Making a Return to Big Racing, National Ultra Endurance Series: Cohutta 100

An 8-hour drive had me scrambling to get my bottles and feed options set up for my first 100-mile mountain bike race of the year: The Cohutta 100, which takes place in the steep mountains of…

Winter Training Groove

Happy New Year! The Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season was cold this year, with a few odd weeks that hit mid 60’s. To be honest, it’s the most I have enjoyed winter’s early snow. Embracing the…

Iceman Cometh and Campfires

Just checking in after a killer weekend at Iceman Cometh Americas largest race and the official end of season blow out! The race was by far the fastest in America too; the fast sandy rolling course suits…

UCI Marathon World Series

After a massive 24-hour travel day of layovers and sitting in one spot on the airplane, I arrived in Santiago, Chile to sun and spring breezes. Word on the street was that the weekend’s UCI Marathon…

A Good Year for Apples

Conrad, Erin and I joined the ruddy-checked preschool field trip to “Farmer Paugh’s” orchard. The apple trees where heavy with ruby red apples that bowed the branches like red and green Christmas globes. Last year, an…