My Mom’s New Wheelchair

Back in Saudi after a few months.  Flew from Dubai last night.  Yesterday was nuts.  4 hours sleep then up at 4:30am to drive to border of Oman for big group ride.  60 expats show up in the middle of nowhere to get their bike fix (not fixed).  I love the hard core roadies.  Actually…

This summer was not so much about racing as it was about getting my sorry ass healthy again.  I came back from UK 70.3 at the end of June so far in the hole I was seriously considering calling it a career.  I tried a few weeks of recovery type training but never quite came…

Well, not exactly the result I was looking for but you take the good with the not so good.  After a doozie drive from Port Angeles on Wednesday we raced the Xterra Mid-West Cup just north of Coeur D’Alene, ID on Saturday.  The course was great, lots of fast single track which I really love…

Thanks to Kamel I was informed that Guy Fawks day isn’t the Halloween of England but rather a memorium to Guy Fawks….a guy who tried to blow up parliment somewhere.  Now they light a big bonfire and burn scarecrow things of him…..thanks Kamel. The hash run here is a weekly thing that usually sees 50-100…

I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome a new partner in the bike division. Trek has long been a leader in the bike industry and I can’t say enough about how excited I am to be racing on their new line. I will be mixing it up on the new TTX for my half…

Twelve hours until show time. It’s always around this time I start thinking 24 hours ahead and how nice it will be to be chillin and all done. Feeling good, not too anxious, definitely rested, in a great head space. Hung out with Finn for half hour in the pool this evening blowing bubbles and…