OK, if you would have asked me back in March as I was gearing up for the season, what kind of season I would have I simply would have said a good one. Looking back over the season now, I would say I had a great season. I started the season with a 4th place [...]
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Posted 26 August 2010
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I went down to Northfield, MN for the annual 4th of July crit race for the first time. I have always wanted to do this race as I have heard great things about it. The race certainly lived up to its aura, as the course is wide open, good roads, some tight turns and a [...]
I normally don’t do time trials. For two reasons, first they really hurt and you have to dig very deep. Second, because I never feel satisfied about my effort afterwards. So going into this race I had a few goals. 1. Ride under 1 hour, 2. Average 26 MPH, 3. Don’t get passed by my [...]
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Posted 08 June 2010
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Saturday I went down to Henderson, MN for the Sibley Road Race. This is one of my favorite courses as the hill makes the course tough, but the winds are what can define the course. When I woke up, the temps outside were just 34 degrees… This was kinda crazy considering it is May and [...]
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Posted 09 May 2010
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Ken Woods is always a favorite of mine. The course is aggressive and the weather is always a factor. This year was no different. Driving down to the course, the rain was falling hard and the winds were getting stronger and stronger from the south east… This left the course wet and full of [...]
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Posted 26 April 2010
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So we had a modified hill ride yesterday organized by Delaney. Kris, Jeff, Cobra, Scotty all showed up to follow Delaney around for a few hours. It was St. Patty’s day and some of our Loon brethren warned against riding due to the revelers who would be out celebrating. I think Cleary was most vocal [...]
Sunday morning found me out for a ride with Kris. It had been a long time since just the two of us headed out for a Sunday morning ‘Coffee’ ride. The temps were 40ish when we left and we just rolled along nice and easy with a few hard efforts on the hills.
We rode the [...]
I was out the door this morning at 7:45 Am for a ride with Jeff. I was pretty psyched to be riding outside with the sun shining and the temps on the way up. It was just 25 when we left, but the roads were pretty dry. The wind was out of th west and [...]
It was ridiculously cold today on the ride. I met Kris at the Hopkins Depot for a ride downtown and back. I got there early and had brought the Karate Monkey out to take for a spin. Its inaugural ride was great. We spun west into the wind and the trail felt smooth and easy with the [...]
I completed the Karate Monkey last night.
The back story on this ride is that I did a speach which I was compensated with a gift certificate to a locak bike shop. The certificate paid for about 1/3 of the Karate Monkey frame. The rest of the bike was pieced together through ebay and some friendly [...]