Serious blast from the past. Remnants of the old Caribou Mine Mountain Bike Race Series – the starting poles to hold the start banner. Brought back a lot of fun memories…setting up courses in thunderstorms, grassroots racing, the evening light… Continue reading

http://www.blogpoll.com/poll/view_Poll.php?type=java&poll_id=186805 What month do you think the first snowfall will hit the Colorado high country? Basically, when will you look up at the divide and see the white stuff. Vote now and think snow! Continue reading

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as… Continue reading

For a skier, July can be daunting. The air penetrates, and not in a chestnuts roasting, rosy cheeks sort of way. No, in July the air drives through your layers and leaves you a haggard, sweaty lump, not wanting to… Continue reading

I have not been writing on here a whole lot, I suppose because I've been busy living. Life has been quite the whirlwind of late – and not just of the athletic nature. Did some traveling across the pond to… Continue reading

60°, sunny, calm Conditions are slop outside so I'm waiting for things to dry out a bit before a little dirt road mountain bike ride. I'm not a huge fan of skiing when it's like this…snow sticks to skins and… Continue reading

TODAY: Slight chance of snow showers early in the morning… then a chance of rain and snow showers late in the morning. Snow and rain in the afternoon. Snow accumulation up to 3 inches. Highs 40 to 46. East winds… Continue reading

Fog banks in thick this morning. A May storm, with promises of deep snow, or perhaps nothing. A morning to ride. Or to run. I decide to run. The light tromp of the pace on the dirt, moist, cold, spring.… Continue reading

Coolness. It turns out my dog Stella is a mountain biking fiend. Took her on her first ever ride today – nothing huge…up to five points, down 12-valve, around the ML loops…and she did phenomenally. Falls in line behind me… Continue reading