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Racing Is A Lot Like Going To Church
You got your Sunday best, jersey and bibs. You got your chapel, race course. You got your preacher, race promoter. You got your congregation, racers. You got your opening announcements, racer meeting. You got your opening hymn, the National Anthem. You got your sermon, the race. The sermon, for most of us is hell, fire and damnation...
Roll Recovery
My friend MIke Gould showed me this the night before the Tahoe 100. He promised it would be awesome. I used it. It hurt like hell. An hour later, that night… legs sore as ever. It seemed like a really bad idea to do before a major event on my calendar. I woke up the next..
Hush, little baby, don’t say a word
Sleeeeeeeeeep… I was robbing myself of so many benefits by not sleeping enough. Then, my son Trevor started racing. I hooked him up with my coach, and he actually listened to what she said. He was a dry sponge soaking up every word, where I was a soggy old dog. He was living like a..
Why I Am Pre-Riding Race #4: Casper’s Wilderness Park
Pre-riding pretty much guarantees you’re gonna go faster. But, you have to have a strategy. I won Super-D Nationals at Mammoth in 2004 & 2005 (age group, not pro). Both years I went to Mammoth multiple weekends before the big race and pre-rode the course. Some runs were very slow, looking at every corner and line...
I’m Married To T-Rex
… but I don’t wanna be a T-Rex, which can happen to a cyclist that neglects the upper body. I love being outside, so hitting the gym has never worked for me. Here’s what’s workin’ these days: Surfing, I prefer traditional surfing… but my lady has shown me stand up paddle surfing can be fun too...
Let The Sunshine
The time change always brings new energy to TMWC… some rides like The Market Ride die in the winter, we just keep growing. 30+ guys showed up (ladies?) So fun. New attacks, new wheel sucking… even a detour – Aliso Creek Bikeway is getting new pavement! The pace? Well, let’s just say it’s not slowing down...
Welcome To My World
Hi there… I’m Todd, and I want to “officially” welcome you to our world. About 5 years ago, I shifted my talents for promotional marketing from the corporate world to the cycling world. I started helping my local bike shop get some great T-shirts vs the boxy el cheapos they’d used before. Soon we were..
Ride Today, For Tomorrow We Vote
My free world problem: Ride home tonight and back in tomorrow after TMWC only to drive home and vote with the masses or Drive home tonight and ride home after TMWC and vote early? Cra-cra that I spent my first groggy moments working this out. We’ve had a lot to work out this election cycle, and..
Recovery, somtiems you gotta shut ‘er down
It’s hard enough to slow yourself down, even harder to get the gang to cruise. Today I shoulda stayed off the bike. It’s too pretty and I have house guests. Air BBNB – Brown’s Bike N Board We all played nice and cruised the coast. The kids pounded up Cove – my legs felt like..
You must have been one heck of a guy, Mike Nosco
800 riders are flocking to a park in Thousand Oaks CA to memorialize a man most of us never knew, but somehow we caught his spirit. It’s about 8am on a Thursday and the texts are coming fast and furious. Where are you? Where ya at? I’m north side of lot. I’m stuck in traffic...
… we all wanna change the world
Matt Wenger is changing the world, AGAIN. He did it before by creating the largest weekly mountain bike race in the world: Over The Hump. Matt’s new creation is the Revolution Bike Fest, and it starts Friday. He’s so pumped that asking him what it is all about is like getting hit with a fire hose...
