A sick cry for help!

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:25:46 GMT

SO, I'm off to Brazil on Friday! but it's not a big deal... really

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:48:27 GMT

SHIIIITTT It's getting so busy. Since last thursday I haven't had an more than an hour at home when I'm not sleeping, to relax and put my feet up. damn you thrifty foods...

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:00:18 GMT

I'm so shocked about mr. shergold. i just found out last night and I couldn't sleep at all. best wishes to wendy.
I really don't know what else to write... this is just so much to handle

It's been a while

Sat, 26 Nov 2005 05:13:53 GMT

So I though, why the hell not update? I'm sitting here with both knee injured, I can barely turn my pedals. I've screwed up my petellar tendons so I'm out for a while.. shitty news considering I was gonna hit up some major miles this week. This is the first weekend in over a year where I'm not going to go for a ride. Kinda hard to think of like that but it's true...
Anyways! I'm liking the "no school" approach to life, but it's inevitable that I have to go back... I'm just takin my sweet time.
Last weekend Dave Zabriskie came to town. He's a pro cyclist who beat Lance Armstrong stage 1 of the Tour de France in a time trial (almost impossible to do). He got to wear the leader's jersey for 3 days until he crashed and lost it... tough luck

Here he is on stage 1 of this year's tour de france

Takin the leader's yellow jersey

and then... he ripped up some real nice spandex

my coach

christian takin the banana eating to new heights

ryan and Jp from the team

and dave... mentor/comdeic relief/grade 11-12 teacher at parklands

so we started going down the goose with the other 30 riders who'd signed up

Check out my yellow shoe covers. i made them myself and jp's wearing a pair too. it's my new business venture!

things slowed down as we hit the waterfront and jp and I started the deep chatting

ahem... home made shoe covers

So that was a pretty fun weekend, right? Hope everyone out of town is doing well!

No, I'm not dead...

Sun, 02 Oct 2005 05:44:24 GMT

So finally an update! Sorry it's only writing but my dad's got the camera up in the Queen Charlottes.
Bikings going well, and I'm logging some good kms. Wednesday I went out alone for a 190km ride. I'm trying to make that type of distance a "short" ride so I'll be ready for the over-200km races. CAN'T WAIT. Do hafta admit though, it does get lonely after 6-8 hours on a bike.

I've also been doing a lot of test like x-rays and ultrasounds. I have a little thing with my heart my doctor wanted to check out since it's put under so much stress cycling. Just waiting for the results. The two nurses who did my echocardiogram were SOOOO HOT!!! but that's beside the point. It also looks like I may have had a big virus for the whole of august, which explains some of my crappy performances. I can't seem to go a week without getting sick these days.

I got a job at a bike company called Giga-BIke. They're sponsoring our team to it seems right to get my foot in the door there. I'm also applying to Thrifty's to work nights. Biking's way too expensive and I need at least some financial independence... right??!?!

Another hobby I've taken up (don't laugh), is sewing... I'm now sewing shoe covers for cycling and it's pretty good money. Don't count on it for long though... I'd hate to make a job out of it

The plan for the next few weeks?: Ride, ride ride. Just get base miles in and about 20-25hrs in the saddle per week. It's gonna suck since the weather's turning to the shits right now.

Hope everyone's university lives are treating them well! I miss you all and can't stop thinking about how much fun we all had together.

Later

Sat, 10 Sep 2005 01:29:54 GMT

wow, did anyone else see the OC????? god, i can't help but feel a bit sad for Trey... nobody likes him

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:58:55 GMT

So I'm back. The race did NOT go as planned but don't worry, there's a good excuse. I'll do a good entry and I have over 400 shots. I need time to filter out the "inappropriate" ones....

