphin (the highway is better through the Park). Have to pick up the rental car at Avis after work today and FLY! I'm also missing Shawn and Jeanette's Jack and Jill party on Saturday night....another missed social engagement...
Saturday night, Sept. 20th. Met up with Greg and Marion at Spulombo's in Kensington for dinner. Had a great visit there and during intermission at the Ballet. They even gave us a ride home! 'The Four Seasons' started slow but became more and more active to the end. Ended up with a standing ovation - the first I've seen at the Jubilee. How could you not give Rex Harrington a standing ovation anyways - he's SO sexy! 'The Firebird' was what I would call a 'mega production'. The costumes were so flourishy and huge - colors flying everywhere. It was a great show, if only for the settings and costumes. No, the ballet itself was really good too, if not a bit complicated when there are 30 dancers on the stage at one time. We made it home, changed quickly and headed to Sean and Nancy's for the birthday party. Most people left as soon as we got there, around 11:30. The rest stayed until Nancy kicked us out around 1:30. Doug stayed the night at the apartment.
Flew into Toronto on Sept 21. Rented a car at Pearson and went to Bob's place. We got ready, stopped for dinner and drinks at a few places on College (Diplomatico and ???) and went to Lotus for the new 'Boys Life' night. very cool bar - crowd wasn't very big or beautiful. Apparently the crowd was MUCH improved on the 28th, according to Bob.
It rained all day Monday. Bob, Juan, Joe and I went for brunch at a greasy spoon in CabbageTown. Joe and I drove around town, just doing some sightseeing through the windows. We stopped at a comic book store, etc. among other places. Checked out the renovations at 5ive - Bob's brother is co-owner. I ran from Bob's place to the Lakeshore in the evening. Still raining - ripped up my nipples through the wet shirt. Next time I wore the UnderArmour lycra shirt underneath - much better *mental reminder*.
Monday night we hung around Bob's place with beer and Absolutely Fabulous.
Tuesday Bob, Joe and myself headed to Niagara Falls. Had a great day walking around. Bob and I went on the Maid of the Mist. Then we hopped in the car and did the Wine Country tour. Finally stopped at one Joe wanted to check out around 5:07 (Stoney Creek) and they were already closed, so we hurried back to Cave Springs winery and did some taste testing - bought a bottle of Ice Wine for ourselves, and a bottle of Late Harvest Riesling for both Sean and Nancy and Bob.
Got back to Toronto - went to a Lebanese diner on Bloor for dinner with Bob and Juan. Headed down to the Village. Met Natasha at Zelda's and went to club (name?) across the street for the remainder of the evening.
Left TO around 11am on Wed morning heading to Quebec City. Got caught in rush hour on the #40 in Montreal. Lost a few minutes there but we had to stop for gas anyways. Rolled into QC around 7pm. Got a room at the Best Western and spent the evening in the room - ordered in, sex in the whirlpool tub all night....definitely needed some downtime. We talked to Jerome tonight and he informed me the gay QC clubs were all centralized on St-Jean. Not too far away, and we did see where they were in the morning, however we were exhausted.
In the morning I got up for a run. Ran up to the Old City and worked my way down to the riverbank. Had to run the stairs back up at the west end of the Plains of Abraham - that put any stairs in Calgary to shame! Did a walk/run around the old city before returning to the hotel to get Joe up and check out. We walked around the Old City for a few hours before it started to rain again. Left QC around 2:30 pm. Rolled into Montreal around 6-6:30. Went up to the top of Mount Royal for a few minutes, then met up with Jerome at his place around 7pm. We sat around for a few beers and Joe and I headed to the Village around 10pm. Ended up at Parking in the later hours. We sat at Le Stud for a few hours as well watching the strippers. Beautiful Mathieu from 'So Gay TV' was there with a bunch of his beautiful friends - didn't see the boyfriend around anywhere though. The crowd at Parking was eclectic. Very weird mix - lots of women as well.
Friday we went shopping on Ste-Catherine - hit Simon's - bought new jeans, pants, lycra shirt. New shoes at Stoneridge. Joe bought a new clothes at Simon's and Mexx. Headed to the Village. Tried a new rubber suit at Northbound Leather. It fit perfectly, but was $500. For that amount I'm going to special order what I want! I've decided the next big purchase is another bondage balloon or vacuum bed anyways. If I'm going to spend that amount of money, I want my rubber to be encasing! Joe was pretty pissed at me over this, since it took nearly and hour to don and doff the suit. It was worth it though!
Friday night Jerome, Joe and I met up with Karen Connolly, her friend from Calgary Camille, Jorge and Miguel at Laika. We had a lot of fun there before heading back downtown to Unity II for some dancing. It wasn't very busy on the main floor but the room upstairs was PACKED. We basically shut the place down.
Saturday Jerome, Joe and I walked down St-Denis to the Village. Joe stopped at Woodstock to get gifts for Amber and Allison. Stopped at Cafe Europeen for food - checked out some more men's clothing stores. Didn't buy anything though.
Saturday night we headed back down to the Village. Sky sucked, BackTraxx blew, so we ended up at Parking again - not too bad, a little older shirtless crowd. The most gay crowd we'd seen all week.
Went to the Pines for the third brunch there since we'd been in Mtl on Sunday morning. Got the 'Merman' painting wrapped up and paid for and said goodbye to Jerome around 2pm. Headed into Toronto and got to Natasha, Erin, and Laura's around 7pm. The entire household was sick with the cold, so we hung out with them for the evening and smoked some of the ganja we picked up in Montreal.
Monday Joe and I went shopping again. Paid our parking tickets, bought some underwear at the Bay, checked out stores on Yonge, Queen (including Mallabar for costumes/dance clothes - there's NOTHING there anymore!), and Church. Bought some shoes at the Aldo Factory outlet, gifts for Sean and Nancy at Urban Outfitters, toured around Eaton Center.
Met up with Bob and Juan, went to Le Petit Liban on Church for Joe's b-day dinner. Great meal, they even presented Joe's baklava with a sparkler for his b-day. Took Joe home. Bob, Juan and I smoked the last joint and went to Woody's.
Got up in the morning, said our goodbyes to the girls, promising them a night out in Calgary when they come out for Christmas. The checkin at the airport went very smoothly. I slept the entire flight home. Spent the rest of Tuesday unpacking and checking email.
Things with Joe went okay. He's a horrible passenger and navigator on long trips, so I've discovered. We got really bitchy at each other once in awhile, usually when hungover and/or tired. Definitely a better experience than the last few months have been.
We've decided to renew our apartment lease for another year so I guess things are staying the way they are for the time being.

