Singapore will host the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in August 2010. The organising committee, SYOGOC, is looking for Sports Specialist Volunteers for the cycling disciplines. Those interested in volunteering are invited to attend an introductory session on 9th January 2010 to understand the sport, expectations and roles and responsibilities, followed by workshops to cover the different disciplines. Be trained by professionals to graduate as a qualified Sport Specialist Volunteer! Get up close and personal with the bikes, bikers and the fantastic people that make this sport go round and round… When? Saturday 9 January 2010 What time? 9am-1pm Where? S2010 Hall (2nd floor SYOGOC, 1 Kay Siang Road) What’s happening? – Intro to cycling – History of cycling in the Olympic …
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Yeti Super-X arrived.
After a lot of grief with vPost – poor guy had to have a bad experience the very first time he used them – K finally received his Yeti Super X frame tonight. Naturally, he’s over the moon, despite having had to wait more than a month for it to arrive, and pay $400 in shipping fees because the seller was a bit of an eejit and shipped the frame in a huge-ass mountain bike box. Only 250 of this frame were made, and all of them (well, almost all) were given to team riders, so getting his hands on one is quite a coup. I took some pictures for him, but I’ll just put up this one grotty shot of …
Phew.
After some back-and-forthing, I decided to stop being a ninny and just go to the track again with K this morning. After all, I’d bought a new pair of Nike Cherry Dunks and they needed to get a bit dirty. And I had no other excuse for not going apart from sheer laziness. So I went, and I’m happy to report that I went two rounds on the trail – once with K, once on my own. No squealing, and the second time when I was on my own (K stayed back to practise some moves and talk to the young ‘uns) I actually made it over obstacles I hadn’t been able to clear before without a good amount of …
Saturday morning at the track.
Alison didn’t have Kumon class this morning so I decided to haul ass and go to the track with K. When we got there, he realised that none of his students would be showing up for coaching for various reasons. So we set off on a ride around the mountain bike trail. I haven’t been on my bike in a very long time, and it was nice to be riding again. Made K laugh a few times by squealing my way down TINY slopes. I was a bit chicken because my helmet is in his office and so my noggin was unprotected. Didn’t feel like cracking it open on a rock or getting up close and personal with a tree! …
