I’m in Phoenix, AZ doing a bit of riding and catching up with friends before the Whiskey 50 this weekend. I went from highs of 40 degrees in Ketchum to 90′s in Phoenix. I’m considering this my pre-heat training week before heading to Morocco for the Titan Desert Stage Race next week. The temps there [..read more]
It’s the holiday season and the snow’s flying in Idaho. I’ve been shoveling, skiing, coaching cross country skiing and spending time at the Fire Department. Town is filling up with tourists and it absolutely feels like the holidays. All the snow got me into the holiday cheer and I put up my version of mini [..read more]
Gringo Paceline Day My apologies for not writing this report after Stage 4, but the clean sheets of my hotel bed were just too enticing. Waking up at 6:30 am felt like luxury after so many days of 3:30 am wake up calls. We started our final stage of La Ruta in pouring rain. The [..read more]
Finding Motivation in the Middle of Nowhere Yesterday’s stage was 75km with about 13,000 feet (3,900 meters) of climbing. The roads were the steepest I have ever seen in my life. Even defending La Ruta champion, Manny Prado, who is from Costa Rica, told me he has never seen anything steeper. This place does not [..read more]
Much Better than Last Year Today was a blast. It was a completely different experience than the last time I was here. My favorite part of the day was actually the worst part the first time around. The Carara is extremely difficult with a ton of hiking, but beautiful and isolated. The “trail” there is [..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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