This is the time of the Cobbled Classics, so what better way to kick off the race season than with the Front Range’s own version, Boulder-Roubaix? One 18.7-mile lap consisted of 60% dirt/40% paved roads; the 35+ Open race would complete 3 laps. The profile isn’t too challenging. What makes the race difficult is the [...]
I’m the type of guy that likes crossing things off a to-do list. So achieving one of my main goals for the season and doing it at the first race of the season makes the pen going across the paper that much more enjoyable. The first race of the season for me was the Valley [...]
There’s nothing like going “pro” for a week and a half. Long ago in the cyclocross season, I committed to racing both the cyclocross National Championships in Madison, Wisc. and Masters World Championships (for the first time they were being held outside of Europe, in Louisville, Kentucky). And I think I did a good job [...]
Course 66 miles, ~5500 of climbing with a Cat 1 climb from mile 8 to mile 19 and several rollers of doom (2 cat 5s) in the last 20 miles. Weather: Low 70s to start, high 80s to finish The race started off calmly, with a lap around the crit course in downtown Fort Collins. [...]
This eight corner one mile criterium was my last race of the 2011 season. This year has been much different and I’ve been racing primarily in the 45+ ranks and enjoying bringing along my wife Pam and son Ben to many of the races. The week before at Saul Raisin I was fortunate enough to [...]
Q. You just raced the Morgul Bismark course recently. When was the last time you raced on that course? A. 28 years ago in 1983. It was stage 10 of the Red Zinger Mini Classic. The race was 11 stages, 10 days and covered about 400+ miles of racing. I don’t think there are NRC [...]