Archive for May, 2006

Summit Center Classic

Monday, May 29th, 2006

My first stage race with the men’s cat 3s has come to a close, and I’ll tell you it was a blast. The opening prologue was tailor made for power climbers, of which I am not one, but I still did alright by losing only 14 seconds to the winner. This gave me […]

Fun New Experiences

Friday, May 26th, 2006

Sazi just had a fun new experience. He got to have his anal glands squeezed. Then we all got to share in the aroma that accompanies such an event. Poor little guy. Oh well, I’m sure he’ll be much more comfortable now. How come Troy gets to be the Fun […]

Prescott and Death by Dehydration

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Troy and I went to Prescott on Friday afternoon for the state mountain bike race there on Saturday. My parents have a cabin about 3 miles from the race course, so it is really convenient to stay there. All my life I have loved going to the cabin, even before we had a […]

Hire a Coach?

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

Just got this question from Travis:
“I noticed on your site that you said you had gone the self-coaching route before finding Doug at CPC. I was just curious as to what your motivation was to move to having someone else work as your coach and what your recommendations would be for someone on the […]

Adventures in Night Riding

Monday, May 15th, 2006

Here’s a new one for you: I think I got sea sick on my bike last night.
But I should start from the beginning.
Troy and I had planned to head out on our bikes around 4pm, with lights ready to go since we knew we’d be out until well after dark. So off we went, […]

Sweet Tres Days

Thursday, May 11th, 2006

It has been a great three days of training for me. Tuesday I rode around Mormon Lake (4 hours) and then went for a one hour hike. Wednesday I rode the Wupatki Loop (tons of climbing, 3:45). Today I rode a mountain bike loop around the Peaks (tons of climbing, 5 hours). […]