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:44:53 GMT

Im here in Abitibi and its pretty crazy. There are 27 teams and they include ones from Belgium, Japan, France, Columbia, USA and Canada; over 160 riders. We started last night with a mini crit and it was FAST. Im pretty sure I placed top 30 but Im in no way a sprinter. Some of these guys are huge! Today was a team time trial where the team rides together for 17 km. We were 9th to start off and we finished 5th overall behind the Canadian National team and some fast USA group. Last year we placed 24th so its a big relief to do so well even though we only finished with 3 riders (we started with 6). Tonight is another 25 lap criterium. Our team is just trying to stay out of crashes and keep near the front. Its such a fun race!

Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:14:17 GMT

Wow I'm so unprepared right now! I'm leaving for Quebed today in about an hour and I THINK I have everything, but I don't know. Half of it is packed up in two bike boxes. I swear, packing a bike is like making your car fit into your trunk... and I've had to pack two.
This year at Abitibi I hope to do a little better since we have a pretty strong team. Last year I placed 59th of 180 so I'm aiming to at least better than that. It's 700km over 6 days so it's pretty harsh on the legs.

If you wanna keep track, they have a website that posts results and pictures everyday from the day's stages.
http://www.tourabitibi.qc.ca/francais/anglais/home.html

See you in a week and a half!

Wed, 06 Jul 2005 00:10:58 GMT

So today actually makes me feel sick. Has anyone else noticed that we haven't had a single nice day from sunrise to sunset this summer? It's always cloudy in the morning or in the afternoon. This is actually getting me down. So anywyas, I thought why not put some pictures up.
I'm heading off for Nationals tomorrow morning in Kamloops. Thursday is the time trial and then Saturday is the road race. My friends and I are seriously going wild sat night! Let's hope all the preperation works out since these races need to go well if I'm going to get on the National Team.

A view of the lovely weather from my room

Natalia's b-day was on Thursday. Gavin wore Jess's coat

And they walked...

Wow, can you say losers with one guy with a really bad smile????

The always seductive model walk

The next day I had a ride in the morning so I got up while everyone else was sleeping. Justin and Gavin looked comfy

So down at the velodrome I got to use my new bike for speed intervals

My friend and I were finished so my coach worked with the guys on the team afterwards

JP doing some h-core motorpacing. We were going at over 60km/h

Yesterday my second bike FINALLY came. It's been such a long wait but it came just in time.

It's so shiny

Then a great/ugly shot to leave you by. Got a new helmet thats super aerodynamic... god I need a life

IT'S ALL OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 05:55:52 GMT

Wow, most significant day of my life thus far. I can't believe it's over and with Physics finally finished (and getting totally brutalized by it), it's finally sunk in. THERE'S NO MORE HIGH SCHOOL! Thanks everyone for all the good times, memories and undoubtebly the most fun years of my life. Enough halmark talk.
The ceremony was NOT emotional. Mr. Snowden brought out the "donor" speech again but I think we let him know how much we like him.

Just a quicky, I got a new bike!!!! It's a custom one from Germany made for Time Trials. One of the only ones in Canada

Filling in at UVIC

Why does Mr. Cook looks so big?

Such a school ties shot

All those awards winners

The Tucknotts

Me and my big sister

And with the parents

Dinner dance. We rolled up in the bus.

4 beatiful people posing like there's no tomorrow

Natalia's dress was the hit of the night (at least I thouhgt so)

Ok Jess, you were too

Looking like a rock-star

The parachute that was Jess' dress

Gorgeous...

Trying to pop the champagne

After arriving late, everyone got on

Jessi and Megan

Easy to say we stole the show as we came in

Natalia put on a different show of her own

Mrs. Anderson and McKenna. Cutest baby I've ever seen!

Long lost siblings again

Me and Trish

Me and Natalie-a

The "fuck you Mr. Snowden, I'm only doing this for my parents" face.

Get ready for the shot of the night

Tadaa!!!

Lovely ladies

This was before Melissa raped Jess

Random shot of Justin's dad

Lena

I kinda just ruined the picture here

VERY RARE bad shot of Tisah

But she made up for it later on

Screw Alex White!!!!

Do I dare point it out?

Lovely Liz with Natalia's Zoolander impression

The hottest couple around!

My parents

THe ever-elusive Katherine H.

