This week finds me in the Minneapolis – St Paul area where I am the Guest Sport Director for Team SmartStop. The team consists of current NRC Leader Travis McCabe, the newly crowned US Professional Road Race Champion Eric Marcotte, Adam Meyerson, Flavio Alejandro and Travis Livermon. Here is a race report from tonight’s Stage … Read more
The 74th Annual Derby Days Race is rapidly approaching. This year’s race will be held on July 12. As has been the case the last two years the cash will be flowing, the champagne will be sprayed and good fun will be had by all. Not wanting to rest on our laurels we have upped … Read more
“I can’t do ___” has an entirely different meaning than “I won’t do ___”. When you strip away all the BS, the excuses and the posturing the difference boils down to a matter of choice. Most often when you hear someone state “I can’t do this” what they really mean is “I won’t do this”. … Read more
For a limited time you can order one of our sweet kits from Castelli Cycling. Click on the link below, order direct from Castelli and we will ship to you when the order is completed. Available are our Aero Race Bib Shorts and our black short sleeve team jersey (pictured below). You can check out … Read more
Periodically I will be posting brief profiles of Tête de la Course athletes. They will either be athletes being coached by Tête de la Course Cycling or athletes flying the Tête de la Course colors in various parts of the country. Today’s profile is on Ansel Dickey from Woodstock, Vermont. Ansel is one of the … Read more
There are times when playing it safe is the right move. Then there are times when you just need to say “Fuck it” and take a chance. I have been known to do both and quite honestly I probably tend to the former. This is a tale of the latter and where it led me. … Read more
“Hey, do you mind if this kid that I’ve been doing some cross workouts with goes on the ride with us today?” That’s how it started almost exactly six years ago this month when my friend Darren asked if a 13 year old local kid named Logan could join us on our ride. After assuring … Read more
Although I’m sure that July 13, 2013 has been circled in all Seattle area bike racers’ calendars I thought that I would still put out a little friendly reminder. So: THE 73rd ANNUAL REDMOND DERBY DAYS CRITERIUM IS THIS SATURDAY!!!!! Now, as anyone who has participated in my races in the past know, when I … Read more
Glass Cranks. Pro Slow. These are two terms that I frequently use to describe a recovery ride and how to do one. The topic of recovery came up recently with one of my athletes when I was looking at his data from a prescribed recovery spin and saw that his numbers were quite a bit … Read more
Tête de la Course Cycling So Cal Team Training Camp February 25 – March 3, 2013 Calabasas, CA You are invited to join Tête de la Course Cycling for a week of training in the beautiful Santa Monica Mountains. The sunny Pacific Coast and the meandering roads of the southern California mountains are perfect terrain … Read more
