Me and two teammates drove to Echo, Oregon on Friday in the early evening, stopping briefly in Hood River to enjoy some Double Mountain love. We arrived in Echo around 9pm with some hand scrawled directions that said things like “take a left after the air strip and the windmill, a right just a[...]
Archive for the ‘Race Reports’ Category
February 21st, 2010 - 8:42 am § in Race Reports
Race Report: Sublimity
Remember back when I said I didn’t want to race until April? Why, was that again? Oh yes, I haven’t been training to race (no intervals training, no speed work, no race pace anything), I don’t want to burn out early, etc. Well, given that this is me we’re talking about, I de[...]
November 12th, 2009 - 1:12 pm § in Cyclocross, Race Reports
Anyone have some spare knees?
Looks like I missed posting about Astoria weekend as well as the PIR cross crusade race. I wonder why I didn’t feel particularly motivated to post…oh yeah. All three races sucked. Bad. I felt like I had been through the meat grinder during the Saturday Astoria race. Every hill was a chal[...]
Race Report – WA County Fairgrounds
The course was slick; our tent was set up right at an uphill, off-camber section where many people were wiping out. I was praying for a deluge right before our race. Given that the course was entirely flat, the more technical the weather could make it, the better. I was nervous before the start, my [...]
October 19th, 2009 - 6:00 am § in Cyclocross, Race Reports
Race Report: Sherwood killed my bike
Or more specifically, my tire. The race was a mountain biker’s course, it was perfect for me. I had a call up. I should have easily placed top ten. However, my start sucked. I don’t know, I just didn’t bring it. I didn’t bring much of anything, I was barely pedaling. In fact,[...]
October 12th, 2009 - 7:09 am § in Cyclocross, Race Reports
Race Report: Rainier, still my favorite course
I had finally settled on it: I was going to downgrade to B’s. And I can safely say, that was the best racing decision I have made all year, other then not prematurely upgrading to cat 1 in mountain biking. It was sunny but cold when I left the house; I had a million layers on [...][...]
September 28th, 2009 - 6:35 am § in Cyclocross, Race Reports
Battle at Barlow, very apt name
Before I begin my race report for Barlow, I want to share some important news: I am switching teams. As of Saturday, I have officially signed on with Hammer Velo. Portland Velo has been great to me, they really are like my family the last 3 years, and I hope that can continue. However, if I’m[...]
September 19th, 2009 - 6:49 pm § in Cyclocross, Race Reports
Hood River CX – Racing again!
First cyclocross race of 2009, check. First cyclocross race lasting an hour, check. First race as an A coming in second place….and last place (ok, not the first time for that), check. We left Portland early this morning, since my carpool buddy was racing at 11am. The rain was coming down in sh[...]
Short Track, a look back and look ahead
Last night was the final short track race of the season. I was early, as usual and got in 3 full laps of the course for my warm up. The dirt was rough and deep on the motocross section, the grass section was tight, twisty and narrow, and the start loop was wide open and smooth. [...][...]
July 14th, 2009 - 8:48 am § in MTB, Race Reports
Short Track kicked ass wooo!
When I casually skim my blog from the last year, I see a lot of “race FAIL”, “taking a break!”, “racing sucks”, “I am slow” headlines. Well, not today, dammit! I raced last night, and I raced my ass off. That was my only goal. Race hard. Keep it steady[...]
