A whirlwind of 2 weeks!- photo essay!

The Eat-Clean Diet Women's Learn to Race/Ride Skills Camp was a success - click here to read more about it! 40 women came together to push their skills a little further and at the same time, met some great potential riding partners as well.

The weekend got off to an early start for the team because we tried to fit out team photoshoot in just before the camp. We met up with photographer Waverly Wyld at 7:30am to get our team shots posted - will have a gallery soon - but below are a few shots from the morning's shoot.



Earlier in the week, Leigh attended a Company of Women seminar on a Winning Attitude. She was one of three athlete panelists who spoke on the correlation between the mindset and skills you need to succeed in sports, and the success factor required to do well in business. The panel spoke about what it takes to succeed in any arena and how to deal with the setbacks that can come along. Leigh was joined by World Champion sabre fighter Donna Saworski and world-class boxer Wendy Broad. Photography provided by Shannon Eckstein.


April 18th saw Petrina and Leigh take a long drive to Calabogie (5hrs) to race on the Calabogie Motorsports race track with the master & senior 3 women's field.

The 10-lap race saw lots of action with tons of jumps and attacks during the 50km race. The course was on a 5.05km closed race track with 23 turns and an elevation change of 20 metres per lap. Leigh took home a 2nd place and Petrina with an 8th place.

You can read Petrina's race report here.



Earlier that week, teammates Wendy Morley and Leigh Hargrove ventured into Caledon, Ontario on April 15th to speak to grade 7 & 8 students about nutrition and goal setting. The seminar, "Tools for Life - Sound Body, Sound Mind" resulted in a school project for the students to develop a vision board for their goals and dreams.

The motivational seminar was given to both boys and girls and Wendy and Leigh were assisted by Bob Knuckey and Taylor Reid.


On April 14 Mel hosted the first Gears Girls "Meet & Greet" of the season.

In the last few weeks, Mel has seen over 45 members sign up for the club this year and e load was on board to give out nutritional samples to the cyclists while they checked out some new casual wear clothing pieces for the club designed by Niko Apparel Systems. (Mel's wearing the club's new Tee!)

She's planning an upcoming clinic for members - more details will be posted on that soon.

April 2 kicked off the season for the team with the Good Friday road race. You can read her race report here. Leigh was able to use the camera from RaceDayRush.com to film the first lap of the race. Footage from that event will be posted on RaceDayRush.com but you can watch the 3-minute trailor below:




April was a busy month for the team, with two races under our belts and a series of events, we're very excited to be reaching out to the cycling community and putting our best foot forward!

Tailwinds,
Leigh