No Nationals

I got a cold the day after Cascade ended, and it hasn’t gotten better. I won’t be racing nationals.

Nomad Bike Life

Over the past 12 months of training and racing, I’ve lived and stayed at an amazing number of places. Although I wouldn’t call it world travel, I would call it couch/air mattress travel.
1 week or less
Tony’s apartment
Zach’s
Annie’s parent’s
My Aunt and Uncle’s
Becka’s
Chad’s
Debbie’s house
Debbie’s condo
Chris and Karey’s
Tony’s cabin
Derek and Kim’s
1-4 weeks
Hostel in Gent
CJ’s house
Will [...]

Cascade stage 6

I just posted about the crit so read that before this. Although it isn’t a very interesting post. Neither is this one. No good humor. I had some good ideas a few days ago for something funny, but I forgot what they were.
One thing I forgot to add about [...]

Cascade Crit, stage 5

The crit was packed with people. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions. My family came out to watch the crit and the last road race, so I made sure not to crash.
I was feeling decent, not good not bad. I had spent the day watching Super Troopers and part of the movie [...]

Cascade stage 4

Today came very close to being the last stage for me. I hung on by a mere two minutes, finishing dead last but making the time cut. It was the hardest race I have done this year, not because of the pace, but because of how bad my legs were today.
My lack of [...]

Cascade Classic Stages 2 and 3

Yesterday was hard. It started out at Summit High School, the same place that hosts the High Desert Omnium, except unlike the HDO, the parking lot was packed. I rode over there from the house I’m staying at and sat in the shade next to the porta potties for about 20 minutes, waiting [...]

Cascade Classic Stage One

First off, I did end up getting a place to stay in Bend with Eli’s Cousin AND I got a ride to the race from Jen Aekroyd (sp?). So my 50 mile commute didn’t have to happen.
The race was hot and flat with some rollers and one climb at about mile 30 of the [...]

Cascade starts tomorrow

It looks like I’ll have a 30 mile warm up and 15 mile cool down tomorrow. But if you know someone who’d be willing to give me a lift before the race from Sunriver to Redmond, or Bend to Redmond, or after the race from Bend to Sunriver, I’d appreciate it. I’m staying [...]

I don’t know if it’s the cabin fever but….

I’m pretty sure this is the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life. Mission accomplished; I now have no further use of the internet. In fact, life can only go downhill after viewing this video.
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/dWyDfqMthuRyfjtp

Highlights from Sunriver

Today I’ve killed four flies. I was going to say five, since that sounds much better, but it would be untrue. The last fly is still buzzing around the cabin and I can’t find it. My weapon of choice has been a pillow, which I use to smash the flies between the [...]