21 September 2011 | Race Reports
I’ve been putting off writing this race report. Mostly because I just don’t want to dwell on the crappy end to my mountain bike season. But I guess it’s good to analyze the… | READ »
18 August 2011 | Misc
Sucky races are always hard to write about. I guess because I am usually pretty ready to move on and not rehash all the suck. But, since some of you are curious about… | READ »
5 August 2011 | Travel
Now that I’ve had a few days to decompress, do some laundry, organize all my crap (when I was leaving England, I pretty much just stuffed everything into my bag) and get in… | READ »
1 August 2011 | Race Reports
The whole point of the Olympic test race is to provide a sort of “dry run” of every aspect of the event for both the race organizers and the National Federations. Everything is… | READ »
30 July 2011 | Misc
It’s hard to believe the last few weeks of the Mountain Bike season are here already. It has been a long season in some ways, but there are are few big races still… | READ »
22 July 2011 | Misc
The “Findings” page in Harper’s Magazine is always full of interesting information. Thought I’d share some of my favorite tidbits from the most recent issue. -Spiders have more legs than they need -Taranchulas… | READ »
18 July 2011 | Race Reports
Ever since I found out the 2011 National Championships would be in Sun Valley, I had been looking forward to defending my national title in front of a home town crowd. Dusty and… | READ »
11 July 2011 | Misc
Finally! A clean race at a World Cup. I was pretty fired up after Mont Ste. Anne and was ready to throw down in Windham. My pre-rides all went well, I was feeling… | READ »
3 July 2011 | Race Reports
What the heck HAPPENED? Why has Georgia been sucking at the World Cups? These are two questions you might be asking yourself (I know I did), and here is my attempt to explain/recount… | READ »
30 June 2011 | Race Reports
I have to admit, after a few spectacular weeks at home I wasn’t exactly excited about traveling again. It has been so nice to be at home working in my garden, experimenting in… | READ »
I’ve recently discovered kumquats. Scratch that, I’ve recently discovered that I LOVE kumquats. If you’ve never eaten one (and they don’t really seem edible when you see them on the shelf in the… | READ »
10 June 2011 | Race Reports
I was really looking forward to racing at Dalby again. I love the course, and I had a great race there last year. Unfortunately, it seems like I have some kind of weird… | READ »
5 May 2011 | Food, Recipes, Veggies
I love breakfast. Today I out-did myself with this delicious hash, topped with perfectly fried eggs and a tomato-parsley salad on the side. So easy. Brussels Sprouts and Carrot Hash Handful brussels… | READ »
1 May 2011 | Misc, Race Reports
The last few days have been a whirlwind! Originally I was going to skip Pro XCT #4 because I thought it was going to be too much travel after the trip to South… | READ »
28 April 2011 | Race Reports
Well, THAT didn’t go as planned. After feeling good and riding well at Sea Otter, I was pretty excited (ok, and a little nervous too…) about racing the first World Cup. Even though… | READ »