Another Tuesday afternoon - it's been snowing all day. I love Calgary. I'm debating whether to go home and be a sloth or go to the gym right after work. I'll probably go home and then head to the gym. I'm really wanting to take some days off of training, but I'm sure there will be more than a few days of sloth next week.
We're supposed to be running from Tim and Doug's place tomorrow night. I still plan on running with Matt and Chris at lunch.
I've made plans for Joe and I to go out for dinner with Greg and Marion Tompkins before the ballet on Saturday. I'm so looking forward to it! And then a full-blown party afterwards! Not sure how we're getting to the airport on Sunday yet. Ryan came over for a few beers and hoots last night. Had some good conversation, but we were all obviously too tired to make anything exciting out of it. He's heading back to Grandview for a week - lord knows why. Just kidding. He said he'd love to go elsewhere, but without any cash GV is the only place to go. Poor guy.
The weekend of racing went great. No flats like last weekend at the CCC triathlon. I pulled off a 36:54 at the CCC 10K on Saturday morning, good enough for 9th place overall. We did excellent again this year, pulling off a sixth place in the Orange division with a cumulative time of 4:33:51. That gives us three points to the overall. Our ranking isn't quite as high this year which says something of the quality (or stacking?) of the field out there this year, but our cumulative time is almost six minutes faster than last year, which speaks volumes of the quality of runners that happen to work for the Railway.
For comparision, last year we did a 4:39:25, less than nine minutes off of Fluor's combined winning time of 4:30:34. This year the winning time was an amazing 4:04:19 by Imperial Oil. A few ringers on that team? I suspect so. At least we beat my personal nemesis at Calgary Health Region which makes my day! ;-) Encana, Petro-Can, Shell and Imperial continue to elude us in this event...until next year, of course!
I made it to the velodrome in enough time to race in the 30Lap points race. I managed a second with 18 points. I pulled away from the pack with about 10 laps to go and kept 200m ahead for two wins on the last two sprints. We had good burgers, then I had to head to work. Tested from 4:30-8:30, headed home and got the bike ready for the race on Sunday morning.
Joe and Allison burst into the apt around 5am. They kept me up - I lost it on Joe in the morning when I got up to leave. I apologized when I got home but I am still pretty pissed. He doesn't give a shit about anything I do. The same thing happened Sunday night. They got all pissed up and Allison slept on the couch. I had to tiptoe around in the morning - fortunately I didn't have any food so I got ready upstairs and left.
Anyways, back to Sunday. Here are some of the results for the Hill Climb. If I had raced Master A again, I would've ended up with a bronze, but I end up with a sixth place finish in Cat 4. At least it's worth some points. I was happy with my time anyways. BK had a great time, but of course he didn't race all day Saturday - he's a better climber than me at any rate.
Cat 4 1. Frank Woolstencroft (Revoluzione) 14.31 2. Brian Kullman (Terrascape) 14.33 3. Lonn Bate (Terrascape) 14.35 4. Robert Fougere (Ind) 15.03 5. Kyle Marcotte (Revoluzione) 15.05 6. Reid Dalgleish (Synergy) 15.18 7. Steve German (Revoluzione) 15.48 8. Dan Bradley (ERTC) 16.56 9. Graeme Thomson (bicisport) 17.05 10. Jason Frank (CABC/Projekt 1) 17.05
WHAT A GREAT SEASON! Four medals, a Cat 3 upgrade, a Cat A upgrade on the Track, money, leading ARC for points (doesn't mean much, but still cool), and lots of great memories and friendships. I can't wait until the Synergy Hootenany on Nov. 1 (hosted by yours truly), and the CBTL AGM in November sometime.
I'm feeling better about Joe. Now that he's feeling better I don't feel so inclined to beat him until he gets up and does something. But my god, is he ever unmotivated to do anything. The last thing I'm going to do is support him, well, until the law makes me, anyways. BTW, the Saturday night dinner with Greg and Marion is also our third anniversary. Interesting....hardly feels like three years, but then it hardly feels like a relationship anymore.

