Failure
You set a goal seeking Failure.You set the goal and you fail to meet it.You set a goal and fail to see the beauty in it.You set the goal, you made the failure, you now look forward to the next failure’s beauty.You speak an idea and you miss the opportunity. You made a plan but…
A walk in the rain in cool shoes.
Tuesday evening was cold like it is in November. Not cold like February, a month I didn’t know until living here for a couple of years. it is new-cold. The Fall season is undecided and like physical signs of adolescence a warning that torment and torrent are coming. It was also finally raining. I put…
Leadville 2022 – Master
Updating this over the course of the year. Check back from time to time. LEADVILLE TRAINING BLOG 04012022 I am a year older but the only growth I cared about was my FTP and the speed with which I rail corners on any bike trail or bike path. I learned this last year that from…
Reminder
My Legs pulse of servitudeThe dial is gripped firmly in my fingers tips. On Tuesday I left two or three clicksI’ve done a lap or twoand sat out a fewThe course has been clued. Crude.Remember to sink intooStrong and deepThe promises you made before you went to sleepremember I’ll have to think about that questionif…
ER2ndR
The ball of anxiety building up in my stomach was smaller this year even though the size of the Cat 1 field would triple. I don’t belong here, technically, but I can’t deny my ego the possibility to feed on all the comparison-cookies it so obnoxiously wants. What is it about constantly comparing ourselves to…
Paris Nice Stage 8
Roglic is being straight-up carried by Wout chasing one of the Twins up the Col d’Eze and Nairo, like always, is barely hanging on. No Cheat Codes Here From about thursday’s stage we understood that this climb could determine the race outcome as well as start to define how the rest of the year would…
The second time we raced Seward Park.
“Damn, this weather turned out great. This morning I really thought it’d be colder tonight.” “Colder?”, I heard Justin say through the wind. We work our way over and then under the lower bridge, silently coast down by the fishermen – no smell tonight – back along the bike path onto the sidewalk, cross the…
Blabbering blog ’bout bicycling books, bro.
How to Skate a 10k and also Half a 10k, by Nils van der Poel. https://www.howtoskate.se/ <—-(thats the link to the PDF) The world is going crazy devouring this PDF. Ok, the world is going crazy trying to figure out what Kanye West is up to but everywhere I happen to click seems to be…
Race Recap – BuDu Series #3 – Dash Point Park
Dashpoint is near Tacoma but doesnt smell. The Course I watched THIS video as “research” and realized it was a hilly course. This was painfully refreshing as going up the hills was the only time of last weeks race I was moving up. Similar to last week, I rolled in to the start line just…
‘Bass’ Block
Leadville 2022 Prep Diary Seattle mornings are always too cold, too damp, and really really quiet. This is the perfect setting to – with my shoes still unlaced- load the barbell. Feeling that hard cold steel touch my calloused hands hurts at first but then serves to remind me that I am here and that…