infinitely sustainable pace

So Tuesday’s ride gave me a glimpse of just how much work I need to do before my next race at the end of July. Namrita laid out the plan for the next few weeks and there’s some nice big rides and whole bunch of intervally-type days to look forward to over the next few [...]

It was a bit of a bummer of a day. On top of everything, I spent most of my day working through an enormous expense report. The thing is like a thesis. I feel like I should bind it and then defend it. Maybe they’ll give me an honorary degree in expense report preparation. At the end of [...]

Tonight at 5:05 pm I shut my laptop and left it at my desk at work. It’s the first time I’ve been apart from the damn thing since SSUSA, and we were pretty tight before that. I changed into my spandex, walked through the entire office, and headed out for a ride. My main squeeze, [...]

One positive aspect of having just spent the week in Texas, is that somewhere between the meetings and the convention center I must have soaked up just enough of the heat and sunshine to make me less bitter about the incessant VT rain than my other friends. Not once in Austin did I complain that [...]

Finally on the path home, blogging from the airport as is my habit (Jet Blue’s T5 has great free wifi). This was a long trip, a lot of work, and not a whole lot of fun times, though there were a few moments. Everything went really well. Why this suprises me, I’m not sure. I [...]

here it is. I’ve been working on this project for a long time, and now it’s time to see how it turns out. On one hand I’m really excited to see everything I’ve been working on come to life, on the other hand I’m scared out of my mind that I haven’t done enough, or [...]

Tuesday Night Ladies Ride was just myself and Nina this week. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, it meant a fast and fun ride with almost no stopping. Afterwards we finally found the other missing ladies and went out for some food and drinks. They’re all going up to Quebec to race the Ultimate XC [...]

I almost missed this email, but here’s some info on the course for the upcoming and brand new Carrabasset Backcountry Cyle Challenge in July. This sounds much more like my kind of thing… The race will begin and end at the Sugarloaf Outdoor Center in Carrabassett Valley, and will roughly include the following course: Redington Pond Loop [...]

When I decided to throw the 6 Hours of Pat’s Peak race in my schedule it was really to take my mind off of driving down to Central PA for the Stoopid 50. That would have been stupid. NH is much closer, much more managable. It was also an experiment to see how I felt [...]

Being fast at SSUSA only gets you so far, to really take the win you’ve got to have the skills to win the derby. This year Nat Pellman (who happens to be an old friend of mine from college that I reconnected with at SSUSA2010) and Eszter Horyani had what it takes to take the [...]