Conor Mullervy

Tucson-Boise-Denver

2012-01-31T19:46:00.000-08:00

A lot has been going on since I posted last. I was in Denver for the Holidays then back to Tucson for another block of training then it was off to Boise for sponsor camp and now back in Denver for a couple of days.

While I was back home for the Holidays I caught the flu real bad and was out for a week. This was the sickest I think I have ever been and didn't even think about touching the bike. Though getting sick then was probably the best time to do so rather then getting that sick mid-way through the season. After a week off it was back to Tucson for some nice warm miles.

Getting back to Tucson was awesome because when I was back in Denver and not sick I was stuck in the basement on the trainer grinding it out. The weather this time around in AZ was perfect, was able to wear just shorts and short sleeves most of the time because the weather was in the mid 70's. Was able to get in another 2.5 weeks of some big miles and good climbing. I also had a few more teammates down in Tucson during this time so it was nice to be able to ride with the team and meet the new riders and catch up with the old ones.

Then it was back to Denver for a night to celebrate my Nephews 1st birthday and see family. Though bright and early the next morning it was off to Boise for the team sponsor camp. This was the first time that the whole team was able to gather in one place and catch up, meet new riders, meet sponsors, learn all about the season ahead and have a fun time.

The first day in Boise we had our own little race, though it was not on the bikes it was on the go-kart track. This was a lot of fun to be able to race one another and get the first results of the season. Ben Chaddock had the fastest time but I think I was somewhere in the top 5. The rest of the week was a lot of meetings with all the sponsors learning all about the companies and there products which was very interesting. The last day in town we all heading up to Bogus Basin to do some tubing. We were able to do some aero testing on the hill to prepare for the up coming season.

Now I am back in Denver for about 10 days before heading to Ventura, CA for our team training camp. There we will be putting in some big miles and preparing for the first race of the season that will be here before we know it.

All Aboard

2012-01-06T14:41:00.000-08:00

It's already 2012 and that only means that the season is right around the corner. This is why I am back in Tucson, AZ for some more good training and warm weather. I went back to Denver over the Holidays and took it pretty easy, did all my rides on the trainer. Though the last week I was there I came down with the flu real bad, probably the sickest I have ever been. I am now just getting over it and slowly getting back into my routine. I'm here until the 24th and then I head to Boise for Sponsor Camp.

Talking about Sponsors, the team is fortunate enough to be working with some great new company's in 2012 and I can't wait. The new Sponsors for 2012 include: CLIF Bar(Nutrition), Spider Tech (Kinesilogy Tape), Fi'zi:k (Saddles), Feeback Sports (Work Stands, Accessories, Storage &more). I want to thank all these great companies for there support and allowing me to live my dream. Check out the rest of the great sponsors at Team Exergy.

Tucson training

2011-12-14T15:52:00.000-08:00

Its been about 2weeks since I arrived in Tucson, AZ for some warm training. Even though I think I have had to deal more with cold weather or rain then there has been warm sunny days. So far the riding as been good none the less. Finished off a big week with close to a 30hr week on the bike with another in the works.

Also was able to make it to the Shootout this past Saturday for the largest group ride I have ever done. We meet at the Starbucks by the University of Arizona and take a easy stroll though town before the attacks start. We left the Starbucks with about 40 people and by the time the ride actually started there was close to 100 riders, it was crazy. It started off real fast and stayed this way for the remainder of the ride. Halfway through the ride a group of 15 of us or so broke off to go climb Madera canyon. The first 10miles was pretty steady false flat with the last 3miles kicking up becoming pretty dang steep. All in all this was a hard but fun ride.

I also was able to climb up to the top of Mt. Lemmon last week. This was one fabulous ride with around 25miles of climbing and some great views. The climb itself never got too steep which I liked and also had a big cookie on top which was a nice treat after climbing that much. The descent was awesome because there are no tight turns which requires minimal breaking. Though I have been unable to climb back up because of the weather that they have been receiving. I think this is the most snow they have ever seen up there.

I head back to Denver this coming Monday December 19th and will be staying there for the holidays. Then will return to Tucson on January 5-24 to get in some more good training. Then its off to Sponsor Camp in Boise, ID on January 25.

Here are a few pictures from the training in Tucson so far.

Riding with Bruce and the Uno boys

Kevin and Adam on the Garmin development team

Big cookie on top of Mt. Lemmom

River crossings on road, lots of rain

Whos who?

Its about the size of my head

Far from ideal

2011-12-03T14:50:00.001-08:00

So I came down to Tucson, AZ for some warm weather and good riding, so far it hasn't been that. I left Thursday from Denver with a couple inches of snow and arrived here with temperatures in the 40's and real windy. Then Friday it was cold and raining all day so we used the day to build up the bikes. Got a lot of help from Bruce who use to live Colorado and owns Uno Bicycle Studio in Tucson, AZ. Really great and knowledgeable guy check him out Uno Bicycle Studio.

Getting de-iced at DIA

Today was suppose to be in the 50's and raining again. It also happen to be Saturday and here in Tucson that only means the famous Shootout ride is going down. This is a 60mile ride which pretty much turns into a race with about 150 other riders. Here is a quick YouTube video of the shootout. So Kevin and I left the house today around 6:20am to ride out there because it is a good hour from where were staying. Though it was still pitch dark out so we could not see much with our frog lights. Getting out of the neighborhood I must of hit a big rock and double flatted instantly. Kevin sprinted back to the house to get more tubes while I fixed my two flats. After all that we got on our way and had to ride pretty hard now so that we would not be late. About 10min away I flat AGAIN this time I had a thorn in the tire. I finally get the 3rd flat fixed and make it to the Starbucks where the ride starts but we were 6min late and had no idea which way the ride went so we could not catch up. So we decide to go on our own ride which happen to turn out to be a pretty good 5hr ride. Though before the end I flatted once again making it 4 flats on the day.


Fixing my forth flat of the day

Now Im hoping my luck turns around before heading back to Denver on December 19th. The plan for the rest of the time here is to get some base miles in while riding in some warm weather.

2012 Race Schedule

2011-11-30T15:55:00.001-08:00

The 2012 season is fast approaching and so is winter. This is why Kevin and I are heading down to Tucson, AZ tomorrow for about 3 weeks to get in some good solid training in the warmth. Couldn't of planned it any better because its going to be in the 20's here tomorrow and snowing. We also officially moved everything out of Grand Junction and can no longer consider it home. Defiantly going to miss it and all the people(not the rednecks/ diesel trucks) but am looking forward to living in the Broomfield/Boulder area from now on.

Also here is a look at my 2012 race schedule. Not all of it is set in stone but is a good rough draft

January 26-29 - Sponsor Education Camp - Boise, ID

February 11-19 - Winter Training Camp - Ventura, CA

March 31 - Cigar City Classic - Tampa, FL

April 14 - Presbyterian Hospital Invitational - Charlotte, NC

April 15 - Hanes Park Classic - Charlotte, NC

April 21 - Sunny King Criterium - Anniston, AL

Apr 28 - May 6 - Speedweek - Southeast United States

May 12 - Tour de Grove - St. Louis, MO

May 19-20 - Wilmington Grand Prix - Wilmington, DE

May 26-28 - US Pro Road Championships - Greenville, SC

June 1-3 - Glencoe Grand Prix - Glencoe, IL

June 8-10 - Saint France Tulsa Tough - Tulsa, OK

June 12-17 - Tour de Beauce - Ontario, Canada

June 21-July 1 - Tour of America’s Dairyland - Wisconsin

July 6-8 - Tour de Delta - Ladner, British Columbia, Canada

July 10 - UBC Grand Prix - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

July 28 - US Pro Criterium Championships - Grand Rapids, MI

August 7-12 - Tour of Utah - Utah

August 25 - Chris Thater Memorial - Binghampton, NY

September 18-22 - Interbike Exposition - Las Vegas, NV

Cyclocross bike up for sale

2011-11-10T13:37:00.001-08:00

Well it seems as if no one was interested in the CLIF BAR cyclocross bike so I decided to put my red bike up for sale. Still in really good condition just needs someone to ride/race it because its collecting dust here.

Small dent from bars hitting top tube

If your interested check it out on eBay now or get in contact with me.

Switching things up

2011-11-02T09:59:00.000-07:00

The weather here is now just started to get crummy and I find myself taking twice as long to get ready for a ride with all the layers I need to apply to stay warm. This time of the year I never look forward to and already can't wait for the warm weather. Though this year because I have an actual off season I will be heading down to Tucson, AZ from December 1-20 to do some training in some nice warm weather. Then back to Denver for Christmas and hopefully get back to AZ before our first team get together in Boise at the end of January.

    Now with more time to focus on the 2012 season I have changed up/started some new routines in my training. First off I have started to do some Yoga three times a week which is a pretty fun, relaxing and good strength builder. I have always been told to try and do Yoga but I never really had time to do this before. So far its been pretty good, there have been a couple times where I find myself with my legs burning because of the positions you need to hold, so must be good.

    I also have been doing some weight training after Yoga class and have been slowly building up. In years past I have done some lifting but would always start up with heavy weight thinking that I am inadvisable and end up hurting myself or seeing no results. This time around I have been a lot more consistent and been doing a lot lower weight but higher reps which has helped out a lot.

    The next big change in my training has been my diet. This is the first time that I have actually been watching what I am eating and not just eating what I please. I always thought I could just eat whatever I wanted because I would just burn it off training. Though I have already noticed a difference in my performance and my overall health. The hardest part so far is staying away from the desserts and soda. The desserts have been hard especially because Halloween was just a couple of days ago and I now have a full bag of candy because there were no trick-or-treaters that came by. Also, the soda has been hard to stay away from because I LOVE Mt. Dew and would find myself drinking one or two a day. Though don't get me wrong I still do have some desserts but not as often and a healthier version while I have a soda every once in a while but have cut back dramatically.

Allen Lims new cookbook,pretty cool

Also I just shaved the other day to get ready for no-shave-novomber. So will see if I can grow a beard in a month and if it will give me any extra strength on the bike.....

My future!!

Team Exergy 2012 Roster

2011-10-24T15:53:00.000-07:00

Team Exergy has come out with its final line up for the 2012 season. Looks like were gonna have a super strong team next season and I already can't wait. You can check out an article Peloton magazine did on the team here: Exergy 2012

Exergy Roster:
     Freddie Rodriguez
     Kai Applequist
     Sam Johnson
     Quinn Keogh
   Kevin Mullervy
     Carlos Alzate
   Ben Chaddock
   Andres Diaz
   Matt Cooke
   Conor Mullervy

New Riders
     Andres Alzate
   Zac Davies
   Logan Loader
   Morgan Schmidt
   Sergei Tsvetcov

Looks like we have some serious horse power, looking forward to a successful 2012 season

California

2011-10-17T11:29:00.000-07:00

I went to California for week and did some good riding around Lake Tahoe and Sacramento area. We left Friday afternoon about 4pm for a 13hrs drive to Tahoe. We drove through the night and arrived to the condo about 4am. Slept in the car for 2hrs upon arrival then was let in to the condo to sleep for a hour or so only to get up and go for a 5hr ride around the lake. The lack of sleep was not fun but the ride around the lake was great, some awesome views and nice riding.


Lake Tahoe with Kevin, Jeff & Marty

During the week in Cali we meet up with Josh from Williams wheels and Rob who helped us out a lot and let us stay at this place in Tahoe. Also got to ride with our coaches long time friend Marty which was great to have a local show us some sweet rides out there and who is a strong rider.

Heading up to go climb Donner Pass

Come Monday morning we were looking to go on a BIG ride in Tahoe but the weather had other plans. The temperature dropped and the skies opened up so we decided to head down to lower elevation around Sacramento to do some mountain biking. Though it was still pouring here, we decided to ride because it was still kind of warm. Marty and I went for a sweet MTB ride while Jeff and Kevin went to the coffee shop to warm up after a little bit. The ride was awesome, not use to riding in the rain, being warm and having fun. Thanks Marty for a great ride, really had fun probably the most fun I have had on a MTB in a long time.

Top of Donner Pass

Bike Path

The rest of the week we were down in Sacramento meeting up with Jeff's family and friends. Rob also set us up with a Vo2 and Lactate test with Bruce at AthletiCamp. This was a great experience to do because I have done many Vo2 but never a Lactate test. Both test went pretty good for it only being October and the off season.

Lactate Test

Vo2 Test

Next up was Salt Lake to meet up with STU to hang out and do some more mountain biking. The riding here was also a lot of fun. I'm not use to being able to ride my MTB and not having to get off every 10ft like I do in Junction. It was a great change and almost makes me want to do some more mountain biking.

Now I am in Denver for a couple days visiting family and friends and then its back to Junction to continue training to get ready for the 2012 season.

