21 August 2008 | Misc
Rain, Rain, Rain
I woke up this morning to a serious downpour. It rained hard all morning, and it was supposed to rain all day, so I decided to go ahead and check out the course… | READ »
20 August 2008 | Misc
Finally Here!
We arrived in Beijing yesterday evening and got to the Athlete Village with just enough time to put bikes together and go for a short spin. The village is amazing- just walking around… | READ »
16 August 2008 | Misc
Jeju Island- MTB Training Camp
The past few days here on Jeju Island in South Korea have been most excellent. There are plenty of low-trafficked roads and enough miles of climbing and flats to keep us all busy…. | READ »
13 August 2008 | Misc
1 week at home, then Korea
After a month of being back east I had about a week at home before I headed over to Korea and then to China. Of course, the day after I got home I… | READ »
4 August 2008 | Race Reports
World Cup #7- Bromont: Race Report
The course was pretty wet and sloppy in the pre-ride, and race-day we awoke to a steady drizzling rain. It rained all morning and even throughout most of our race. Luckily 2 of… | READ »
30 July 2008 | Race Reports
World Cup #6- Mt. Ste Anne Race Report
So now that I am about to race at Bromont, I figured I should probably write about my race at Mt Ste Anne last weekend. So here it is in all its glory:… | READ »
26 July 2008 | Misc
Canada
I got some good hard training in on Thursday before heading up to Mt Ste Anne on Friday. The drive took 9 hours with about an hour spent waiting in line at the… | READ »
24 July 2008 | Misc
Rain, Rain…Rain
It’s been pouring for the last 2 days. Not the kind of short downpours you get out west, but the long, steady all-day kind of rain that you get back east. It seems… | READ »
22 July 2008 | Race Reports
US National Championships- Mt. Snow Race Reports
Sometimes you just don’t have it. Sometimes you REALLY don’t have it. Sometimes those days happen to be back-to-back. Dang it! I hate it when that happens. I was so excited to race… | READ »
22 July 2008 | Misc
Furlow
Staying at Furlow has been a great mental rest- no cell reception, no internet. Hence, my abysmal lack of blogging or even checking my email. I have however done plenty of swimming, seen… | READ »
21 July 2008 | Race Reports
NMBS #5- Windham Race Report
I’ve been back east for a few weeks now and my lack of blog updates is pretty bad. At least it’s raining now so I am not too bummed about typing on my… | READ »
3 July 2008 | Misc
Going to the Olympics
Well, it’s finally official: in August I will get the opportunity to represent my country at the Olympics in Beijing, China. At this point I think it hasn’t really sunk in- maybe it… | READ »
29 June 2008 | Race Reports
NMBS #4- Deer Valley Short Track Race Report
For the past three years I have had great races in the Deer Valley Short track, and I was hoping for more of the same today. I generally feel better on the second… | READ »
29 June 2008 | Race Reports
NMBS #4- Deer Valley XC Race Report
After 2 days at home, we turned around and headed up to Park City, Utah for the fourth round of the NMBS series. The course was in great shape, and there were tons… | READ »
27 June 2008 | Misc
More Europe Photos- Scotland
Lochs: Mountains: Sweet road riding: Stone bridges… Waldek, a man of many talents: team manager, soigneur, barista, mechanic, winner of sprints to town-signs, comic relief, all around bad-ass (and John from Subaru/Gary-Fisher “supervising”):