Monday, February 20, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
2012 6 Hours of El Lagarto
See that Go Pro on top of my Dad's helmet??? Too bad it was pointing down at his handlebars and not at me. Yeah, we were hoping to make a short video of the race, but it's not very exciting watching my Dad's bars for 30 minutes. So, the only thing I have to show from the race is this borrowed picture from Mtb Mike (thanks Mrs Mace).
Anyway... going into the race, I had a goal of 7 laps. Each year I like to increase my laps by one, so 7 laps about 7 miles long seemed to be a good goal for me. The race went really well (except for my back killing me towards the end) and my goal was met in 5:11:49. I actually had time to do one more lap, but I didn't have a reason to. Now... if doing one more lap meant a podium finish, of course I would have done it. All and all, I'm happy with my results and had an awesome time racing.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Did You Miss Me??
I'm back and ready to share some exciting things going on.
My Motto for the new year is, FOCUS.
F is for focus on training. My sister played a monstrous part in me wanting to train and become a better racer/rider. 2X a week, I sit there and watch Kiki in her gymnastics class. She works so hard and has progressed to a pre-team level after only 4 sessions. Definitely got me thinking... How come I'm not putting any effort into the sport I love? And that's when I told my dad I'm ready to commit. Here's Coach Drew Edsall. He's created a training plan just for me. It's nothing crazy and it revolves around my school and homework. I have to be honest with you, sometimes it's a little hard to get on that trainer after 2 1/2 hours of homework. But, after the session is over, I feel awesome and re-energized. And after only 3 interval sessions on the trails, I'm noticing amazing results and couldn't be happier. I had a good ride with Drew today. And Man, he doesn't miss a thing. Got lots to work on!
Open to new experiences.
Commit to racing the entire FSC series. I'm excited to be racing on the LeRoy's / Cycle Youth Junior DEVO team this year.
Understand it will not be easy racing with women who are twice my age and probably 3x stronger.
Strive to do my very best. Whether it's school work or during a race, I will give no less than 100%.
And finally, once again the science project is done. Take a look.
My Motto for the new year is, FOCUS.
F is for focus on training. My sister played a monstrous part in me wanting to train and become a better racer/rider. 2X a week, I sit there and watch Kiki in her gymnastics class. She works so hard and has progressed to a pre-team level after only 4 sessions. Definitely got me thinking... How come I'm not putting any effort into the sport I love? And that's when I told my dad I'm ready to commit. Here's Coach Drew Edsall. He's created a training plan just for me. It's nothing crazy and it revolves around my school and homework. I have to be honest with you, sometimes it's a little hard to get on that trainer after 2 1/2 hours of homework. But, after the session is over, I feel awesome and re-energized. And after only 3 interval sessions on the trails, I'm noticing amazing results and couldn't be happier. I had a good ride with Drew today. And Man, he doesn't miss a thing. Got lots to work on!
Open to new experiences.
Commit to racing the entire FSC series. I'm excited to be racing on the LeRoy's / Cycle Youth Junior DEVO team this year.
Understand it will not be easy racing with women who are twice my age and probably 3x stronger.
Strive to do my very best. Whether it's school work or during a race, I will give no less than 100%.
And finally, once again the science project is done. Take a look.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Does She Look Smarter???
To our surprise, Madison failed her school eye exam. Apparently, she's farsighted and her right eye is in pretty bad shape (kind of scary when I think about the trails she has been riding). Anyway, she's really happy with her new glasses. And now it's time to find some cool prescription cycling glasses (that don't cost a fortune).
Science Project
It's that time again. Madison has decided to do her project on bike gears. So for the next several weekends, she will be tied up working on her project. As stated in her research plan, she wants to determine which similar gear ratios will result in the highest speed. Now that she's racing with the women, (that are at least twice her age and 3x stronger) she's hoping to eliminate un- necessary gear changes while at the same time maximizing her strengths . Here she is at Morris Bridge working on a couple trials.
Luna Rocks
A special "Thank You" to Luna for the little Christmas package. Madison said the bar was awesome and tasted like candy.
To our surprise, Madison failed her school eye exam. Apparently, she's farsighted and her right eye is in pretty bad shape (kind of scary when I think about the trails she has been riding). Anyway, she's really happy with her new glasses. And now it's time to find some cool prescription cycling glasses (that don't cost a fortune).
Science Project
It's that time again. Madison has decided to do her project on bike gears. So for the next several weekends, she will be tied up working on her project. As stated in her research plan, she wants to determine which similar gear ratios will result in the highest speed. Now that she's racing with the women, (that are at least twice her age and 3x stronger) she's hoping to eliminate un- necessary gear changes while at the same time maximizing her strengths . Here she is at Morris Bridge working on a couple trials.
Luna Rocks
A special "Thank You" to Luna for the little Christmas package. Madison said the bar was awesome and tasted like candy.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Unfortunately, the "BIKE GODS" were against Madison today. Back it up to Saturday. She had an awesome practice and about 90% of the course was the same as our family loop (we do at least twice a month). She has never done a XC race at Carter, but has competed in (2) 6 hour endurance races there and did very well. So today going into the race, she felt extremely confident and relaxed.
Madison's great mood quickly made a turn for the worse. Kind of like for Christmas, you were expecting a new set of wheels and you got some ugly sweater. Well, Madison was expecting to do very well and it went to crap in a matter of minutes. She crashed on Horseshoe (a trail she has been on a thousand times without difficulty). Flipped over the handle bars landing on her face and shoulder. When I came across her shortly after the crash, she was riding with one hand and looked to be in a lot of pain. She had planned on continuing with a the race, but I pulled her out. As a father, it was a difficult decision to make, but I felt that in her condition it would be way too dangerous to go on (especially with the second finger being in the race course).
It was a quiet drive home. Madison was disappointed in herself and felt like she let everyone down. After some time passing by and a little pep talk, she started to feel better. All and all, I think she had a pretty good race season and some cool changes are under way for next year.
Madison's great mood quickly made a turn for the worse. Kind of like for Christmas, you were expecting a new set of wheels and you got some ugly sweater. Well, Madison was expecting to do very well and it went to crap in a matter of minutes. She crashed on Horseshoe (a trail she has been on a thousand times without difficulty). Flipped over the handle bars landing on her face and shoulder. When I came across her shortly after the crash, she was riding with one hand and looked to be in a lot of pain. She had planned on continuing with a the race, but I pulled her out. As a father, it was a difficult decision to make, but I felt that in her condition it would be way too dangerous to go on (especially with the second finger being in the race course).
It was a quiet drive home. Madison was disappointed in herself and felt like she let everyone down. After some time passing by and a little pep talk, she started to feel better. All and all, I think she had a pretty good race season and some cool changes are under way for next year.
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