I’m in Santa Monica, CA this week for four days of strength training, brain training and bike testing with the Red Bull Performance Team. It’s a week of skill development and testing to provide tools to keep improving in my sport. The schedule is super packed and my body and mind are going to be [..read more]
La Ruta: Pre-Race J. Andres Varga La Ruta Ready Day 0 and the race wheels are rolling. We start tomorrow at 5:20 AM. Today is the last minute bike prep and registration. My Specialized teammate Todd Wells has arrived, along with team mechanic, Benno Williet. It will be really fun to have Todd and his [..read more]
Hello, The La Ruta is in the history books, and I am fully reminded of how difficult this race truly is. It is such a fun experience though to come race literally from one side of the country to the other, and have the support of a international crowd along the way. Despite the bad [..read more]
August flew by faster than ever and here we are at the end of September. Between Leadville, the Vegas Ride, Interbike, Moab, and now recovering at home, I feel as if I could write a novel to catch up, which I will, but this is a start. I raced the Baldy Hill Climb over the [..read more]
This last week has been truly awesome. I have been hanging at home and riding with friends, not wearing my heart rate monitor, and enjoying the goods that summer has to offer. Pocatello was a great couple of days last weekend, I showed a film to a super enthusiastic crowd and also hosted a fundraiser [..read more]
So we are changing things up a bit this month to encourage some interaction and even a little smack talking. For this month we will select the ugliest cycling kit, road or mountain, that is posted on my Facebook page as the winner. The key here is that it has to be your kit, a [..read more]
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