The Gunnison Growler is a 64 mile endurance mountain bike race that will be taking place on May 30th in Gunnison, Colorado. The race is actually put on by Mr. Dave Wiens who happens to be a 6 time winner of the Leadville 100. I had the opportunity to meet Dave last summer a month [...]
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The Gunnison Growler
Posted: 11th April 2010 by admin in Training, colorado, mountain biking, racingTags: colorado, growler, gunnison, mountain biking
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Runnin’
Posted: 22nd January 2010 by admin in Training, runningTags: 2-14-09, austin, austin half marathon, run, running, texas
I’ve been runnin’…for awhile now. The mountain bike season has long been over for me and I’ve been keeping busy with some riding, but even more running. This is probably the most running I have done since attempting to run cross country in high school. I’m not doing all this running for nothing, I’m actually [...]
2009 Stats – 753,000 feet of vertical!!
Posted: 21st January 2010 by admin in Training, coloradoTags: 2009, statistics
2009 is in the books and what a year it was. On almost all of my rides/runs/ski/hiking days over the last 3 years I have worn my Garmin Forerunner 305. This could be the greatest training tool I have ever used and yes, it is safe to say I’m a data geek. Garmin has now [...]
Long Road Ride
Posted: 23rd November 2009 by admin in Riding, Training, coloradoTags: chatfield reservoir, denver, ken caryl, platte river, road ride
Yesterday I headed out on what proved to be my longest bike ride since racing the Leadville 100. I won’t lie, my fitness certainly has diminished since August, but I still felt pretty good all things considered.
I rode with my friend Stephen. I started out from my apartment and headed south on the Platte River [...]
Tomorrow morning, when you are still sleeping, I will be heading out with my best buddy Phil for another quad burning ride. For about 3 years now Phil and I have talked about summiting Mt. Evans by riding from Denver. Well, tomorrow we are going to do just that. The ride is mapping out to [...]