So, here it is Tuesday afternoon. I'm sort of in a blue funk these days - how quickly things change. I think it's a few things - the end of the summer and consequently the end of racing season, the stressful transition from racing season to training season again, deciding what to do for offseason training (and where to find the money for it - see next), a horrific lack of funds in my accounts (all blown away over the summer and it's not like I even went out much or went anywhere to extreme or spent too much money in one place), the broken bits on my bike, the impending huge cash shellout for vacation, Jerome's painting and Owen's wedding, marriage in general, gay marriage in particular, being gay and how it fits into the whole scheme of things - why do so many people hate us? (becoming so visible over the gay marriage thing...), my relationship with my parents, brother, and relatives and my hometown, the need for a home computer I can't afford, my fucking job, the current fucking fucked-up project, missing of training opportunities due to the fucking project, low morale at work in EVERYONE, living in Calgary - this redneck desert town - it's getting bigger everyday, but it's also getting uglier and so are the people, and probably above all right now - my relationship with Joe and my spinelessness to talk to him about how I feel, along with an acute fear of being single and alone again.
I know that the fact I HAVE been with Joe has been pivotal in me achieving my goals and accomplishing what I have the to date, but it is those particular results that are some of the reasons for why our relationship is eroding away. I love stability and comfort, but that's particularly what's wrong - things are so stable they're stagnating and they're so comfortable they're suffocating. In the last few years we have gone on such different paths and his life is turning out so differently than he/we had thought even a year ago. I'd love to wait for him to get his shit figured out but I am at a point now where I don't feel like waiting anymore. We are drifting apart and I don't even think him getting on a path to something will salvage anything. We didn't even really have much in common at the start, but I liked what I heard and saw at the time and the potential that was there excited me. Everything since that point has been a disappointment in effect. Nothing he claimed he used to do and was determined to get back into has materialized, and nothing that he has planned to do or wanted to do since that point has come to pass either. And now, for the past two months he's been lying on the couch moaning about his condition - it's driving me insane! I almost want to get out of the house without him just to escape my home situation for awhile, or kick him in the ass to get him out the door and doing something.
I don't know why he hasn't figured out his life yet. I know it took me awhile too to reflect and ponder, but come on - he has NO IDEA what he wants to do. I don't know why he isn't a motivated individual like he used to be. He doesn't want to talk about anything ever. I don't know much about his past that might reflect on why he does things the way he does today. I wonder sometimes if he feels threatened or inadequate around me because of what I've accomplished in the past two years and demotivation for him is a self-preservation thing - I've never seen him like this before, and I don't like it. I've begun to wonder whether breaking up might be better for both of us.
I'm not sexually attracted to him anymore. He seems to not take any concern for himself (at least at the level I would be accustomed to), and even with my example, he refuses to embrace his health - almost out of spite, it seems.
And then he brings up shit like, "You know, when we're in Ontario, we could get married?", "we're common-law now". Shit. I luckily have my trusty opt-out lines, "Marriage is for suckers and losers - I'm not intending to partake in it ever", but frankly I am freaked out. We hardly ever talk about long-range plans together anymore. Fuck, his ideas keep changing! I remember once upon a time when he was all about the huge house, acreage, and SUV in the front yard, and now he claims he doesn't even like driving and doesn't want a car! I don't know what to think anymore. I think he knows I'm not into it anymore either, but hey I've read people wrong before.
The worst part is that I'm being a big loser and not putting anything out there anymore. Oh yeah, I can tell other people that things aren't going that well between us anymore, but I won't say anything to my partner. I'm a big chickenshit! I HAVE to talk to him soon. I sort of want to do it before the vacation, but why? It's not like we'll be able to separate at all while we're there.
I don't know if it's because it's my first relationship and I've seen what's good and bad and what I like and dislike about this one that has led to some growth on my part, or if we actually have been evolving/devolving at the same time, or if my expectations are unreasonably high, or what, but I'm not feeling very good about things right now. I feel as if I'm really being held back a lot of the time now. I want to do things with my partner but he seems now to not want to do anything, let alone with me.
I don't know why I have this horrendous fear of being single again either. I think it all stems from how depressed and desperate I was when I first came out. I know that things would be extremely different this time around. I'm not a virgin out of the closet anymore, but I still feel I'm naive on many levels, and most of what I've seen of the gay world really doesn't enthrall me much anymore. Most of the single gay people I know are either depressed or frustrated or whatever but I see a lot of the world the same way they do. Everything is all so fake and about appearances, but I guess that's the way of the whole world, not just the gay world although there it does seem to be highly magnified. I'm just glad I have sport. Everyone there is on a mental attitude level a step above the bar/non-active world and I do attribute that directly to physical activity and healthy lifestyle and diet. I also know a lot of good positive people that would help me transition back to the world again.
I don't know what I'm going to do, but I have to do something soon.

