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  • 4 Days To Go

    Busy packing and getting ready for a early launch out of Missoula tomorrow morning. It looks like things are setting up nicely in Canmore and I am hearing reports that the Australians are predicting a clean sweep of the 24 Solo World Championships. Today I will be launching some live update functionality at this site…

  • Making a List Checking it Twice

    Only 4 days to go before the 24 Solo World Championships in Canmore 

  • Easy Riding News In Canmore

    Yesterday I went joy riding with my friend Paul Bardis who is planning on driving up to Canmore to take in the spectacle (some may say crazy). We hit the Wallman Trail and headed back to his place for a dinner in the back yard with some deer hanging out as well. Today I have…

  • The Worlds in 1 Week

    At City Brew, watching the tour, planning today’s workload … going to change oil in the car, then going grocery shopping, planning trip to Canmore, then looking to see and ride some friends. Today’s City Brew trip is brought to you by a nice person that has a business down the hall from me at…

  • Night Training

    Thanks to Sten from Team Muleterro I have a more powerful headlamp and I have to say this is one thing I will be getting next.  Except more light, like my handle bar mounted ones. Really is nice to see corners like I did last night. I did a middle of the night test run…

  • Tapering and Reconnecting

    Yesterday I could finally reconnect with long-time friend Paul Bardis and we went on a mountain bike ride on the

  • 11 Days To Go

    I leave solo for Canmore next Wednesday morning in my Beetle. I find it is much easier on the mind to do things solo. So in hopes of making this moment in my life more fun I am going to enjoy a good friends company and start packing for my trip up north. Today I…

  • All Done

    Yesterday was my last big workout and now I taper down to the worlds. It was a big day at 59.5 miles and 10,996 feet of climbing. For the week I am just shy of 200 miles. Now it is tiny workouts that focus on speed and keeping sharp. The next big ride

  • North Bitterroot Grand Loop

    I got a late start but the ride ended before dark which was good. I sit here getting ready for a 6 hour ride today  but first better show you all photos from yesterdays grand loop [map]. I got started around 2PM but had numerous bail out plans in place to come back down route…

  • Taking A Step Back

    Yesterday I got news that a crew member has reported that he is out of the trip to Canmore. I am currently in shock because now I don’t have a seasoned mechanic. I needed to take the day off from training and go for a recovery hike. This is where I miss Marcy the most,…

  • Thursday Night Ride

    Last night I met up with about 9 others in the Rattlesnake Recreation Area parking lot which was heavily being patrolled by rangers. It was almost like being in another country except instead of weapons they carried ticket books. No tickets for us last night.   The trails were excellent and I didn’t run into…

  • 3 Workouts a Day

    Keeps the bed bugs away

  • 17 Days To Go

    Last night did some Hill Sprints out at Crazy Canyon and felt so so but mostly missing my Turner. I rode the back up bike so I don’t put any more training stress on a already worn drive train.

  • 18 Days To Go

    Eighteen days until the Elite 24 Solo Worlds in Canmore, baby! Feeling like a finely tuned machine (a slightly dusty machine, maybe, but a machine nonetheless). Gotta give a major shoutout to Lynda, the queen of all things “LWCoaching” (dot com, obviously). This woman dropped some serious knowledge bombs on my training plan – for…

  • 4th Of July

  • Fun Filled Month Ahead

    Got a re-supply of Carbo Rocket from Brad in preparation for a month of big epics. Starting off with elite 24 Solo World Championships in Canmore, Alberta Canada on July 24th

  • Over The bars

    Wiped out due to a stick jammed in my bike’s fork. Testing the Homestake Cross Country track, a corner tricked me, sending me flying. Ended up headfirst. Now nursing a headache and a stiff neck. Wood chips? More like trip traps.

  • The Best Friends

    Hello from sunny, warm, and finally a summer filled day in Missoula Montana. I have not blogged since before the 24 Hours of Rapelje. So here is the catch up blog. 24 hours of Rapelje : Did not happen as planned. I had my Carbo Rocket dispenser Bob Waggoner (Triple Ring Productions) ready to rumble.…