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  • Pierre's Hole 100

    I quickly learned that today was a national championship series race when out of a HUGE crowd the series leaders got the call up at the race start. I thought to myself, holy crap what did I get myself into. No worries, right, the plan is to just hold back and have a good time,…

  • Another Butte 100

    “Hi Gina, I am so sorry to put you in this position but I am going to miss the pre race meeting tonight and will not be able to load up the aid station bins … um … I am thinking about just turning around and going home.”, I babbled to the race director over…

  • Were marching on

    It has started to rain finally so I guess I better head for home. The week started with a couple of 90 degree days and ended with some cool 60 degree versions. Tonight is spectacular. I really don’t know what I am doing, just riding around. Some tunes from One Republic blasting from my iPod…

  • Sypes Canyon Trail

    So I finally got out on a solo ride and none to soon. I started to feel like I was dying. Nothing like a strong dose of climbing on a mountain bike to jump start the heart. After work I jumped in my car and blindly drove around until I found this little trail head…

  • Willy nilly

    I just finally put in a workout, the first structured one since I moved to Bozeman. Until now it was willy nilly ride fun stuff with friends. Now that I am amidst a work week I need to also get back on track with my training regime. The sun has set behind the beautiful mountains…

  • Quickie out and back

    Today was move in day at my apartment. At about 7 PM I decided I needed to go out for a spin so I took the cross bike out. The street in front of my apartment seemed like a good route so I headed West. Not 5 minutes and I was riding in farmland breathing…

  • Apartment hunting

    I was driving back to Bozeman after a truly disappointing morning. I had keys to an apartment that I was supposed to look at but when I arrived at the slum lots I backed out and headed back to Peak Property Management. I was disappointed with Peak so I went to another. The new place…

  • First ride in Bozeman

    I don’t know what happened to the relaxed and easy approach to introducing myself to my new surroundings. I was so relaxed that I didn’t leave Missoula until 1ish depending upon who you talk to. In any case I planned to go at the new adventures slow as to savor the experience. That is until…

  • Choosing fate

    I have made a trip to the Good Food Store, possibly the last time, to gather supplies for my trip this morning. I have cleaned up my mountain bike for  a Thursday night ride Bozeman style. I have packed the beetle with enough stuff to sustain myself until I find permanent lodging in the Bozone.…

  • Momentum

    I am moments until I walk out the door at my present job. Free from low wages and the burden of how to pay bills and eat at the same time. Free from so much more. My closest friends know of which I speak. It all stems from a decision and then a execution of…

  • Momentum theory

    I have 4 days of work at Univision left and a 3 day weekend in front of me.  Usually I would be ready, packed, and prepared to get into the woods for some adventure. Instead here I sit at City Brew in kind of a post 24 hour race fog without direction. I do yearn for lakes,…

  • Greatest moments

    How can you measure life’s greatest moments when life itself is so relative? I don’t think you can really. Because we are all human which in itself exposes life’s random nature.

  • The shadow

    This year’s 24 hours of Rapelje was what I considered highly anticipated. The TNR community as well as most everyone I knew were talking about it.

  • Ready to go go

    Guess this will be quick. Norman is picking me up in like 15 minutes and we will launch our campaign on the 2011 24 Hours of Rapelje.

  • Old west style

    It is that time of the year again, time to head on over to Rapelje for that low key 24 hour race. It is more like a rendezvous then a race. Kind of like in the old west when all the fur trappers would meet up and play games.

  • Rapelje time

    Just over 2 days to go until the 2011 installment of the 24 Hours of Rapelje. Tonight I am meeting up with my friends Norman, Lydia, and Katie to go over weekend details. They are going for the 3 person team title and secretly plotting to beat me. I know, unfair, right? The weather looks,…

  • Winds of change

    I can remember the excitement as I prepared to work for Sikorsky Aircraft. It was a job offer much like my current one and whith it a great opportunity. I had no clue what I was in for and I left behind my home and friends in Plattsburgh New York. Everything was a new and…

  • The conspiracy

    All characters in this tale are of presumably sound mind and no character was harmed in the making of this tale. This story is fictitious but does include some real events of this past weekend. There was presumably no “Bait and switch” or “Conspiracy” that this author knows of. All thoughts, ramblings, and opinions are…