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 | Misc
Soapstone Prairie = FUN
Dusty and I headed up to check out the new Soapstone Prairie Natural Area the other day. It’s about 20 miles north of town and has around 50 miles of trails for hiking and… | 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 »
17 July 2009 | Misc
US National Championshps: Pre-race
So here I am in a condo in Granby, CO waiting for the race tomorrow. I’ve been making up for my lack of TV at home by browsing such quality programming as: “Top… | READ »
14 July 2009 | Misc
What Dusty has been up to
Since he is even worse than I am about updating his blog. When he’s not working or eating breakfast at Lucile’s (his favorite breakfast spot), Dusty has been spending his time at the… | 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 »
10 July 2009 | Misc
BC Bike Race photos
Since I am terrible about remembering to take and post photos, I will take advantage of Katerina. You can see her photos of the trip on the Luna Website. Waldek took this one of… | 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 »
26 June 2009 | Recipes
The best chocolate chip cookies
The last few weeks have been pretty busy. I got back last night from a week in Ketchum, ID, and I leave for Vancouver this morning. But I thought since I’ve been so… | READ »
18 June 2009 | Misc
Bobcat Ridge
Ben, Lea and I rode at Bobcat yesterday and it was in the best shape I’ve ever seen it! The climb up the power line road wasn’t sandy at all, traction was great… | 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 »
3 June 2009 | Misc
Houffalize Photos
Just got these from Waldek. They are mostly pictures from the little bakery we stopped at every morning on our way to the course. Most delicious turnovers I’ve ever had in my life. … | READ »