Idaho State Road Race Championships

After a very late start to the season, I’m finally feeling pretty good and was focusing my training so I could do well at the Idaho State Championship road race. The race started and finished on a backroad of Emmett. The course is similar to last year’s event, but with a bit more rollers. I […]

Idaho State XC Championships at Tamarack

Tamarack, ID — I just got back from the Idaho State Cross Country Championships held at the Tamarack Resort. Even though I did the Tamarack Twister last season, today’s course was totally different and I was glad I pre-rode it yesterday. I’ve been feeling pretty good, but not great, but my main goal for this […]

Manhattan Beach GP

Manhattan Beach, CA — For some crazy reason, I thought it would be fun to try a big national criterium again. Heather’s teammate Nicole had asked Heather to race it and help her out. I decided to go along and try racing the Pro/1/2 field. Well, to make a long story short, it made the Boise […]

Garden Creek Gap Road Race

Pocatello, ID — We drove back to Pocatello last night for another race put on by the Idaho Cycling Enthusiasts. The course is a 25-mile loop that we did four times for a total of 100 miles. part of the course is very similar to the road course from the Gate City Grind stage race. But […]

Morning after Criterium

Despite my breakdown last night at the Twilight, I decided that I would try to redeem myself in today’s Morning After Criterium. It was a beautiful day with crisp blue skies and warm, but not too warm, temperatures. The Pro/1/2 field had a decent turnout, at least for this race. Most of the top riders […]

Twilight Criterium – Momentary Lapse of Reason

Okay, so I’ve been doing speed-work and tapering my volume to see what I could do a national Pro/1/2 criterium. I don’t have an incredible sprint, but I have good leg speed and when I’m fit I can jump pretty well. Heather’s race was right before mine so I watched her race as I warmed […]

Gate City Grind Criterium

The criterium was today and my goal was to just hang with the pack. I’m still not in stage race form. Heather raced first and had a good race. There were some tactics involved so Heather would win overall and without any teammates she was at a disadvantage. But she pulled through and won the […]

Gate City Grind RR and TT

Last night we drove out to Pocatello, Idaho for the Gate City Grind Stage Race put on by Rob Van Kirk. We’ve known Rob since our Utah days. He’s a super nice guy and puts on a great race. In the morning we had a long road race. It was multiple laps of about a […]

Masters Nationals Road Race

Just the day after the Time Trial is the road race. Last year we had a rest day in between but not so this year. This put people who did the time trial at a disadvantage because racers only doing the road race were fresh. Knowing the course and reading about how the Elite races […]

Masters Nationals TT

For the second year in a row, the USCF Masters National Championships is in Utah. As I mentioned in my last post, the TT course is on Antelope Island. Today the weather was much nicer than yesterday during the pre-ride. There were tons of little bugs around the dirt/sand parking lot, but they didn’t seem […]

Tour of Eagle Road Race

The last stage of the Tour of Eagle is a road race course similar to the district’s course we’ve used in years past. The difference is that the climb is a bit longer and more rolling. I rode out and pre-rode the course earlier in the week so I would know what to expect. I […]

Tour of Eagle Circuit Race and TT

This morning we did 10 laps of the new Monument Ridge course. Since they paved this part of Can Ada road, it has become a popular place to host races on. Last year I did well at the Monument Ridge circuit race and then later at State Championships which finished on this hill. But with […]

Tour of Eagle

Last night was the Prologue of the Tour of Eagle. The race organizer created this crazy, technical course utilizing some walking pathways by the Riverwoods executive park (where the Hilton Garden Inn and Bardenay’s is located). The first half was technical, then it spilled out onto the major road that we rode down for 1/2 […]

Tour of Utah Mt Nebo RR

Today was the epic stage of the Tour of Utah. It was a 55-mile road race finishing with a 9-mile climb up the south side of the Mount Nebo scenic loop. The course originally was supposed to come up the north side, out of Payson, but the loop is still closed due to the snowpack […]

Tour of Utah 2nd Criterium

For Heather, this would be her second criterium of the Tour, but for me, it was the first. This course is a lot nicer than the one Heather did in Provo on Thursday night. It made use of the Thanksgiving Point parking lot for half the course, then made its way out to a couple […]

Tour of Utah Circuit Race

Today was the first stage of the Tour for me, and Heather’s 3rd. It was a circuit race starting at Thanksgiving Point, finishing up the 6-mile climb on South Mountain. My category did four circuits on a flat course nearby Thanksgiving Point. On two of the laps, they had points sprints. Then we would head […]

Road race for Heather’s Birthday

Today is Heather’s birthday as well as the second stage of her Tour of Utah. The women got to do a long road race without too much climbing to break things up. The course was similar to a Utah district road race course we did years ago. Since it was an out-and-back course, I didn’t […]

Tour of Utah – Heather’s Criterium

Today we drove down to our old stomping grounds in Utah. The Tour of Utah is a new race that, for the Elite riders, starts with a criterium in downtown Provo. Since my form is still lacking, I decided to race with the Masters 35+ instead of torturing myself in the Pro/1/2 field. So my […]

Eagle Hills Circuit Race

This is one of the races Lactic Acid Cycling puts on during the year. It is a short circuit with a hill that we do 20 times. I was there early in the morning to help sweep the course and make sure the roads are all clear of sand and debris. The good news this […]

Treasure Valley Omnium Criterium

Today was the final stage of the omnium. It rained for most of the other categories except for mine. If it was raining, I probably would have bailed, but since it dried up I figured I might as well give it a go. I warmed up for 40 minutes on the trainer and my legs […]