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Cruising Day 3 – Still at Sea

Early this morning, while looking out the window I saw dolphins! I woke Heather up to show her and we watched as the dolphins played

Set Sail

Today we set sail on a cruise of the Mexican Riviera. Heather has cruised before but I never have and didn’t know what to expect.

Track Racing

Well we’re back home from Elite Track Nationals and both feel a little post-race depression. Heather is doing the “should’ve, would’ve, could’ve” thing, regarding her

Track Nationals Team Pursuit

Our team name was the Underdogs. Shelly Olds started us off, I was 2nd, and Kele Murdin was 3rd. We had a good start lap.

Track Nationals Points Race

There were 22 of us who started. I started on the rail. We rolled out for the neutral lap and the race started. We were

Track Nationals Scratch Race

I warmed up on rollers for 20 min with a two pushes. There were 21 of us who started the 10 km scratch race. I

Track Nationals Pursuit

I warmed up on the track for 58 min. I did 2 x 500 m pushes with splits of 19.0, 18.8 (I had to get

Elite Track Nationals

We’re back in sunny southern California at the LA Velodrome, this time for USA Cycling’s Elite Track National Championships. I’m here to support Heather as

Scratch Race

We started with seven women; two from one team and two from another team. We started off pretty quickly. I was still hesitant about catching

Points Race

We started off with eight women; there were three from one team (Becky Quinn, Christen King, Neva Day) and Shelly Olds, Katherine Lundby, Catherine Fiedler,

Back on the Track

Heather and I went to Los Angeles this weekend for the SoCal/Nevada track championships. Heather’s getting back into track riding and will be riding at

Park City Reunion

This weekend Heather and I went down to Park City for an informal family reunion. We stayed at The Canyons and enjoyed some time at

Trip to Reno

I was feeling really fatigued after the Twilight so I decided to take two weeks completely off the bike. The timing worked out well as

Heather’s Criterium

It was raining and awful for the crit. I got a bad start and the first few laps had to keep closing gaps. I almost

Tour of Walla Walla – Criterium

Today I was on the sidelines rooting Hugo, Ted and Heather on while they raced. In a stage race you cannot start the next stage

Heather’s Waitsburg Road Race

There was a chance we would get rained on during the race. I wore arm and leg warmers and was glad I had them most

Heather’s Time Trial

This is a 6.8 mile TT. We started before a small climb this year. I was able to ride our TT bike. I tried to