Tomorrow morning I’m heading up to Winter Park for round 2 of their ever popular Epic Singletrack Mountain Bike Race Series. My bike is currently getting worked on up at the Performance Bike Shop in Boulder, but hopefully it will be ready to rock for tomorrow. It looks like my cousin will be joining me [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Winter Park Series Race #2 Tomorrow!
Posted: 26th June 2009 by admiral in mountain biking, racingTags: colorado, epic singletrack, mountain biking, winter park
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Bike to Work Day
Posted: 24th June 2009 by admiral in RidingTags: bike to work day, denver, hickenlooper
Today Wednesday June 24th marked the official Bike to Work Day for the state of Colorado. Many events are being put on across the state to commemorate the day. After all, Colorado is one of our nation’s premier cycling friendly states. Denver is home to over 650+ miles of paved bike paths and is second [...]
Sand Creek Race Report
Posted: 23rd June 2009 by admiral in mountain biking, racingTags: cheyenne mountain, colorado springs, sand creek, us cup
Alright, this post is long overdue as the race was over a week ago, but better late than never. So here is the race report:
On Saturday June 13th both Erica and I headed south from Denver for about an hour and we landed in Colorado Springs. I honestly cannot remember the last time I set [...]
Tomorrow I’ll be heading down to Colorado Springs for the 6th stop of the US Cup Mountain Bike Race Series. The course is set in Cheyenne Mountain State Park and each 5.5 mile lap has just over 1,000 feet of climbing, perfect! It sounds like quite a few of the nation’s top pro [...]
Leadville 100 Quotes to Ponder…
Posted: 3rd June 2009 by admiral in leadville 100, mountain bikingTags: colorado, Leadville, leadville 100, mountain biking
Reposted from the Leadville 100 Yahoo Sports Forum (Thanks to Charles Fleming):
….while training during the next 10 weeks, 4 days, and a wake-up:
“A reply to the man on Powerline who asked: YES, Leadville is harder than
Ironman, truly.” per Paul Karlsson
“If you haven’t paid the price during training then you will pay dearly during
the race: The [...]