Team Geronimo

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »

Check out Lake Eldora Racing Team fellow Alumni Michael and Brian Buell and all that they're doing with downhill Mountain Biking.  They headline a professional Team called Team Geronimo.  They were recently in the news for introducing kids to cycling through ...

2010 Season Part 3

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »

Raced the one day Trofeo Melinda in the mountainous region of Trentino Italy. The land of apples. If you were to crash off the course on any of the descents, you would land in an apple tree. The race ...

Criterium de Quillan

Monday, August 16th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »

My teammate Steve Cozza and I went over into France yesterday afternoon for a post-Tour criterium in the scenic little town of Quillan.  We raced for a couple hours on a tight and super bumpy circuit in front of a ...

If you’re going through hell…keep going!

Saturday, August 14th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »

I love that line.  Makes sense right? After my third broken arm this season, this year has been particularly hellacious.  But now is NOT the time to stop, say "screw it" and give up and wait till next season.  I ...

Moving on from cycling

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 Posted in News | 2 Comments »

My journey in cycling began simply as fitness training for alpine ski racing.  Many forks-in-the-road later, I find myself at the end of my personal career.  While I may no longer be competing on the bike, cycling has helped shape ...

Dont do this

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »

Loren and our dog Karli departed for the USA a few days ago, leaving me here in Girona with a nearly healed elbow and no distractions for a few weeks of training before getting back into racing.  We drove to ...

Raisin Hope Foundation

Sunday, August 8th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »

After my traumatic brain injury in 2008, I have become involved with the Raisin Hope Foundation, started by my friend and former teammate Saul Raisin after his serious brain injury to raise awareness of the problem of traumatic brain injuries ...

It was one of those days…

Saturday, August 7th, 2010 Posted in News | 1 Comment »

Some days you should just stay in bed. Unfortunately the initial bad omen rarely hits before you saddle up and head out the door. It was over a week ago now, but I had one of those rides. ...

Elbow Hardware

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 Posted in News | 1 Comment »

[caption id="attachment_501" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Elbow hardware"][/caption] Saw the doc today for a checkup and an Xray.  The fracture seems to be healing well and Im even gonna venture on the outside bike this afternoon.  Gonna go buy some rollerblade style elbow ...

Big Day

Thursday, July 15th, 2010 Posted in News | 2 Comments »

To fool my body into thinking its doing 6 hour rides, Ive been hopping on the trainer in the morning, going for a big hike, and then back on the trainer right afterwards when i get home.  The legs wont ...