Racing season is nearing a close. The last two races couldn't have gone any better - two provincial medals, silver in the TT and bronze in the RR. I'm so happy with my TT time yesterday. I went in hoping to go sub-58 minutes, and I ended up kicking my own ass and going 56:42! Helps to scream at yourself on the last 10km.
Coming up - Calgary Corporate challenge Triathlon, CCC 10KM and Provincial Hill Climb next weekend. Possibility of more medals? Guess we'll have to wait and see!
Went with Tony, Ryan others to Labour Day Classic Game yesterday - very sloppy. I passed out about 9pm last night, Ryan headed home around midnight, I slithered up to bed and slept until this morning.
Jeff and Susan's wedding reception was fun for awhile on Sunday night. Raced back into town from the Provincial TT in Leslieville and got ready after dropping off Brian Kullman. Everyone took off fairly early (11-12pm). I headed back downtown and went over to Tony's place for awhile. We ended up missing the Apollo BBQ on Sunday as well - too much going on, had to triage the events.
Not much else new. Bought some new Castelli gear at United Cycle in Edmonton and Bike Shop in Calgary, 30-50% off. Castelli Metalex shorts (funky silver!) and matching jersey. Managed to buy Castelli sleeveless skinsuit and another pair of Castelli shorts (EXTREMELY cheap) at the Bike Shop. Need to replace old wornout Ride N' Glide stuff. Love all of the items. Metalex shorts are a little tight, skinsuit is excellent. I'll wear it to the CCC Tri.
All dv-8 rubber items are wrecked now. I learned a very expensive lesson there....buy Canadian and make sure it's thicker gauge rubber you're dealing with. I'll have to check out U-bahn in Montreal when there. I'd love to get some more rubber, but it's all so bloody expensive!
Results for August 2003
Darwell ITT Series Race #3 Aug.10/03
Cat 4 - 40KM
1. Gary Brown Rundle MCC 56:392. Jamie Marshall TRS 57:23 3. Ross Andersen Calgary Cycle 57:594. Reid Dalgleish Synergy 58:185. Ted Emes ERTC 58:326. Nick Insole Juventus 58:507. Dennis Bland Crankmasters 59:098. Jason Frank CABC 59:159. Darin Schacker River Valley Cycle 59:1710. Robert Fouger Ind. 59:19
August 17, Mink LakeProvincial Road Race Championships Category 4 / Junior Men - 114 Km
1 Brian Kullman Terrascape 3:00:00 (Gold) 2 Jayson Gillespie ERTC Silver 3 Reid Dalgleish Synergy Racing Bronze 4 Robert Fougere Independent 5 Paul Venturelli Pedalhead 6 Mike Bidniak Juventus Junior Men Gold 7 Shawn Goulet Pedalhead 8 Michael Heintzman Blizzard 9 Myles Marshall Juventus 10 Darin Schacker River Valley Cycle
August 31, Red Deer/LeslievilleProvincial Time Trial Championships
Category 4 - 40km
Master A Men - 40 Kilometres 1 Kevin Rokosh ERTC 0:55:582 Reid Dalgleish Synergy Racing 0:56:423 Gary Brown Rundle Mtn CC 0:56:594 Bob McKerrell CABC/Projekt 1 0:59:085 Robert Beerkens Independent 0:59:146 Robert Gasienca The Bike Shop 1:00:147 Dennis Bland Crankmasters 1:02:268 Darin Schacker RVC 1:02:449 Dave Jaeger CABC/Projekt 1 1:03:3710 Kirk Loberg Revoluzione 1:04:4111 Michael Fix EBTC 1:05:2612 Robert Armstrong Independent 1:12:04

