2012 Race Season Begins

2011 was a great year with me, my family, and my hobby bike riding/racing. 2012 looks to be bigger and better. I have some goals I want to achieve, nothing to crazy, but I want to be better than I was last year. Last night I signed up for my first race of 2012. My first race of 2012 is going to be the CIRREM 100k gravel race. I did this race last year and hated every second of it. It was cold, snowy, freezing rain and I had no water due to it being frozen. Why in the hell do I want to do it again? Simple answer is I can do better! Here is to being crazy or just plain dumb.

2011 Leadville 100 Completed

I just completed my first 100 mile bike race. I just completed my first major bike race. I just missed my goal. I just got motivation for 2012 and set some high expectations for myself. The race went according to plan from the start until the Pipeline climb. I broke, the climb mentally kicked my ass and brought me to my knees. Once over the climb my goal of a sub 9 hour finish was out the window, but I still pushed hard to the finish to set a good time that I can set as a goal to beat in 2012. I will be posting a full summary of the race from start to finish shortly!

We have a new daughter

I would like to introduce Willow to our family. She is the most beautiful Boston Terrier that I have ever seen. She is a rescue and was brought to us for a reason. You may ask do we really need another dog and I will say yes. No reason why, but this my doing and she is going to be my spoiled little angel.

Breck68 was a success!

It was a beautiful weekend in Breckenridge for a bike race. The sun was out and the race started at 10:30 which made it a great morning. Woke up, had my food, coffee, and rest room break. All was well in life. The race started with a nice road climb that lead to a clustered section of single track. My goal was to get with the lead group into the singletrack so I would not have to deal with the traffic. Turns out there was traffic no matter where I started. The first 10 miles went by quick with limited effort of issues. The first test of the day would be the Little French climb. From the stories...

Awesome day of riding at Landell park, mo. Now BBQ, beer and a dr. Pepper