June 29, 2010 at 6:46 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Posted By: Brayden
I was just thinking it is time for a update from my end. I’m back in Quebec being coached by Eric. I was staying at the cycling centre before Spain and a little after, but now I’m staying at a person’s house with her and her sister and mother. They are mostly French but their Engish is way better then my French. We’re all making out good they have a English/French dictionary so when we don’t know the word we just refer to the book.
I am working hard and having fun in Quebec. There have been some people re-surfacing the track because it had some bumps and a few holes so they’re fixing it.
Last weekend I rode with some able-bodied athletes for a long ride, from the cycling centre in Bromont to the US. I’m not sure how far that is, but it was way more then the 3 hour training ride I was supposed to do that day!
Nationals are this weekend, so Mom & Dad are coming soon. My first race is on Saturday – but the full schedule and results will be posted here.
June 12, 2010 at 10:08 am · Filed under Results, Travel
Posted By: Brayden
The road race did not go so well… I ended up crashing twice on the same stretch of the course. Both times into a wall. I did finish though, and I’m okay, just a little stiff and sore. I think the category that I’m in is the right one, I just didn’t show it very well yesterday. Today I’m going to get some rest – eat properly, get to bed on time – and hope the time trial goes better tomorrow. I’ll keep you posted.
June 11, 2010 at 10:10 am · Filed under Paralympics, Training, Travel
Posted By: Brayden
Hi guys,
Sorry it’s been so long. Breanne and I are working on a new way of keeping the site up to date. We’ll see how it goes! Let us know if there are things you want to hear more about.
So the biggest news is that they’ve changed the cycling classifications. I’m now a C1. I’m not really sure who else is in my category anymore. This is the definition of C1 from the UCI:
Cycling Class C1
Neurological
• Hemiplegia, spasticity grade 3 in lower and upper limb
• Diplegia, lower spasticity Grade 2-3 in both legs
• Athetosis or ataxia
• Locomotor dysfunction, can be mixed pattern (athetosis, spasticity or ataxia)
• Poor functional strength in trunk, and / or in all extremities
UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS
Amputation:
• Single amputation of leg, AK, and arm, AE or BE, on same side or diagonal, with or
without the use of a prosthesis
• Double TK amputation with the use of prostheses
• Double amputation BE + Single amputation AK, no prosthesis.
Comparable incomplete spinal cord injury or comparable multiple impaired with a tested point score
more than 210 points.
I’m not sure what it means exactly, but I think they’re trying to make things more fair. So hopefully it works.
I’ve been training lots this year already and have gone to Quebec for races once and did a camp in Cuba too. They videoed me in Cuba and you can see it here.
Anyway – now I’m in Sevilla, Spain at the Para-Cycling World Cup. It’s pretty good so far. We flew here on Monday and it’s taken me a bit to get used to the time zones. Our hotel is nice and we’ve done a few rides around – I will have two races while I’m here, the road race and the time trial. The Road Race is today and is a course that we do 4 laps of. It’s 13.2 km. I race again on the 13th in the Time Trial. It’s 21 km.
Since I’m by myself here (well with the team, but no Mom & Dad) and I’m not good at remembering stuff I brought a book to write everything down so I don’t forget. My French is getting better too since all the guys here speak it most of the time and if I don’t learn it I don’t know what’s going on. So I’m trying!
Anyway, I’m off to race. I’ll update you on the results. Here are some websites with info about the races though.
Canadian Cycling Association News
UCI News
Results will be posted here eventually