Letter to Dennis Bland:
Hey Dennis,
Thanks for the kind words. I can obviously appreciate your passion for racing. There are very few people out there that can understand the emotions (both high and low) that come with the exertion, commitment and dedication required to get to the level that we are at, not even considering the next level required to race at an elite level. My appreciation is greater for those of us that work a full-time job and train and support our sports on our own time and with our own limited pocketbooks than for those able to train and race as a career.
I think mustering up enough self-discipline to keep up the motivation and drive this season has been my greatest obstacle. I've found it very lonely at times to be doing what we're doing. Not that I'm looking for recognition, but the people in my daily social circles don't understand what we put into a race. It frustrates me sometimes that they can't show an interest in my accomplishments to the extent I think they should. I guess that's why I've found socializing in athletic circles this summer so much more rewarding - at least there everyone understands what you're going through and can appreciate your accomplishments. I remember the book "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner", and the title rings so true.
Luckily I've raced with a fantastic team this year and I've been able to have the team racing experience that I've always dreamed of having. I can safely say this is the most rewarding summer I've EVER had on so many levels. I will definitely race with Synergy again next season. Unfortunately, my main goal of the year still eludes me. I'm sitting in first place in Cat 4 now for Alberta Cup points (71(?)), but I only have 32 upgrade points so I'm not out of Cat 4 yet (you can only get 20 max from TT races), although I suspect some of us that are close will be moved up by the ABA execs before next season. I could've been in Cat 3 quite awhile ago if not for numerous difficulties at the start of the season (crash at Ardrossan, missed turn at Bikes on Broadway, mechanical at Prairie Steamer....), but that's all part of the experience too, isn't it?
One other thing that I've found missing in the bike racing scene is the presence of any 'family'. I'm sure a few of the guys out there are gay, however it's not nearly as 'open' an environment as triathlon. Even out of the gay guys I know, there are none that ride at any high level, even recreationally. I wonder why that is? Loads of hot guys in spandex, why wouldn't you take an interest? Oh well, I guess that's another one of those benefits only guys like you and I can appreciate, right? ;-) Everyone I know in the racing scene seems to have a very liberal attitude at any rate.
You've had a great season as well - it's been great to watch those that have put in the effort over the summer improve and stick out the racing until the end of the season. Kudos to you too!
I'm glad to hear you only had a flu-like bug on the weekend and nothing worse. That must've been pretty stressful and frustrating at the same time.
I'm not planning on racing the Masters RR this weekend - I'm riding the bike leg of the Calgary Corporate Challenge CPR Triathlon team on Sunday. I've been organizing the 10K team for the CCC race on the 13th as well. Hopefully it won't affect the Hill Climb on Sunday the 14th! I start vacation on Sept.21 and I'm basically not back to work until Oct. 14th. Joe and I are heading to Toronto-Montreal-Quebec City for 10 days, and then I'm heading back to Manitoba for a week for my brother's wedding.
What are your plans for the winter? I'm not sure what direction I'm going to head in training-wise. There seem to be far too many options now, but of course that all hinges on how much money one is willing to spend.....
I still plan on spending several days in the gym, plus 2 spin classes a week (until after Xmas anyways). I want to increase my weekly running mileage from 30km now to 45km, but that will sort of hinge on the rest of the schedule. I'm determined to pick something up for cross-training, whether it be getting back in speedskating again with the CSSA, doing some more XC skiing, or even taking some dance lessons. I'm also curling with the Apollo league this winter - I know it's not training, but it is fun!
Anyways, hopefully we'll both get into the Hill Climb. Good luck this weekend if you decide to race. Please keep in touch over the off season and let me know how things are going!
Cheers to a great season in 2004!Regards,Reid
-----Original Message-----From: mtbsuit [mailto:mtb_suit@yahoo.com]Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 10:37 AMTo: Reid DalgleishSubject: Re: ITT Series

