Welcome OBRA and Portland Mountain Bike Short Track Racers. The old gallery of photos are here. However, new pictures can be found here. Enjoy.

Take a look at some pics of the Twilight Criterium as well. And here's some of the highlights of the Short Track Finale.

Follow me as I document my daily rituals of training for the next "big one" and posting road reports from my rides. Rocks are hard. Cycling's hard. But it can be fun at the same time. I love everything road bike.


Training # 11

18 April 2006 | 4:46 | No Comments

medium trainer 50% enduranced pace, 50% climbing repeats; one weak attempt at a sprint, all on the trainer; all in about fifty minutes. While I didn’t “trainright” with Chris Carmichael and his DVD, last night’s DVD of choice was the last forty-five minuutes of Stage 11 at the 2005 Tour de France. Vino is an […]



Training # 8

13 April 2006 | 11:11 | No Comments

medium trainer … for Wednesday the 12th was DVD’s on the trainer. Two hours worth. Carmichael’s Race Simulation DVD lent a good workout for the first hour, Bjarne Riis’ “Overcoming” was white noise for the second hour spin. If you haven’t seen “Overcoming”, I’d recommend it for it’s rock video atmosphere.
Fatigue is setting in. I […]



It’s a rest day.

3 April 2006 | 12:11 | No Comments

medium portlandvelo Active recovery? Low dose trainer spin? It’s supposed to be a rest day, so after this weekends’ biking, Lee say’s, “My legs feel good, but no riding today.”

Here’s a recap of Sunday’s ride with PortlandVelo.net.
He woke up at 8:00 to eat breakfast and get everything ready for the 10AM recovery ride starting at […]



Cascade Cycling Club Ride

27 March 2006 | 12:32 | No Comments

medium .. started and ended at the Bainbridge Island Ferry. I continued on HWY back to Poulsbo. The 12 mile wrap up was an excellent way to ride a little harder than we had been going during the 28 mile ride.
While the majority of the ride was done at leisurely paces of 11-13 mph, the […]