Now, I am not one to tell stories

So, I was thinking to myself the other day--"self, you haven't spoke with your Canadian friend lately". So, I do my usual searching of the web for race results before E-mailing my northern commarad; this is what I ran across---

Angela Naeth Second to Olympian Gillian Kornell

At the Oliver Sprint Triathlon this weekend, Elitewave's Angela Naeth had an outstanding race - finishing 6th overall in the 156 athlete field (men and women included) and second overall among elite women. The women's race was won by Gilliam Kornell who raced for Canada at the Athens Olympics. Naeth finished a mere 11 seconds behind Kornell after closing the gap on the bike - riding nearly 2 minutes faster than Kornell on the 20km course in order to make up for a lackluster swim. This is the second podium race of the year for Naeth who now looks forward to the National Triathlon Championships in Brampton, Ontario.
Oliver Sprint Triathlon Results

June 4, 2006
Angela Naeth Defends Title at Hinton Triathlon
For the second straight year, Angela Naeth of Prince George, BC won the Hinton Triatlon. Along the way, Naeth nearly clinched the course record for the Olympic Distance comeptition in 2:07. Naeth was also second place overall among the men and women competiting.


So, it seems as if the Kanuk is ripping up the place in Canadia. Good job Ange, keep up the good work.

While my results aren't nearly as impressive, I managed to get over to STL this past weekend for the Tour de Soulard; this is usually a premire STL event,
capitalizing on Bastile Day in a Historic French district downtown.
The heat kept many at home, as the 1-2 field only brought 35 racers.
The race is usually as fast as it is technical, and with 10 corners, hundreds of spectators, beer-handups for all, and a break nearly always finds it's way clear
of the field. Java and I have been the local Mercy representation and
with two battling the likes of 8-10, it is usually an uphill battle. Good thing Brian can climb. Finally, about 25 minutes in, Brian found his way in an established move, with 8 other riders. He attacked the break, and solo'ed for the next 20 minutes or so, only to be caught just before laps. Mesa had three in the break,
and sent one of their ringers, Jeff Schroetlin up the road for the
win...I believe Josh Carter took second, Joe Hill Third, and our boy
4th. Just before the lap cards began to roll over, they called for the
"pass the hat preme". This is typically the preme you want at an STL
race. I made my way to a good position, then fought through the tough
finishing corners only to take on Mike Lanyon in a full out
drag race...I got him at the line, taking the meager 18 dollar prize
(yup, wrong preme this time...but hey, that was good for a 1/2 tank of
gas). Both of us completely blew our steam, and retired from the race
with 4 to go.

My brother Tim hosted a post-race BBQ at his apartment on turn number two. We had a pile of family, a handful of friends, and enough cats and dogs to make a Disney movie. Good food, good fun.

Afterwords, K, Parker and I rolled over to our new home, and little P took his first little pee in his new yard. We took some measurements of the rooms, and the yard, and rolled it back to BoCoMO.

Tight pants tonight, and State TT is right around the corner.