Category: Racing

  • Stage 2 – Wachusett Mountain Road Race Quick Update

    Somewhere in the top 75, maybe top 60. Mike Olheiser made it into the top 10, and Stefan Rothe was in a 5 lap breakaway (55 miles) with Shawn Milne (Team Type I). Good race. More details soon!

  • Stage 1 – Time Trial, 2008 Fitchburg-Longjso Classic

    Quick summary: not dead last (127th out of 145 if you count the people who didn’t start), thunderstorm, “the river”, “the lake”, epic. The details: I had a great warm-up and was feeling very good with my TT position on my road bike. My TT bars were far enough out that I could stand comfortably…

  • Racing in the Northeast at the Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic

    1300 miles of driving through 9 states and we have finally made it to Fitchburg, MA. We swung up through Nashville to pick up a U-Haul trailer and load it up with not one, not two, but about 30 bikes for all the juniors, pros, masters, etc. riding for Tri-Star. Check out our travel map:…

  • 2008 Memphis Grand Prix – Criterium (and overall results)

    Quick summary: 7th place for the crit, 8th place overall for the weekend omnium The details: This was a somewhat frustrating race for me as I managed to bridge up to what should have been the winning move. Instead, the break didn’t stick and I had used up a bit too much gas trying to…

  • 2008 Memphis Grand Prix – Time Trial

    Quick summary: 11th place The details:I spent the afternoon relaxing in the hotel lobby and then working to get my brand new clip-on TT bars mounted on my bike. Philip and Brent helped a lot to get my position right. Thanks guys! Philip, Jacob, and I all decided to bike over to the start/finish area…

  • 2008 Memphis Grand Prix – Road Race

    Quick summary: 5th place The details: Small field but with good representation from Marx and Bendorf (8 riders), Nashville Cyclist (4 riders), and Team Type I (2 riders). I was very aggressive at the beginning and followed Travis (Marx and Bendorf) on an attack from the line. I sat up after about half a mile…

  • Biking in Memphis!

    We’re settled into the Hampton Inn here just outside of Memphis in Colliersville, TN. It was a nice drive up even with a major nose bleed from Analise which started with “Daddy, my nose is running”. We turn around to see Analise covered in blood from her nose down to her chin (she had wiped…

  • Avery Trace Road Race and Time Trial

    Quick summary: 4th road race, 19th time trial The details: it was a relatively small field (about 35 riders), but it was packed with heat. Two Team Type I pros were here (Emile Abraham and Daniel Holt), Brent Bookwalter (BMC), and four riders from a pro team called DLP (UCI Continental) along with Michael Olheiser…

  • Avery Trace, Cookeville

    Quick update – we just drove up to Nashville and our spending the night with family before I head up to the road race and tt tomorrow at Avery Trace. Then possibly the Cookeville crit on Sunday. Stay tuned for more details tomorrow after the races.

  • Nature Valley Grand Prix Stage 6 Photos

    Here is one last post from the Nature Valley Grand Prix with photos that I took of the last stage. It was killing me to have missed the timecut and not be able to do this epic criterium with the infamous Chilkoot Hill, but it was definitely some excellent racing that I got to watch.…