Tag: videos
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Mountain biking in the rural northwoods
Seven and a half years ago today, Kristine and I got married in a beautiful little town called Shell Lake followed by our wedding reception about 45 minutes away even further north into the northwoods of rural Wisconsin at a retreat center called the Schwan Center. Today, I biked from Shell Lake 32 miles up…
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Epic ride finishing week atop three Strava leaderboards
The Samford student chapter of the ACM organized a ride today leaving from Chelsea High School and climbing up one of my favorite climbs – Double Oak Way. Three brave students and one crazy professor (me) met at 1:00 to complete the ride. We were waiting on one person before the start of the ride,…
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Texas Tough USA Crits Finale Race Report
Zoomed in view of the start/finish stretch before the start of the Cat 2/3 race. Race report Raced and fought hard to a 30th place finish out of a strong field of about 100 starters. I got caught up in a crash near the middle of the group about 10 laps into the race ultimately…
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Dothan Cityfest Criterium Race Report
Oh so close to a late season podium… 4th place after 20+ laps in a 4-man break. Still, the Dothan Cityfest criterium was an awesome new race on the calendar this year in Dothan, AL. The Pro/1/2 race featured a $10,000 prize purse paid 25 places deep. My awesome teammates Stuart Lamp, Terry Duran, and…
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Tour of Elk Grove wrap-up
Another year, another great trip to Chicago. We had a great time hanging out with friends both at and away from the race. Josiah played football for the first time and got his first real taste of baseball with the family that we stayed with. He loved it! We took our scenic drive route past…
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2010 Giro d’Grafton race report and heartrate data
Quick Summary 2nd on 1st $200 prime 3rd on $750 prime with 7 laps to go Narrowly avoided crash in final 100m to finish 14th. Heartrate and power data for the entire race Going for the $200 prime Struggling to move forward from towards the back of the pack Easier once I made it to…
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Tour de Grove 2010 Race Report
Always a great weekend of racing, this year’s Tour de Grove (formerly Tour de Winghaven) was awesome — even with all the bumps and bruises along the way. No, I didn’t crash at all, but my poor kids were on the pavement as much as they were off of it. Read the quick summary below…
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Cold roller ridin’
The high temperature today was at midnight this morning. The temperature dropped throughout the day until it was just over 10 degrees by the time I started a two hour ride on the rollers outside on the back porch. By the end of the ride, the temp was down to 3 degrees. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xpl5CqoXrg&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6]
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More winter “riding”
Mega snowstorm or not – I’m going to ride and enjoy the snow at the same time! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pzz14h011s&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0]