15 October 2008 | Misc
And Now For Something Completely Different…
This fall I enrolled in a professional cooking program at the Culinary School of the Rockies in Boulder. It’s a 15 week program with classes 3 days a week for 5 hours a… | READ »
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12 October 2008 | Race Reports
Cincinnati UCI ‘Cross
This weekend I headed to Cincinnati for 3 days of UCI racing. Two of the days boasted equal prize money for the top-5 men and women, so I was happy to come and… | READ »
6 October 2008 | Misc
Dessert
Used up the rest of my berries making this tart (my mom’s famous “prostitart”) for Gary’s birthday: I cooked the crust on the grill (still waiting for my new stove). I am now… | READ »
Pick Your Own Raspberries
Picked 3.5 pounds of delicious raspberries the other day- for $10! For those of you locals who don’t know about the Whipple-Mueller Small Fruit Farm (on vine between Shields and Taft Hill- call… | READ »
1 October 2008 | Misc
‘Cross Ride in Lory
Cross bike + Lory State Park = FUN/1 flat tire = still pretty fun. That’s about the extant of my math these days. Had a great ride yesterday- never ridden my ‘cross bike… | READ »
30 September 2008 | Links
Good Documentary
Dusty and I watched an awesome (and scary) documentary last night called “Hacking Democracy.” It’s about the problems with electronic voting machines. Apparently the companies that make them are very secretive, so NO… | READ »
26 September 2008 | Race Reports
CROSS VEGAS!
Having a ‘cross race during interbike is a great idea because it gives us all a reason to go outside! (Otherwise we might be inside for days on end…) This year’s ‘Cross Vegas… | READ »
22 September 2008 | Misc
Epiphany Ride
Last night I got back from Napa valley in California where I took part in the annual Clif Bar “Epiphany Ride.” It follows a route that Gary Erickson (the owner/founder of Clif Bar)… | READ »
17 September 2008 | Race Reports
Race Report: World Cup- Schladming, Austria
After Brian Head, I was pretty fried from racing and travel, so I took some time during the next 10 days and focused on doing things other than bike racing. Like running. I… | READ »
13 September 2008 | Misc
Austria
I’m back in Europe for the last World Cup of the season in Schladming, Austria. The course is pretty typical European World Cup- straight up, straight down but less technical than usual (of… | READ »
2 September 2008 | Misc
Some Photos From China
Team USA’s lodging in the Athlete Village: Some of the gardens and ponds on the walk from the dorms to the cafeteria: Of COURSE there is a McDonald’s in the cafeteria (there was… | READ »
1 September 2008 | Race Reports
NMBS Series Finals: Brian Head, Utah
This is somewhat of a rant- but there are race reports down there somewhere… After only a few days at home, I headed down to Brian Head, Utah for the NMBS series finals… | READ »
28 August 2008 | Misc
Korea Training Camp Photos
Doing the tourist thing: Fresh sushi at the beach: sea squirts and sea cucumbers (I probably should have tried it, but didn’t) Local flora: Local fauna:
27 August 2008 | Race Reports
Race Report: Olympic Games- Beijing, China
The last few days have been somewhat of a whirlwind. Here’s the update from the Olympics: I woke up race day glad to be racing at 10am- less time to sit around and… | READ »
22 August 2008 | Races
Day Before the Race
Today was the last day to pre-ride the course before the race tomorrow. The course had dried out a ton- the only part that was still somewhat sketchy was the long steep downhill…. | READ »