LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES - RACE REPORT

Gillian is back in the blogosphere! Check out her latest from London on gilliancarleton.com

From Gillian

"Just got some very special Olympic mail! To everyone that was involved in this project - THANK YOU so much! I feel so lucky to have such an amazing support network and i will do my best to make you all proud."

Photos: Laura Brown

PedalMag.com - CDN Women's Team Pursuit Update

Gillian Carleton © Heinz Ruckemann

Laura Robinson from Pedal Mag caught up with the Canadian Women's Team Pursuit squad in London.

Not to play favourites or anything, but here is a random excerpt from the article:

Gillian Carleton, like Glaesser is a young, talented athlete with a few more Olympics beyond London in her future. She showed early talent by winning the Canada Games as a teen-ager, but decided to pursue studies at U of Victoria in biology instead after getting “burned out” while only a teen-ager. Cycling still pulled though and it was her involvement in alleycat and fixed wheel non-sanctioned racing in the streets of Victoria that brought her back to the sport.

 “Last year a group of friends and I got involved in fixing up the Victoria velodrome. It had been closed for a long time and we got it opened,” she said of the 1994 Commonwealth Games Velodrome that was supposed to become a legacy for cycling and instead fell into disrepair when local municipalities did not maintain it. “Messenger and fixed gear community started coming out in 2011 and that’s when I started riding the track.”

Read the full article here: http://pedalmag.com/?p=168078

Canadian Cyclist Holdin' it Down for Team Canada

Gillian Carleton leads the pursuit squad (CanadianCyclist.com)

Canadian Cyclist has done a great job keeping us up-to-date with all the latest news about our favourite Olympic track cyclists in London.

They caught up the team earlier today at The Pringle. Read the story here: http://www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=24674

And while we're poaching news from our far-more-organized friends back East, you can find an updated race schedule and a couple more photos of Tara Whitten and Monique Sullivan looking particularly badass on their Looks here.

For those of you in Victoria, BC this week, we will be watching the Women's Team Pursuit qualifiers live at Broad Street Cycles (1419 Broad Street, across from CTV) on Friday morning.


Racing starts around 8:45am. 
You should be there by 8:30am


If you are concerned about being late for work, Renny will be available to speak with your boss.