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Home…Good ol’ Upstate New York.  It’s not often that I get to pack up and head home for an extended weekend.  I wasn’t originally planning on heading back east, it’s not like I can just jump in the car and drive there quickly.  But, Bridget and Lake had plans to head back for Spring break [...]

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New York-Quick Update

Super short version Will post a few pics and do a full write up later. Made it to and back home from Upstate New York and had an awesome time   Met My Niece/God-daughter Reagan Hung with my favorite Buddy Peyton Raced my bike Tuesday night at the Park Ave Arrowhead race; the whole family [...]

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Shedding my Summer Skin

Shedding my Summer Skin

Things have cooled off around here.  Both literally and figuratively.  The air is crisp in the morning and warming during the afternoons.  Good sleeping weather, as its nice to have the windows open in the evening.  Racing has been on the down-low. Bunch of fun riding and making preparations for The Shenandoah 100 (2009 Race [...]

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Lady Luck has departed

WTF even gone when I wrote his post…. As I just had it all typed out and disappeared!! Grrrr! Now for the short and pissed off version. Managed 5th overall and 3rd age at the Singletrack stampede. Broke my chain on the 1st lap & then next lap, busted up my front derailleur. After a [...]

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Hardcore 24-short version

Quick report & full post coming later. Was suppose to be 4man, but changed to duo due to fears of a weather repeat if last years monsoons. Casey & I manned up & got ready to rip. Raced my ass off & won the first lap. Gave everything I had and won the 2 up [...]

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Tearing myself up

Tearing myself up

Took another good opportunity to go back down to Naples again this weekend.  After putting in a killer night ride in this past Wednesday with Casey & Hanggi, where we ripped up OCP & Cutler in the dark.  I figured putting in a little more time and keep burning in that HardCore 24 course.   [...]

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Riding my bike

Riding my bike

I put some good miles on the road bike this weekend.  More so than I have in quite a bit.  Two back to back days of some good ol fashioned endurance riding.  Saturday, I rode down to Ithaca and back.  Lil bit boring route, mostly flat, some good views of the lake, but nothing spectacular. [...]

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HardCore 24 Course Recon

Been spending quite a bit of time down at the Hardcore 24 race course at Ontario County Park. Lots of laps and dialing things in as much as possible. Funny thing is, I’m not doing the race solo this year. For the first time ever, I’m doing it as part of a team. Matt Hanggi, [...]

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‘Back’ in Action

‘Back’ in Action

  Things have been a bit busy here these past few weeks.  Thought that maybe I’d get a few pictures up and a brief report.  Some are already aware, but a few weeks ago strained my back a bit at the Farmall #2 Spring race.  Not sure what exactly caused it, but damn if it [...]

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Naples in the Spring/Lake’s Birthday

Naples in the Spring/Lake’s Birthday

Went big on this past Saturday.  Decided to head down to Bristol/Naples area, get in a 6 hour ride on the mtb with some heavy climbing and some singletrack ripping.  The plan was to start at Bristol mountain, ride over to Stid Hill for a bit of a warmup.  Climb Stid Hill all the way [...]

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