--- mtbsuit <mtb_suit@yahoo.com> wrote:> Hey Reid:> > Congrats on your best 40k time and on your overall> result this weekend! Masters A / Cat 4 seems> especially competitive with all the guys trying to> move up to cat 3 ;-) You should have enough points> to> move up now.> > I'm feeling *much* better today than yesterday> morning. Darn flu-like symptoms. Ironically I felt> much better after the race than before/during the> race. All flushed out.> > You're my inspiration for next year. I haven't> decided if I will do the Masters RR this weekend,> but> I hope to do the hill climb. In addition,> Crankmasters is having a 20 km TT at the end of Sept> on hwy 22X.> > ciao,> > Dennis>

Results for July 2003Ride for the Wild Roses 2-up TT July 5th
Category 4
1. Bryan Donnelly Synergy Racing Jon Keech Synergy Racing 48m 45s
2. Edward Emes ERTC Jayson Gillespie ERTC 49m 01s
3. Lev Krivitsky Crankmasters Dennis Bland Crankmasters 49m 16s
4. Jeremy Myers Juventus Dylan Menard Juventus 49m 26s
5. Greg Achtem Bow Cycle/CMC Wayne Giles Bow Cycle/CMC 50m 35s
6. Reid Dalgleish Synergy Racing Chris Hooper Synergy Racing 1h 3m 43s

weather was a lot less than ideal. Chris and I should have won it, but we sorta got lost finding the start line and were penalized 14 minutes off the bat for being late. Not a highlight of the season.

Calgary Stampede Roadeo 10K RR July 6th

FINAL OVERALL Results 10K UPDATED JULY 20, 2003
FINAL Place Place/TOTAL FINAL PACE BIB NAME of PLACE in SEX in DIVISION TIME /MILE NO. COMPETITOR CITY
1 1/722 M 1/49 M1824 30:24 4:54 5782 Samuel Karanja Nairobi,
2 2/722 M 1/84 M2529 30:56 4:59 4335 Jeremy Deere Calgary,AB
3 3/722 M 2/84 M2529 31:13 5:02 4733 Matt Johnston Surrey,BC
4 4/722 M 1/126 M3034 33:53 5:28 5951 Craig Costantino Calgary,AB
5 5/722 M 3/84 M2529 34:05 5:30 5665 Lance White Calgary,AB
6 6/722 M 1/110 M3539 34:10 5:30 5750 Kevin Deforge Calgary,AB
7 7/722 M 4/84 M2529 34:36 5:35 5610 Phil Villeneuve Canmore,AB
8 1/967 F 1/186 F3034 34:41 5:35 5738 Maria Zambrano Calgary,AB
9 8/722 M 2/49 M1824 35:29 5:43 4955 Sean Mangan Cranbrook,BC
10 9/722 M 2/126 M3034 35:46 5:46 4006 Steve Adams Calgary,AB
11 10/722 M 2/110 M3539 35:50 5:46 4089 Adrian Becklumb Calgary,AB
12 11/722 M 5/84 M2529 36:13 5:50 5898 Jeremy Goth Calgary,AB
13 2/967 F 1/92 F1824 36:13 5:50 5746 Emily Kroshos Calgary,AB
14 12/722 M 3/126 M3034 36:24 5:52 4297 Tom Cull Calgary,AB
15 13/722 M 4/126 M3034 36:34 5:53 5381 Matt Seftel Winnipeg,MB
16 14/722 M 1/103 M4044 36:48 5:56 4678 John Hudson Calgary,AB
17 15/722 M 5/126 M3034 37:04 5:58 5894 Phil Ukrainetz Calgary,AB
18 16/722 M 6/126 M3034 37:05 5:59 4310 Reid Dalgleish Calgary,AB
19 17/722 M 3/110 M3539 37:10 5:59 5459 Bert Starke Calgary,AB
20 18/722 M 6/84 M2529 37:16 6:00 5759 Gord MacMillan Calgary,AB

