Worlds

They call the Durango A ride Worlds. It was the funniest group ride I have done. We did 60 miles at around 25 mph. I learned that when guys like Todd Wells are hurting you shouldn't make a move but did any way. After putting in 3 hours of hard riding on a banana I was starved. That brings me to the point of college life. Being a freshmen I pretty much only get to eat at certain times and the ride made me skip dinner so the ride was real rough. Durango has so many riders I would recommended any cyclist should come by for a visit.

Summer Ends

I Have not had time to blog but ihave taken a few pics over the last few weeks. Sometimes the road to races is not very clear. A nice recovery ride with the Phinney's. The last few i have realized that summer has almost ended. I was a fast summer of racing and riding. I would like to thank the people that supported us threw the season.

The good, the bad and the ugly

I've been looking for a commuter bike for a while now, but I kept coming back to the Raleigh Pub. After months of indecision, I finally picked up it up yesterday afternoon. It's hard to explain how cool this bike is, but you can check it out.
So everything was going really well when I went to my second Red Rock Riders of the season. We were rolling along at about 25 mph when I hit some glass and cut through my sidewall. My tire was done for, and I had to get my dad to give me a ride home. Not quite the ride I expected, but there wasn't much I could do about it.
But this morning was when things got really ugly. I was checking out my new cruiser in the cul-de-sac, and could't quite figure out the coaster brakes. I crashed hard without a helmet, and ended up with a concussion and stitches in the back of my head after a quick trip to the ER. So it might be a few days before I get back on my bike. I hope everyone else is keeping themselves in one piece.

It feels like we're going in circles...

Sunday was the Junior State Criterium Championship at Bannock Street. I raced with the cat 4 women first thing in the morning and attacked from the start. For a few laps we tried (and almost managed) to catch the cat 1,2,3 women who had started a few seconds ahead of us. It was a great race because we never slowed down and someone was always trying to push the pace.
When we turned the last corner one of the Twins Peak Racing girls was setting up her teammate for the sprint and I followed it. I came up behind her at the very end to take the win.


Avivah and Max raced next in the 10-12 category. Max took 12th in the boys’ race, and Avivah sprinted hard to take a 3rd place finish. Ryan worked hard in the 13-14 race to hold his place in the main pack, and came in with a 13th place.


Ethan took 10th in the 15-16 race which was blown apart by a breakaway by Taylor Phinney, Andrew Barker and the Stockton brothers. By the way Ethan, did you have a chance to get her number? Trevor and I raced 17-18 category in the last junior race of the day. Trevor took 15th in a very competitive men’s field, and I took my second win for the day and a state championship title for Brown and Wills.
It was a really good weekend, and I’d like to extend thanks to the parents from all of the juniors. The support we had this weekend was amazing. Thanks for driving to Denver, pumping tires, pinning numbers, and cheering for hours. All of your support went a long way to help us get the results that we did.

Can I see your ID?

The last time I got ID’d trying to get to a race was when I was running a cross country race on the Air Force base in Colorado Springs. On Saturday we were racing the Federal Center Circuit, and every time we left and came back we got our IDs checked again.

Avivah was the first finisher for Brown and Wills, with a 2nd place in the Jr. Women 10-12.

Ryan had a strong start but all plans for a victory were foiled by a rabbit that ran in front of him. He missed the rabbit, but hit the curb and went down.

Ethan took 4th in the 15-16 catagory, coming in with the chase pack after solo leader Patrick Stockton.

Trevor came in 2nd in the 17-18 catagory after a hard fought sprint. Only a few hours later, Trevor and Ethan both went back out to race with the Cat. 4 men. Later in the day, I raced with the cat 4 women and found out for myself how exciting the wildlife can make a race when one of the attacks in our race was neutralized when the attacker almost hit a prairie dog.

Our entire pack came in together and I took 2nd in the field sprint.