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Snow Day

Firstly, I hope everyone had a most excellent Christmas. That Santa brought them whatever goodies they wanted. While we were stuck here in Colorado for our first Christmas away from family in New York, it was still an enjoyable day. Great news & congratulations to my sister & Sean who are expecting!! In case you [...]

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Training some

Yeah, I’ve been training some. Slowly kicked things back off this last week of thanksgiving. Been nice to get back on the bike as the weather last few until today has been good (Right now though we’ve dived full steam into winter). Between bike time and getting back into the gym, slowly starting to accrue [...]

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Windy Weekend

Wow was it windy this past weekend! If you attempted to get outside here in Colorado you were well aware. You can see below the wind speed span below from Saturday through Sunday morning. Wind speeds peaking near 70 mph during Saturday’s ride and hitting nearly 90 mph overnight! That made for some fun riding [...]

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Collegiate Nats

Way late on this, but better late than never right??  But I figured I would get something out there quickly.  My goal is to update this site a wee bit more often than every 3 weeks! Lots of stuff already out there on How everyone finished (2nd Place Overall-Team Omnium!) -FasCat Blog -303 Cycling -Singletrack.com [...]

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Laramie Enduro

Been working hard after the Stinger 50 and continuing the prep for the Laramie Enduro and just having some all around fun.  The past few weeks, been lucky enough to have a new training partner for a few rides.  Julie Krasniak is here in Boulder visiting the good ol US of A from France.  Here [...]

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Steamboat Stinger

This past weekend, made the 3+ hour trip up to Steamboat Springs for the inaugural Steamboat Stinger 50 mile mountain bike race, presented by Honey Stinger.  I’d heard great things about Steamboat Springs and its riding. So I was psyched to sign up early for this race and go check out a cool course. Rolled [...]

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Cherish

Well, up until about 10pm last night, I’d have to say this past weekend was definitely one of the greatest.  That was all thrown out the door though when Lizzy started throwing up last night and constantly whining.  I thought at first she might have had just an upset stomach, but then she was throwing [...]

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Camp Arrowhead XC/SoGnar

While I was back home in New York, was lucky enough to hit up the Park Ave Camp Arrowhead XC.  Weeknight cross-country racing at the YMCA in support of a great cause.  I raced it 2x last year, won the first race and DNF the 2nd with a busted front derailleur.  It was nice to [...]

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High Country

Just came of a near perfect weekend.  Temps were gorgeous all around every day (and actually getting even warmer today).  Decided to hit the road on Saturday and ride up Lefthand Canyon all the way up to Ward.  Last time I was out here, I had ridden the climb a whole bunch, but actually haven’t [...]

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Mega Memorial Weekend

I love this time of the year, the days are getting warmer, the trails are in great shape and the legs are really starting to come around. A handful of times every season, I get to go ‘MEGA’. Years past, it was always my favorite routes down in Naples (& I have a tear in [...]

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