Megan, Lena and cleavage

Louisssss

Why I have this picture.. I don't know

The whole Hopkins family and GAVIN

Gavin a little less enthusiastic than before

Jess is smiling!

The Samara genes run in the Ko family. Here Shannon gives it a whirl

Then it was off to Mt. Tolmie to figure out what to do. Ended up with Lena, Megan, Priya and Jessi until 4 am.

Megan and Jessi (prettiest girl ever!)

Mon, 27 Jun 2005 23:57:22 GMT

Ok, so I just got raped by my chem exam. I swear, it was the worst thing I've ever done, but I guess that was expected... I'll post the pictures from yesterday tomorrow, after physics and when school is actually OVER

Wed, 22 Jun 2005 17:32:49 GMT

Got some pictures from the weekend. So Friday was Gavin's Birthday party. Lots of fun! All the videos, pictues, I can't wait to see them.
Then on Saturday I headed over to Van to stay with my sister. Turns out she lives on the race course... fancy that! I didn't bring my camera but there were lots of professional photographers out there. Get ready to see some hilariously disgustingly ugly shots of me on a bike!

I spotted a small Asian boy/girl doing some dishes at Gavin's

Then there was Priya

And Natalia's stomach

Liz looks like someone just slapped her ass!

Justin on Tomi's lap plus Mr. "Hairy legs" Duffus

I got home and my dog had found the sunniest place in the house

So the weekend. Hardest race of my life.
At the front trying to spread out the pack

And then it began to hurt

I wasn't smiling for the camera. It's like being brought to the brink of exhaustion then pulled back a little.

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:46:59 GMT

So I raced on sunday most likely the hardest race I've ever done. I raced with the pro men again and out of the 66 startes, only 14 finished. About 30 people dropped out, the rest of us were told to stop because although we were racing, there were about 10 guys ahead who were about to lap us.
Each lap (there were 14), there was an elevation gain of over 200m. That's like going up Mt. Tolmie 2 times each lap.... We were glad when they told us to stop with 3 laps to go. It was crazy....

Happy Birthday

Sat, 18 Jun 2005 18:52:08 GMT

Happy Birthday Gavin and Natalia!!

It's over!

Wed, 15 Jun 2005 04:18:27 GMT

Wow, no more classes. It's hard to believe nut it's true! I know don't say it enough but I'm so thankful for you guys. You've made life at school livable and enjoyable. I can't thank you enough!
So here are the pictures.

Last weekend I went over to Vancouver for the Atomic Road race. It was pretty short at 120km but had almost 2km of vertical altitude gain. I finished 8th in the pro men's and got $60. Pretty please about that!

Remember that girl who spoke at assembly about a get-together at central bar and grill? Well she's on my team and was the other person driving.

We had way too many bikes!

So on the ferry there were two guys dressed in batman and robin costumes. They were in their 30-40s and were from www.fathers-4-justice.ca
All I can say is WOW

The total UN-awkward picture I asked if I could take of them

My coach trying not too laugh. The little kid behind batman was getting so excited

The BATMOBILE!!!!

In vancouver

On the ferry on the way back. Emily, Robin and Angela

Here are some shots from the race. I'm getting a waterbottle from my coach in this one

Can you spot me?

At the back after a mini pileup

And from today........

Always good to start off with a shot of Afra

I met up with these dorks!

Then Anna and I tried to do some chem... It wasn't happening

Maryn came over doing the whole "masquerade" thing

For Anna:

Paparrazi shot!

Baby fuzz

Ribbon-tying adventures

Why there aren't any other flags is a good question

Carson made me sign his diary. Noticed Justin did too!

Laura plus a lovely Brendan seducing Arshia

Arshia and Donata's room

LAST physics class!

My best friends!!!! Of course this was before the whole Emery and watergun incident.

Priya

Mikey, not so single anymore!

Gill and Ellary getting a start on the whole "lesbo" thing!

Grad supplements = Place for too many naked pictures of Katia..... disgusting

That's the end of a part of my life!!!! Time to start over.