Calgary Stampede RR July 13th
CATEGORY: MASTERS ADISTANCE: 4 laps (109 kms approx)
PLACE NAME # CLUB TIME
1 Rich Wegerhoff 318 Dead Goat 3:23:40
2 Don Robertson 346 Bicycle Café ST
3 Ross Anderson 455 Calgary Cycle ST
4 Gary Wade 786 Fresh Air ST
5 Brian Kullman 641 Terrascape 3:23:58
6 Reid Dalgleish 430 Synergy ST
7 Stephen Couse 807 Spoke Bender ST
8 Phil MacDonald 340 Snakebite 3:24:25
9 Dean Rawson 484 Pedalhead ST
10 Seth Bitting 787 Independent 3:24:43
11 Kirk Schmiedge 393 TRS 3:28:55
12 Matt Di Silvestro788 Independent 3:33:18
13 Brad Wilfley 654 Independent 3:34:35
14 Dennis Bland 422 CrankMasters 3:43:26
15 Darin Schacher 926 River Valley 3:43:44
Rob Brandrick 56 Independent DNF
Spencer Royds 333 Tatonka DNF
Kevin Coghlan 485 Pedalhead DNF
Nick Insole 636 Juventus DNF
Dave Jaeger 638 CABC DNF
Richard Vervoort640 CrankMasters DNF
Chris Check 666 Pedalhead DNF
Andy Achuff 667 Pedalhead DNF
Greg Achtem 678 Bow Cycle DNF
Michael Fix 687 EBTC DNF

National Duathlon Championships July 20th
Men 30-34 Category Results -------------------------------------------------Place Run Numb Name City Run Bike Run ===== ======= ==== ===================== ============ ======= ======= =======
1 2:03:24 132 DALGLEISH Reid Calgary 37:15 1:06:19 19:51
2 2:05:46 127 BOOS Allan Edmonton 37:47 1:07:05 20:55
3 2:05:55 141 GILL Alec Okotoks 38:20 1:07:24 20:12
4 2:08:14 128 HUNTER Darin Calgary 36:59 1:11:00 20:15
5 2:08:38 130 WALKER Blair Ottawa 39:38 1:06:05 22:56
6 2:09:19 139 KELLY Michael St. Albert 38:35 1:07:45 22:59
7 2:09:32 140 RITCHIE James Calgary 40:35 1:04:28 24:30
8 2:09:48 136 MYLET James Oakville 38:29 1:07:21 23:59
9 2:09:59 133 PASCOE Mike Calgary 38:30 1:10:19 21:11
10 2:18:30 137 BRYSHUN Chris Prince Alber 42:19 1:12:36 23:36
11 2:23:42 131 VAIL Greg Bowmanville 44:35 1:14:16 24:53
12 2:24:44 138 DE JAGER Eddie Castor 45:14 1:14:17 25:14
13 2:29:49 143 SPEYER Chris Calgary 43:48 1:17:00 29:02
14 2:43:42 129 DOWLER Mike Edmonton 45:42 1:27:24 30:37
15 135 LEMENS Troy Calgary 43:31 1:01:10
16 142 MORSBY Tony Toronto 50:05

Time was good enough it would've placed me 7th overall in the Elite Division...maybe next year if I can shave some more time off of the run.

Trip to Vancouver in a nutshell (July 31 2003 to August 5 2003) with Joe, Jeff Bryksa. Don Buckley came with us on the Go-Go Cruisey-T on Sunday.

