tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24509297726260059642024-03-13T15:04:44.406-07:00Twin Turbos should always Dojwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.comBlogger552125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-39665242161411538072010-09-12T22:09:00.000-07:002010-09-12T22:19:30.412-07:00first cyclocross race of the year1st Cyclocross race of the year. <br /><br />Mom, cyclocross is road bikes w/ big knobby tires that go offroad. Its generally crazy and fun. Its shorted to cx.<br /><br />Check this out: there were 150 starters in cat 3 cx today. It was insane. There were about 50, 50!, single speeders. The promoter came up to us and asked who should start first, geared or ss ers. The SSers were very loud and one of them yells out: "feats of strength!" So the promoter, whom I had met at his velo studio a couple weeks ago, asks me to compete. So I had to indian leg wrestle a SSer to determine who would start first. The SSer who piped up was 160 lbs and 5'5". We laid head to foot on the side of the road with everyone watching. Everyone was cheering and then everyone joined in on the countdown. 1,2,3! I crushed that kid, sent him tumbling through the ditch. Wasnt even close. I got the #1 callout! Front row start saved my race.<br /><br />I was 3rd into the hole shot and one dude overcooked a corner and smashed his head into a jeep grand cherokee. Awesome. I was wearing the Contour HD helmet cam and hope that I picked that part up. Hope to have it up on youtube soon.<br /><br />I was feeling cooked from my 70 mile ride yesterday and just had no pop. I wore the Cal kit and go many many GO BEARS hoots. It was tight. I ended up 12th ish on my tired wheels. Once I move to tubulars where I am not terrified that I am going to pinch flat, I'll be able to be more aggressive. Star crossed next saturday. <br /><br />One last thing, cross is really hard. YOu just suffer the entire time. Time to get on the rollers for some 2 mins on 2 mins off intervals. <br /><br />This is the start. I went into the woods at 3rd place<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TI2zW7oeZaI/AAAAAAAAHXg/RTcJKGdqvZA/s1600/cx+start.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TI2zW7oeZaI/AAAAAAAAHXg/RTcJKGdqvZA/s400/cx+start.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516262325144675746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TI2zX4QIuEI/AAAAAAAAHX4/_FNtZpPT3VE/s1600/cx+kilkline.jpg">Brad smiling too much for cx. He is a prior army and current ER doc.</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TI2zX4QIuEI/AAAAAAAAHX4/_FNtZpPT3VE/s1600/cx+kilkline.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TI2zX4QIuEI/AAAAAAAAHX4/_FNtZpPT3VE/s400/cx+kilkline.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516262341417154626" border="0" /></a><br />I closed this gap from about 10 seconds w/in the last 1/4 mile, but just couldnt close.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TI2zXilEucI/AAAAAAAAHXw/msGkF-Vj_ko/s1600/cx+finish.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TI2zXilEucI/AAAAAAAAHXw/msGkF-Vj_ko/s400/cx+finish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516262335599393218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TI2zXHszqMI/AAAAAAAAHXo/x_kS1I9QZes/s1600/cx+mud.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TI2zXHszqMI/AAAAAAAAHXo/x_kS1I9QZes/s400/cx+mud.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516262328384071874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TI2zWbjpxAI/AAAAAAAAHXY/DI7Lm43XWBM/s1600/cx.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TI2zWbjpxAI/AAAAAAAAHXY/DI7Lm43XWBM/s400/cx.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516262316534514690" border="0" /></a><br /><img src="file:///C:/Users/JWBender/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" />jwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-54796938011792031522010-09-12T09:22:00.000-07:002010-09-12T09:23:28.266-07:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TIz-gL5_5LI/AAAAAAAAHXQ/JewjNN6qdng/s1600/photo-708267.PNG"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TIz-gL5_5LI/AAAAAAAAHXQ/JewjNN6qdng/s320/photo-708267.PNG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516063472527336626" /></a></p>Very happy about this week's forecast here in Seattle. I dis one roller ride last week in preparation for cross. I got home late and it was already dark. I don't want to do too many more of those.jwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-64671373234919994002010-09-10T18:21:00.000-07:002010-09-10T18:22:46.387-07:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TIrZ5jRBYwI/AAAAAAAAHXA/bTfYyMJoV-w/s1600/photo+1-766388.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TIrZ5jRBYwI/AAAAAAAAHXA/bTfYyMJoV-w/s320/photo+1-766388.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515460276410999554" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TIrZ6KABdHI/AAAAAAAAHXI/X-a2oh6YDTQ/s1600/photo+2-768460.JPG"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TIrZ6KABdHI/AAAAAAAAHXI/X-a2oh6YDTQ/s320/photo+2-768460.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515460286808683634" /></a></p>Just a little stop at the Tesla dealer. Yes please!jwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-91371211267432588252010-09-03T08:38:00.001-07:002010-09-03T08:38:44.298-07:00Happy to have put in 90 mins on the cx bike this morning. Beautiful Seattle sunrisejwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-43337354991212257692010-08-30T07:24:00.001-07:002010-08-30T07:24:39.196-07:00Very happy to pick up 7th in the Pro1,2 race yesterdayjwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-22612666566193889522010-08-27T23:31:00.001-07:002010-08-27T23:31:37.617-07:00Rad night w Karen w and @kentnewman-so good to see u guys!jwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-21317897344527026462010-08-26T22:34:00.001-07:002010-08-26T22:34:36.662-07:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/THdObLDLyKI/AAAAAAAAHWM/c28LPJvgiKs/s1600/photo-776663.