Emporia, Kansas I’ve been riding/racing since 1974 and this race was by far the toughest. Over 200 miles of gravel, dirt, mud, suffering and pain. With steady winds, heat (over 97d) and no cover Kansas can be sooo unforgiving. Perhaps that’s why the early pioneers preferred to continue past Kansas and seek more humane conditions [...]
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On Wednesday, May 5th, my dad and I woke up at 3 am, to head for the Joe Martin Stage Race in Fayetteville, Arkansas. A challenging 4 day stage race, consisting of a 2.5 mile uphill Time Trial with an avg. grade of 7%. Then a 110 mile road race, a 92 mile road race, [...]
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This past weekend three members of the U23 Team headed down to Fayetteville, Arkansas for the Joe Martin Stage Race. Matt Pence, Alex Grman and Martin Lang made the trip down, with Matt Brandt at Collegiate Nationals and Zack Stein still finishing up school in Colorado. The race began with a 2.5 mile uphill time [...]
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Last Saturday, there was the Greensfelder Challenge race. The course was totally different from last year, making an 8.5 mile loop out of Declue, the Declue Extension, and Eagle Valley instead of using 3 miles of Dogwood. The course had 1,085 feet of elevation gain. I liked the course even more because I built part [...]
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Do you want a bike that you can fold up and place in your backpack? Well Grant Ryan invented a bike that is electric and very compact so you can fold it up into the size of a single wheel. Also, it is very light so it is easy to carry. I don’t know if [...]
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(Photo Credit: khawkins04/flickr) Well, I made it. I pretty much sat on the back of the field. Mostly because fighting to get to the front wasn’t worth the energy. Being a single rider, I was entertaining the idea of going for primes and NOT working unless for my own benefit or survival. And that was [...]
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So, I’m here in Beaufort, SC getting ready to roll into the lion’s den for my first national level race. I’ve been practicing all kinds of mental fitness and self-affirmations. Going from a field of 10 women in St. Louis, to a field of 50 or so, is a the kind of jump I like–hard [...]
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On March 23 I got the news that I was selected as one of 10 riders throughout the country to represent Airborne Bicycles. What the deal included was a bike of my choice, a all expense paid trip to 2010 Sea Otter, helmet cam, and some gear. With 3 solid weeks to train for the [...]
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This might read like an Oscar speech, but I’m incredibly thankful for my personal support and the overwhelming local support of the event from this past weekend. The Tour of Hermann 2010 is in the books (and I was counting down the races. Whew!) While it’s a grave disappointment that they not were able to [...]
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The race started with a Matt Pence being shot out of a cannon attack. Everyone tried to get onto his wheel, but no one could. Pence spent the next few laps solo; a few riders from Mercy and Big Shark organized a chase. Once the attack was brought back, attacks were being fired left and [...]
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