With my renewed interest in running thanks to ChiRunning, plus the fact that gasoline topped $4.00 a gallon even here in the boondocks, a triathlon on my home turf sounded like a great idea. The race in question was the Upper West Branch Triathlon that starts and ends at Curwensville Lake in Curwensville, PA, and shares a similar course to the Tour de Susquehanna bike race.
Continue reading →As if the owners and organizers of the Tour de France haven’t done enough stupid stuff in the past few years, they’ve already gone ahead and ruined the 2008 Tour…
Continue reading →Have you ever been leading a race and you got so excited and caught up in the moment that you had to throw your arms up in the air, even before crossing the finish line? Well, this guy did, and look what happened to him… Oh boy…
Continue reading →If you weren’t watching track cycling back in 1990, you sure missed out on some good racing. These days track racing is a lot of “ride fast and beat the guy at the line.” But back in the day, there were some crazy tactics at super fast
Continue reading →Without any spectacular results this season, I knew I had to come up with something good for Kinzua. And luckily, the KwikFill Kinzua Classic is nice and hilly, with a mountain top finish. But it also starts with a steady, two or three mile climb. So what
Continue reading →It’s been about 48 hours now since I finished the 2007 Shannock Valley Mountain Bike Race, and finally I’m feeling normal again. This race must be the hardest 10 mile race I know of! For a race that only takes about 55 minutes to finish, it’s a
Continue reading →On a very foggy July morning (last Sunday the 15th at 6:55 AM to be exact,) I set out with plans to win the second annual Tour de Susquehanna in Clearfield, PA. As you may know, this race takes place on my local training routes – a great place to win. But things don’t always go as planned…
Continue reading →It’s July and that can only mean one thing – bicycle racing! Central Pennsylvania is home to races in both Brockway and Clearfield, and I think there’s a big race in France, although I couldn’t tell you anything about it because the news just focuses on doping
Continue reading →Since I haven’t been posting much lately, I figured this would be the perfect time to get started, because I’m racing tomorrow! It’s been a while… Anyway, the race I’m doing is the Star Spangled Bicycle Race in Brockway, PA. I’ve done it before, but they changed
Continue reading →As the annual Shannock Valley mountain bike race drew closer, I was getting happier and happier that I had decided to enter. I had just had a good race (Tour de Susquehanna) and was surprised what kind of shape I was in from the six weeks of
Continue reading →With an 8:00 AM start time, it’s a good thing I was pumped up to do this race. It was also good that the start was just a few miles from my house! I awoke at about 5:53 so that I had plenty of time to get
Continue reading →If it was not for all the camping, fishing, barbecuing, live music, and free beer, it would have been just like any other bike race! This was the third year for the VisitPA Mountain Bike Stage Race Weekend, and undoubtedly the best yet. Despite the torrential downpours
Continue reading →The end of mountain bike racing season! Time to be lazy and eat junk food, right? Well, that was the plan, until I found out that I would be on Thanksgiving break for the (official?) PA State Championship Cyclocross race in Marysville, PA on November 19. I
Continue reading →It was a warm Saturday a few years ago, July 27th, 2002 to be exact. The first day for me to line up for the start of a real-life mountain bike race! I was only 16 and had no idea what I was getting myself into? Last
Continue reading →This article goes out to all you aspiring mountain bike racers. I want to tell you a little bit about my first mountain bike race, and maybe it will inspire you to get to one yourself.
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