Race Ready

Here I am on the start loop of my last race. I rode very patiently during the promenade loop, and then pulled a vicious attack on the first hill-climb section.....

I am riding full steam and head on into the thick of the race season. It just keeps getting better and better for me and my GT. At the previous event I competed in the announcer took a liking to my Carbon Marathon ride, and he went off on countless rants about how sweet the bike is and how cool GT is for putting together the Dirt Coalition team. This led to a pretty large crowd gathering around my team tent after the race to check out the GT Carbon Marathon for themselves. That announcer did a fine job in breaking down the truth about my dream ride Carbon Marathon.

Now it is time for me to go on a ride......

I must say that being a part of the GT Dirt Coalition team has kept me super motivated to race and keep my legs firing on all cylinders. My workouts have been solid and I am ready to race.

Next up for me is a very popular race in Napa. This event is one of the more epic races in Nor-Cal, and I will be there on the start line ready to throw down.

OH YEAH!

The GT Dirt Coalition burn crew putting some pain to the legs....

My riding has been going off, in a positive way, now that I have some free time away from work for the summer. It has been XC riding on the Zaskar on trails that grind up to 7000 ft elevation. Other rides have been on the Road bike, where my legs are coming back to life. I have events lined up this month and next and I hope to keep on steppin' it up!

And of the course the BMX action is still firing on full force for me. It seems my BMX speed keeps rising the more I train on the Zaskar in the dirt.

The weather is so sweet in my neck of the woods now. Perfect temperature to train early and then in the afternoon when the heat is on I go jump in my river behind my Estate.

Thanks to GT and the Dirt Coalition for the Zaskar~ Each day now my riding is dream-like and I am so thankful to be living the dream~

Summer Heat

It was a sweet feeling to cross the finish line- then go straight to the Keg and suck on some fine Ale......
I took the "hole shot" on the group and led my GT Dirt Coalition team mate Keith DeFiebre for 1/2 a mile of pavement into a head wind and then on to the single track....

The GT Marathon is RAD! This bike is Awesome!!!

Summer is here and the heat is on! GT Dirt Coalition was firing off some rounds last weekend at the Central Cyclocross X-C series Final. There was a large turnout for this very popular Central Cal mtb series. Keith Defiebre and I were representing G.T. D.C. extra proud with photographers flown in from WA. to snap some shots for the 2010 GT catalog. Our plan was to "hole shot" the Expert field from the pavement roll out out onto the opening dirt section. We did just that! The real battle at that point was between long-time friend Keith and I for the coveted lead position, as that may be the shot they use for the cover! You never know...

As the 'shoot' was for next years catalog, naturally we had to be on 2010 equipment. I was on the fully X.T.R. equipped Marathon and Keith on the new Zaskar. These bikes garnered tons of attention and conversation. After all, they have never seen before. Interestingly, I began to miss my personal bike (2009 Zaskar) before the weekend was through..

Keith placed 3rd just behind former Olympian and National Cyclocross Champ Don Myrah, while I cooked my jets a little too hot going for that "hole shot" and brought her home a bit off the pace.

It was definitely a good weekend. Spoke to a lot of people interested in the bikes and I'm sure that GT was well represented. As I'm a heat specialist, I look forward to the steep, tail wind, goat trails to come this summer. Yeah, they hurt but I never give in!!