Austin Driveway Crit
Friday, June 8th, 2007I went out and did a crit race at the Driveway in Austin -- a very cool course normally used for motorized racing.My race did not end in victory, but I did snap this photo of the cat1-4 open race.
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I went out and did a crit race at the Driveway in Austin -- a very cool course normally used for motorized racing.My race did not end in victory, but I did snap this photo of the cat1-4 open race.
Remnants of the week
Sunday, May 27th, 2007You know it's been a good week when half of your dirty dishes are water bottles, and half of your laundry is cycling clothes.
Barton Creek Greenbelt
Saturday, March 17th, 2007Water was high this weekend on the greenbelt. I splashed through a few creek crossings but one was chest-deep, so I chose to stay on the same side of the creek and use the always fun chain path
2007 Racing Schedule
Thursday, March 15th, 2007Out of the sea of available events in Texas, I've sorted out the following race calendar. I'll probably drop in on others, but this is where my focus is this year: Promoter Sites http://www.tmbra.org http://www.campeagle.org/XTERRA.html http://www.roguerunning.com/ Rogue Trail Series: The Maze 10K/30K Walnut Creek Metro Park, Austin, Texas, US Sunday, May 06, 2007 7:00:00 AM The Rookie Triathlon Texas ...
Rolled Ankle Healed
Tuesday, July 4th, 2006Rolled Ankle Healed! Back in March I blogged about rolling my ankle in an obstacle course here: Rolled Ankle It was a silly and painful accident, but luckily one that did not impact my ability to ride a bike. It seems strange that I could barely walk, yet could finish in the ...
Workout of the week - Hill Repeats
Thursday, June 29th, 2006I'm at the point where I need to build two things: strength and endurance. Instead of hitting the gym and doing leg presses (zzzzz) I chose to do a controlled set of hill climb intervals on my mountain bike. I rode out to a short trail in Austin at St. Edward's ...
Heart Rate on the Greenbelt
Sunday, June 25th, 2006Here's my HR graph for today. I went a little harder than I planned, but the heat was really beating on me (95) Technorati Tags: Bike, mountain, Mountain Bike, mountainbike, HeartRate, workout
Trail Etiquette
Sunday, June 25th, 2006I was out on my mountain bike for a reasonably slow paced ride on the Barton Creek Greenbelt today and got to wondering about the behavior of the hikers that I was passing. No matter how early they saw me coming or how slow I was going the response ...
Workout of the Week - Hill Repeats
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006Still Life with Shoes I'm going to start a new series here called Workout of the Week where I describe the key workout for me for the week. This workout will be the one that meant the most for the phase of training that I am in and was the ...
Workout of the Week
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006Still Life with Shoes I'm going to start a new series here called Workout of the Week where I describe the key workout for me for the week. This workout will be the one that meant the most for the phase of training that I am in and was the ...