24 December 2008 | Race Reports
After pre-riding the Nommay course, I was really looking forward to the race. The course was mostly flat with a few short steep climbs that could potentially turn into run-ups depending on how… | READ »
20 December 2008 | Race Reports
The race in Kansas City was shaping up to be the complete opposite from last year- the course was dry and fast, and the temperatures were relatively warm. But for ‘cross you always… | READ »
11 December 2008 | Misc
For those of you who haven’t checked out cxmagazine.com, you should. They have live updates during the amateur racing, and there will be live coverage of the complete men’s and women’s elite races… | READ »
8 December 2008 | Race Reports
Well, the USGP series is officially over, and I was unable to defend my title. However, if you have to lose, it’s better to lose to your teammate so it was good that… | READ »
3 December 2008 | Misc
No, I’m not pregnant… I’ve decided to go over to Europe for a couple of weeks around Christmas (I have 2 weeks off Culinary School). “It’s about f-in’ time,” was I think how… | READ »
3 December 2008 | Food
Whoa, whoa, whoa- don’t knock it until you’ve tried it! I cooked my first complete Thanksgiving dinner this year (with the help of Lea Davison, my trusty sous-chef). I brined the turkey overnight,… | READ »
3 December 2008 | Race Reports
After trying to write a race report from the NACT finals and boring myself a lot (who really wants to read about the blow-by-blow of every single race anyway), I decided against it…. | READ »
19 November 2008 | Race Reports
It was rainy and humid when I arrived in Baltimore on Thursday. Waldek, Dusty, Katerina and I stayed at Mom and Bo’s Thursday night and headed up to New Jersey the next day…. | READ »
4 November 2008 | Race Reports
The second day of the Boulder Cup featured a much different type of course. It was mostly grass, with a paved, uphill to the finish, some shallow sand pits and a bunch of… | READ »
2 November 2008 | Race Reports
Like last year, the first day of the Boulder Cup was held at the Boulder Reservoir. That meant there would be plenty of sand, gravel, loose corners and goat heads. Plenty of goat… | READ »
30 October 2008 | Misc
I mentioned Superfan in my last post. He is a legend at Ohio Valley MTB races, but new to ‘cross racing. He was out at the venue for all the amateur and elite… | READ »
28 October 2008 | Race Reports
I was really looking forward to racing in Louisville after having so much fun at the races in Cincinnati. The Ohio Valley has such a great cycling scene- I was really impressed with… | READ »
22 October 2008 | Recipes
Don’t get me wrong- I kind of like the dirt taste, but I found this recipe that makes a very delicious and very different kind of lentil soup. The red lentils have a… | READ »
21 October 2008 | Race Reports
Sunday morning, we slept in and then headed over to Lucile’s for a good pre-race breakfast (I probably should have been a sensible bike racer and gotten the bowl of oatmeal, but when… | READ »
18 October 2008 | Race Reports
Today Dusty and I headed down to Longmont for a ‘cross race at Xilinx. I decided to race with the cat 3 men as well as the women, just to get a little… | READ »