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Mt. Hood Madness: June 10-11, 2010

With the recent heat wave in Portland, it was so nice to arrive at the cabin on Friday night to a nice cool evening on the deck with no mosquitos. It was pretty much paradise. As was the weekend of riding. We decided to do a pre-RAMHOOD (ride around Mt. Hood) on saturday. A 87 mile road ride with 8500 feet of climbing. It was amazing weather, great views, good friends and just plain fun. A bit of suffering of course, but a great day on the bike.

4th of July Fabulousness!

Our plans to go to Whistler and learn how to 'huck' and play in the dh park were thwarted by my crash in WI and my lingering sore ribs. And to top it off, I had acquired some kind of bacterial infection on my vocal chords and was speechless (literally), coughing (which hurt), and hacking up nastiness. Lovely start to the long weekend. But we were cabin bound. Tim still took Friday off and we had 4 days of fabulous cabin time and bike riding. Life is good. We were joined by friends off and on. Recruited some overnight guests from the trail on Sunday: Brooke and Chris.

2 For 2

For my last 2-rides I been rained on both times while up in the Blue Mtns...cold also, enough so that I did not have the option to stop too long or I would chill down - so I rode in the rain. I am thankful I carry a rain jacket, which made these adventures much more pleasant.

Getting Back to Business

After the 8-hr race I took a few weeks off the bike, not on purpose mind you, but life happens in the most unpredictable ways which can circumvent the best mental plans to ride...OK I admit I was a tad lazy too.

My midwest marathon continued: US Pro XCT Subaru Cup, Mt. Morris, WI, June 25-27, 2010

Timing is everything. And with Nature Valley one week and the US Pro XCT Subaru Cup the following weekend, it meant I could stay one week back in my old stomping grounds, Red Wing, MN and see a few old friends and hang out with my family. I rode new trails I had never ridden, took my road bike on back roads, visited my Grandma. It was a great week.

Nature Valley Grand Prix, June 16-20, 2010

Me, Mary, Michael, Emily & Kristen

Winter Update, Part II: Quit While You’re Ahead

First race of the season: dry course, sunny, 75 degrees, I came in first in the Cat 1 35-44 category. That’s it. The pinnacle of my cycling career, it can’t get any better than that. So yeah, I’ve been doing some training. Back in December I didn’t intend to be training this hard. After ‘cross ended I was feeling pretty done with racing and training for awhile. That, and overstretched finances

Winter Update (part I)

Now that the time has changed and I’ve somewhat adjusted to getting up even an hour earlier, I guess it is time to come out of hibernation. That and my mom has been asking me to update this blog and post some photos from the trips. I have had a pretty good winter so far. After taking a few weeks off and just lounging around after the end of the ‘cross season, Margi and I went on a great ski trip

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