Rebuilding phase

     Well it has been a while since I have had anything to post(2 months!). After my crash at the Burnaby 4 I had to take a 6 week break which sounds awesome just hanging out but in reality was very very boring. Normal daily activities would only aggravate symptoms so I spent a lot of my time sitting in a dark room, no tv letting my brain heal. I have crashed many times but never had symptoms like I have experienced in the last 2 months. Vision lag, headaches, dizzy ness and being super sensitive to everything. I would like to thank to Bill Macdonald and Andrew Kerr of Golden Ears Physiotherapy for their help in getting my injuries pre (my knee from team camp) and post crash sorted out. Also thanks to everyone who helped me out at the track as I have been recovering, my memory of the few weeks after is not all that great. Also thanks for the support from my team Russ hays Accent Ins pb Pacific Cycling center for their understanding as I try to recover. Missing the last 3 training camps 1 which included 2 weeks in Tucson, Arizona. Missing out on the training and getting to know my team mates better sucked but it was necessary for my health.

Tragically on Sunday Jeremy Storie my co-worker of the last 5 years and was previously my coach passed away. I can recall my first learn to ride when I was maybe 13 years old as the only one in the class and Jeremy instructing. I was terrible riding mountain bikes really didn't prepare me for riding the steep banking of the Burnaby Velodrome. I can't count how many trips I have done with Jeremy from my dEVo junior days to provincial team training camps and racing; We will all miss him and everyone at the Burnaby Velodome will have a lot of work to fill the void. Thanks to Paul Craig for organizing a memorial ride for Jer, around 80 people came out from various clubs to pay their respects.

On a lighter note I just arrived in Ventura, California with the Cycling BC junior/u23 guys doing a warm weather camp with the one and only Mr. Jeff Ain. It has been 8 weeks since the crash and have only been able to do light activity for maybe 10 days now;so this camp is going to be very difficult to say the least. Hopefully the fitness comes back quickly so I can get back to racing when I return home to Vancouver.

Thanks for reading,
Mike