23 October 2009 | Race Reports
Last Minute ‘Cross
After some good time at home (literally hardly leaving the house for several days due to arctic conditions in Fort Collins last weekend) I started to get a little antsy. I decided at… | READ »
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9 October 2009 | Race Reports
Cross Racing Begins
I did have a long drawn out blow-by-blow of my races in Vegas and Madison, but since that is already almost a month ago, it seems a little late… No matter how you… | READ »
21 September 2009 | Race Reports
When your body says “No”
It’s been a tough past few weeks. Here’s a quick run-down: I was really excited about the race at Worlds, so it was pretty disappointing to feel as bad as I did on… | READ »
21 July 2009 | Race Reports
US National Championships: Short Track
After some bad luck took me out of contention in the XC race, I was looking for a little redemption in the short track. When I showed up to the venue in the… | READ »
18 July 2009 | Race Reports
US National Championships: Race Report
It was bad. It was good. Luckily it never got ugly. I had a good breakfast, I got a good warm-up, my legs were feeling good, Waldek put a piece of tape that… | READ »
10 July 2009 | Race Reports
BC Bike Race: Days 3-7
BC Bike Race Day 3 So after getting stuck behind some slower folks in the singletrack on Day 2, Ryan told me “you need to start faster.” Then he listed off all the… | READ »
29 June 2009 | Race Reports
BC Bike Race: Day 2
Whew! I’m already exhausted and it’s only Day 2… Today’s stage was pretty long ~70k, and a lot of it was singletrack. Tough singletrack too, the kind where you are constantly going over… | READ »
28 June 2009 | Race Reports
BC Bike Race Day 1
Day 1 of BC Bike Race is in the books. It was pretty cool racing with a teammate (especially a really fast one…). I started things off right by not warming up enough… | READ »
27 June 2009 | Race Reports
BC Bike Race Day 0
So here I am in Vancouver, and BC Bike Race starts tomorrow. Today we rode part of the Day 1 course, and there was some pretty gnarly stuff. There was a long climb… | READ »
16 June 2009 | Race Reports
US Cup #4: Colorado Springs
Raced at Teva Mtn Games in Vail two weekends ago. Finished second to Katie in the cross country and third in the hill climb. I got a little cough after Teva that I… | READ »
3 June 2009 | Race Reports
US Cup #3: Bump’n’Grind Race Report
The down-and dirty: It was hot in Alabama. Hot and humid. Luckily the whole course was in the trees, so that helped. We were slated for 4 laps of the 5 mile course. … | READ »
30 May 2009 | Race Reports
World Cup #4: Madrid
We arrived in Madrid and were greeted by hot, dry weather- pretty similar to summer in Colorado. The course was almost the same as last year- dry, sandy and fast. And then it… | READ »
6 May 2009 | Race Reports
World Cup #3 Race Report
I’ll just blame my lack of updates on jetlag… After a disappointing finish in Offenburg and a pretty light load of training heading into the Houffalize World Cup, I was hoping for some… | READ »
29 April 2009 | Race Reports
Houffalize, Belgium Pre-race
It’s been typical Belgium weather here in Houffalize, in fact it is raining right now as I type this. I managed to get my ride in early, before the rain started- so that… | READ »
26 April 2009 | Race Reports
World Cup Offenburg: Race Report
Well, I finished one place better than last year (always have to find something positive…). I was the last person called up on the 4th row, and the only spot left was smack-dab… | READ »