More like a roller coaster, with amazing experiences, good laughs, but also some tough lows. So much has happened, but I’m going to focus most of this blog post on my health, which is a story I have to get out there. We need to travel back all the way to mid-2015 to begin this […]

Post race summary: Super Happy!! The start was rough due to the girls in front of me slamming on their breaks all of a sudden, and I ended up being in last place about 3 seconds after the start. @canmtbcycling Awesome performances and a clear progression from all the riders at this morning’s German National […]

After an interesting encounter at our first hotel in Switzerland… we had to leave. Ended up in the Alps at Lenzerheide, Switzerland, which will be host to a World Cup Mountain Bike race in July. @canmtbcycling After a quick escape from a shady hotel owner that though we were in fact Russian spies (unfortunately, I'm […]

When the whistle blew my reaction was to hit the gas, but with 60+ girls on the start line, and me being many rows back, all you can do is wait. It takes a few seconds before you can move, meanwhile the front row is sprinting away. @canmtbcycling Great racing from the junior women at […]

I left Edmonton early Wednesday morning, then connected with the other girls in Toronto. We all landed early Thursday morning in Zurich, Switzerland and were able to spend the afternoon walking around the beautiful downtown Zurich area. Friday morning we all packed into the van and drove to a small town where we’ll be staying […]

It took a while to pull together, but sidneymcgill.com is ready. The goal with the website was to keep things simple to update, a clean design, and well organised. I needed somewhere to tell a little about myself, a place to show photos, a place keep my race Results, and make the occasional Blog post. […]