2012

2011-10-03T16:27:00.000-07:00

The 2012 season is still a ways away but the training and planning have already started. The big thing for next year is that I will be riding for Team Exergy again in 2012 and already can't wait. This will be my first full season focusing on racing and not going to school. Graduating from school has been really nice and relaxing. I have been able to ride whenever I please and not have to worry about coming back from a ride and cramming for a big test the next day.

Training is back in full swing and I currently just started week 3 of a 4 week base. I have been putting in the hours on the bike the last two weeks and just recently finished up a 30hr week. The best part is that I am loving riding these hours now and feel great on the bike which is always a plus.I even went mountain biking yesterday which was the first time in about a year and had a blast. The trees were changing which made for some awesome views and fun time. I will be riding one more week here in Grand Junction before heading to California on Friday to finish up the last week of this base block. I am definitely looking forward to riding some new roads in California just hope that the weather holds up because will be in the Tahoe and Sacramento area.

Also Ill be living in Grand Junction until January when my rent is up and am thinking of moving back to the front range around the Boulder area. Still not positive on where will be moving but I know will be out of Junction.

Cyclocross bike for Sale

2011-09-29T17:27:00.000-07:00

I am selling my CLIF BAR edition cyclocross bike. Its a great bike and there are only a limited number of frames painted this way. Its a size 55 frame with new Sram rival shifters. Its a great bike.

Check it out on eBay

Off Season

2011-09-17T18:42:00.000-07:00

Hopefully I didn’t worry the two readers of this blog but I’m still alive, it’s been a while since I updated this thing. Not much is new, just been riding and going back and forth from Junction and Denver to visit. Not going to school has been a little weird but can’t say I miss it. It’s really relaxing not having to worry about homework, test or papers at the end of the day. Just having to focus on riding and recovering is really nice. After the race season was over we took two weeks of the bike completely which was really nice and needed Though since we’re on our off season we haven’t had any structured riding yet just having fun for now.One week when we were not riding we followed the USA Pro Cycling Challenge and went to three stages. We started it off with the Prolouge in the Springs then went up to Vail for the TT and ended it with the last stage in Denver. This race was insane; the amount of people that were out watching this race was really cool to see. Team Exergy also raced in this race which was a really big deal. Being able to race against the world’s best was truly something special. They also held their own by getting a lot of TV time by controlling the front and ending it off with Freddie getting third on the last stage in Denver./

This past week I was in Vegas for a week for my roommate Kenny Withrow where he participated in the Ironman World Championships 70.3 as well as attended Interbike and Cross Vegas. The Ironman was pretty cool to watch just to see how fast these guys actually are. Kenny also killed it by placing 24th in his age group. He actually beat his result from last year by over 50 positions which was a huge improvement and accomplishment. Nice work Kenny.

Then it was off the Interbike. Went to the show for two days and did lots of walking. It was pretty cool to check out all the new equipment coming out next year. Can’t wait to start using some of it. Also went to Cross Vegas which is always fun. Though last year I raced and this year I was on the sideline watching. This is because I decided to not race cyclocross this year and just focus on the road. The last night in Vegas was a private party for all Team Exergy members, sponsors, family and friends. Exergy had a big announcement that would lead the team into 2012 and beyond. We had the party at the Marquee night club which is one of the hottest clubs in the world. Upon arrival you came off the elevator to waitresses holding all different kinds of beers and mixed drink to choose from. Then you had to pose for a picture as if you were at the Oscars. Once in the club there were waters walking around offering, Kobe beef sliders, chicken, lobster and FILET MIGNON (the best steak you can buy) You were treated like royalty. They also had open bars where you could get all different kinds of top shelf drink. This party was awesome. The big announcement was the new addition to Team Exergy which is the new women’s team Exergy Tewnty12, pretty cool and great for women’s cycling.

Now it’s back to Junction and ridingtraining again.

Update

2011-07-20T11:46:00.000-07:00

Well things have been going real good here. Racing for Team Exergy has been awesome and a lot of fun. The team is great and could not ask for anything better. Been doing some races since Tulsa Tough and started back up a couple weeks ago at the Tour de Delta in Canada. The races went well and we got a 2nd overall in the omnium and won and crit at the University of British Colombia. From there is was back to Boise for the Exergy Twiglight crit. This was our home race and our title sponsor Exergy was the main sponsor for the race. The race was super super fast for the whole hour and a half and we ended up 4th on the day.

Now were up in McCall, ID at a lake house for a week or two just hanging out and getting in some good miles. The next race is the one day crit and Tour de Nez in Reno, NV then to Tour of Elk Grove in Chicago.

New Ride

2011-06-17T09:18:00.000-07:00

Well a lot of things have changes since Collegiate Nats. Since then I was still looking for an Elite team to ride for the rest of the year. Though Team Exergy pro cycling team gave us a call one day wondering if we wanted to finish the rest of the season off with them. Obviously this was a no brainier and know I am riding for Team Exergy. Now will be moving back to Boise in a couple of weeks and will be racing all over at a lot of the NRC races. I can't wait to start racing more with the team.

Last weekend was our first race with the team at Tulsa Tough in Oklahoma. This was a weekend of three crits with two of them being twilight. The legs felt pretty good all weekend considering our last block of races was Collegiate Nationals. The team road really good together and had some good results. The racing itself was really fun and I was so happy to be flying the colors of Team Exergy once again.

Our next race will be at the beginning of the month up in Canada then of course Boise Twilight to follow. If you want to keep track of the team check out the website at www.teamexergy.com

Done and Dusted

2011-05-10T15:47:00.000-07:00

Well we just got back from a fairly successful Collegiate Road Nationals in Madison, WI. Headed out there a couple days early to relax and pre-ride the road course. Our plan going in to the Road Race was to be very active and aggressive and make sure that no big move went up the road with out a Mesa jersey in it. Every thing was going to plan early on. About 30miles to go Kevin and I bridged with another rider up to a two man break making it a 5 man group. Things were looking good for use considering we had two guys in a strong move. Heading into one of the rollers my legs started cramping and about half way up every single muscle in my legs felt as if cramped. I tried to catch back on during the downhill but never made it. Now I was starting the last major climb of the laps and got caught by the pack where I had no chance of holding on because the legs were still crying. Kevin also cramped up on the last major climb but was able to hold onto the field. Kevin finished 16th. Pretty bummed with that performance considering the winner came from the break we were in.

Next up was the TTT where we were there to defend our National title. So the night before we jumped into the freezing lake to soak the legs and get them prepared for another suffer-fest. The legs did not feel so hot warming up making me a little worried that I went too far in the red the day before. The wind was howling at the start and with no TT equipment allowed this year I was ready to see how we could do. The race was windy the whole way with no tail wind,just cross and head winds. Ended up winning again by about 30seconds and the legs felt pretty dang good the whole race. Was happy to hear coming into the finish the announcer saying "and that's how you come back and defend your title" right then I knew we had it.

Sunday was the crit at a new location this year. The course had to little risers on opposite ends of the course which I was exited about and had the finish right on top of the second one. We had the same plan going into this race being active and making the moves, getting prime points and winning the race. Things were going to plan while Kevin made a strong break away up the road. While no one seemed to be working with Kevin ahead he split the break down to three. With 5 laps to go the peloton got organized and caught Kevins group with two laps to go. This meant we needed to set up the train for the lead out. All was good until last lap when Mars-Hill College took over our train. Sitting on there last two guys we got a little trigger happy and took them over before the last corner. Things got hectic and the train was broke leaving me sprinting for the finish doing my lead out. No one came around until about 200m to go leaving me the 4th place.

All together the races went pretty good. The ladies on the team also crushed it this weekend leaving Mesa State 2nd overall for the third year in a row. Missing 1st by very little points each year hurts, making us more hungry to go back and win that thing. School just finished up today for the summer. Now just working and racing, still have no idea what races will be attending this summer but hoping to make a successful rest of the season.

2011 Racing

2011-04-13T18:01:00.000-07:00

Well the collegiate season has started up and is already almost over. So far this collegiate season has been going pretty well and have had some good success with the team. We once again have a strong team and am looking forward to Nationals again this year. This past weekend was our home race, the Mad Cow Classic which I am really happy that is done with. Kevin and I were the race promoters this year which was A LOT of work and had me pretty stressed out until last weekend.

The races went smoothly with a few little bumps that we can fix for next time.Once we were able to get all the other races taken care of, we were also racing. I was able to pull of the win in the Road Race which was a surprise for me, because I have never finished that race in the lead group. Either I have bad luck with flats or just plain dead legs.

Once the race weekend was over we got ready to head to Sea Otter where we are at now. We left Junction last night around 8 and got in Monterey,CA around lunch time today. After a little lunch we headed out on an awesome ride up the coast. The views were amazing which kept us distracted on how to get back. So this is why our ride ended up an hour longer then expected. Races start tomorrow with a crit followed by a road race, tt and circuit race. Hoping for some good racing.

Start of Season!!!

2011-02-17T10:07:00.000-08:00

Well the 2011 season has officially started. We were able to start it of with some warm weather and In N Out down in Phoenix, Arizona for Valley of the Sun Stage race. Was not expecting much like usual from this race, because the TT would be my first effort for the year. So in that case the TT really hurt, felt like my heart was gonna explode. I was not use to my heart pumping that fast. So I think I finished around 50th or so.

The road race was a good 90 mile race with 400ft of climbing per lap, so not too much climbing but really windy. There was a 15man break that stayed away and the peloton got neutralized with 5k to go, so we lost a good 15min to that. The crit was 70min and pretty fast. Kevin ended up killing it in 8th and I managed 16th so not too bad.
-Kevin in Crit-

Now the first race is over Collegiate season is around the corner. Though now I am icing my knee and not riding because it has been killing me for a while now......not good.

Getting rolling

2011-01-25T07:15:00.000-08:00

Well classes, riding and work have a started this past week. Its been some what of a shock to the system considering just a week ago I was sitting on my butt all day every day. Starting up the MBA program is exciting but also gonna be a lot of work. Still trying to get back into the whole school think considering I was not in classes last semester due to my internship.

Also started up work which is not fun. The earliest I get out is 1:00pm so as of now kind of cramping my training. On top of that Kevin and I will be putting on the Mad Cow Classic race which is the Mesa State Cycling teams race. And this is A LOT of work. Already cant wait till thats over with.

Riding is going good, long and cold. Got in 13hrs alone over the weekend. First race for us in in less than a month away in Phoenix Arizona at Valley of the Sun stage race.

Happy New Year!!

2011-01-01T12:36:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone has a great 2011!! Can't wait, have some high hopes for this year.

Fell off the face of the Earth!!!

2010-12-26T12:48:00.000-08:00

Well its been a loooong time since I updated this thing last. Last time we ended on a high with winning the collegiate TTT at nationals. From there we moved to Boise for the summer and raced on Team Exergy which was an awesome experience. Got to race some sweet races and also learned a lot on the way. Though the team did turn professional for the 2011 season we will not be riding for them and are still in the hunt for a team for the 2011 road season.

Now that cross is all wrapped up its time for a nice relaxing break. By the way the cross season was descent this year, had fun doing it. Its time off the bike for now until we head back up to Junction for Grad School. That's right we just graduated with a Sport Management degree and now am going back for my MBA.

Here is some pictures that have captured the last couple months since Collegiate Nats!

Awesome Team!!

2010-05-18T08:59:00.000-07:00

Wow this Collegiate season and school year flew by. Just finished up Nationals and school for the summer. Its been a great season so far and also have learned a lot. The team this year was by far the best we have had the past 4years. I have had a great time racing at Mesa with a lot of up and downs, but it was good to end the season on a hi.

Nationals was just last week in Madison, WI. The RR on Friday was a good course and 40degrees and raining. The team was looking good with 2 guys in the break. My shifter broke on the climb so I was stuck in my 12. The team had an ok day, two of us had to drop out which hurt us but Rich was 3rd and Kevin 21st. Next up was the crit around the capital that we needed to redeem ourselves. And thats just what we did. The team did great controlling the whole race. Set up the train with 7laps to go, a little long but no one came around. Ended up perfect with Rich winning the crit. Last up was the TTT, a nice 19.5 mile rolling course. We also won that as well, beating 2nd by over 20seconds which was awesome.

After that was finals at school for the next week. Then we went down to Saint George for Kenny's Tri where he absolutely killed it ending up 1st. Now back in Denver for a couple days then were moving to Boise for the summer this Friday.

Slacking

2010-03-29T20:25:00.000-07:00

Well not too much has been going on since I last updated this after Valley of the Sun. School is coming to and end quickly. That's always nice, though it is my last semester so not bad. Its gone by really quick but I'm looking forward to the summer to come. Planning on moving out to Boise this summer to do my internship and do some racing which should be awesome. As of now the racing on the collegiate scene is just picking up. Only raced two weekends now due to weather.

