This race is in one month. Some say this race, and others like it, are a “test of endurance”. If Lumberjack is a test, then I’m cramming like a junior the night before the ACT. At some point during my training my wife made a good point with one of her many questions: Nic: How [...]

I gotta say, I’ve been so busy riding I haven’t had time to update this thing! Lots of stuff to talk about, hopefully I can break it down soon. If you actually read this, some new boring shit will be posted soon. If you’re not reading this… then… uh… I… hmm.

F***. This. Trail. OK, that’s a little harsh and I don’t really mean it. I’m really projecting my hatred for climbing onto the trail, which isn’t fair. It’s an amazing trail. I’m sorry, PLRA. I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings. In all seriousness I have nothing negative to say about today’s performance. This was [...]

I just did 50 “reverse crunches”. Don’t feel silly, I didn’t know what the hell they were until I saw a little short video about it: I wouldn’t say reverse crunches are as difficult as regular crunches, however, I have only been able to do 20 or so at a time until now. When I [...]

This is the cycling “pre-season”, if you will. Most of us have (well, had) yet to do a real race this year, so during the spring thaw we doodle around on roads and multi-use paths (MUPs) trying to build up as many base miles as our bodies can handle. Last weekend marked the first team [...]