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Why go to the Grand Canyon
I just read this in a blog post about some people who ran a double crossing of the Grand Canyon in one day (South Rim to North Rim and back to the South Rim again):
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Austin
I flew down to visit Christine at the "winter home" in Austin for the first time since spring. I've decided that I can't travel to Texas June-August, or else I'll melt. The trip turned into a good excuse for us to eat and drink our way around town and we started Thursday night with some wine and junk food (high class funnel cake and bread pudding ( Read more... ) -
Alpha Cross
Another weekend, another race. Today's special: Alpha Cross in Brighton ( Read more... ) -
Blue Sky Velo Cup
Yesterday my team put on a huge race, and it went off in a major way. Our race, the Blue Sky Velo Cup, was part of the North American Cyclocross Trophy series, and a UCI C2 categorized race. (The UCI is the international cycling organization.) What all that means is that this race would have the eye of the national and international cycling ( Read more... ) -
Castle Cross
I don't normally cut to the chase on my blog, but I'll make an exception today:
I won today. I f'ing won. (Read on if you need more detail than that)
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Red Rocks Velo 'Cross
What a difference a week makes. Last weekend I was bundling up in all my warm cycling clothes. Yesterday I was sweating my tail off in a short-sleeved skinsuit for the Red Rocks Velo cyclocross race at Tony Grampsas Park in Golden ( Read more... ) -
Boulder CX #2 - Interlocken
Winter arrived just in time for the second race in the Boulder Cyclocross series. This one was at Interlocken in Broomfield. I’ve always like this course because it’s not particularly technical and it features a lot of energy zapping grass ( Read more... ) -
How a bike fit can scare the crap out of you
I went in to see bike fitting guru Andy Pruitt last Thursday to see if I could take care of some nagging leg pain that started late in the summer. He made some changes to my saddle position, and amazingly I could feel an immediate difference. We’ll see if that continues.
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Burp
I raced yesterday in the Frisco CX. Things didn't quite go my way ( Read more... ) -
Weekend Racing
Cyclocross race season has started for me now. I did my first two races of the season in drastically different weather.
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