Since my last blog I’ve managed to snag a 3rd place in Philadelphia and 2nd on GC in Beauce, this has bumped me to 3rd place in the America Tour UCI rankings. What does that mean? Nothing really. Just bragging rights I guess. And that’s not something you can brag about at a bar anyway.…
Home town race Thomas Craven our sports director is from Winston Salem. He grew up on the same streets that we raced on this past Sunday. Last year when we came to town Craven took us on a small memory lane tour to show the historic town spots – the down town, his high school,…
It’s been almost a month since I’ve gotten back to the States, but I’ve managed to do a lot already. Again I’m noticing some silly stuff that I had missed or forgotten about since last year. Like drive thru everything – restaurants, stores, ATMs, pharmacies. How about a drive thru dentists office? That would be…
I have to stop doing this. It’s been too long again. I’m sorry folks. Just feels like there’s nothing to write about, but when there actually is exciting stuff then it’s not like I want to start writing about it, because I’m just enjoying it. It’s a weird loop to be in. I bet you…
You’d imagine in the off season I’d be only resting and have a lot of time to reflect on the season, see friends and it wouldn’t have taken me three months to write another piece. Well… It did. My off season is not your ordinary bike riders time off. Some riders go on vacation, some…
Before the World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain I went to Nice for a small pre race training camp. I flew straight from the States there. My bags took a detour though. I arrived in Nice and was missing both my bike and my suitcase. Luckily my bike came the next day, so I didn’t really…
You’re body gets stronger while resting. That is when it adapts to the physical stress that you’ve put on it while training or racing. So after Colorado all we did was take it easy till it was time to pin on our numbers again. We arrived in Canada three days before the race, so we…
After spending a week in Aspen doing 1-2h rides every day, it was time to get back to racing. The USA Pro Cycling Challenge was going to be a race more suited to me, because the climbs were more gradual. I was feeling well rested and hoped to have a good race, but altitude had…
After arriving in Park City we had some time to get used to the altitude, do some rides on the roads we’ll have to race on a bit over a week later. Because we had just raced and because altitude combined with any sort of activities leaves your body more tired it was important not…
After my national champs I flew to Boulder, CO. I could have flown to Greenville, where the team is based, but instead I chose to spend some time at altitude, so I would get a head start adapting for the Tour of Utah. The flights don’t get shorter the more you fly. Trust me. Always…
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