The first weekend was down in Boulder and Greeley. The races were both crits and we were really looking forward to showing everyone our new strong teams. The first day we dominated by having someone in every break. We also got the lead out train set up with two laps to go and set Rich up for the win.

Next up was the Greeley crit where we shined again. 3 out of the 5 guys in the break were from Mesa ending up 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 8th. Not bad at all for a small school. This past weekend was our home race here at Mesa State. We had a TT up the Monument which was cool. Then a couple hours later we had our twilight crit which was awesome. We all raced well again got the team in the main break and in the first chase. Ended up 2nd,5th,6th,10th.

Yesterday was our 75mile RR with some hard terrain. The break went from the gun containing the major schools including Mesa. I bridged up a couple mile later. Making it two Mesa riders one CSU and one FLC rider. We had it set up perfect. Though half way threw I got a flat ending my race with no wheel support, Patric cramped Kevin flatted and Rich cramped. So all in all we had some bad luck yesterday in the RR.

On a brighter note the weather is finally starting to warm up here in GJ for at least a couple days. At the end of the week were heading down to Golden for some more races. So far so good, looking forward to the rest of the season!

O yeah, Mustache March is coming along nicely!!

Getting going

2010-02-21T18:33:00.000-08:00

Well not too much has been going on since Cross Nats. Started school up again, have 4 online classes and 1 class at school. So not a bad deal, though I am tending to procrastinate a lot. I also started working at the school recenter. Its not bad besides that I work at 4:45am MWF. So the 4:00am wake up call in not the nicest.

Also started the base for the road season, kind of. The weather out here in Junction SUCKS. I don't think we have got above 40degrees since we have been back here and lots of snow. So the riding has been limited which sucks. Been going to the gym a lot this year and been riding the rollers and doing some intervals. Though still not riding nearly as much as I was last year. Lets hope this weather turns around quickly.

Though we did get a taste of some warm 70degree weather last week down in Arizona. We headed down there again this year for Valley of the Sun stage race. I was not expecting much since my lack of riding and so early in the season. The TT went ok, finished 50th or so. Then the 95mile RR was going to be the first time I road over 70miles this whole year. It ended up being a sprint finish and I finished 8th. I was real happy with that. The crit was nice and fast. I went on the 2nd lap. That one hurt and could taste the blood in the lungs. I was useless the rest of the race, with Kevin doing all the work. 5laps to go I started feeling good and worked my way towards the front. Ended up 3rd which was awesome and unexpected.

Collegiate season starts here in a couple weeks. So will see how that goes, considering the weather on the front range is not too much better. May be some cold wet racing ahead. But were gonna have a fast team this year, cant wait.

The Season is OVER!!!!

2009-12-20T21:24:00.000-08:00

Well the season is finally over but that's only for 3 weeks. Then its straight into some base miles. Though during this 3 weeks I wont be touching the bike but I will be in the gym still working.

U23 cross Nats. went real well for me. I was hoping for top 20 epically from starting at 2nd to last row. I kept moving up the whole race and was loving the course. Nice fast and muddy course. I actually ended up 7th which was AWESOME and was not expecting finishing that good considering i finished in the mid 20's last year. With that good result and the results threw out the season I just got my CAT 1 for the cross season.

The collegiate race I was looking for a good result though. We were the 1st ones off for the day at 8:30 and it was a ICE rink. Flatted after the 1st corner. Worked my way up to 3rd the crashed real hard a couple times in the same lap. Had 4th on the last lap with a good margin on 5th. The crashed again messing my bike up making in un-ridable and had to run the last half of the race so I ran in for 11th.

Now road season is right ahead an I cant wait. We got a strong team for the collegiate season and an even better team for the summer. Heck yes, FINALLY.

Final week!

2009-12-08T11:35:00.000-08:00

Well its getting down to the end. We have finals this week, and also a snow day today which is awesome. This is the first snow day here in Grand Junction in a very long time. About a foot of snow, a lot for a desert. We leave in two days for Bend, OR for Cross Nationals, im just hoping we make it to Denver for our flight cause the Mountains also got hit hard with snow.

This past weekend was States which was freezing and muddy. I was having a bad race to begin with, but when my pedal came off that was it for me. So I am really hoping my luck changes for this up coming weekend. Other then that, the season so far has been ok nothing special. Just a lot of bad luck at the wrong time.

Now im looking forward to the time off the bike for a couple weeks. Then its back to the base miles again and getting ready for the road season. I am really looking forward to this because were gonna have a strong team this year.

Boulder Cup Zero Waste

2009-11-09T16:29:00.000-08:00

Not only was the Boulder Cup race an important race for us due to that it was a UCI race so close to home, we also had the zero waste stations set up again. Our team took on the goal to make the Boulder Cup as environmental friendly as we could. The team once again set up the Trash, Recycling, and Compost stations threw out the venue. Everyone on the team helped out threw out the day monitoring these stations and helping people sort out what they may have thrown away and put them into the right bins. By the end of the day the recycling and compost bins had to be emteyd numerous times, while the trash bin stayed extremely empty. Here are some of the figures that came out of the Boulder cup race.

We recovered:
1,264 pounds of material threw recycling and composting
Which was 85% of all the stuff discarded that day

We Saved:
37 gallons of Gasoline in energy Savings
3,866 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions

We avoided:
7.1 pounds of air pollution
1.8 pounds of water pollution
3.5 pounds of toxic herbicides(that threaten plants, wildlife, humans and our food system)
1,417 pounds of substances that threaten human health(including carcinogens, particulate matter and volatile organic compounds)

We also need to give a huge thanks to Eco-Cycle for helping us out with this and making it all possible.

Connecting with the pavement

2009-10-25T16:26:00.000-07:00

This past Friday Kevin and I made our trip over to the front range for some cross racing. Saturday was the Castle Cross race in Castle Rock. We had some nice weather and a muddy course. Since it had snowed a couple days before this the course was covered in mud making for a fun race. Pre-riding the course was interesting, considering some of the course was difficult to ride with all the mud. Though by the time our race started some places firmed up and made for some quicker sections, but was still muddy.

I had a good start this time, sitting in about 8th or so before we got to the first corner. I sat in for the first lap as Summerhill and Baker made there gap off the front. Starting the second lap I started moving up to try and close that gap as much as possible. I made my way up to 3rd after the second lap with Baker and Summerhill about 30sec. up and 4th about 20sec behind me. Though as I came into the finish I went wide to make the 180degree turn off the pavement. Though doing this I went threw some water greasing up the mud on my tires making it so I slid out on the corner hitting the pavement real hard. I laid there for a couple of seconds before I got back on. And by this time 4th place closed that gap on me.

This fall took a lot out of me, including a good portion of skin. I kept on going trying to stick with 3rd but by this time I was hurting a lot due to the fall. I managed to stick it out for 4th which is my best result this year. Kevin had some bad luck with a flat on the start, though he clawed his way back to 12th. Not bad considering he almost lost 2min by the time he got to the pit to get his new bike.

We heading over to the race today at Boulder Res. I decided I wasn't racing cause I am still real sore from the fall and I have a bad chest cold now. Kevin pre-road the course which was about 90% sand and most of it seemed to be un-rideable. So we decided it was best to head back to Junction cause the mountains are suppose to get a lot of snow.

Next weekend is a set of UCI races in Boulder that Im really looking forward to. I just hope I get over this cold and the passes are clear to head over.

A COLD one!!!!

2009-10-12T21:50:00.001-07:00

Well this past Saturday was the second race in the Boulder CX series. I was looking forward to this race because it was the first race of the season that we had some cross like conditions. It was a little different from the hot, dry dusty races that we have had all season so far.

The field was a big and strong with a lot of talent showing up. I knew the start would be critical with the first set of barriers not too far after the start along with a sand pit we passed threw twice in a matter of seconds. Though I didn't get a good start I was still sitting in the top 20 after the sand pit, which meant I had a lot of work to do. This course had a lot of tight corners, and since it snowed the previous day it made some of them pretty slick.

Though I never did come close to the front group I still had a good race to practice my technique in these conditions, considering this was the first time this year I got a chance. As the race went on my cornering skills got a lot better. Though my result didn't show the improvement I still had a fun race.

Now Kevin and I are heading off to Truckee, CA in the morning for Collegiate MTB nationals this week. So this means we wont be doing a cross race for a couple weeks. Though I cant wait till we get back because then its full on cross season.

The last couple races

2009-10-06T14:20:00.000-07:00

Well I have done a couple races since I have updated this. We went down to Boulder for some Cyclocross race a couple weeks ago. This course was extremely bumpy and I could not find a good rhythm in a lot of the sections. I was feeling good sitting in 4th behind the main group for a while. Though I quickly went backwards. It was 85degrees out and I had no water, I just turned into a tin man. It sucked. I ended up 11th which stinks cause I was hoping for at least 4th. Though we dd get our new kits and bikes that weekend which are awesome. Were still in the process of building them up, still waiting on a few parts.

This past weekend was our home MTB race. Saturday was the ST, which I did ok on, I only went over the bars once. Not sure how I ended up. But the start sucked with a single track right after the start...so you can only imagine how crazy that was. Though I never did get lapped.

Sunday was the XC where I had a good start. I was sitting in the top 10 after the first lap. Then it started raining pretty good making the course real muddy and slick. That's where I went backwards and just road the rest of the race.I ended up 15th in that race, we only did 2out of the 4laps.

Now we leave Monday for Truckee, CA for some nationals and IN N OUT burger. Should be a good time, lets hope the weather is good.

Cross season

2009-09-24T17:42:00.000-07:00

Well this past weekend we were up in Winter Park for some Collegiate MTB racing. Saturday was the XC, Which started with a good climb the a good down hill. I was feeling good on the climb, not so much on the doesn't like usual.We had 4laps to do and coming back to the start finish my bike was acting up. The chain kept dropping when I would stop pedaling. So on the way down it finally took a crap and I could no longer ride the bike due to the chain was in a not and off the rear derailer some how. Though I guess im keeping the trend going, having some big issues on the XC race.

We stayed the night there and then heading off to Breckenridge in the morning for our first cross race of the year. The course was cool, a lot of single track though, almost like a MTB course, but it was still fun. I was feeling pretty good in the race, and was right behind the lead group. Kevin got up to me and we were working well together. Though with 3laps to go Kevin flatted and I was on my own. Never did get to the lead group but finished 7th overall.

Tomorrow were heading down to Boulder to pick up our new gear for the season and for another cross race in Boulder on Saturday. Im hoping to do better. Will see.

First MTB Race

2009-09-16T18:51:00.000-07:00

Well this past weekend was my first Collegiate MTB race of the year.Even though I don't have a MTB Brent is letting me use his nice Kona MTB. The race was up in Beaver Meadows, which was an 1:30hr North of Fort Collins. We got to our place late at night, and had to set up the tents in the dark. Went to bed and woke up early for short track the next morning. It was a cool double track that went into a single track up top. I was feeling pretty good and was sitting behind the lead group. I ended up getting 7th, even though on the last lap I had to stop due to a lapped rider on the single track.

The XC was the next morning. I had an ok start, though after a couple hundred meters after the start I found myself track standing waiting my turn to get into the single track. After that there was a good 15min climb to the top, where I lost some time due to all the congestion on the single track. I did ok on the descent. Felt good on the last lap and got back up to my group only to loose contact with them on the down hill. So I hammered it on the 2nd uphill and got back on. Though going threw the rock garden my bike felt weird. So after the corner I look down, only so see my crank coming off and found my self waking the last couple miles. I was in 15th place when this happen and ended up 22nd after the long walk. So not a bad weekend.

Next up is another XC race up in Sol Vista this weekend. Then were shooting over to Breck for a cross race on Sunday. Should be interesting considering I was just on my cross bike for the first time today, and all I can say is I was rusty.

Taking it easy

2009-08-31T11:05:00.000-07:00

Well after Nationals there has not been much going on. Did some local races but then it was off to school. So I have been back in Junction for almost 3 weeks i think and its been hot.

All I have been really doing is some easy riding lately. I got cross season and some mtb races starting up already next week, so will see how that goes. Really looking forward for cross season.

Also an other bonus is the Mesa State team has got some new fast road riders for next semester, so I cant wait to race with these guys and kill it. A couple of them are from Germany. So Collegiate road season should be awesome if they all stick around. Watch out.

Cascade/Nationals

2009-08-06T11:14:00.001-07:00

Well I just got back the other day from a 2weeks on the road. We had the cascade classic stage race and then had Nationals the following weekend both of which were in Bend, Oregon.

For Cascade I had a real bad race. I was cramping every day and never got a descent result. Not sure if that was from the heat or what, cause it was in the upper 90's and 100's the whole time. Though the crit course and one of the RR course was the same course that would be used for Nationals the following week. So that was cool to race on it before hand.