Hey Doug,

Yeah, the fires sure have caused a lot of misery for a lot of people. I wish you had decided to come anyways to try to forget the shitty event but I understand why you went home. I would have been furious, tired and frustrated too. If it makes you feel any better, we ended up taking about 16 hours to get back from Vancouver on Monday. On Monday morning we got out of Vancouver and made good time to Kamloops not suspecting the chaos we were about to witness. Highway 5 north of Kamloops to Jasper was closed, highway 93 between Radium and Castle Junction was closed and travel was not recommended through Crowsnest Pass. Therefore ALL the long weekend traffic going in either direction (esp. eastbound - all Edmonton, Calgary, etc. traffic was on the same road through Rogers Pass and Golden) had to squeeze through Kicking Horse Pass. Needless to say, the traffic snarl that ensued wasn't pretty. Our 11-hour trip ended up being about 16 hours with a burned out clutch to boot. When we got to the start of the lineup, it was at least 15km of solid parking lot (and 2 hours of start and stop) into Golden and then there was still the length of the lineup up to the Pass on the other side of Golden to content with. It was mental. We ended up rolling into Calgary around 3am and I ended up taking Tuesday off of work after all. If we had had more information before leaving Vancouver, I think I would have booked Tuesday off earlier on and simply left on Tuesday morning. We would have missed the traffic and had an extra day on the coast!

Anyways, yeah we had fun but it wasn't the same without you. The Cruisey-T wasn't overly busy but it probably was the highlight of the weekend. The Parade was fantastic too. The Pride Dance on Saturday night was disappointing. The venue wasn't the same - this year it was in a bar in the Plaza of Nations instead of the main pavilion and hardly any people were there. I think it was mostly the boys that had bought weekend passes that were there simply because a ticket to the event was included in their package. It seemed that more people were leaving than going in when we got there after Fireworks. I'm thinking now that the afterhours parties have become the main events, but since the bars were serving until 4am over the weekend, the $60 admission into the afterhours seemed hard to justify.

We spent Thursday night at Grant and Alana's and ordered in food and beer. Friday morning Alana drove Jeff and I around shopping and brunching before Joe got up. Friday afternoon we all did the walk route around Burrard/Davie/Denman/Robson back to the hotel. We went to the Odyssey on Friday night. Joe's back was hurting so he left early, but Jeff and I closed down the bar. Saturday afternoon I ran the Seawall before everyone woke up and we all did the Harbourwalk from Stanley Park to Canada Place. We went out with Grant and Alana for dinner at Delilah's Saturday night before the fireworks in English Bay and the Pride Dance - the food was fantastic.

That's the weekend in a nutshell. Jeff bought some clothes and a pair each of glasses and sunglasses. Miraculously, Joe and I didn't spend anything shopping! I'm saving it up for Toronto and Montreal in September.....

Anyways, I guess you're right. It was meant to be. We were saying on the weekend how bad luck happens in threes. Jeanette backing out was number one, your mishap was number two, and we thought we were getting off scot-free on the third one until the last 'quarter' of our drive back home.

I hope VIA clears things up with you. I'm sure they will, but you may have to wait awhile for a response until the whole forest fire/redirecting/cancelling trains mess is over with.

No need to be sorry. I felt really bad for you and your wrecked weekend. Oh well, what's done is done. We can only hope the next one goes better. There's no way anyone could have predicted that the worst forest fires in 50 years would so conveniently flare up over one of the busiest long weekends of the year.

Anyways, we'll talk later. Maybe I'll show up to Friday baseball for something to do and we can visit then.

Later!
Reid

-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Boulton [mailto:dmboulton33@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 12:42 PM
To: Reid Dalgleish
Cc: Jeff.Bryksa@nbpcd.com
Subject: Van


Hey Reid/Jeff, Hope all is well. I'm sure you guys had lots of fun in
Vancouver, boy do I regret taking the train. Sorry I didn't make it. After
16 hours of sitting at Barriere watching peoples houses burn down and then
being told it would be another 3-4 hours before Via could arrange buses for
240 people from Kamloops I said #$@#$@#% it and caught the bus home. I was
in such a foul mood you have no idea. I've asked Via to pay for the bus home
and to reiburese my preference points. Haven't heard from them yet. Give me
a call and tell me all about it. I really wanted to go on the Cruisy T,(Ps
Jeff I will pay you for that next time I see you) Anyway Sorry again, but it
just wasn't meant to be. Talk to you guys later.......Doug