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.


Amtrak’s Sleeper Car Rules

3 August 2006 | 13:04 | 3 Comments

monday prep
taken 08/02/2006
These post might be long as I try to document some of my trip to Whitefish, MT for the Highline Hammer hosted by Hammer Nutrition. I already feel like my $300.00 entrance fee is well worth it.
17:08 8/2/2006
I neglected to eat lunch in my final rush to finish my work, break down […]



Training # 22 - The Pre-Race Meal

19 June 2006 | 14:55 | No Comments

prep rest … or Pre-Event meal if you will. I’ve stuck to the following advice since April and have noticed a significant increase in performance including racing, long weekend rides and organized centuries. What’s prescribed is a three-hour window before an event in which you can eat; meaning don’t eat anything within 3-hours beforehand. And […]



Training # 19 - 80 mile Prep

10 June 2006 | 11:37 | No Comments

prep Med pace + 1 sprint + 2 hill accelerations to get ready for 80 miler tomorrow. Today’s ride was easy as it was supposed to be. I think I even pushed it a little heavy. We’ll see tomorrow. If I’m hurtin’ tomorrow, then I know I shouldn’t have ridden like this today.
17.0 mph ave; […]



2006 Spring Century

4 June 2006 | 21:10 | 2 Comments

century hard prep raceday Fueling requirements for an event like this are a little tricky still. We were planning on having finished in five hours, so that’s a pretty good pace; leading me to re-think some fueling strategies.
Here’s the layout: 2 bottles = 10 servings Hammergel + 8 scoops of Perpetuem. Add three endurlotyes per […]