The thing about cyclocross is, it is the best sport ever. Why is it the best sport ever, you say? Because if it weren’t for cyclocross all we would have this time of year is pumpkin spice, and leaf raking. And I know you all have leaf blowers so we just have sugar and apples, which leads us to the …
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A Little (or a lot) of Everything
It finally happened. Well, a lot of things finally happened. I did a mountain bike race! I did a UCI road race! I bought new shorts! (This is irrelevant but still important, because crack kills, and I felt I needed a third point.) Adding a new 4th point because it is literally taking me so long to get this blog …
Back in the Saddle
Since CXNats, I haven’t really ever felt that I was back to riding. Mostly because I have barely ridden. I have done some roller rides supplemented with skiing and running, but whatever I have been doing has been emergency-fitness-scavenge meets desperate-attempt-to-prevent-weight-gain. Neither of which have proven successful. Here I am, fat and slow, halfway through March. I am also sick …
A whole bunch of nothin
So, The Offseason is a real thing, right? Or was it made up by the elite to trick the average into getting fat and unfit over the span of a few weeks to maybe even months? 7 out of the last 15 days (how many days it has been since Nats) I have done NOTHING. And frankly, there are a …