Crossing the CX barrier

Kramer's log, tree date 10/19/08, McClaren Park, SanFran. MTB course slated as Cyclocross. Cool temperatures with overcast and not much parking. Number one fan, mom, on side-lines carrying jacket and water, no hand-up required. Lousy start, 25 back, steady as she goes, rough seas, light jib, then a sail change in clear air after 2 laps. All cylinders firing. One look tells me current speed faster than leaders, but is it enough?, with such a bad start. Front runner stalling, speed still steady... on the front, 3 to go. push it..... 2 to go, nice gap, lots of power, stay steady.... one to go, all clear, be smart..., coasting to the line for a awaited win. thank god!

Can't believe that race turned out so well, wasn't even going to leave home. then coming from the back, man that was good!

Thanks to everyone for a fun day, and my mom had a real treat. Her last race was my win in Soquel 3 years ago. Pilarcitos did a great job.

Mt Snow victory

the three peat was no easier than than the first and was not as hard as the second, but it was as sweet.....

thanks to all for the support, encouragement and help.

next year it will be even tougher in Colorado at altitude.

I rode off the front from the start as Curley launched an attack from the line. bolting away from his lead, I left the field in the wake. charging ahead, to get a jump into the tricky single track climb jammed with earlier groups. I never looked back, building a 2:30 lead by the finish. Not as fast as last year, but enough to command the win.

Congrats to Adam Craig's dominating skills!

Mt Snow

this part of the USA is awesome, beautiful!!

rode the XC course today, 4 times, it is a blast...

now if it gets wet, look out

mountain biking is more fun than roading

I love to ride and race my road bike, but mountain biking (dirt stuff)rules!!! On dirt and on trails, off road is more challenging and exciting as it requires full time all around skills. funny thing is, that my first racing experience was on a mtb and now it is where I migrate as skills and fitness play hand in hand. as an x climber, ski racer and ball player, skills are a part of every athletic encounter. so with all that said, I spend 5 hour on my road bike today doing some similar roads.
RIDE ON, CLiMB on......

TUC

what a great trip... a super ride/race and the awesome tallest and oldest things on this planet....Dyerville Giant

Mike Taylor rode away on Panther Gap and we smashed last years times, guess there wasn't as much wind.

Tour the Unkown Coast

this is the first 'century ride'( raced a lot of long stuff) ever done and I hear it is more like a race with 500 starters for the 100 miler.
some big names have done this in the past, Pigg, Armstrong and Juarez last year. raced this very route when it was a stage race back in 1990. that is a whole other story - off the front with the eventual winner as we descended to the coast and I flew off the road.

am looking forward to taking a hike in the 'oldest living things' on our planet. won't have a chance to climb any, but have been eying some old growth around Skegg's.... saddle up and don't forget how to tie a bowline, I mean figure 8.

headed up there with friend and legend Clark Natwick some how we both got a pass for mother's day morning as we will be celebrating in Ferndale Saturday night.

see then , when....

Cool conditions caulk causual cyclists

Yes, unseasonable cold for this time of year and you could hear the grumbling... was that frosty breath at the top of 9 and that kid had shirt sleeves and shorts getting ready for Mt Hambone,... but by the time we reach Ben Lomond, it was warm but windy or maybe that was just Jojo flying up the hill past us, ....and we got home it 6:30 hours, man... no, dolomiten man.

Sunday was just as good with old slide road out of Pacifica, ... it warmer there, and then a climb through the Perissima woods, then weaved through three San Jose juniors doing a full road descent on skyline to 92, ....and who do I see, (his eyes are better than mine) super Hutch cutting through an uphill headwind like a hot knife through butter... then home through the neon yellow soloist on Canada.

WOW, did see all those unicyclist criusing!!!