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Wrapped up the Suicide Six and the NYSERS series this past weekend. Pretty much wraps up racing for me this season. I had plans to SOLO the Hot August Nights 24hour, but I’m heading to Chicago Wed for a week and a half. Effectively kills that and any type of training load I was working [...]

Oh how I dread normal xc racing…. Having spent most of my season geared towards training for a 24 hour race, their really isn’t much room/time in training for the anaerobic and extended periods of time that one spends at threshold during an xc race. Yesterday, I decided that I needed to save cash and [...]

Well, the 6 Hours of Power went off yesterday down in Ellicottville. Course conditions were perfect, weather conditions were perfect. My fitness though currently is far from perfect. Having just come off a huge block of family obligations, pretty much had very little training in the bag over the past month. All Smiles prior to [...]

I’m crushed from this past weekend. FLT Sugar Hill (Sunday’s Ride) Hollow Ride from Last Sunday (After the Hardcore)

Raced the Highland Hex yesterday, much improvement over last season mud fest. The weather was excellent and even with the course was relatively dry, with mud in only a few sections. One major difference this year was the addition of looong climb up to the highest point in the park. The course was really difficult. [...]

Highland HEx 6 hour race is up this weekend. Thankfully the weather looks quite a bit better than last year’s epic slog thru the rainstorm. With any luck, I’ll hopefully continue my streak of wins on the course. You never know though, anything can happen. My plan is to just keep my pace steady, hold [...]

My Prayers and Thoughts are with the Friends and Family of Ben Pritchards. Ben tragically passed away during the Hardcore 24 on June 16th, 2007. I’m not going to elaborate on the details here, you can search out on the intertubes if you need more. Friday: I showed up at camp around 3pm or so. [...]

Well, last nights race was purdy ugly. Luckily I was pretty much there just to blow the pipes out in the legs and call it a day. Well, the day was pretty short as all I had in me was 2 friggin laps. Something with me and tapering, just never settles right. It always seems [...]

“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when [...]

Well, finally home and still wiped out. I hit Buffalo Friday night with a friend for some dinner down on Elmwood. Had a great time and then had some coffee and a good chat. It was nice to enjoy night life in a city. After dinner, I hit up an old friend that I grew [...]