I was out shooting the time trial, and race today, and have completed editing and posting the photos I took on my site. If you could please let the racers involved know that this has been done, I would be very grateful. Congratulations on a well-executed and successful race today, I look forward to hopefully participating in it myself next year.

Kind Regards
Rob MacDonald

Here is the link.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmacdonald/collections/72157624348674235/

Thank you Bill, Ambrose, Cathy, Yolande, John, Carmel, the kind man who drove the jeep, and all others who volunteered ~ what an AMAZING event!!! You all set the mood for a terrific day despite the heavy rain:) A day I will never forget. Thank you!!!

Carol

Thank-you to Bill, John and the dozens of volunteers that once again put on a first-class event. Despite the rain and wind, it was a great day!

Andre Gallant

That man in the Jeep was Lonnie Jones. I needed a few things done quickly, and he did whatever I asked. Was a great help. I think extremely bad weather makes events better in some ways. It makes it easy to start a conversation with a stranger, gives great memories. You and John can talk about that for a long time…it wasn’t pleasant, but it felt good to see that people would come and put themselves through that, knowing there was a virtual guarantee of horrible weather.

Thanks guys, this was a great event. I had a fantastic time despite crashing out of the race.

I have one suggestion for next year: Could you have the feed zone going the other way towards the start/finish area? Having it on the “wall” meant that if you wanted to take a bottle you pretty much removed yourself from the primes.

Thanks for your comment Wayne. We’re glad you made the trip regardless of the weather.

Your suggestion is a very good one. We will rethink that for next year. We may be moving the entire race to “mix things up” a bit, and we want to have a 2 day 3 stage event. We will improve the race every year, as long as people want to race and give us the feedback.

[...] Changes to Bicycle Nova Scotia rules allow female racers to choose to compete in divisions with men based on their ability, regardless of age or gender. All participants must be licensed by Bicycle Nova Scotia in order to compete. One-day licenses can be purchased before the two-stage race begins during registration Sunday, July 11, from 7:30 am to 9:00 am near the Old General Store. Online registration is available at frameworkfitness.com/capebretonclassic. [...]