Commonwealth Games

Photo by Rob jones Moving into the Village After two good training sessions in Ontario after nationals, Max and I were off to the airport to connect with Emily and Raphael for our flight to Glasgow Wednesday night. (Max and I stayed to check out the mtb athlete accommodations for the Pan Am Games next summer and enjoy the local riding). At the airport we were escorted to the front with special commonwealth athlete status. Bonus! Quickly, we were settled into the 6hr flight to Glasgow where we were greeted by Games staff at the airport, again streamlined through customs, accreditation and were met by our bags on the other side. You could really get used to that level of service! With time to grab a coffee we were on a bus with athletes from track and field and headed to the village where Ian Hughes from Cycling Canada was there to meet us after security. Getting into a games village is very similar to going through airport security. Ian gave us a tour of t