U23 nats. RR was a hot one. Not starting till 12:30 and had 120miles ahead of us. The Garmin boys and Livestrog team got away early and once that happen no one wanted to work. So the pack started to get smaller and smaller. By then end there were maybe 20guys in the lead pack. Thank god they shortened our race because it was sooooooo hot. I ended up 27th out of 120 starters and only 45 finishers.

The crit, was FAST. I had troubles holding on to guys wheels. I felt real good for the firt hour and was up front. But after that hour mark I went back quickly. I ended up 45th which I was hoping for a lot better. But o well

Now we got 2 crits this weekend in Denver and then its back to school. We already start the 17th. Then there is a stage race in Steamboat in September and the its CROSS SEASON.

Hanging in there!

2009-07-02T13:42:00.000-07:00

Well its been a long season so far, and I think im starting to feel it. We had the Dead Dog stage race last weekend in Laramie Wyoming and its was hard. With over 7,000ft of climbing it didn't suit me that well. And at the summit of over 10,000ft it was pretty chilly to say the least. Then it was the crit, and I went of the front from the gun, only was out there for a couple of laps and then BLEW up. But our teammate was able to get in the break that stuck. Then was the TT that I pretty much just road.

After the races I was wheezing, coughing with lots of mucous. And the last couple day s I have not felt so hot so I have took the last couple days off. We got a crit tonight Im going to try and do if the weather holds up.

Now we got one crit left here in Denver next week, then the Boise crit, Cascade and U23 nationals....so will see what happens

Summer Time

2009-06-17T21:56:00.000-07:00

Well not too much going on. Took some time off the bike after collegiate nationals. Then took some more time off from racing but was getting the big miles in again. So we have just been really hanging out and riding. Went up to Fort Collins for a little bit and hung out and did some riding. We also drove threw a tornado on the way back to Denver on I-25 which was crazy.

Though after the break off the bike, my leg was killing me when I started training again. Found out that my seat height was a half an inch off which is huge. Feels much better now. We did our first race back this weekend in Glenwood. So we went up to GJ a week early to hang out and ride. Then the races were on the weekend with a nice 16k TT on Friday. Lance and Levi decided to show up and race. So that was really cool to pass them on the way back in. Though I got my butt kicked in the TT.

Saturday was an 85mile RR. It was mostly a rolling course with two steep climbs right before the turnaround. Though about 35miles of the RR was a Roubaix. It was crazy, with all this rain the pot hole were insane. There were also some riders from, Garmin, Ouch and Bissel that showed up to race. I finished 25th which I was happy with. On Sunday was the crit downtown. The course was short and FAST. The whole race it was single file. And one dude by himself lapped the field. Which I have no idea, because we were moving. With over 40 riders starting and barley 20 finishing says it all. I ended up 15th but Kevin got 8th which was awesome.

Now we got this weekend off and then the Dead Dog Classic stage race. After that were looking at doing Cascade classic as well as U23 nationals.

Break!!!

2009-05-12T11:43:00.000-07:00

Well im on a little break now from the bike. We just had Collegiate Nationals last weekend in Fort Collins and have finals this week in school. I was looking forward to the races but I was not to sure how well I was going to preform. Because I got my ass kicked in the Gila. But I guess that's just what I needed.

On Friday was the Road Race that had a different start this year. Also the 40mph winds didn't help either. But the first part was hell, going over all the steep climbs over the dam just split the group, and I was barley holding on. Once we got over the climbs everyone was just sitting in like it was a Sunday stroll, so about 30more people got back up. Kevin went to the front to set the pace. Then we got out to the 10mile loops where we did 4 laps. An attack went, and once that happen no one wanted to work. So Kevin attacked and the group closed him. So I counter attacked and got a group of 3 to come with and we got away. We bridged up to the lead break of 5. We worked well together until one lap to go in the feed zone where there was an attack. This split the break up, with one guy up the road and then myself and one more rider. We worked together until the final climb where he attacked me and stayed way. So I ended up 3rd in the Road Race which was AWESOME.

Then Saturday was the 75min crit. I was feeling good and was shooting for the overall omnium. I got in a crash early on, but not bad just landed on everyone else. Got back in and got back to the front. I was going for a lot of the primes to help my overall. I ended up getting 15points worth of primes. And in the end ended up 10th in the crit. But that was still not enough for the overall. So I ended up 2nd in the individual omnuim. Just kinda sucks being that close to winning it. O well.

Sunday was the TTT. We were the first team off at 8:02 and it was freezing and raining. The race went ok, but it gave us enough points to get 5th in the overall team standings which was cool. Only having 4 people race all weekend, not bad.

Now all I got left is two more finals tomorrow and them im done. Taking some time off and going to Vegas on the 22nd with some friends. Should be a good time.

Tour of the Gila

2009-05-06T18:28:00.000-07:00

Welll to sum it up I got my butt kicked again. I was fine every time till we hit the climbs...O well it was some good training. Hoping it put me in good form for Collegiate Nationals for this weekend. But besides that, it was cool seeing Lance, Levin and Horner down at the Gila.

Hard Racing

2009-04-27T20:16:00.000-07:00

Well this past weekend was the last race of the Collegiate season besides Nationals. We were down in Salt Lake City, UT. We had our first TTT which was interesting and add some rain to that. We did ok for it being our first TTT all together. Then we had the crit. that night at the DMV course. It was a hard one, because with our small team we had the bigger teams working us. We were doing a lot of work. Then with a crash on the last lap splitting it up sucked.But I ended up 8th. Sunday was our RR/Circuit. 7 mile laps 8 times on a flat race track. 6 riders on the first lap were off with every major school represented. So that left DU and us to work our asses off. I soloed up to the break, but when I got up there I was spent and could not hold on. So went back to the pack and worked real hard to pull it pack. Never happen. Ended up toward the end.

I ended up 2nd in the Conference again this year. Now im just packing for the Tour of the Gila. We leaving bright and early tomorrow to head down there. Im really looking forward to it, minus how hard it going to be. Then we get back on Sunday and leave Thursday for Collegiate Nats. down in Fort Collins. Then its rest time/summer and Las Vegas.

3 Weeks/11 races left

2009-04-21T13:35:00.000-07:00

Well the first part of the season is almost over. I got Conference Finals this weekend in Salt Lake City. Then I come back and leave for the Tour o the Gila in Silver City New Mexico on Tuesday. This is a 5 day brutal stage race. Then after that I have Collegiate Nationals down in Fort Collins. So I got a lot of big and hard races coming up here soon. Then after those races I will take about 2 weeks off the bike before I start riding again for the summer season. I'm going to Las Vegas with a few buddies for all of our 21st which will be a good time.

As far as the races this weekend, I sucked. Well we had to spend the night in Vail Friday night because they closed I-70 due to snow. Then I-70 was still closed in the morning so we had to drive threw Leadville and Buena Vista. So we got up early to make it to the springs in time but when we got into town we found out the races were cancelled for the day. So instead we took a tour of the Olympic training center which was cool. Also hung out with our family that came up.

But the race was hard. It was 5 laps about 12miles each lap and a good climb on the back side. It was about 64miles total which is not too long but it was a hard course. I was feeling good until the 4^th time up the climb. I got dropped and worked with another rider and caught back up to the lead group at the start/finish about 15min later. So I just sat in and waited till the climb. Same story this lap. I got dropped about half way up the climb this time and just road in with a small group. Not too happy with the performance, especially with these big races coming up and I cant even finish in the pack…….not good.

Hard weekend

2009-04-14T15:39:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was some collegiate racing down in Durango. This was going to be our first race since our home race 3 weeks ago. The weather for the weekend was calling for about 50degrees and rain. But FLC had a good weekend set up. Had the TTT 12mile course with a good climb at the end, the sweet crit with a nice little hill in it and the killer RR with the climb at the end of every lap.

So we wake up Saturday morning and head to the contenential breakfast with some nice cool weather. Then we head back to the room to get ready for the TTT and it was raining and snowing like crazy. So they ened up cancelling the TTT which sucked, because we still have not done a TTT as a team yet this year and Nationals is soon. So now we just had to wait to see if the crit was still on for later that day. The weather started to clear up as well as the roads were drying. The crit is on and so was the rain. At the start line it started to rain, with some snow. And about half way threw it was hailing which hurt so bad on the downhill section. We all got a bad start on the back, and with the pack spliting in half after the first lap because people were scared to corner in the rain. So we used a good 5 laps all out just trying to get to the back of the pack. Got on and was usless the rest of the race. I ended up 10th which is not too bad.Then the RR was Saturday. It was 6mile laps with a good climb at the end of each lap. We were doing 9laps so we had to go up this climb 9 times which sucked. I was feeling ok and just trying to survive all day. I got droped a couple times up the climb but was able to catch back on during the flats. Though there were about 50 starters and only about 15 of use were in the main group the last time up the climb. I ended up 10th overall again which im happy with, considering I cant climb.
I also got my new Giant TCR Advanced frame this weekend and it awesome. Though its got a Shimano intergrated BB and I have Sram stuff. So I have to bring it back and get a Sram BB this weekend. Will be at Air Force this weekend for another good RR.

Putting in the Miles

2009-03-31T21:34:00.000-07:00

Had an awesome weekend off from racing and got in some good miles and with my new team RMCEF. A couple of the guys from the team came down to Junction for a training camp this past weekend. The group of guys are awesome and very strong, I cant wait to race with them this year. Were looking at doing some good races this year, possibly Sea Otter, Cascade, Nationals and maybe Utah. So I need to get my upgrade this season.

On Saturday we got a good day on the bike. We got around 130 miles, going to Utah and back and then went up and over the Monument. So that was a long day, but fun. Then Sunday we headed down to Gateway, with 40mphplus winds. It was like a wind tunnel in that canyon. We were getting blown all over the place. We were doing about 7mph on the way out. Then got up to 55mph on the way home which was real nice. So all together it was a good weekend, and I cant wait to race with all of them

Pulled off the Win!!!!!!

2009-03-23T13:08:00.000-07:00

Well this past weekend was our home Road Race. I was looking forward to staying here and having the races in Junction, but I knew it was going to be real hard. So on Friday afternoon the CSU team got into town and over to our house. We were providing some host housing for them over the weekend. Even though the coach did not really seem to appreciate it.

On Saturday morning we had the hill climb up the West side of the National Monument. It was an ITT which was a little over 4miles. I had done a couple efforts up this side to test my time before this weekend but never got less than 17min. I went off 30sec before Kevin and Brent 30sec behind him. I knew that would give me the little extra push. Though in the end Kevin beat me by 7second. I ended up getting a time 15:58.00 which was a lot faster than my fastest time ever up it, so that was a plus.

Then later that night was the crit out on the go-cart track off I-70. We got there early and watched the pro go. It was single file the whole race and rally fast, with a lot of tight corners. Our race did not go off until 7:15p.m. so we were under the lights for a twilight crit which was awesome. The race started and was single file after the first lap. I started in the second row and worked the first two laps to get up into the top 5. I made sure to not go any deeper then 5^th wheel the whole race. About 5laps in the pack was split into two groups. Kevin and I were in the first group and did a lot of attacks to keep the gap growing. Kevin and I were attacking and counter-attacking all night, it was awesome. The group closed on one of Kevins break when I counter attacked and no one followed. There were about 7laps left and know was I was going to survive that whole time by myself. Lucky for me a FLC rider bridged up and we worked together the rest of the race out front. The laps were fast so we were each pulling 1 lap before the other would pull threw. Lucky for me it worked out that he was pulling the last lap. Though he did try to lose me with 1 to go by throwing down a hard attack. I managed to hold on for dear life. Coming into the last corner he gapped me though I was able to close it and come around him for the win at the very end.

It was awesome; we had a tone of friends and family out there as well as a lot of the community supporters of the team, which made it even better. Kind of funny because I won our home crit. last year and this year. Both times I wasn’t even thinking about the win but managed to pull them off.

The RR was Sunday. The winds were in the 30-40mph which sucked. We were single file all day on the yellow line. I got popped on the 3^rd lap of 4 on the last climb. From there I just took it easy into the finish, finishing 15th.

Now we have this weekend off from racing, due to this weekend being cancelled, which turns out to be good because I think I may be coming down with a cold or something.

