Morbihan
The stage definitely didn’t go as well as I hoped. I started the race just covering a few moves, but mainly just tried to sit near the front as much as I could to conserve energy for the final 7 km circuits. An early break went about 20 km into the 110 km race.
About 50 km into...
European Podiums
We got the same placings today. In the kermesse today we completely dominated and took home first, second, third, and sixth. The course was about 8 kilometers long with completely flat on skinny roads in the middle of wide open farm fields. The race itself was 98 kilometers (13 laps) and had a...
Faith in a program
At day two of the Matrix Challenge, held this past Sunday in Dallas, I had my best race of the season so far. During the few of weeks training leading up to the race I finished 11th out of a 14 man field at the Eagles Canyon Raceway. I did two of five intended micro-intervals on Emma Long in C...
Champion's Triathlon
My build was great leading up to Champion’s and I had put in some monster sessions that had me very confident in brining home more cash then I did. You have good days and you have bad days. I was not on yesterday and two better men took top honors. Congrats to Andrew Yoder and Brandon Ma...
NEW BIKE
Pic of my new ride after being retuled by Dave Wenger.
Garbage in garbage out
Its been too long since i posted, which is quite representative of the past couple of months. I’ve been a little distracted and haven’t been hitting my workouts as consistently as i should.
This weekend was my first race of the year, i knew i was lacking a little fitness ...
Lavaman 09
I was STILL in Hawaii for the 09 edition of the Lavaman triathlon. I really had no interest in doing the race and defending my title, as I lacked serious motivation to really get back into training. Workouts were very relaxed up until Saturday a week before the race s...
Here comes the pain
Racing this weekend and the pain begins tomorrow with a difficult tempo run. I hope to race well this weekend so my motivation remains high all the way up to Wilflower. I need this motivation because I’ve just sceen the entire schedule leading up to WF. I thought I worked hard last year&...
If Ironman was easy, everyone would be pro
I had a great build leading up to Ironman New Zealand, and in all honesty, I thought I was going to be on the podium. Unfortunately, Ironman is not that easy and I received some humble pie on race day. Came out of the swim with the lead group of 6 and felt great! As I ran towards
I arrived in New Zealand Sunday morning and no longer then 20 minutes after arriving at Cameron Brown’s place, I was egged on by Cameron and his good buddy, Janni, to joing them on the long run. I did not want to appear soft, so off I went! My run was only 9 miles. After getting lost and...
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Change is good...
Always difficult to change! After countless years of racing at the elite level of cycling (Road, Cross, Mountain Bike) I am embarking on a new chapter. I have decided to take on a major change in cycling. I am being coached/trained for the first time ever. I have been fortunate enough to be fe...
When to test?
After just testing on the weekend i thought it interesting that a friend of mine thought it strange that i would test with Source when i am not anywhere near my peak fitness. I have taken a couple of months easy after the birth of my baby girl and am just about to start back in with some consi...
Pace Bend - preparation and teamwork prevail
Last time I bared my sporting soul here, training was a real challenge. Not only finding the time to hit my workouts but making them really count. For the first time ever I was actually ‘injured’ after returning to the bike in late November. Sharp pain ran from my glute down the ba...
Warming the Bench
I don’t know a single pro cyclist that hasn’t dealt with an injury at some point in their career. The rigors of training and racing make injury almost inevitable for elite cyclists. After 10 years of racing I have finally punched my ticket. In November I started to have some minor...
AT&T Half Marathon
1.23.00, 3 minute PR, 2nd age group, 20th overall.
After 7 weeks with a new born coach Derick did the impossible as always and worked with me to make the most of what little time I had. At 200 pounds, 3hrs sleep, on a hilly and windy course i will take it.
Derick and I both...
Elephants, Gazelles and the Greenbelt
Last night i had this dream about two gazelles running along talking with each other. They bounced along ever so easily, like their feet never touched the ground. Behind them was a charging elephant, big and clumsy. It was night time and the clumsy big elephant was braking branches and crushin...
Back in TX
I’m back in the wonderful town of Wichita Falls, TX after a nice, long vacation from my adopted North Texas hometown. Some of you may have been to Wichita Falls a few times to race in the Hotter n’ Hell Hundred crit and road race. Other than that, you’re probably not planning...
kona update
Posted some pics of my Hawaiian training grounds on my blog.
one week in
Well, I had some cool pictures to download, but my old man took the camera with him to work so you will have to wait another day fro Hawaii pictures.
I have not been very keen on days begining with the letter T and I have only been here for a week! Tuesday had me doing some hard Zone...
Seeing green!!
Finally after all the chaos of the arrival of my little girl into the world i can now start to look at my training calendar and see a string of GREEN!
Its nice to start getting some consistency back into training. I’m getting excited about this year mo...
Arrived
Arrived into Kona yesterday afternoon and have already settled in. I was really looking forward to seeing Lance, as he has been training on the big island. He left the same day I arrived. Off for a 20 mile run. Will be posting lots of pics and reports from the BI.
-JC
Scratch-made athlete
Maybe your holidays were an exercise in slothfulness and gluttony. Maybe you missed a few days from the bike because of inclement weather. Likely though you didn’t miss a full three-plus weeks hanging out on the coast of Nicaragua almost half a continent away from bikes or routines, as I...
HAWAII-NEW ZEALAND
After lots of extra hours at work and more private training sessions, I have accumulated enough money to head to Hawaii to do the bulk of my Ironman New Zealand build. I lived on the Big Island for four years before heading over to Texas. The Big Island for me, has a magaical feel to it, and I...
California
Hi Readers. I hope you all had a great holiday season. I’m currently in sunny Orange County, CA with family. I was able to escape the -20 degree weather back in Omaha and trade it for sunshine and rides along the beach. The beach paths are pretty wide open this time of year so it’s...
Life comes at you fast!!
The last 8 days have been something of an amazing roller coaster ride. In summary: 23rd dec, my beautiful baby girl Zoe enters the world, healthy and happy. 24th dec, Zoe is starflighted to the NICU in Temple Texas with a declining respiratory system. 25th dec, app...
Back in the swing...................nearly!
After a really successful season under the guidance of coach D its been nice to take some down time and not think about training for a little while. I think we all operate differently during the offseason. For me, i need to be “normal” for a little while. But it doesn’t take...
Another Semester Down
Greetings Readers, There hasn’t been much going on since my last post as far as cycling goes, but on the school side of things I have some good news to report…I finished my 4th semester at MSU! After 3 days of final exams I can finally breathe a sigh of re...
Do as I say, not as I do
Well, I’m back into training after a disastrous so called “off-season break.” My off-season officially began on Oct 7 after a horrible showing at the US open in Dallas. Two days after the race one of my sponsors, K-Swiss, flew me out to Hawaii for the Ironman World Championships. I wasn’t ther...
My favorite time of the year
Yeah, I think that to myself many times throughout the course of the year. I mean it now though. After an ‘exciting’ Tour de Gruene, that being the best term I can describe getting caught by Champ at three minutes behind, I took about two weeks off to rest. Rest for me is more a st...