Wow, so much has happened in the last couple weeks. First and foremost I need to thank my sponsors - Dan Fulham and his team at Long Trail Brewing and Otter Creek Brewing - for an awesome racing season. Last weekend, Otter Creek supplied me and my friends with two free kegs of beer to celebrate my top ten finishes at the Tour de Gila and my racing license upgrade.
The Tour de Gila is a four-day tour in Silver City, New Mexico. The final stage has been called the hardest stage of racing in North America. My race on the fourth day was a
three and a half hour slog that crossed the continental divide twice
in the last 20 miles. Out of 81 riders, I took 9th in the first road
race (62 miles), 30th in the time trial (17 miles), 21st in the
criterium race with a second place in the sprint (17 miles), and 6th
place in the last road race (72 miles). I took 12th overall for the
general category.
I want to thank my dad who flew out to Silver City to support me. Dad snuck out one night and painted my name on the final climbs of the fourth stage. I'm immortalized in latex paint now - I'm sure the locals love this... Check out the photo above.
Lance Armstrong and much of Team Radio Shack were racing in the Pro
category as was the world time trial champion, David Zabriskie.
Everyone raced the same time trial course, so I got to compare my
results to Lance and the big boys. My time trial lasted 45 minutes,
Lance's was just over 35 (and he wasn't even the fastest...)
The Tour De Gila is most likely my last cycling race, and now I turn
my attention to the Death Race, which is slated for June 26 in
Vermont. I'll be heading up to Vail to chop down and haul beetle
killed trees through the woods at high elevation on my family's land.
Also planning to severely ratchet up the volume of running and upper
body work. Just bought some new GORE-TEX trail running shoes, which
I'm hoping to take all through the Vail Valley.
The Tour de Gila is a four-day tour in Silver City, New Mexico. The final stage has been called the hardest stage of racing in North America. My race on the fourth day was a
three and a half hour slog that crossed the continental divide twice
in the last 20 miles. Out of 81 riders, I took 9th in the first road
race (62 miles), 30th in the time trial (17 miles), 21st in the
criterium race with a second place in the sprint (17 miles), and 6th
place in the last road race (72 miles). I took 12th overall for the
general category.
I want to thank my dad who flew out to Silver City to support me. Dad snuck out one night and painted my name on the final climbs of the fourth stage. I'm immortalized in latex paint now - I'm sure the locals love this... Check out the photo above.
Lance Armstrong and much of Team Radio Shack were racing in the Pro
category as was the world time trial champion, David Zabriskie.
Everyone raced the same time trial course, so I got to compare my
results to Lance and the big boys. My time trial lasted 45 minutes,
Lance's was just over 35 (and he wasn't even the fastest...)
The Tour De Gila is most likely my last cycling race, and now I turn
my attention to the Death Race, which is slated for June 26 in
Vermont. I'll be heading up to Vail to chop down and haul beetle
killed trees through the woods at high elevation on my family's land.
Also planning to severely ratchet up the volume of running and upper
body work. Just bought some new GORE-TEX trail running shoes, which
I'm hoping to take all through the Vail Valley.
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