Cross Touring

Wow the last month flew by. Here is why 1^st weekend I raced NEOCX 1 and the Big Valley mtb race. Then the driving started. We went to the opening UCI weekend at Nittnay Lion CX in Philly after that weekend we went to OVCX 1 in Louisville. Last weekend was Ellison Park UCI in Rochester NY. This weekend is OVCX 3 and 4 in Dayton. WOW good thing I bought a hybrid!

The support for this tour wouldn’t be possible with out my great sponsor’s. The Van Dessel’s are the best cx bikes I have ever raced on. If you want to ride one hit me up at cx practice or the race and give her spin. Cycle-Smart, Bike Authority and Verge clothing have also been great. The rest of the tour is coming fast see you at the races!

New Post

What a blog post? Yes. My Cross biking schedule is up. I am pumped. Cross is boss. All that I am going to say about last weekend is Jpow.com went fast in mud, I did not. See you at cross practice!

CX Practice

Cross Practice at Brett's

Here is the address for cross practice at Brett's farm in Chagrin Falls. Practice starts at 5:30 Wednesday Sept 7th. We will be doing skills for the first hr then we will be racin the 2nd hr. BOB.
7111 Bainbridge Rd
Chagrin Falls, OH 44023

Season

I have been a very bad blogger again, sorry for the lack of updates. The first part of the season came to a close for me last week at Lumberjack. I had my season planned around doing some endurance racing in the beginning of the season then resting and focusing on cross for the second half of the year. So that is the plan and I am sticking to it.

The first half of season was a little disappointing result wise. I have been competitive but just lacking the edge to get a big result. The Cohutta 100 went well and I ended up 8th. The next 2 hundreds were disappointing. The Mohican 100 was a priority race and I was in survival mode after 4hrs and finished 21st; not so hot. Last week was the Lumberjack 100 and it was my best race of the season till the wheels fell off after 3hrs. I was racing for the win for the first time this year in a 100. But I cracked badly and DNF with cramps.

So its time to redo some base and get ready for cross. The next part of training will include more endurance work mixed in with racing to roll into cross full throttle. At this point in the season it’s important to reassess and retrain for 2nd half of the year. The first race back will be Tour of the Valley and then I might head up to Superweek. Those races should be good to get the speed back for cross! I will try to be a good blogger and update more often.

Ride On

Cohutta 100 recap

Well I got the first hundred under the belt for the season. The race went well just a bit off of the leaders. I have done this race 3 times, 2007, 2008 and 2011. The race results are very similar in all 3. The first year I was 5th and was racing for the win, in the 2nd I was just off of the leaders and was 8th. This year I was just off of the leaders in 8th again.

The conditions were great and it was a fast race for a hundred. The race starts with a 3 mile road climb the about 15 miles of single-tract the about 70 miles of dirt road and the rest is nice single-tract to finish. I was in 10th going into the single-tract; I should have been more agro and got the hole- shot! I came off of the leaders going into the dirt road section. This was not good because I road by myself for the rest of the race. I ended up catching 2 riders who made the front group and finished 8th. This was the best my legs felt but I need to be in the group to draft on the dirt roads, overall a good day.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/national-ultra-endurance-nue-series-cohutta-100-ne/results

http://www.mtbracenews.com/view_article.jsp?id=303