Introduction

Well, since this is my first post to my blog, I figured I would start off by introducing myself. My passions include racing mountain bikes, cyclocross and road racing (In that order). Anyway, attached is a picture of me (blue jersey) at a cyclocross race this past fall. I race bikes in the great state of Colorado. I've been racing bikes for about 5 years, BUT three of those years were racing downhill and I wasn't that good. So, I've been racing cross country MTB for 2 years. This was my first real season of racing cyclocross and I'm still getting the hang of racing the road bike. Last year I raced as a Sport level MTB racer and a Category 4 road and cyclocross racer. For the '06 season, I'll be racing Expert in MTB and Category 3 for cyclocross. Still a CAT 4 for road though.

I've also found a team to race with for the '06 season. It's a new MTB team in Northern Colorado. We're a bunch of guys from the area and mainly just looking to have a lot of fun at the races. We'll be attending the Mountain States Cup (www.racemsc.com) and the Winter Park (www.epicsingletrack.com) race series. I'll release more details about the team in the coming weeks when more of the team details are set up.

Finally, the reason I'm posting a blog is mainly to track my thoughts regarding training and racing. So that is what I will be posting about in the coming weeks. You can expect race reports and training week summaries.

Until next time, keep the rubber side down...