I think I just saw a pig fly by…or was that just hell freezing over? What’s this? A road bike? No way…
And no way is right..it’s not a road bike. I picked up a 2007 Schwinn Fastback CX on closeout from Performance last week. It’s a cyclocross bike which means I [...]
Half the year has come and gone. Wow. Here’s how June went for me.
June 2008
Total Distance - 254.71 miles
Total Time - 29:07:14 hours
Total Ascent - 27,941 feet
Total Calories Burned - 21,027
2008 YTD
Total Distance - 1229.56 miles
Total Time - 146:11:17 hours
Total Ascent - 150,771 feet
Total Calories Burned - 109,816
Looks like I’m on pace for 300,000 [...]
So Salsa is going to release a new 29er called the Big Mama in September that looks perfect for endurance racing.
MSRP for the frame is supposed to be between $1400 and $1500. Figuring that I get a small discount from one of the local shops, it’s still a good number of pennies.
So to raise money, [...]
I subjected myself to another day of hot weather racing at the 12 Hours of Temecula @ Vail Lake this past weekend. This was also an opportunity to camp out with some friends that were racing as well. That always makes for fun times.
I was so afraid of cramping, that I think I may have [...]
May 2008
Total Distance - 176.52 miles
Total Time - 22:51:32 hours
Total Ascent - 22,313 feet
Total Calories Burned - 16,430
2008 YTD
Total Distance - 974.85 miles
Total Time - 117:04:00 hours
Total Ascent - 122,830 feet
Total Calories Burned - 88,789
Just about halfway through 2008. Man..where is time going? It really does seem to go by faster as you age.
For May, [...]
Shortly coming off my completion of the Counting Coup, I decided to give The Traverse a try, which is a mountain bike race that consists of 46 miles and 8000+ feet of elevation gain across the Santa Ana mountains.
I heard it was supposed to be a little tougher compared to the Counting Coup. [...]
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