Sterling Mud: a long way from the top

Thanksgiving Sunset, Concord NH Baystate. Sterling, Massachusetts. In 2013 I was happy to FINISH this race. It is a tough course that Tom Stevens designs, featuring off-cambers (adverse cambers???), punchy climbs and tricky descents. The only two years I got to race this course (’13, ’14), the weather was the insult to injury, the icing on the cake, the gingerbread …

Winter Weather Woes, a list for cyclists.

I am relatively new to cycling, which means (likely) that I am even newer to winter cycling (who in their right mind would start cycling IN THE WINTER and continue on to see another?). I remember my first winter riding experience. I was a triathlete, in college, and knew no cyclists. The first 30 (F) degree day in January, not …