CU and UNC

2009-03-16T20:28:00.000-07:00

Well the race weekend has come and gone. Saturday was the CU crit, which is just an oval with no real turns in it. This course was pretty much a drag race. With no threatening breaks because of how fast and flat it was, I was able to sit near the front for most of the day, which was nice. The team also started working well together. With one lap to go there was another nasty crash that Kevin and I barley missed and Adam was not so lucky. And Brent had some back luck with a flat and got back in just in time for the crash. So I was near the front for the sprint, I ended up 5th which was cool, with 3 CU riders in front of me as well as one CSU rider.The next day was the UNC crit, which is a longer lap, a little over a mile with a lot of round abouts threw out it. This day we were all doing awesome. With both Kevin and Brent being in different breaks threw out the day and every one getting some prime points, besides me...ooops. The race was 75min vs our normal 60min. Mesa was well represented, being in all the moves and controlling the front which was awesome. With one lap to go both Brent and Adam got to the front to set it up for us. Though on the bottom roundabout I got pushed back a lot and had a hard time moving up for the finish. Adam and Brent gave it there all which was AWESOME, and I ended up 8th and Kevin 9th. Which we could of done better to pay them back for all there hard work.Ill just blame my poor performance at UNC from lack of sleep, lol. I think I might have got 4hrs of sleep over the weekend. Our room was the loud one. Lots of snoring going on and talking during sleep. I just stared at the clock from the time I laid down till 4a.m. and got up at 5:30a.m. Friday night. Which sucked. The same happen Saturday night but not as bad.

Now its our home race this weekend. Should be a aweosme weekend. We also got a new house which is cool, so we have two houses until the end of this month. So were gonna be doing some host housing this weekend. And having our new team RMCEF up in Junction next weekend for a training camp.

Boise

2009-03-11T21:35:00.000-07:00

Well Spring Break is this week so we had some time to head to Boise, Idaho with Kevin, Mat, and Tom to visit Stu. We headed down there last Friday around 3 after class and got to Boise a little after midnight. The drive was not bad, and took a detour to the POC, not really but that's what we told Chris which would of been an extra 4hrs.The riding out there was awesome, on Saturday we went for a good hilly ride. And then Sunday went for another cool ride outside of Boise and did a cool little Roubaix. On the way back we got a good tempo going and the sky's opened up and brought the snow with. It was not bad until we got to about 30min from home. My sunglasses froze over completely and the snow was coming down like crazy. We were covered in snow, and the last 10min I wanted to fall over and die. I was bonking hard core and wanted to be back. Those last 30min was the worst time I have every had on a bike. Guess I should of ate more, oooops.The rest of the time we just hung out. Tom and Mat wen snowbaording on Saturday and they said it was awesome, which is cool because the resort was only 16miles out of town. We also went to the Minor Legaue hockey game one night which was really cool. Stu got hooked up and we got free tickets and Boise kicked the Canadians asses and there was some cool fights.

Besides that there were some good times. Took a tour of Boise, went the wrong way on a one way, got locked out and was able to pick the lock, some very smelly people, and showing off our staches as well as seeing the weenermobile. Boise was a good time.We got back yesterday and have a some racing this weekend and CU and UNC.

crits,crits and more crits

2009-03-04T19:32:00.000-08:00

Well collegiate season has started off and its a lot of crits from here on out. The first RR is not until our home race on March 21st. But this weekend was the CSU oval crit and the CC crit. Saturday was a fun fast race. Went off the front once by myself for a lap and felt my lucky charms coming up, guess there not so lucky. But with 2 laps to go there was a big pile up, and I barley missed it, Kevin was not so lucky. Coming into the last bend I was sitting in about 10th too far back but ended up 7th not too bad. After the collegiate race I wated about 4hrs and jumped in the Pros race. I hung in there, felt really good for doing a race earlier, though with 5 laps to go I started hurting. Not sure how I finished, somewhere in the pack.

Then it was off to the Springs for another crit. Stop and got some yummy 7-11 slurpees. Though we did stay at a sweet hotel Saturday night.......yeah we had to stay on guard at night, along with the local police with there shot guns to make sure there we no more murders in that hotel we were staying at.
Though the race course was a block from where we were staying wich was awesome. The course was fun and fast with no breaks able to stay away. I ended up 4th wich was cool, with a lot of the teams help threw out the race.

Now its almost spring break which is next week. So were heading up to Boise on Firday to visit STU since he never comes to see us. Then its back to GJ on St. Pattys day then off to the CU and UNC crits. Wow more crits.

Valley of the Sun

2009-02-17T21:08:00.000-08:00

Well this past weekend was the first road race of the year down in Phoenix Arizona. We headed down on Thursday afternoon and got to our place about 10:30pm after a 9hr drive, so not too bad. The weather was looking questionable but it held up and was in the high 60's low 70's all week. Along with that my diet all weekend was In N Out Burger, which is so gooood. We had it everyday we were there.....I miss it already, yummmmmm

On Friday was the 12mile-ish TT. We had a tail wind on the way out on the false flat and a head wind on the way back. Kevin was my 30second man and Adam my minute man. I had an ok time of 33:09 about 20seconds slower from last year sitting in about 42nd then.Check out those new TT glasses, very aero and they even have an impact pad on the inside just incase.

Then Saturday was te 90mile RR. For most of the race I just sat in and stayed away from the front. Though with one lap to go I attacked on the climb and bringed to the break, went straight to the front to get things moving. Though no one was working well together so the pack cought us. Then in was back to sitting in getting ready for the sprint finish. I was sitting in the top 15 with 1k to go, perfect for the sprint and feeling awesome. Then the referee pulled in front a nuetralized the race. So the race was done there. There was a bad crash in the CAT3 who finished before us, doing a lap less and had medics everywhere. It sucked, but o well can't do anyting about it. So in the end the Road race didnt even count.

On Sunday was the Crit. at a new location in a sweet higher end community. The course was a fast .8mile lap with a uphill finish. The crit was supper fast and strung out for almost the whole time. I ended up 22nd and 32nd in GC. So not too bad for the first race. Now the long hours are gonna start to wined down and the intensity will come.

Collegiate season starts in two weeks at CSU and CC with some crits so ill prob. do that. Then the week after were going to Boise to see Chirs since he left us and never comes to vist so we have to go to him I guess.

Getting Started!!

2009-02-03T20:53:00.000-08:00

Well it's been a while since anything exciting has happen here. Started up school a couple weeks ago, and classes are not too bad. I have 4 classes on MWF along with an online class and have no classes on Tuesday Thursday. So with my days off I have been riding about 5-6hrs a day which is nice for the base. Been getting in some good time on the bike, got over 26hrs last week and shooting for that again. Getting ready for the season to start, we head down the Phoenix Arizona next Thursday for Valley of the Sun stage race. This will be the first race of the season so we can test things out and see how everything if going. Though we still have no team. Im in the process of trying to work out things with Rio Grande so will see how that goes. But besides riding not much at all, went cross country skiing which was fun doing some drops on the CX skis. But ill update after Arizonia.

R.I.P The BIG Green Bus

2009-01-08T22:57:00.001-08:00

Well the CLIF BAR development team bus has come to it's end. The fires in Boulder have taken it. This bus went all over the country carrying the team gear and bikes to the Grand Prix and Nationals. Now its gone.

1/03/2009 Lyons cross

2009-01-07T18:40:00.000-08:00

Well this past weekend there was one last cyclocross race of the season right out side of Boulder in Lyons, same place where States were last year but different course. I was looking forward to one more race but was not too sure how I was going to feel, since it was my second time touching my bike since nationals which was about 2 weeks ago. Got to the race early to check it out and make sure my bike was still working from nationals. Pre-riding the course got me excited to race, it was a really cool course. With a steep run up and a barrier, little drop/roller, pump-ish section and a steep mound of dirt all made for a sweet course.

At the start line I think everybody had at least one goat head in there tire and was hoping for the best. The weather was nice and cold in the high 20's i think, cold enough. Though I had a really bad start getting cought behind a wreck on the steep run up falling back about 20seconds or so. After I got threw the mess I caught a group of two and sat with them for a while till pulling threw to try and catch Brady, Mitch and Pacocha. By the time I caught up to there group Mitch was off the front and Brady was spinning out on his single speed. So i decided to sit for a while and attack on the flat. Though I never did catch Mitch, who finished a good 10-15 seconds ahead of me I was able to hold on to second with a good 30-40 seconds on third. So the team finished up 1st and 2nd. Not too bad to start off the new year. With that two week rest I felt so rested and relaxed it seemed to help a lot. Mountain flyer did and article on the race at: Mountain Flyer Magazine

2008!!

2009-01-01T12:04:00.000-08:00

Had an ok road season and went to U23 nationals
Did good at collegiate cross nationals
had fun during cross season
went to collegiate MTB nationals and broke a rib
and froze my ass off training
Did the Tour of the Gial
New Cross bike!!
Had a good ride at Collegiate Nationals
Got a sweet win at our home race
Feeling good during collegiate season

Cyclocross Nationals

2008-12-16T12:54:00.000-08:00

Well when we arrived in Kansas City, Missouri last Thursday it sounded like it was gonna be another mud fest. We were able to ride the course Friday afternoon and it was a mud bath, the mud just accumulating on the bikes and clogging everything up. The course was a slip and slide with no traction anywhere. And most of the course was a climb to the top, so your rear wheel would just be spinningn the whole time looking for some dry spots. Then the sun came up and the winds picked up. With 40mph plus winds the course dried up quickly.

The U23 race was Saturday morning at 10a.m. I had a descent start siting in the mid 20's or so. I felt really good during the first half of the race and then went down hill from there. I blew up and was just creeping the rest of the time. I ended up 21st which was not too bad but I was hoping for better. Kevin ended up 12th.

Then the Collegiate race was Sunday morning at 9a.m. Though we still had the winds it was about 50 out. I was in the lead group for a while and then shorty fell back from there. I ended up 7th not too bad, Kevin got 2nd right behind Collin Cares from Colorado College. Brent got 15th and Adam 34th, so Mesa had a good showing, just which we had some girls out there. The top Five were on the podium and 4 of them are all on the CLIF BAR team, not too shabby.
And now its the off season for the next 2-3weeks which I am really looking forward to!!!1

The end is near

2008-12-09T10:42:00.000-08:00

Well both classes and racing are almost over for a while. I'm glade school is almost done but I still want to keep racing cross. For some reason it feels as if I really haven t raced that much this year, which sucks. I raced the collegiate MTB season in the early cross season which sucked cause I came out of it with breaking nice bikes, a concussion and a broken rib, and was unable to race cross. O well, I got Nationals this weekend, both Collegiate and U23. I finish class tomorrow after 2 test then got to catch a flight at DIA Thursday night so I really hope the passes heading over are gonna be nice and clear.

And as for road season im still unattached, though im still waiting back to hear from Rio Grande and Enstiens. So will keep or fingures crossed and hope one of those teams work out. And if anyone knows of any open spots on a road team let me know.

On the Cross

2008-11-29T22:28:00.000-08:00

Today was the On the cross race at Chatfield. And about 5:00 last night the snow came in, and it snowed a lot in just an hour. So I knew it was gonna make for a muddy and fun race. The course was mostly single track which got muddy after all the races went before us. For our team we had Andrew, Yannick, Robin, Kevin and myself racing in the Open race.

After the first lap in the lead group there were about 8 guys including Robin, Yannick and myself. Then the race began to break up some more and then we all found ourslelfs chasing the lead group of 5. So it was Yannick Robin and myself working together to get back into it. Though around one of the muddy corners I was on Yannicks wheel when he hit the deck, causing me to use his real wheel as a ramp and pulling a superman over him. We got right back up and kept on chasing. Then with about 3 laps to go I found myself alone trying to chase down the lead group of five. Then on the last lap on the last corner I just had to hit the deck causing the guy 10seceonds behind me to catch up and pass me in the sprint. So I eneded up 7th place which was not too bad. And Kevin was unable to finish due to his pedal coming completly off on the third lap.

Of course I am just starting to feel good on the bike and I can't even race tomorrow. Because we have to leave ealrly tomorrow to try and make it back up to Grand Junction for school on Monday. The passes are already snow packed and are expecting anywhere from 2-12 inches up in the mountains. And we can't even bring our cross bike back, because we drove down in a little Honda Civic which will not make it back over, so were catching a ride with our room mate who has all wheel drive but has no room for our cross bikes. So I guess we can't even ride cross again until Nationals. Unless we can make it back next week for states but im guessing the weather will be similar to how it is now on the passes.

New Jersey

2008-11-19T12:23:00.000-08:00

Well this past weekend was my first USGP in New Jersey. We got into Newark airport in New Jersey 2hours late with all the delays. So we didn't get into our hotel until 4:00am on Friday. Got to sleep in and then got to pre-ride the course. It was a sweet course nice and fast and fun. Then it all turned from there. The sky's opened up and down poured. The course was a wreck. The mud was insaine. It was more of a running race then it was a bike race. In the end I got my butt kicked. Though it was an awesome time and a great experience.
Getting the pay check

We were suppost to go to the next USGP in Portland but thats not gonna happen. Our team budget is low and its the week before Nationals and the weekend before finals. So i guess our next big race is gonna be Nationals in Kansas on Dec. 11 or so I think.

Now im taking a couple days off for a little break. Then its back to some harder training to get a good result at Nationals.

