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I was rather nervous when waking up Saturday morning for my first cycling race ever, The Lookout Mountain Hillclimb. I arrived at the race at about 7:15 for my 8:50 start time. Walking up through everyone to the registration stand was kind of intimadating. Realizing I had only been cycling since the end of May, [...]
My last race report was on the Salida Road Race which was my first race in over a month. It took me 2-3 days of easy riding to recover from that race and finally around Thursday of last week I started to feel on form for this coming weekend. This weekend was the downtown Bannock [...]
The past month and a half have definitely been life changing. I married the love of my life Maija in Breckenridge Colorado on June 30th. The planning for the wedding was a major undertaking but was worth every minute. Maija and I had a small wedding at a beautiful house we rented above the town [...]
2012 Steamboat Lake Sprint Race Report This past weekend I headed up to Steamboat Springs for the first time for a sprint tri. I am almost positive this is the furthest I’ve traveled for a sprint. The 5 hour drive home in mountain traffic was most certainly the longest I’ve ever driven home from a sprint! I [...]
This is one of my big races for the year and I was looking to improve significantly over my prior years performance. Last year I was 24th overall, 13th amateur, 4th in my AG, with an overall time of 3:06:04. My aggressive time goal was a 2:50 which was doable if everything was perfect. Waves started 2 minutes [...]
Last Sunday, Adam and I drove up to Georgetown to race the Guanella Pass Hill Climb. The day started out rough for me. I had a big coughing fit which ending in me throwing up my breakfast before we even left the house. I brought a banana and a lara bar to refuel and hopped [...]
It was Friday night and I still had not made a decision whether to race Saturday morning. Usually I’ve made my decision to race weeks in advance so I can plan accordingly with my training and logistics. A couple weeks back I had crashed at Boulder Roubaix . My frame was cracked along the top-tube, but I [...]
Colorado Springs Classic Crit race report: Since I was heading down from Denver for this race, I wanted to give myself plenty of time to get there, register, and learn what I could about the course before the race. Luckily I didn’t hit much traffic, and had just the right amount of time to get ready. After [...]
Even though this was only my second crit, I knew that is was going to be a bit unusual. It was a cat5 race, and only 20 min in length. Due to the short timeframe, I figured that some of the usual tactics that I have been picking up might have to be modified. Additionally, because it was [...]
With my first crit race under my belt I can say that I am looking forward to my next one. I felt that I was prepared as much as I could have been for this race. I think that all the places that I came up a little short or used a little too much energy was [...]
Adam and I parked at the Conaco lot in Morrison and rode over for a warm up. I rode right around an hour total for my warmup and tried to stay away from doing any climbing before hand. It was hard not to be intimidated seeing all the other women dressed up in their kits and thinking [...]