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 02:33:37 GMT

I'm almost done my supplement pages. Not nearly as many pics as everyone else but I'm trying to think of filler for the voids.

Sat, 04 Jun 2005 06:13:31 GMT

So I couldn't get to Allie's tonight because my sister was moving. It's wierd how easily you can get suckered into helping out.... I swear I do need to get out more. The last time I did something with people that wasn't bike related was before the May long-weekend.
Note to self: GET A LIFE!!!!!
Last weekend was pretty cool. After provincials there was Bastion Square where Natalia, Justin, Gavin and the fatest girl in the world (Melissa by her other name) came out to watch. They were by far the best cheergroup I've ever had. Here are pictures from the weekend:

Here's my sister's cat that came to stay. He's such an ass to my dog!

But he's just too cute

Here's some shots from the Provincial road race on sat. Good bud Jeff from North Van.

One of the many climbs

Soooo damn hot outside!

Things finally got serious. I attacked and only this guy stayed on my wheel. Here we are working together to stay away from the pack. Natalia says we both look like we're sleeping. riiiiiiight

Awkward podium shot. At least I get to keep the jersey!

So then there was Bastion. Working on the farmer tan here.

This guy's hurtin!

Right on Roland's wheel

Leading the pack

I'm being followed by two Olympians here

Just hanging on for dear life!

Hope everyone got their spandex fix for the week

Sun, 29 May 2005 04:40:19 GMT

Just resting up right now. I won the provincial championships today! It was 112km, not long but it had sooooo many big big hills. I attacked with 20km to go. I got $50, a medal and a BC Champion jersey. I'll get some pics because there were motorbikes all over the place taking them.
I've put up what the course profile looked like. The red line is the altitude so you can really see the hills.

I watched the OC!!!!

Fri, 20 May 2005 05:01:56 GMT

Tonight was the first time I watched a whole episode of the OC and it was SOOOOO GOOOOD!!!!!!!!! I am now completely in love with Rachel Bilson! And when Marisa shot Trey, that was so shocking (thanks jess for the heads-up). It was sad too but just surprising that she'd do that.
Anyways, my sister and I found my dad's old McGill year book from 1970. He was 29 when this shot was taken and was graduating from Med. School.

A waste of $75

Wed, 18 May 2005 06:01:02 GMT

Today was our trip to the National High School Music Fest... WOAH, hold on there, what's a high school orchestra doing there? I dunno, but it was the worst $75 my family has ever spent. I took about 80 photos but sooo many of them just plain sucked, so here's the ones that weren't too bad.

So I got picked up in Sidney. There were 3 buses, 2 school buses for the grade nines and tens, then 1 charter bus for the Grade elevens and twelves. It so happens the grade 10 bus decided to stop... so I got stuck with grade 10's the whole way over.
I sat beside Jane Hu... who?

Rachel wasn't too pleased

The asian kid behind us was sleeping

Jasmina also got put on the grade 10 bus

Vanessa and Kali

We got REALLY bored! Seeing how much loose skin we can grab

Nice lips

hahaha, we're having a jolly good time aren't we....

Absolutely sick! Andrew's face, hands and the guy in his lap! Well I think he's got some tough decisions to make

The camera went around the bus for a while and this was taken...

When we arrived we had to wait for a while so Jasmine and I found Anna. Looking stellar

Looking not so stellar. Still don't know what she was doing

Little grade 9 kid reading Cosmo...

A lady bug landed on my sleeve when we were eating

After the performance and lunch, we all went to Richmond Centre for... shopping?!?!? Anna was happy!

Great add in Guess with Ms. Hilton

Too bad she only had $20

We thought this was a skirt at first. Turns out it was a shawl, but I think Anna wanted it as a top...

