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The New and Improved NC Climbs
The winter project was to clean up the Climbs sections. Many of the pages had grown uncontrollably, had become unwieldy, and made the information disorganized. The NC Climbs page was the worst...
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Green Light to Ride ..
After ditching my cane just a couple weeks ago, and expecting surgery a week ago, the last thing I expected was some positive news. To my surprise, over the last two weeks I have improved...
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A Hopeful New Schedule
Now that I am healing and have a good chance at participating in some summer and fall rides, I have given a look to my schedule. To my surprise, I had a lot of events that I will almost certainly...
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My (Not So) Grand Return
After getting the green light from my doctor, I waited for the right moment to return to the saddle. At first I had planned to come back this past weekend, but a cold spell changed those plans. For...
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Return of the Group Ride
Daylight Savings Time might as well be a national holiday for cyclists. With that extra hour of daylight, we can finally get back to our weekday road rides. With that daylight comes exercise,...
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How Steep is Too Steep?
Earlier this week, the Tirreno-Adriatico (“Race of Two Seas”) buzzed around blogosphere and social media because of a brutal 6th stage. There were a number of stories, some of them inspiring (link to...
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Mitchell or Bust?
My singular goal for this early spring season was to conquer the Assault on Mount Mitchell. My hope was to reach a time goal of 6:30, which would beat my personal best from last year by 37 minutes. The...
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Guest Appearances
Thanks to the injury, I’ve had a lot of free time over the last several months. As much as I enjoy sitting around and watching TV, I’ve needed another outlet for my pent up creative juices. Rather than...
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The Good News Continues
Today was my first time seeing the sports med doctor in two months. He had been out of the country for my last visit, so I saw the PA. The news was encouraging. After talking to me about my symptoms...
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Fueling Choices for a Big Ride
On one of my early centuries, I mistakenly thought I could get away with having a big lunch midway through the ride, and nothing else. That was a learning experience. When I hit mile 95, I lost every...
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Start Me Up
150 miles. 10 hours. 6,000 feet of climbing. That was my March. It may not sound like much compared to the last couple years, but after what I’ve been through this off-season, I’ll take it. The rides...
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Swamp Rabbit Trail, Greenville, SC
With a couple free days in the upstate, I needed a ride that would be interesting, and not so strenuous that it would impact my injury. Day one was washed out completely, leaving Friday as my only...
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Time for Me to Climb
Probably the best piece of advice about my injury came from a friend who had recovered from several . He said that during the downtime, it’ll feel like you are going to be injured forever, that there’s...
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Assault on the Carolinas, 2013, Brevard, NC
After rolling through the outskirts of Brevard, we descended into a flat valley. There was a large farm on the left, a few cows scattered about, with lush green grass nearly as far as the eye could...
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Close to Home
Words cannot express the tragedy of the events at yesterday’s Boston Marathon. Given my recent injury history, I probably will not be running any marathons anytime soon, but I have many friends who are...
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From the Hip to the Rib
I was going to blog today about the Assault on the Carolinas, including sharing a video and some other goodies from the ride. That’ll have to come later, as today I was surprised by yet another injury....
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Assault on the Carolinas, Redux
We arrived in Brevard Friday for our 4-day weekend. Two cabins, 21 total people, and overflowing dishes of food. It was a cyclist’s paradise. The weather looked to be gorgeous for Saturday, very...
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Jump Off Rock
When I woke up Sunday morning, my hip and especially my back were a little sore. The prior day of riding had taken it’s toll. My first inclination was to rest. After taking my anti-inflammatory and...
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Lake Serenity
First off, thanks to Neil Turner and Dave Proctor for organizing such an event. Thanks to all of my housemates for spoiling the living daylights out of me. I had been struggling with my rib and hip...
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Return to the Century
It’s hard to believe that this Saturday will be my first century of the year. Last year I had already ridden 5 centuries by this point, and numerous other difficult climbing rides. My last century was...
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