After a week off the bike resting and spending time with family in from out of town, it was time to get back on after my victory at 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo. Unfortunately, I had some work to do on my road bike and spent little time sleeping the night before!

I had also just received some positive news from our teams' title sponsor, so I was happy to show off our kit just minutes up the road from their dealership.

It is President's Day weekend and my traditional time to start racing bikes. This year I decided not to travel to Texas for Mas O Menos, but rather try something epecially ridiculous--24 Hours of Old Pueblo! My first ever 2-4 SOLO starts Saturday at 12pm local time, 11am Pacific. Tune into: http://www.epicrides.com/twofour/24.htm For live results and to start your own VAN cheering party on my behalf.

The Baja Epic has come and gone and I am back home in the Northwest winter again. We had a blast in Mexico playing bikes and seeing sights. Here is my day by day report...

Day Zero

I returned home from Interbike to 'cross season going full swing here in the Northwest. Wow, every year it gets wilder (and harder)! Proving that 72 hours of traveling, trade-showing, and not sleeping or eating well is no way to get ready to race, I only managed fourth place the next day. Oh, well, it was sunny and warm and other than plowing into a tree, pretty good times. I was also glad that I did some maintenance on my 'cross bike after KC nationals last year... it was all ready to go and performed flawlessly.

September is half gone and the MTB season is officially over for me. Some good news to report, though...

I tried to rest up after the August debacles and headed off to the NUE series finals, the Tahoe-Sierra 100 down in California. Since Chris Eatough had overtaken me for second place during my absence from the last three east coast events, I was mostly racing to defend my position and hoping for some prize money.

Howdy folks!

Not sure how to entitle my August race report... it may come across too negative in any case. August was a difficult month for me on the bike. Sometimes we come to a place where the sum of adversity becomes more than we are prepared for. This was the case for me. I still believe things could have turned out a little better but that is my optimistic side again!

July was one of my busiest months ever. I raced at least twice a week throughout the month and had some great experiences! Here is my report:

USAC Marathon National Championships July 4th

I suppose I should start with the ETC part of the report...

First of all, I want to thank each of you for your support again this season! I am happy to say that it has the best ever for me and without out some support I am sure it wouldn't be happening this way.