I started this debate on Twitter yesterday and I can’t help but open it up here. Cyclocross Nationals is in Wisconsin this year. In January. Yes, you read that right – Wisconsin in January. (Average low temperature in January? 8 degrees. Average snowfall 10.1 inches.) I’m into epic awesome hard shit and everything, but damn [...]
Continue ReadingI Tore Something Important in my Knee
These are my truths as I have to accept them right now: I tore something important in my knee. I won’t be racing Alpenrose. I might not be racing for a while. I’ll definitely be getting surgery either in the next few weeks or at the end of the season. It happened quietly in the [...]
Continue ReadingWho Invited the Clock Cleaner?
I fell off my bike. And not in the normal cyclocross way like what happened last year at Hood River where you pop up right away and everything is cool – closer to the big, mean scary way that happened last year on the road. This shit happens, this is what we do. It’s normal. [...]
Continue ReadingCyclocross Basics: Race Day Nutrition
Here’s another frequently asked cyclocross question: What the heck do I eat on race day and when do I eat it? This is something that you have to play with a little to find out what works for your specific body, but there are a few general guidelines that will help: Your last full meal [...]
Continue ReadingGet Some Skillz: Cyclocross Basics
It’s that time of year and I’m getting lots of questions about how to train and prepare for cyclocross. Training is a whole can of worms I’m probably not really qualified to go into, but it can be pretty simple if you let it. Here it is… wait for it… Go hard on Wednesdays. Yep, [...]
Continue ReadingKermesse Does Not Equal Cyclocross…
… but it does equal awesome. Kruger’s Farm is a hoe-down worthy wonderland complete with corn on the cob, big sodium rockets and a whole passel of fresh farm produce waiting to jump in your basket. It’s the type of place where you can snuggle up under some impossibly idyllic tree and get down with [...]
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