We’ve finally arrived in Kamloops and it’s HOT. We signed up for this event in the hope that we would get some sunshine and now the gods are having fun with us. It is 33 degrees celcius today, and forecast to get hotter over the next week – up to 38 degrees. I’m not going to complain, I just hope there will be plenty of feedzones. We’ll find out about all of that tonight at the rider briefing. Race starts tomorrow at 10am.
Bad news is, Andy’s come down with a stinking cold and can barely breath. He’s not sure he will be able to race, but we’re holding off making any kind of decision yet. He could always start the stage tomorrow and just take it easy for the first day, but that will mean at least five hours out in the heat and he is going to suffer. We’ll wait and see how he feels in the morning.
I’ve got some pics but the computer in the lobby here doesn’t have an SD drive so they will have to wait. Tinker Juarez and the Monavie Cannondale team are here, and Tinker has a new Flash carbon 29er to try out. It is crazy light! We’ll see if he can tough it out on a hardtail though, I think I’d be back on my full sus Scalpel after a day, but Tinker might just be tougher than me 
Jenn O’Connor, Altura Patterson Training Cannondale
