I met Andy Minier for a 9am winter ride today. It just snowed 6 inches the nigth before. But we got lucky- they plowed the Greenway and many streets over night....
I am submitting a proposal to the Bloomington city council to create a massive bike path LOOP. I gave 3 city council members an email proposal for an oppportunity to lobby this...
I finally made it over to my good friends apt last weekend to play some chess and hang out. Jeremy Walker is one of the cities premiere jazz historians and musicians. We became...
The week was a typical November: shorter rides outside and not too much enthusiasm. The highlite was yesterday with the annual Dan Swanson Turkey Ride. This is only my second...
I found this SWEET picture of me from SKINNY SKI. Not really though. I know I finished near the back of the race, (in fact I was lapped twice by Doug), but there were 270+...
Farm subsidies were down last week, so I decided to go Traverse City for the Iceman. This is a great race that starts in Kalkaska and ends near Traverse City Mi. It’s a point...
Entering Sundays race i was 0 for 1. I didnt beat Jim Cullen the day before and so it put pressure on sundays race to at least get a bit of redemption. It wasnt to be either. It...
Well, going into the race and not having practiced a single barrier all year long, I didnt expect much. My fitness is ok but its the hard starts and continued effort a cross...
This was my first major race of my life. This was the one that got me hooked into biking and racing. I was living with my brother Dave in Holland MI and working at a...
This past weekend my good friend Paul and I set out to canoe, most, if not all, of the Cannon River. Something we have been trying to do for a while. It can be done in a weekend...
Sort of an uneventful week this past week. I havent dont a cross race yet and will probably skip todays as well...in Rockford. Bad back. Its horrible. Cant seem to get it...
I was able to ride to work a couple days this week.(M and TH) And with the sun setting sooner, I still try and squeeze in a good high intensity ride after work for an hour and a...
Headed up to St Cloud for the last MNSCS race of the year. Next to the State Pen! Never raced this course before but its pretty much all single track. I do like single track...
Im taking a biology class at the U this semester. It’s the only class I could get into on such a short notice. But want to eventually find work in an area that I really care...
It didnt come together for me this year. And there really wasnt a hint of a bad race leading up to it. I had a good few days before the race of relaxing(Thanks LP) and some...
Saturday morning is the coolest race of the year. The annual Chequamagon Fat Tire race. A 40 mile point to point mtn bike race that starts in Hayward and ends in Cable....
Its been about a week since my last blog. And with Chequamagon next weekend, I should say something. First of all, I reconnected with an old friend which made my month. It was...
Hey there- No, I didnt make it to Dakota 50 nor the Maplelap races. I am kind of bummed. I biked to work last week a bunch of times and headed into the weekend with the St Fair...
Congratulations to some friends who raced at 24 Hrs of Afton…Jeff Weyruns, Ed Alpasa, Adam Staufenberg and Chia Kung. There team was TwinSix. FIRST in the Veterans group....
Sunday was a casual ride out west. Wanted to do a century(100), but with the wind, only managed 80 or so. Made it west of Maple Plain and back. Meditated at lake calhoun...
Today was the Mn State road race. One of the big ones on the Mn circuit. It happens to be the last big race of the year for road. Our TEAM was a little slim on numbers but not...
Came home from work, took a short nap and then headed out for the urban loop. Uptown, st louis park, hopkins and minnetonka area...using the Greenway. No rain. Getting pumped...
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