USGP

2008-11-13T13:38:00.000-08:00

Well im heading to New Jersey here in about an hour. Kevin and I are flying out of GJ to DIA. Then DIA to New Jersey. Then we have to take a shuttle to the hotel and probably wont get to the hotel till 1:00am the earliest. Then we get to sleep all day and pre-ride the course.

This is my first Grand Prix of Cyclocross and I cant wait. Sure the rib is still hurting but im so pumpt up right now I hope it dosent bother me.

Also, all of our relatives who all live in New York are heading over on Saturday to hang out and watch us race which is gonna be awesome.
Well I better keep on packing before I miss my flight

First UCI races!!!

2008-11-03T12:50:00.000-08:00

WOW those guys are fast. This past weekend was the UCI Boulder Cup a C2 and C1 race. It was crazy. On Saturday seemed like 80% of the race was sand that I could not ride threw but the big boys like Wicks, Trebon, Wells, Powers all those guys made it look like a road section. Though I got pulled with about 5laps to go on Saturday. I think every bump I hit my rib was not happy. So that would of been the whole time. It hurt so bad epecially after the races.
On Sunday I did a little bit better finishing around 47th but still suckey and still got lapped with 3laps to go. Though on the results they gave me a DNS which is a bunch of bull. And both day I got screwed and started in the back row, so I really had no chance from the begining. Though the crowds were awesome, it was crazy how many people where at the races both days.

Though were taking this weekend off to see if my rib can heal, though the doctor says its gonna take 6 weeks. And then the weekend after that were heading to New Jersey for out first Grand Prix of cyclocross, looking foward to it.

Quick Recap

2008-10-30T15:55:00.001-07:00

I had Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals this past weekend in cold rainy Banner Elk North Carolina. I had some bad luck in the XC by fracturing a rib in the first 5miles as well as getting a concussion. Though I still finished the rest of the race, but way way back.
The team did ok we finished 6th overall. Kevin killed it in the ST getting 10th. We also ha 2 DH in the top 10.
This weekend is the UCI Boulder Cup race im gonna be doing. Will see how it goes with this rib

Ours was the only flight Delayed and then canceled. I guess 3:00am wake up was for nothing

Picture Re-cap

2008-10-21T11:09:00.000-07:00

Had 2 races in Fort Collins this past weekend. On Saturday I bonked so bad I think I could of walked faster. Saturday was a little better got 9th, Kevin got 3rd. Leave Tomorrow for Denver then Thursday have a 6:30am Flight out of DIA to North Carolina for Nationals.

Well the pictures are showing up real small for some reason? But I got to go catch up on Homework before I have to leave for Nationals.

Breaking MTB's

2008-10-14T21:02:00.000-07:00

Well this past weekend was our home collegiate MTB race. The short track was on Saturday which I did fairly good in, the legs felt great and got into an awesome rhythm. I love when that happens. Than after that was the Super-D. So I decided I was gonna race it since I was riding that really nice carbon s-works. We got to do a practice run first down the 6-mile course. And about half way down a rock popped up and hit the rear wheel real hard, so it flatted real quick. Then when fixing the flat I noticed it had dented the rim real bad. Just my luck a $7,000 bike and I break the wheel and its not even mine. So after that I decided not to race it.

Then Sunday was the XC and I was able to barrow a rear wheel for the race. Though I got there early to set up the course. I went to the furthest point on the course to set up the tape and cones on the turns. Right then my bike started to ghost shift and then chain popped out and bent the hanger throwing the derailleur into the wheel stopping it right away. Wow what luck, and let me remind you this is not my bike. So now I have broken it twice. So I had the throw the bike on my back and hike 2-3miles down to the trail head where the start of the race was. We could not fix it in time so I had to ride Mo's bike which is an XS frame so way to small. Though I finished the race on it.

I told the guy of the bike I was borrowing that I was willing to pay for every thing. But thank god he owns a bike shop out here and told me not to worry about it.
Yesterday and today we had off from school so we did some MTB out at 18 road in Fruita which was awesome and today out in Loma. And guess what, I snapped Mo's chain on his MTB so I got to do some more hiking back to the car. So the conclusion I came to is that MTB's hate me and I hate them.

Though we got some CX this weekend down in Fort Collins then its off to MTB nationals after that.
Total broken MTB parts=5
1-Hanger
1-Rim
1-Derailleur
2-chains
I wonder how many more MTB's im gonna break between then and there.

My new post for CLIF BAR blog

2008-10-07T10:01:00.000-07:00

It's been a slow start for Kevin and I over here in Grand Junction getting back into full swing for the cross season. Right we are at the end of Collegiate Mountain biking season for Mesa State College. Normally we don't race mountain bikes, but our school needed two more Cross Country racers for Nationals so we were the ones they turned to. This is why Kevin and I haven't been doing all the cross races that would of liked to do. We have our home Mountain Bike race this weekend, then will be racing cross the weekend after in Longmont and Fort Collins. Though that following week Kevin and I will be traveling to North Carolina for Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals. Though once that is over will be in full swing for cyclocross. Just in time to race at the Boulder Cup and all the cross races following.So far this season we have done the Brecktobercross as well as the Frisco CX just last weekend. This is our first season racing in the Pro 1/2 field and we are loving it. We both have been getting repectable resutls. Though in Frisco I had to drop out Saturday do to some mechanicals on the bike and Kevin ended up 20th. Then Sunday we both had a better day on the bike, though both of us threw out the race had one of our shoes come off while dismounting/remounting. But in the end we ended up 11th and 12th and had a great time.Another thing keeping us busy in our cross clinic that we put on a couple weeks ago. The local Western slope junior team out in Silt about an hour East of Junction asked Kevin and I if we could help them with a clinic. So we drove out there and had about 10 kids to work with. We tought them the basics of everything and helped them pratice it all together. Afterwords we had a nice course set up for them to practice it all. All the kids did really well and love cross. Now when we see them at races the are always asking us for adivce and thanking us for our help. We do plain on going back up and doing some more clinics.

2008-10-02T18:29:00.000-07:00

Well it's been a fairly relaxing week school wise which as been awesome. I didn't have a million test this week, like last. Though next week is warping up too look like that. Got some good rides in this past week getting ready the Frisco cross races this weekend which should be a blast, 40degrees and raining. Should be interesting.
Also have been looking for a road team for the 2009 season desperately. Been sending my resumes all over, and just been getting the same response from everyone. "Not sure what the team is gonna be like for next year, but will keep you in touch" Which sucks, cause I really want to figure out what im gonna be doing for next road season. Cause there is know was I am gonna race for that Junior team again. So it looks like I will be racining unattached next year. So if you know any teams let me know.
I also turend in an application for a cycling scholorship at the school this week. Im hoping I get it so I can have some money, which can at least cover my traveling for this semester.
Though we did find a BLACK WIDOW spider on our bike rack on our pourch of our house this week. I had no idea we had those out here in Colorado. I have never even seen one before. And from what i hear those suckers are mean.
Dough at Ruby Canyon also let me ride is full carbon Specialized Stumjumper S-Works this week MTB. It was so nice. He is letting be barrow it during our home MTB race next weekend. Which I can't wait to ride again, but atleast the bike is light, probably lighter than my road bike. This way during the hike a bike I can fly threw it since its so light.

A weekend to relax!!!

2008-09-28T17:54:00.001-07:00

Well this weekend there was a collegiate MTB race in Boulder which I decided not to do as well as a Cross race today. Instead my buddy Josh came up from Denver for the weekend. After class on Friday we headed down to MOAB to do some MTB on the slickrock, as well as camping and 4X4. It was a balst. Though we did hear a Mountain Lion right before we went in the tent for the night and it came back in the middle of the night which was scary.
We only stayed there Friday night and headed back Saturday afternoon so we could catch the Air Show today and the GJ Airport. The Blue Angles were there which were awesome.After this weekend, I have two cross races in Frisco next weekend, than our home HIKE AND BIKE mountain bike race, than 2more cross races, than nationals than the Boulder Cup(Armstong may show) than New Jersey Grand Prix. So I am travling a lot in the next couple weeks

Back at it!!

2008-09-24T11:57:00.000-07:00

Well this past weekend we drove up to Laramie Wyoming to do some MTB racing. And Dough down at Ruby Canyon let me use a Specialized stumpjumper full suspension bike which was AWESOME. Thanks again. In the short track I got may butt kicked, but the CX was fun surprisingly. Even though I crashed 4times really hard. I think I was thinking I could do anything on that nice bike. But it rained hard right before the start so the down hill part was very slick, where the majority of my crashes were. But i finshed in 14th whihc was 3rd in D2 and I was only about 6min. behind Brent this time vs 40min last week.
Also I got my Salsa Cross bike all built up. Got the Sram Rival compnents on it, which are Carbon this year. Were also running with the Sram Red cassets this year which are sick. But our first race on them is next week in Frisco because this weekend were going down to Moab to go camping and hang out and do some riding.

Back to Racing

2008-09-15T13:13:00.000-07:00

Well this past weekend was the first races of the Fall semester for me. After class on Friday we drove down to Sol Vista Resorts to set up camp. Our team wanted to save some money, so we went camping instead of a hotel room. When we got there, the parking lot where we were camping was wet and muddy. But we had to set up and than the rain came falling down. It was a cold night, maybe got 3hrs of sleep.
Saturday morning warmed up and it was time to race some Cross Country. My free hub started acting up an hour before the start, so I had to use one of the downhillers cross country bike, which was real nice, but I still SUCKED ASS. Though I finished and I was not last, though very very close.
Sunday morning we drove to Breckenridge for some cyclocross racing. The course was very long and a lot of single track. It took close to 10min. to do one lap which is long. Though I had an ok start and than started picking people off.
(in front of Travis Brown for Trek, insane single speeder)
I was sitting in 5th for most of the race. Than I slid out hard on one of the corners loosing two positions and ripping open my knee, where the previous scabs were just healing. Hate when that happens. I ended up 7th on the day, not bad. Though they payed out the top 5. Dang. O well it was a good time and I think im racing MTB this weekend in Whyoming.

Cross season

2008-09-08T12:09:00.000-07:00

Well this past weekend we went down to Boulder for our cyclocross training camp. It was a good time and it got me excited for the up coming season. We got our new bikes which are awesome, we just have to put them together now.

The Salsa bikes this year have a very cool paint job on them, none of it is stickers which is awesome. I guess Salsa came up with this paint job just for our team, which is sick. Kevin and I also found out that we will be racing at the Grand Prix this year which is going to be crazy. I cant wait. We also got these really cool white crank brother candy pedals to go with our bikes.Also were gonna be doing some Collegiate Mountain Biking this semester i guess. Were gonna do our first cross country race this weekend at Sol Vista resorts by winter park on Saturday. Then on Sunday morning Kevin, Brent, Adam and I are driving to Breckenridge do do our first Cyclocross race of the year. So we got a lot of first races this weekend which I am looking foward to.

Long Time

2008-09-03T09:22:00.000-07:00

Well I have been off the radar for a while. But school is in full swing now, not too bad yet. Cross camp is this weekend...cant wait. Been just riding easy lately getting back into the swing of things again. Also collegiate MTB season starts this weekend at CSU. I have been doing some MTB lately cause i may do a couple races this year. Though I have been going with Brent lately and he has been kicking my ass, but its a good time. Had an awesome MTB ride last night along with a team BBQ and meeting. We actually have a team this year which is awesome, we even got some girls on the team which is gonna help out a tone.
And for the new house, well we have been having some bug problems but nothing we can't take care of. There are hundreds of cokroches. but we took care of it.Once we took care of those guys for a couple nights straight of straight up killing we needed to organize the bikes in the house. We have about 14bikes in this house and 2more on the way. So in our kitchen we made our very own bike rack. Its only collapsed once!!!
well now I have to head off to econ class:( so ill try to update this thing a little bit more since racing is starting up again

Nationals

2008-08-12T14:01:00.000-07:00

Well Nationals was fun but got no results. The crit. was good up until the last lap. I felt real good the whole time. than there was a nasty crash with one to go that i got cought behind. so than i was off that back right away. i still ended up 38th though. Than the road race. I felt really good on the 2nd lap doing some work up front to try and bring the break back. than the field stopped working and the break of about 20 got more than 3min on us. so eventually we all got pulled over 100 of us. and only 13 guys finished our race. it was so gay. but o well what can you do.
But im glad i didnt have to drive home after the race like kevin and mo did. THANKS A LOT GUYS. i got to fly home the next day and even got my own row on the plain which was sick.
We also went to Disney land when we were down there which was a blast. And than tomorrow i leave for Grand Junction and start school on Monday:(

California

2008-08-02T15:28:00.000-07:00

Well we leave next Wednesday for U23 Nationals. And our coach Jeff Mozingo is heading down Monday afternoon, driving down our bikes. Though were looking for someone to drive down with him, because he comes back to Colorado Sunday afternoon and needs to be back Monday morning for work. We have a FREE place to stay, so if anyone wants to catch a ride down and be in cali for a week, let me know.