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/THdObLDLyKI/AAAAAAAAHWM/c28LPJvgiKs/s320/photo-776663.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509958897840670882" /></a></p>My new shoes are Vernice and carbon fiber! So freshjwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-77913246488680639052010-08-22T15:45:00.001-07:002010-08-22T15:45:45.843-07:00Just got a flat on my singlespeed. 2 mile walk homejwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-60943338077690900582010-08-21T19:58:00.001-07:002010-08-21T19:58:31.392-07:00Just walked to IMAX for inception. Living in a city is cooljwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-44705532322649038262010-08-21T13:18:00.001-07:002010-08-21T13:18:59.499-07:00Universal sports shows uci cross races with absolutely no commentary. Great fun to watch, but weirdjwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-21715126140703269752010-08-21T13:01:00.001-07:002010-08-21T13:01:21.599-07:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/THAwkjzAtbI/AAAAAAAAHWE/Q9WwXOyS_Ug/s1600/photo-781600.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/THAwkjzAtbI/AAAAAAAAHWE/Q9WwXOyS_Ug/s320/photo-781600.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507955748916737458" /></a></p>Colorful lunchjwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-41013595266536007482010-08-20T21:15:00.000-07:002010-08-20T21:18:06.033-07:00ebates just makes senseeveryone that knows me, sign up for ebates. Basically, if you shop online, this is a great way to get some cash back. Nordstrom, target, probikekit.com, and ebay, gap, and many more. click below and sign up. 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Awesome to be up early ridinjwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-70278822023736903052010-08-10T06:35:00.001-07:002010-08-10T06:35:59.614-07:00Up early trying to figure out a ride b 4 work skedjwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-55579512604552406142010-08-05T17:52:00.001-07:002010-08-05T17:52:41.488-07:00Riding the mono rail home from work. Beat that! Race in Seward park tonightjwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-77988615329348211122010-08-04T10:57:00.001-07:002010-08-04T10:57:19.826-07:00Anyone in Norfolk need a hard bike travel trico case? Hit me up. It'll be cheapjwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-35732170083202067222010-08-03T08:10:00.001-07:002010-08-03T08:10:57.075-07:00Kinda just found my way to work today. Some walking, some bus. 12 mins. Awesomejwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-8384278150816329822010-07-29T13:33:00.001-07:002010-07-29T13:33:46.458-07:00On my way to Canada ehh! to ride whistler bike park. Steve canada would be proudjwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-75810428265509823162010-07-28T19:27:00.001-07:002010-07-28T19:27:33.881-07:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TFDnFVaN2QI/AAAAAAAAHTI/WJbqDwMtT3g/s1600/photo-753882.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TFDnFVaN2QI/AAAAAAAAHTI/WJbqDwMtT3g/s320/photo-753882.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499149223851841794" /></a></p>This was the shower in my hotel room in Enmasse, France. Just outside <br>of Geneva, it took me about 35 minutes to drive into Geneva on the <br>crazy non-gridded roads. I don't know how anyone survives without a <br>gps in Europe. I managed by loading turn by turn directions into my <br>ipad. With no moving wifi connection, I had to make certain that I <br>didn't miss a turn or I would literally be off my caches map. <br>Needless to say, it was quite a challenge.<p>Plenty more blogging to comejwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-33154312912238498292010-07-26T15:37:00.001-07:002010-07-26T15:37:52.513-07:00Ok, maybe one last little trip to ride dirt at whistler. Anyone ever done that?jwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-69322100538453637122010-07-26T12:28:00.001-07:002010-07-26T12:28:20.685-07:00Just a little stop in oakland before my travels are complete for my post-MBA summer of lovejwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-90335145047266228052010-07-25T18:42:00.001-07:002010-07-25T18:42:10.885-07:00Just rode San diego's Noble Canyon. Amazing. Trying to live it up before I start work in 7 short daysjwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-72982134990010558792010-07-19T14:43:00.001-07:002010-07-19T14:43:16.627-07:00Feels good to be back in 'merica. Phily to seatac nowjwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450929772626005964.post-72007864839797691752010-07-14T00:37:00.000-07:002010-07-14T00:38:27.063-07:00<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TD1pc22YQYI/AAAAAAAADvg/5zPuioFwalc/s1600/photo-707064.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TD1pc22YQYI/AAAAAAAADvg/5zPuioFwalc/s320/photo-707064.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493663064942723458" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TD1pdCoFVUI/AAAAAAAADvo/0m_txXG8j98/s1600/photo+2-708610.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TD1pdCoFVUI/AAAAAAAADvo/0m_txXG8j98/s320/photo+2-708610.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493663068103988546" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TD1pdjM4DsI/AAAAAAAADvw/OMhnBYna4Mg/s1600/photo+3-710543.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TD1pdjM4DsI/AAAAAAAADvw/OMhnBYna4Mg/s320/photo+3-710543.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493663076848242370" /></a></p><p class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TD1pdxTkzBI/AAAAAAAADv4/7_TslYwxyQo/s1600/photo+4-711627.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qj8PxVeambA/TD1pdxTkzBI/AAAAAAAADv4/7_TslYwxyQo/s320/photo+4-711627.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493663080634436626" /></a></p>The coliseum at night. No big deal. Raquel's cousin (who only speaks <br>Spanish) and her boyfriend (who only speaks italien), picked me up and <br>drive us straight here. What an amazing experience.jwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13866101680711002253noreply@blogger.com0