The Great White

Well, it all started last weekend (sry btw for not posting this week). However it has been events all this week that had made me very aware that my first great white winter is right around the corner. The snow is creeping up from mountain range to mountain range and is now peaking over into our current mountains.

Last weekend was a fun time. We raced in Grand Junction. Danae drove a good bit and well, she got us there....fast.....with a trailer on the back.....in the dark...........


thats all i have to say about that ;)

When we did make it to GJ alive we found some had also had a fun drive down.....Everyone meet Sarah:


Well after some good sleep it was time to head to the short track on saturday. well....it was a little wet and the course was prime for the riding.


Lets Race!!!!!


not! lets get out of here....or not..


So after the botched STXC we headed back to the room for some breakfast and sleep. however some didnt feel like eating or sleeping at 10:30 AM!

dont ask..... However the morning wasn't a complete bust:


Later that day we ended up having the short track on sidewalk as Mesa State. Yup complete concrete STXC! I was doing well until i cramped. yea i said cramp. in a STXC! 30 min race! i was in 10th at the time of total destruction. I believe it was the meds i was on from being sick. I really dont know what it was but i was certainly nervous about the next days XC if i cramped in a STXC. The next days XC was a little muddy but the area was awesome. Sunshine, good temps and friendly faces.


The race went well. I got my second top 10 this season. it was a fun course. Some really steep stuff, really technical decents, and some power sections as well. I didnt cramp which was almost as good as getting the top 10. Bryan killed it getting 4th. After the race we started heading directly back to Boulder. Once again Danae killed it, this time uping the ante with the driving conditions set to daylight. Quote of the day "it doesnt matter how fast im going, im confortable driving this fast".....im sure that would go real well with the cops.

"But officer i was comfortable"


Danae's driving privlages were revoked after several near death experiences. Thats all she wrote.


now the great divide is something truly amazing. One one side it can be B.E.A. utiful and on the other side well not so much.




So once again let me reiterate this to you....THATS SNOW!!!!!!!!!! and its moving in a B-Line fashion towards Boulder. um....im scared.

So the rest of the week... Monday was spending time doing oh not that much except going to a Broncos game with Uncle Joe! that right uncle joe was in denver and was so kind enough to invite me to go to the broncos game against the used to be undefeated Ravens. after looking at the nights forcast it was time to buy a good rain jacket. Tonights forcast.....low 31 rain/snow. Well it didnt snow but it was definately raining and cold. However i had at least 20 to 30 layers on including my new rain coat which worked flawlessly. The game was a blast! Those guys are HUGE!!!!! i mean we had some killer seats, 6row on the 40 yard line.




Thanks Joe and Mandy for the great time! BTW i got the aspen classic pass!



On the way home i got a personal victory as well.


Tuesday was just an easy spin, followed by more easy rides with Bryan and Danae on Wed. Bryan decided that hes cool enough to pull off the T-Brown look.


We rode up the killer long 1/2 miles climb up to the weather research center. Did i mention that we did this climb twice? yea well I'm a badass so what can i say.


and a pic from the top of the world...eh...not so much. but still kicks ass.

Later i rode with Danae. Once again the scenery was miserable. We rode up to some park and rode up a dirt rode. that about it.



Thursday was pretty cool. With this weekends conference finals hosted by CU, the course is relatively close. So a team preride was arranged. We had an awesome turnout! The day was full of fun, slow climbing, fast decending and well...crashing.



It was bound to happen. I feel bad for her, but i had to let her take a fall by herself. I managed to pull and excelent save and not go down, however she had to take one for the team.

After barrel rolling for 10 yards Bryan came to a stop. His rig too took a hard hit.

And as for Danae...well, she just got back on her bike too fast as she saw me comming with my camera. She hit pretty hard as well.



Friday and today my parents have been in town. So i have been spending time with them. Bryan killed it in todays STXC that i missed, taking home the GOLD!!!! that right way to stick it to the FLC boys who seem to slaughter every weekend. I will be doing tomorrow....ehhh todays XC. The course is really techinical so we'll see what happens. Congrats to everyone that raced thus far in the weekend. Nick Martin and all those brave/crazy people doing the 24 hrs at Moab. J Sager killin it in the duathalon and mtn bike race on his home turf in Louisiana. And well wish me luck in a few hours. I need to get some sleep. Once again hope this made up for the lack of previous posts. Cya and happy racing to everyone.