Sneak Peek

2008-08-01T14:37:00.000-07:00

Wow its been a while since i have posted any thing, been kind of busy. Been racing every weekend so far, just hanging on,. Got a couple top 20's which is cool. My sister also just got married last weekend which was a blast, i have never had that much fun. The whole family came in from New York which was great, haven't seen any of them for over 6years.
sneak Peek
Well next week i head out to California for U23 Nationals. Racing the crit. and road race and i cant wait should be a good time. Than we get back and head right back to school. But once school starts its CROSS season and i cant wait. here is what the bikes are gonna look like this year. SICK!!!

Racing with the big boys!!!

2008-07-06T21:11:00.000-07:00

Well its been a while since i have updated this. Two reasons: I have been lazy also i haven't raced in forever. The last two weeks I was unable to race because i didn't have enough money which really sucks. My team does nothing for me, so i am in a desperate mode to get on a new team for the 2009 road season.
But today was the Niwot crit. And lets just say it was real fast. Garmin Chipolte had a good team show up, including Tom Danielson, along with Toyota United who took 1,2,3 with Ben Day winning and Ivan Stevic in 2nd, not sure who was 3rd someone on United. Along with those teams some guys from Team Type One also BMC all showed up. I was really surprised. It was also a big field with 90riders.
It was supper fast, i got pulled with about 25min. to go, but this was after already half the field was pulled. It was super fun trying to race with those guys. It was just so hard starting in the back and having no real good part on the course to move up, even if there was they were moving so fast it seemed like I was sprinting for the finish after every corner though i was just trying to hang on.
This is Danielson on the front

This is Ivan Stevic on the front

Thats me hanging on for my life!!

Kenny's Triathlon

2008-06-21T22:31:00.000-07:00

Well today i went and watched my very first triathlon ever and it was crazy. first i saw a guy get naught out in the swim and was drowning. Than after that settled Kenny came flying out of the swim to the bike.(fastest person running up to the transition)
Kenny had a super fast ride coming in strong and ready for the run. It was awesome. So he had a 900meter swim which is way to much to swim by itself. Than he had the 13miles ride, than a 3mile run. For me all of those are individual events, and i could not combined them. They have a weekly time trial there, the 13mile course and that is enough for me.
Kenny killed it out there today. He ended up in the top 20, which is an awesome result. And ended up 2nd in his age group. Way to go Kenny nice work..

First Pro1/2 race

2008-06-03T21:32:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was the city park crit. it was my first time racing with the pros. A guy from slipstream as well as jelly belly showed up. it was an 80 person field. I pre-road the course because they added and extra loop to it than what it normally is. and i new it was gonna be real fast. and i was right, real fast. though i had an awesome time, it was so much fun. really smooth compared the 3's. no jerking or crashes every 10ft. I loved it. The pack split up real qucik, 6 man break, the main group of maybe 30-40 than smaller groups behind. i stayed with the main group. it seemed like it was single file the whole time. i ended up 25th which i was happy with. i just cant wait for the next one. we got the state tt this weekend. not expecting much with it though it should be good Ben Day as well as Justin England from Toyota United start right in front of kevin and not to far ahead of me so thats pretty cool.

Ohhhhh Boy!!!!!

2008-05-30T22:26:00.000-07:00

We just went and did some night fishing at this little pond just around the corner from our house. The average size of a fish down there is about 3inch. Though there not big, its always fun because you never know what you might catch. Last year i caught about a 3ft catfish. This thing was massive almost breaking my pole. But tonight every one else besides me was catching a little fish. But i was not disappointed, because right before we left i caught the big one. And no it was not a fish even though thats what i was going for. I caught a man eating SNAPPING TURTLE. This thing was hungry for flesh.....it was scary. Though i didn't get a real life photo of it because i didn't want to get to close to it. But this is exactly what it looked like. I'm just hoping i don't have any nightmares from it tonight.

Also this Sunday I will be racing my first Pro1/2 race at city park. I'm really looking froward to it, so ill let you know how it goes.

Collegiate Nationals

2008-05-13T11:21:00.000-07:00

Well it was a good time. We stayed at the Host hotel which was the Hilton. Though the best part about it was that we got hooked up with the V.I.P room key. It was on the 9th floor with free drinks, food, internet, coffee and a lot more. But for the racing side of things it was good. Saturday was the Road Race with some good decisive climbs in them. Also had some 30mph winds. The first climb more than 40people fell off the back, not me which i was surprised as hell. Though i stayed with the lead group all the way to the finish, even throwing some attacks in there on the last climbs. I ended up 7th which was awesome and Kevin got 10th, both in the top 10 SICK.
The crit. was a different story. I was in a 4man break right off the bat, which one on the guys were Zach from Mines so i thought it was gonna stick. Nope they had him on a short leash all weekend. Than from there it went all down hill. I didnt race smart at all, tried to pull back the 6man break because i thought Zach was in it. I was wrong,i found this out when i was on the front going all out and he came sprinting by me. When i saw this i new it was all over for me. so i just sat in kind of and just waited to finish in the pack. I was spent and could not do anything which SUCKED. o well it was a good time.

Survived

2008-05-05T14:29:00.000-07:00

Well lets just say I finished and thats about it. It was a tough one, also with 3bottles on 95 miles is not good on the body. Though Kevin KILLED it on stage2. Going from mile one and staying away all day ending up 6th which was awesome. I managed to finish as well keeping the rubber side down which was an accomplishment in it self. There were nasty crashes everyday which i should of been in one of them but don't ask me how i got out of it. The crit. was my best result getting 18th and winning a prime. So all together i am happy with just finishing my first cat2 race being a big stage race. Considering only 40guys finished in GC out of about 70 starting Stage 1. So i think i finished 36th.

Bissell on the front all day

Tour of the Gila

2008-04-28T14:31:00.000-07:00

Well I'm heading off to the Gila here in a couple min. A little nervous, my first CAT2 race as well the biggest race I have done. 5stages over 320 miles. So I am hoping just to finish. Than when I get back I have 4days before i head to Fort Collins for Collegiate Nationals. Got a lot to do!

Charlie

2008-04-17T21:31:00.000-07:00

YouTube - Charlie bit my finger - again !

Utah

2008-04-14T21:33:00.000-07:00

well this past weekend was the Utah race. wasn't expecting to many schools to show since it was a long drive for the front range. Friday night we show up to our host housing house and i already can tell its gonna be a weird weekend. this guys was strange and his wife even more(not sure if it was his wife)she didn't even know where he moved from, since he just moved to salt lake like 5 weeks ago. and than for the sleeping arrangements, 3 guys slept in the main room, 3 in a bedroom, and anne in her own big room. and for the guys out in the main room got no sleep. this lady stayed up to 2:30 in the morning watching a movie full blast and with every single light on and talking to her dog along with all five30gallon fish tanks on with the waterfalls flowing. i think she must of had a little 2much of her wine. and we had to get up at 5:30 in the morning to get to the race. lets just say the host housing was quit interesting to say the least.
but for the races. we had a 60 mile road race which they said was flat. but it had a lot of gradual climbs that hurt. about 5 miles in Zach from mines attacked and i new he was the strongest there. so i jumped on his wheel and we began to gap the field. or at least he did because when i went to the front i felt like we weren't moving. this guy is a powerhouse to say the least. but at the turn around we only had 40sec. on the field. but on the way back we hit it even harder which i didn't think was possible. but with kevin and nate doing there job, blocking the field we ended up having around a 5min gap on the field at the end. Zach took off with 1km to go and made me feel like i wasn't moving. he won i took 2nd kevin 3rd wining the pack sprint and nate 4th. than we had a flat tt(thats what the flyer said) but it was hilly. i came in 5th 16sec. off Zach, kevin 9th and nate 10th. than we had a crit at a DMV track which had a steep short climb at the end of each lap. in the end zach was off the front by himself lapping the main field. nate in a break of 2 and than i was in a break of 2 . i ended up 4th nate 2nd and kevin 6th. so it was a good weekend for points.

What National Champion?

2008-03-30T14:59:00.000-07:00

Well i think these pictures explain it all (courtesy of Mat Peters) it was AWESOME!!i won. it was our home race this weekend which was even better to win at home. also my parents and sister came down from Denver to watch which was great.
well the race went down like this:
it was windy from the start. though i was sitting about 5th wheel or so the whole race so i didn't have to deal with it that much. than Kevin threw in a tone of attacks to get things started. though no one could stay with him, but he couldn't do it by himself because it was really windy out there. and than FLC and CSU picked up there game. though i was being extremely patient this time and making the bigger teams pull back the gaps. because there would be a FLC and some others guys that would attack without CSU up there. so i just pulled back and made CSU close it down, since they needed to set up Phil(the national champion) and needed to close that. than 5 laps to go CSU brought out the train of about 8guys. so i decided to sit behind Phil since they were TRYING to set him up. and while the train was in full flight they blew up the whole field. so on the last lap it was just CSU and me. than it came down to the sprint. and Phil had it,well at least he thought after he looked over his left shoulder and raised his hands in victory. but he forgot to look over his right where i was sitting. than i came by and took the win.

The Break

2008-03-24T18:56:00.000-07:00

In the CU Crit. on Easter i was able to get in the break finally. There were four of us that got a 20sec gap on the field(CSU.FLC,MINES,MESA). i actually soloed up to the break to be in it(hard) though i didn't have the sprinting legs i ended up 4th for the second day in a row. o well i was happy with it. we were off the front for 40min or so of the 1hr crit.

Sprinter?????

2008-03-22T17:43:00.000-07:00

Well today once again was another collegiate race down at UNC a crit to be exact. I was not feeling it at the start. FLC went off the line and i followed along with a CSU rider. So we were in a little break for a little but not long. Than i was just sitting in and covering a couple of moves, you know the usual. Though i thought the down hill section of the course was the hardest. i was doing good on the uphill section. Though there was a 3 man break up the road. A CSU, FLC, and MINES rider, real strong riders. i new it was gonna stick with the horse power all of them had so i didn't try too hard to close it. just because i was a 1man team again and didn't want to get blown for nothing. though CSU was trying to set up the stars and strips on there team so they were pushing real hard towards the end. Just sitting in getting ready for the sprint. so last lap on the up hill i moved up behind the CSU train. Though they were all blown along with the stars and strips. so i hopped on the FLC train that came by on the right. the last round-about into the final stretch i was sitting 4th. Sat for a little and than went for it. it was neck and neck with me and the FLC riders but i got it. some how. Don't ask me how. it was awesome. i won the field sprint. first ever at that size of a field. i didn't win the race but i got 4th. my best result ever in that category. not first place but not bad. than tomorrow we got a race at CU, will see how that goes.

No Team

2008-03-17T15:27:00.000-07:00

well this past weekend we were down in durnago for some more racing. though kevin and i were the only ones racing again for our A squad. though we did have some others come and race in different category's which was awesome. But on Saturday we had a ttt early in the morning which was freeeeezing. the team was kevin, trevor and i so it was pretty much just kevin and i. kevin and myself had to soft petal so out 3rd team mate could hold on. ya just sitting on the back. than we came to the last section which was a good size climb. and we lost our 3rd teammate like that going up with out giving much effort. i was so pissed off i told kevin just to leave him. so we did. even though the 3rd guy stops the clock. so i think that was our first ttt of the year and our last.
than it was off to the crit later that day. and wow was that HARD. i took 8th which is a good result for me. though i was the one having to close the breaks since there were no teammates of mine.
(kevin is really sick so he could not race hard) and dont ask me where PRAA (knate keck)i think he is just picking his butt getting ready for the tour de france. than it was the rr 60 miles. a break got away and i was not in it agin. so i was forced to chase.i never did makeit up so i sat in the group. though that didnt help since every team had some one inthe break besides me. so i sat on the front for a half hour9no joke) trying to pull them back with everyone else sitting on.
it sucked. so i just sat in the last lap getting ready for the sprint. i ended up 18th which was not bad

DU/Metro

2008-03-13T20:18:00.000-07:00

Well this past week was my spring break, and i started it off with some racing. Metro held a 9mile TT at Bear Creek on Saturday. I had a time around 20:23 which was not to bad i thought. considering last year i was in the 23's i think. that time put me in 9th place which i was happy with.

