Ready to Race

This season’s training has been good, but tough. Getting older makes you wonder if you can still make the magic happen on the racecourse. I’m excited because all the explosive power work and strength work from…

Topeak-Ergon: Back to Baja

Beyond expectations lies the Mexico you don’t know! For my recent trip, I invited some of my good friends – SoCal racer Stefano Barberi and United Airlines senior pilot Marty Neary – to join me. I…

2016 World Marathon Championships – Laissac, France

The Friday before our big race, the United Kingdom announced its awkward exit from the European Union. Markets and currency have been roiled ever since, and even solidarity among the UK has taken a hit with…

Getting a Taste of Local Customs

Here in Kayamandi, South Africa pre-riding the MTO Songo Champions Race and was waved down by some of the local kids whose neighborhood the route passes through. They beckoned me over to check out the “smilies”…

Race Alchemy

[Alchemy: A medieval magic concerned primarily of turning base metals into gold.] When I found out that the Leadville Trail 100 was an obligatory team race, I was not exactly excited. Its lack of prize money…