KENDA CUP WEST SERIES - SANTA YNEZ VALLEY CLASSIC

Justin, Landon, Bryan, and I made the short haul to the Solvang/ Los Olivos area this past weekend to race the Santa Ynez Valley Classic.  Bryan thought about racing the Cat 2 or 3 race, but the weather turned bad and he decided to call it off.  I hadn't been to the area before, but was very impressed.  Beautiful landcsape with lusch foilage and nice rolling hills!  The most unfortunate thing was that the course serves as a grazing ground for cattle (the real Californian happy cow) part of the year.  The hoof potholes made for an extremely bumpy course on a hardtail.

KENDA CUP WEST SERIES - FONTANA CITY NATIONAL PRO XCT

The third installment of the Kenda Cup West Series took place this past weekend in Fontana, CA.  I was the only member of the team to race in the XC event, since the others had just returned from a week of surfing and relaxing on the beach in Nicaragua.  The rest of us had to maintain life as we knew it, working and playing a little on the side.  Here are the results for Cat 1 and Super D.

KENDA CUP WEST SERIES - BONELLI PARK, CA

This weekend marked the second weekend of the 2010 Kenda Cup series. What a great day for racing! Here are the results for the weekend!!

KENDA CUP WEST SERIES - SAGEBRUSH SAFARI

This past weekend marked the opening race of the 2010 Kenda Cup Qualifiers / SO CAL State Cross-country & Super D Series! (Team Big Bear Race Schedule) What an opener it was! With well over 200 riders from around the Southwestern states, it turned out to be an extremely memorable experience...

12 Hours of Temecula - Persepectives

The race season is now upon us.  People are checking their calendars and see what races they can fit into their busy lives.  This past weekend I decided to travel with the team down to the 12 Hours of Temecula which runs out of the Vail Lake Resort.  The Libby Brothers and Andrew/Ben would be making a set of 2-man teams.  Since most of the other guys did the 8 Hours of Adrenaline solo last September, I decided I would make a solo effort for this race.

24 Hours of Moab: Lessons in Humility

Have you ever wondered what your special talent is? At the most inauspicious times we seem to come across those that are just more naturally gifted in certain areas than we are. Sometimes I wonder if I have what it would take to be a great cyclist. Of course you never really know until you put in the time and then test yourself.

Whistler, BC... were the fun begins

Sunday morning. My alarm clock is buzzing in my ear. It's only 7:30AM, just 8 hours earlier the team was returning from successful day at Hurkey Creek and Landon's win in the solo 8 Hours of Adrenaline. Why on earth would I be waking up so early after a late night. The explanation was simple. I was taking a week off of work, while my wife was on a mission trip in Bangladesh, to go mt. biking in Whistler, B.C.

8 Hours of Adrenaline

This past weekend the team traveled, with the 24 Hours of Adrenaline crew, up to Hurkey Creek for this year's second installment of their 24 Hour mt. bike race.

Big Sur, Ca

This weekend we made our way to Big Sur, Ca for a weekend of training. Big Sur is a 100 mile stretch of rocky, abandoned, jagged coast line which lies between Monterey, Ca and Morro Bay, Ca. Since we didn't have a shuttle we road our 50 out and 70 miles back. Here some of the pics!!

24 Hours of Adrenaline: Hurkey Creek Fall

Collage of our race at the recent 24 HOA Hurkey Creek Fall edition. The team finished with 30 laps in 24:21.