and than on Sunday was the DU crit. at city park. this is always a fun race with 3round-abouts in it. though kevin had to sit out since he was not feeling well at all and didn't want to get worse. so i was the only one out there for mesa since no one else likes to race for our school. but i was doing good, covering some breaks, getting into breaks. but of course i was not in the one that stuck. so i tried to bridge across. but that was not happing since every one was covering my moves. this is because every single school had a teammate in the break that i was with. so they were just sitting in and blocking. It SUCKED. i am so pissed off at our teams A's squads commitment to the team this year. its just been kevin and i out there trying to get points for our team to go to nationals. i am getting sick and tired of it. though i won the sprint in the crit. with the guys i was with and took 11th.
than spring break began. i just relaxed and sat around. than in the middle of the week we went up to CSU to ride the nationals course. lets just say its going to favor the climbers A LOT. it sucked. i guess i need to start climbing:(

New Mexico

2008-03-04T10:11:00.001-08:00

This past weekend was our first collegiate race of the year down in New Mexico. Saturday was the 15k TT and it was 75degrees out it was awesome. I did ok in the TT i took 13th overall, it was a hilly course with a good head wind on the way back.than was the TTT afterwards though it was just kevin and i for our team so we could not do it. than later that night everyone that was staying at the house went for an hour ride around town. lets just say it got dark real quick.Sunday was the crit. It was 40degrees out with 30mph winds. it was freezing. though right on the start 2 CU riders went off which i was planing on, i also was planing on going with them. i gave an attempt to get up with them with joe from DU but that was not happening. so we came back to the pack to sit in. 7 guys attacked i guess which i had no idea about. i thought they were the break the whole time. i was just sitting in waiting for FLC to go since they didn't have any one up there. but was i way wrong. the break was behind us, yep thats right they lapped us and thats where FLC was and thats why they weren't chasing. it all makes sense now. lets just say i got blown away. there were 40guys that started and only 7 finished on the lead lap without getting pulled. put i stilled managed to get 16th.
but i did score a 2nd job over the weekend. i am now in charge of putting all the results from every weekend into and excel spread sheet. by doing this i get to race every weekend for FREE:)

Up and over

2008-02-27T15:51:00.000-08:00

Today was about 48degrees out again it was beautiful. so kevin and i decided to ride up and over the monument today. it was our first time back on it this year, and i see why i didn't miss it. though the views today were amazing. though it was still nice and cold coming back down. also i got the jmb catalog today from the team, and there are some awesome deals in there that i am going to be taking them up on. i am planing on getting the vision base bar for my tt bike for only $60. so i am really looking forward to that and getting some other goodies for my bike.

Fun

2008-02-26T21:44:00.000-08:00

well today was the first nice day here in grand junction. i think it was 48degrees here. it was awesome, i road in a long sleeve jersey and some shorts and that was it. it felt so weird wearing that little after a COLD winter. also this weekend is the first collegiate race down in new mexico. im looking forward to it though i am only doing the tt, and crit. this is because we don't have enough people going for the ttt(wow way 2 start off the new season prooa, real team player)any way its suppose to be in the 60's or so but i have to do a 7hr drive to get that.
today was tom's 20th birthday. so a few of us went to famous daves for dinner and it was real good. and than after we went to Michales to get some fun toys for only $1 each it was awesome. we got some balloon animal making material, plato, the sponge growing pill things, the thins that grow 6times the normal size in the water, models, air plains and a lot lot more.

Valley of the Sun stage race

2008-02-18T21:01:00.000-08:00

well this past weekend was the valley of the sun stage race down in Arizona. it was a great time, and also got to ride in some nice weather which has not happen in a long time. On Friday was the 20k tt. it was only about 50 degrees out and it started raining when i hit the 1k to go. Though there was not much wind which was real nice. While warming up my legs felt like crap. though when i started they felt great. i felt the best i have ever felt on my tt bike and got a time of 32:40 which put me in 11th place out of 105 riders. so i was real happy with this result.
The next day we had a 73mile road race. i was not really looking forward to this since i had not ridden that far a lot this winter. and also last year i dropped off on the second lap. I also was worried about the climb since i had not done much climbing this winter. though i felt great once again. than it came down to a big field sprint for the finish. there was a break of about 6guys that i started to close with about 1mile left. i caught them some how and started for the sprint. though i was going for the pass on the left when a rider counter attacked on my left, so this caused the 6guys i just caught to shift to the left. the back guy crossed my front wheel real hard. this caused me to pop out of my petal, him hitting the ground real hard and than the domino affect happen with the pack behind. some how i stayed up, don't ask me how. so i clipped back in and continued sprinting so i wouldn't loose much time. than i noticed that a front spoke on my carbon broke a long with a bunch of other guys wheels. though i didn't loose any time on the pack and ended up 21st. So now i was sitting in 10th in the GC.than Sunday was the crit. i just decided to sit in the middle for most of it. than with 5laps to go i moved towards the front knowing that it would get real hectic. than it came down to the sprint to the finish. i was feeling real good moving up on the left hand side seeing the finish right ahead. and than just like that it disappeared, the barriers narrowed and the pack moved over. so i had to stop and just coast in. i still got 15th which was good and i still finished the stage race in 10th place. getting $50 which is nice so now i have enough money to fix my wheels. good improvement from last year where i got 70th over all. so it was a real good way to start off the season.

warm

2008-02-12T08:36:00.000-08:00

well the weather here in junction isn't the nicest. but down in Phoenix it is. yes i cant wait for valley of the sun this weekend. though i am gonna get my butt kicked, it will be a good time. i already figured out what i am eating for breakfast, lunch, and dinner when i am down there.
yep thats right, yummy greasy In and Out burger. i cant wait. i love this place
but besides that i have been riding a lot lately. trying to get long hours on the bikes so hopefully i can improve in th RR this year.

Fort #4

2008-02-05T20:04:00.000-08:00

well i got a little board and decided to create a fort in toms room. not as cool as mats in his basement but i didn't have much room to work with

snow!!:(

2008-02-04T08:37:00.000-08:00

why does it have to snow and be so cold?? only two more weeks until nice warm weather in Arizona. but until than i have to ride the trainer. which i am getting ready to do now but im tying to procrastinate that

Snowshoeing

2008-02-03T21:04:00.000-08:00

today was a fun work out. we rented snowshoes from the op here at the school. and headed up to powder horn to do some snowshoeing in the back country. it was a great time and a good work out on the legs. it was a good break from riding the bike in this freezing weather. the best part was when we stopped for lunch we made a big fire under neath this nice big tree. it gave us warmth and good shelter from the blowing snow. even though my snowshoes broke as well it was a good time. coming back down was insane. with powder up to our waist and were just jumping down the mountain having a good time. i sure do wish i would of brought my snowboard up so i could of boarded down in that powder.

winter training

2008-02-02T18:58:00.000-08:00

wow. snowy rides are cold. well today mo drove down and kevin, mat, mo and i went out for a ride. though when we left it was snowing pretty heavily. and before we even hit the road mo went down. though he got off it in time some how. so we heading towards fruita and before we even got there every thing had a layer of ice on it.
finally about an hour later we made it to fruita. though we were so cold and wet we found the closest laundry mat. we went in and took off all of our wet gear and threw it all in a dryer. after every thing was dry we headed back home. on the way back the snow started to lighten up which was good though it was still freezing. but i was happy in the end because we got 2:44 hours on the bike, which i though we wouldn't make it a half hour out there when we left

President

2008-01-31T08:21:00.000-08:00

well there has been a lot going on lately. first off i was nominated (pointed too) to become the president of the mesa state cycling team. i know its gonna be a lot of work since were not the most organized/supported club out there. along with that kevin in the vice president.
now i have dress like this every day, being the president and all
though the riding out here has been very limited lately. we have been getting crappier and crappier weather each day. its been snowing here like crazy.(for grand junction) so that means i had to whip off the layer of dust on my trainer and bring it out. i HATE the trainer. its so boring and hot. i can only be on there for about an hour and a half MAX. though yesterday i did some 3x5 on them. almost puking but it was good to go hard. though thats not gonna cut it since Valley of the sun stage race in arizona is coming up on the 15-17. i want the warm weather to come sooner than later.

XGAMES

2008-01-28T11:42:00.001-08:00

Well this past weekend myself and a lot of my pod mates and friends went up to Aspen to watch the games on Saturday. it was an awesome time being at the top of the half pipe having them just fly over your heads. it was insane.than on Sunday we all were suppose to go snowboarding at Powderhorn. then every one woosed out because they were to tired from the xgames. so just kevin matt b and stacy went up. and there were suppose to be about 20 of us. but it was still a good time. now its time for class got to go.

Back!!!!

2008-01-19T20:04:00.000-08:00

well my winter break is near the end. though i had an awesome 6 weeks off from school. it started off with cyclocross nationals in Kansas. which were awesome. than the rest of the time was relaxing and hanging out with my family and friends. it was a good time. though i cant really say that for my fish. i was in such a rush trying to get packed get my finals done and getting ready 4 nationals i left my fish on my desk at school. this was for the whole six weeks i was gone. he had no food. so hes dead right? WRONG!!! I got here yesterday and hes still kicking. dont ask me how, he just is. though i start school on Tuesday kevin and i headed back up here to gj yesterday because the passes were suppose to get some snow. and i hate driving in that.
all packed up and ready to go
though since we got up here a couple days early and had nothing else to do, tom, dan, kevin and i decided to go snowboarding today up at powderhorn. we went to the bowls off to the side. which are suppose to be off limits but they were so much fun. they were just huge boulder fields with feet of snow on top of every thing and un-touched . it was the best skiing i have ever done. it was so much fun just flying on the boulders and landing in feet of powder. though the riding is suppose to start up in full swing tomorrow. kevin and i are going out with MO for as long as we can last. the high tomorrow is only suppose to be 32 so will see how long we can bare it.

cabin

2008-01-13T21:05:00.000-08:00

well corey, kevin and i went down to coreys cabin for the weekend. it was a great time. we did lots of snowboarding behind the car. and i skied for a little until i broke the ski boots on a nice jump. i let go of the rope and picked up some speed for the jump. though we never looked at the landing before doing so...... and it was not so nice

this is the take off..... and this was the landing. i got real to that rock but i took out that tree

but besides that we had a real fun time. it was a good relaxing weekend. we also played a lot of dominoes wich was a good time. than around dinner time both night there was a real big buck that came right up to the front deck. it was a cool sight. well besides that we just sat around and did a lot of relaxing while taking in the amazing views.

Whipout #1

2008-01-10T16:38:00.000-08:00

well today i went on the shortest ride of the year so far. we had a late start today getting out on the bike just with every thing going on. we road down 2 chatfield where the roads turned into snow pack and ice. and the whole way there the bike paths were clear. so we desided to move on foward since we were already there. the road was slick but it was kinda fun to ride on. the snowpack roads lets us practice on our handling. we starting getting use to it so we picked up the speed. i was having a fun time with it. until out of no where on the STRAIGHT section my wheels slid out and down i went. though nothing happing to me or the bike we turned around. now im back off the bike for a couple of days. though i really dont want to be, i just need to get out of the house with all these home imporvments going on its hard to do any thing around here. so kevin corey and i are heading up to coreys cabin tomorrow until sunday. it will be nice to just get away and be out of civilization for a while. the cabin has no heat or elerctricity so it should be a good time. will just be hanging out and skiing behind the car. and since i wont have my bike i am going to try and run every day to keep some of the fitness i gained back since new years.

break!

2008-01-09T15:48:00.000-08:00

well its been a while. last week i went up to vail to learn how to skate ski. it was a blast. though the first day i was on my butt more than i was off it. keep in mind i have never been on a pair of skis before. it was a good work out 4 the bike and good 2 be off it. though the past week i have been back on the bike. its been freezing. though its nice 2 be back on. im feeling good on it, not the stongest but good.

I told you so!!!

2008-01-01T09:41:00.000-08:00

the water froze
well today was my first day back on the bike, if you wanna call it that. the high today was suppost to be 29 degrees, and we had a ride starting at 9:30 in denver for a century. so kevin and i had to leave our house at 8:00 to make it there. we desided to ride our cross bikes with all the ice still on the roads. so an hour went by the amount of time it should of taken for us to get there. but no we were just a couple miles into our ride before we had to turn back. it was so cold with the tempeture at -1 with the windshield. it sucked. we were frozen. my parents told us we were crazy and we should not go. well they were right. i just really wanted to ride/. though i am never riding again if its this cold. i will take the trainer over that. and every one we were suppost to meet turned back as well. lets just say it was not fun. though at least its suppost to be in the 50's at the end of this week. thats kevin trying to warm up

I still foroze with all those layers on!!

Back on

2007-12-31T12:43:00.000-08:00

well tomorrow is suppost to be my first time back on the bike in a while. though its only suppost to be a high of 29 degrees. so its gonna be cold. and im suppost 2 be doing a century with a group of people starting tomorrow at 9:30. im really looking foward to it, but i am dreading the weather. though its only been 2 weeks sinnce i have been of the bike, it seems like its been ages.
well i hope every one has an awesome new years. and start it off right with a nice ride.