So most of my family and friends heard about my small mishap with my bike over the weekend. The bike has been riding awesome all season with normal suspension bike maintenance, however while cleaning the bike and doing a final prep for Leadville I noticed a small crack in the frame. This is my first…
The forecast for Saturday is looking better by the day. The original report was calling for a 60% chance of storms and is now down to a more manageable 20%. I hope this is a trend for the weekend…maybe clear skies like last year?
So it is now 9pm on Monday night and in just 2 days my parents and sister will be arriving here in Denver. My sister has been out for my birthday the last couple of years, however my folks have not been to Colorado since my college graduation in 2004. I’m really looking forward to…
I awoke yesterday to another cool Colorado morning. It seems as though we haven’t had a summer this year with only a few days in the 90s. Usually by this time of year Colorado has had quite a few weeks of 90 or 100 degree temps. So with it only being in the upper 60s…
I have ventured up to Summit County the last 2 weekends so I decided why not make it a hat trick. Tomorrow I’ll be heading back to Breckenridge for the Breckenridge-68 or B68 for short. The race starts and finishes at the same spot as the Firecracker 50 so there will be some overlap of…
I realized today that I am precisely 1 month out from what will be my greatest accomplishment in cycling, the Leadville 100. Last weekend I drove out to Leadville with my friend Kris to see what exactly I am getting myself into and was it ever eye opening! Upon arriving into Leadville we ventured into…
Happy Independence Day! Why don’t you just go ahead now (no relation to the Spin Doctors) and celebrate our country’s independence by blowing up a piece of it! So while most American’s spend the 4th of July kicking back having beers and BBQ, I decided to race my mountain bike for 50 miles. Most think…
I’ll finally post a report from my epic race tonight or tomorrow. Looks like I’ll be moving the blog over to a new server as well in the process. Come back soon!
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