2012 – 1,519 miles, 2 road races and the first WORS race: DONE. Mountain bike racing is hard. Iola was hard, and not fun. I have done many rides and races that were really hard, but afterward I always felt good – a sense of accomplishment. Iola was just hard. When it was over, IContinue reading “2012 – The Year So Far…”
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The end of an era
7,437 miles and counting… In the past 2 calendar years, the longest I’ve been off the bike was 9 days: November 30 to December 8, 2010. Before that, I wasn’t keeping track. I’ve enjoyed every mile – every adventure, every race, every crash, every one of the 316 rides so far. But it’s time forContinue reading “The end of an era”
2011 racing season – that’s a wrap!
AKA – the continuing evolution of a fat dude… Here I am in summer of 2006. Riding an old mountain bike on the road with my other fat old friends – Bob Roll and Greg LeMond. OK, we’re not really friends – just fat. I had taken many years off of the bike, and wasContinue reading “2011 racing season – that’s a wrap!”
WORS #6 “Alterra Coffee Bean Classic” pre-ride report
82 degrees at 6am this morning – great morning to head over to Franklin and check out the Crystal Ridge trails. Once again this year the Alterra team will host the Crystal Ridge WORS race and their crew along with the Metro Mountain Bikers have made the once “fun to ride but crappy to race” courseContinue reading “WORS #6 “Alterra Coffee Bean Classic” pre-ride report”
I can crush you, but I won’t… yet.
I was born a loser – small, weak, not into sports… in fact I was the last kid on the block to learn to ride a bike. My parents moved us to a different state when I was 7 and then divorced when I was 10. Since I didn’t play sports and was relatively shy,Continue reading “I can crush you, but I won’t… yet.”
WORS Iola report (finally)
Once again, the 1st WORS race of the year has come and gone. I saw lots of chatter about how people were just there to have fun, see old friends, not necessarily to race. Huh? I think that’s an easy way to say “…if I don’t do well, I can just say I was havingContinue reading “WORS Iola report (finally)”
Training vs. riding – what are you doing?
Most weekdays, my alarm goes off at 5:00am (4:30 on sunny Tuesday summer mornings). I roll out of bed, throw on my gear and head to the ride of the morning. I don’t wear a heart rate monitor, I don’t use a PowerTap, and I don’t even have a computer on any of my bikes. Continue reading “Training vs. riding – what are you doing?”
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