Nay friends, this is not the balance of my checking account, my net worth, nor how I feel, but rather what I have just completed. As in a “Grandy.” No doubt some of you quick-witted passers by will be quick to point out the impossibility of this statement, as the last “Grandy” of 2010 concluded [...]

Sorry, but I just couldn’t resist the play on words. In addition to paying homage to my home-state of California, using the phrase “Gila good…” is perhaps the only way that a person could describe last week’s SRAM Tour of The Gila without using the word “Epic.” Unfortunately, I am not a “NorCal Dudebro,” and [...]

Yessiree that is the name of the game. As professional athletes, we often play a lot of games. Some games are mental – such as the famous “Look” which Lance Armstrong gave to Jan Ullrich before dropping him for good during the Tour de France. Some games are physical – such as Cube Runneron my [...]

From outer space…  Ah-nah-nuh-nah… Alright, so I am not actually going to write (sing) out the rest of that song.  And for 2 very simple reasons.  First and foremost, I don’t know the rest of the words.  Secondly, if I were to sing out-loud to myself, trying to remember the words, the other occupants of [...]

Having some time away from structured training and daily rides doesn’t equate to spending all of my days on the couch sucking down one coffee after another.  Of course I have spent some quality time on the couch, and have enjoyed several quality cups of brew; but I am also enjoying having the opportunity to [...]

Back from the crazy circus that surrounds, and is, Interbike, I am finally getting around to taking some time off.  Yes, you read that last sentence correctly, it does say time off.  I will wait right here while you clean up the coffee which you just spit out, and which is now dripping down the [...]

For the most part, the last few weeks of craziness that is Belgian Kermesse racing has been good to me.  I wouldn’t go so far as to say the results and performances have been outstanding, but going full distance in several events, while posting a handful of top 20’s has at least provided a little [...]

Since finishing the Vuelta A Ciclista Palencia on high note, with Daniel Holoway taking the final stage win, I have been riding in First Class on the recovery bus.  You might say, “Rollin’ like a big shot…” on the recovery bus.  Halfway through Palencia, the UCI sent some vampires to suck 2 vials of blood [...]

Today was the first Stage in La Vuelta A Palencia.  Tonight, and for several to come, we are staying in the Hotel Valentin. For a bit of irony, I attended Valentine Elementary School from Kindergarden through 3rd Grade.  As my mom was dropping me off for my first day of Kindergarden, I turned to her [...]

Despite what the title of this post might lead you to believe, I am gearing up for my second European stage race in as many weeks.  After last week’s hectic arrival into Belgium, and briefly getting settled into the USA Cycling National Development Team’s House located in Izegem, Belgium, I am back on the road. [...]

To say I have arrived in “the land of milk and honey” would be a figuratively accurate statement, however, quite literally, I am long way from THE “land of milk and honey.”  The phrase “a land flowing with milk and honey” literally refers to Israel (modern-day Palestine), yet many English authors have picked up on [...]

These last couple weeks in Bend have been HOT.  With the temperatures regularly reaching into the upper 30’s (Celsius) and nary a cloud in the sky, everyone has been fighting the heat in their own way.  From soaking in the river, to ice-baths, and everything else imaginable, the hottest summer weeks have been filled with [...]