Check out the guy behind Saps. There was a total redneck lady just a few tables down

We decided to go to Orange Julius

The Emily headed back to the bus

and I joined her

When we walked by the driver, he said we weren't allowed drinks on the bus, so Anna and Emily had to finish theirs. I'd hidden mine in my jacket pocket so I was fine, but Anna was getting brain freezes-galore

One of the best shots of the trip

Bianca bougth this for $7

Awwww, they're just so cute. RIIIIIIGHT

A bit too happy to be on the ferry

We saw this guy come in. He was ummmm, big! But as Anna and I found out, the girls couldn't stop touching him

See boobie I did it as fast as I could! now time for bed

Melissa hates plants!

Sat, 14 May 2005 04:49:54 GMT

I think this is the largest amount of photos I've ever posted. It's nothing comapred to Justin's or Gavin's, but it took me ages!!!!! This week's been kinda glum... with AP's finishing everyones relaxing and HAVING NO CLASSES! oh right, I forgot I didn't take any AP's so I've still got a lot... (minus English and French).

This Thursday was a school race at Hartland dump. It was hot and my back was killing me but I got the win. Here are some shots

Warming up with "no-handers". I hadn't done these in 2-3 years so I was a bit rusty. Last time, I had full protective gear and not a single ounce of spandex...

At the start line

grrrrr... there's the killer instinct

Down the first hill.

Coming around after the first lap. Each lap was about 22 mins

2nd lap

Lapping a guy

Dave and Vinnie came out to take photos and film for the athletic banquet

mmmmm... nice

So the race ended and we decided to have our own little photoshoot at the jumps.

Getting back the no handers

Dave had a remote flash that made the lighting really cool

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Going around for the clap

It was still really bright outside

Today was crappy to say the least. The weather sucked and it was just plain boring. Maryn and I went out onto the field to watched Jess and Allie play soccer. They won!!!!

The only thing Jess and a 70 year-old man have in common...

The most dangerous knee on earth. Just ask the butch lesbos from St. Margarets

YES IT'S ACTUALLY HER!!! I told Wild Thing I was in yearbook and we needed photos.... riiiiight

Allie worked really hard!

Jess did too

Callum thought his trick here was pretty special

Then came Alexa and Paulina

Alexa just loves the lense

So if you haven't heard, there were the cutest ducklings at the school. Apparentely they're here to stay. There were 7 of them in total and they were major camwhores. Sorry for the blurryness but they were always moving

Well that should do it for now!

The new jerseys have arrived!

Wed, 11 May 2005 05:00:20 GMT

so it's taken way too long and the season is well underway, but our new Team Jerseys have finally arrived. We're going from a small assortment of teams (TeenSpeed, Kappa women's team and Victory cycling) to a full trade team. We're now all Team Adventurebound. It's pretty exciting because we're getting a tremendous amount of support from our sponsors. I guess we'll just have to make them proud....

Sun, 08 May 2005 05:05:23 GMT

My sister is back!!! I was completely caught off guard when she did come home, but she's here for a few weeks, going back to graduation and then staying out here until she gets a job. you never realise how much you'd miss a sibling until they go away for 6 years...

It hit me like a freight train

Fri, 06 May 2005 04:15:47 GMT

So this week has been killer! I stopped taking english (thank god!!!!) and got 10 out of 15 on the last test. It's so much easier without that class!
I won that Time Trial on sunday and got a snazzy Titanium ring along with $60. On tuesday I did another Time Trial out in Sidney and met Jess's dad (he was doing it too). I finished just 5 seconds off my best time (25:31) and was 55 seconds behind Simon Whitfield. My average speed was 43km/h and I need to get it up to around 46-48 km/h to be competitive at Nationals and Abitibi.
On wednesday raced in Sooke around an 18 lap circut with a HUGE hill each lap. I managed to neutralize most attacks and got 3rd in the sprint behind some 20 year-old who's "hardcore".
Today was the school series road race at Newton Heights. It was 10 laps with another big hill each lap. I attacked with 7 laps to go and had lapped the field by the end of the race. Here's some shots
and a few videos

Click here to watch 'Video 1'

Click here to watch 'Video 2'

Click here to watch 'Video 3'

Warming up by the course

My coach and Emily

On the hill after the attack

Lapping one of the guys at the finish

Last lap. By this time it was hurting sooooo much