While I'm unemployed, I've had the time to update my blog and share both my career and cycling resume with you. They are provided on the right side of this page or here.

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Kachess Ridge Fall 09

Its about the latest you can ride Kachess before the snow buries the trail. There were still huckleberries but they were nearly frozen and there was a dusting from the season's first snowfall. The colors were beautiful on the trees and bushes!

Now thats a Mocha!

By far the best design in a mocha I have seen!

Counting Crows @ Marymore Park!

Kachess Ridge Mtb Ride

Beautiful day for a ride, high up in the alpine. No one else on the trail and 90 degrees! Still some snow, mud and creek crossings which were quite refresing.

One more thing... I've gone 99.99% gluten free. I haven't had a beer in over 3 weeks and I've cut out nearly all the other gluten in my diet. Before I was half-gluten free; only avoiding pasta, but now it is cold turkey. And I already feel better and can actually race in weather over 70 degrees. Yesterday's high during the road race was 91 degrees!

After 6 weeks of solid racing and training the legs have finally returned. After a hard 4 days at Mt Hood Stage Race last week my legs finally came around. Got 2nd in the Methow Hill Climb and 8th overall this last weekend. Phil had a nice ride to 1st in the hillclimb. The hillclimb was absolutly brutal and the most intense I have ever raced for 25+ minutes... great oportunity for some good data from the SRM! In short, I went absolutly ballistic for the first 5 minutes of the race and then tried to hold everthing togather for the remaining 20 minutes. Not sure if it was the smartest thing, but I like hitting hills hard.

The TT went well, but still no TT bike so it's hard to break top 50%. The road race was interesting since we had only 30 guys with half of them being from Hone's Lenovo team. Still had fun and some good training, and Adrian won the overall.

The Road Race:



The Hillclimb Podium:

SRM.... No need for words.