The 2010 season is here! I know this because I just got back to Florida after a 70 day altitude training block and I’m now doing RACE PREP TRAINING!! My first race is in 15 days in Mooloolaba, Australia. I can’t wait to get back down under and hopefully have a better showing than I did last year.
To get everyone excited about the 2010 season the ITU released a promo video today. Unfortunately all this video did was make me exceedingly nervous. However, I’m definitely going to try to star in the 2011 version of this. That means I’m either going to have to be a complete bad ass this year or get in some sort of horrific bike crash. I’m hoping for the former…
I'm really excited to announce that I will be riding Orbea bikes in 2010!
The 2010 Orca.
I know what you're thinking - you're thinking, "Hey, didn't you ride Orbea bikes last year and also the year before?" Yes I did, but this year I will be on brand new Orbeas since I am now officially a sponsored Orbea athlete! →
A couple of posts ago I mentioned that my coach and I scrambled to make alternate race schedules as it appeared my start spots at the first World Championship Series races of 2010 were in jeopardy. Since that post I received a few questions about my coaching situation and I realized I have failed to mention that I made →
As I mentioned in my last post I decided not to race in South America in the early season for the first time since 2007. What I didn't mention, however, was the fact that my start positions for the first few races of the year were in imminent danger - several athletes were in range of passing me on →
This weekend a lot of my friends are heading down to Salinas, Ecuador to race in the ITU Pan American Cup there. The race in Salinas combined with the races last month in La Paz, Argentina, and Viña Del Mar, Chile, constitute the super-early season ITU race schedule in the Americas. I realized last night that this is →
Training is going well out in Colorado. I love running on the trails around Colorado Springs - Palmer Park, Bear Creek, Rampart Ridge Road, or the old stand by: the Monument Trail. The weather in January was nice so I was even able to ride outside a bit. Here are some pics:
Palmer Park. There are tons →
I just confirmed that I will be racing a few French Grand Prix races next year for the French club Poissy. For those who don't know what a French Grand Prix race entails, it is a sprint distance draft legal race. A few Americans have raced in the FGP over the years and report that the racing is →
