do it!

http://streetcredkc.blogspot.com/

alley cat race. $5. all weather/will not be cancelled. keg of tall grass. fuck, why not?

urban CX next saturday...urban crit saturday after that...last saturday in february is another alley cat...series and race winners/2nd/3rd/? gets some sweet prizes. plenty of mandatory peeps, PBR, and boone's farms hands too.

peace and riding!

way too busy...

grad school is time consuming. 12 hours feels like 30 undergrad hours. having to work 4 hours every morning at 8 am sucks ass too.

i haven't ripped singletrack since before the break and it's been 60* in january. that makes me sad. i literally just don't have time. still doing the commuting thing thankfully so at least riding a little.

go enjoy the weather for me.

peace and riding!!!

slowly but surely...

have been getting more time on the bike. nice weather has helped for sure.

strength is coming back nice. lungs are worthless, so not much change there. endurance is who knows. I feel like I could do 5 hours no prob, but not at any pace but my own.

need to find a road bike to borrow for this spring. road riding with the team and doing a few longer road races will get me back up to snuff pretty quick.

anyway, super busy working 20 hours/week and taking 12 hours of grad school. so expect updates to be sparse, especially since no raing is going on until STREET CRED!

peace and riding!!!

first ride since surgery...

and it wasn't even on a trainer or stationary. it was my girl that broke my leg, my carbon MTB. to/from roanoke park at granny light speed (took 20 minutes both ways..usually takes me a tad over ten).

leg felt great though. pedaling actually didn't hurt at all as long as I had low enough resistance (pu$$y gear). stuff that hurt the most was hoping curbs/potholes and track stands...anything putting pressure down through my leg, not horrible pain, just no strength.

felt so good to be back on a bike. so happy.

peace and riding!

KCCX dudes flying on the lawrence river trail...

damn i wanna go ride.

good news finally

no more crutches...no more boot...can start riding and other activity as I can handle it. Doc said it was "unbelievable" how good the range of motion was after 7 weeks.

trainer party anyone?

food and cycling...

britton's got some good thoughs...click me

i wrote an epic response to it. read it if you want. follow his blog. he's probably the most "real" semi-pro cyclist around the area. dude races at an open level in all disciplines (road, cx, mtb) and is a threat to podium any day. he's married, has two kids, both under three years old, owns two bike shops and is 26. nuts.

11 more days on crutches...

peace and riding!!!

revised 2012 tentative MTB schedule

Tentative UFD West Race Schedule

March 24 & 25 - God's Country Weekend @ Lawrence River Trail (Chris Locke)
April 8 - Team Colavita Mountain Bike Races @ TBA (Date Tentative, possibly move to summer) (Brett Shoffner)
May 5 and 6 - Kansas Fat Tire Festival @ Wilson Lake (Doug Chambers)
May 20 - Dirty Little Secret @ Fancy Creek State Park (Aaron Apel)
May 26 - Robidoux Roundup @ Krug Park (Randy Tracy)
September 9 - Tour de Lizard @ Camp Horizon (Bobby Smith)
September 30 - Rhett's Run @ Cosmo Park (Andy Schuette)

Tentative UFD East Race Schedule

March 25: (Sun) Mesa Lost Valley Luau (Mesa/Matt James) XC (Maybe even
push back into April? )
May 12: (Sat) Greensfelder (DRJ Racing/Bob Arnold) XC
May 20: (Sun) Broemmelsiek Challenge (Mitch Johnson) XC
June 17 (Sun) Leadbelt XC. St. Joe Park (Mark Grumke) XC
July Dirt Crits Castlewood (Every Thursday) Dirt Crits
July 14: (Sun) Castlewood (Big Shark/Pfoodman) XC
Aug 18: (Sun) Cyclewerx Crankfest. Cape Girardeau, MO (Cyclewerx/John
Dodd) XC
September 16 (Sun) Matson Hill - St. Charles (Walter Davis/Mike Barro -
Momentum) XC
September 30: (Sun) Rhetts Run (Andy Shuette/CBC) XC
October 5 (Sat): Cliff Cave Race - St. Louis (Rich Pierce/ICCC) XC

Tentative UFD Endurance Race Schedule
April 15 - BoneBender 3/6 hour @ Clinton Lake (Chris Locke)
June 2 - Dirty Kanza (Jim Cummings)
June 23 - Indian Camp Creek 3/6/12 hour (Todd Holtman)
September 8 - Sac River 6/12 hour (Jason Feagans)
October 13 - Burning at the Bluff @ Council Bluffs Lake (John Farinella)

*Looking to potentially add: OMBA Caramba/Springfield, Tour de Tick/Neosho, MO Single Speed Championships, Tall Oak Challenge, Knob Knoster, Warsaw, RIM, BT Epic, Melvern/Emporia*

boss cross #4

went and watched today...piss poor attendance. 85 total racers. pathetic KC!

it was a bad ass course in totally epic conditions. simultaneously wished i was racing and glad i wasn't. I think a lot of guys racing were wishing they weren't. Basically rained the entire day making the course slower and soupier. My crutches were actually getting stuck in the mud after awhile just spectating, it was pretty nasty.

get your ass out tomorrow. it's state. rain should be done it's looking like.

peace and riding!

2012 Tentative stuff...

Hosted a promoters meeting last night at my house. This is what we came up with:

Tentative UFD West & Endurance Race Schedule (from tonight's meeting)

March 24 & 25 - God's Country Weekend @ Lawrence River Trail (Chris Locke)
April 7 or 8 - Team Colavita Mountain Bike Races @ TBA (Date Tentative, possibly move to summer) (Brett Shoffner)
April 15 - BoneBender 3/6 hour @ Clinton Lake (Chris Locke)
May 5 and 6 - Kansas Fat Tire Festival @ Wilson Lake (Doug Chambers)
May 20 - Dirty Little Secret @ Fancy Creek State Park (Aaron Apel)
May 26 - Robidoux Roundup @ Krug Park (Randy Tracy)
June 2 - Dirty Kanza (Jim Cummings)
June 23 - Indian Camp Creek 3/6/12 hour (Todd Holtman)
September 8 - Sac River 6/12 hour (Jason Feagans)
September 9 - Tour de Lizard @ Camp Horizon (Bobby Smith)
September 30 - Rhett's Run @ Cosmo Park (Andy Schuette)
October 13 - Burning at the Bluff @ Council Bluffs Lake (John Farinella)

Looking to potentially add: OMBA Caramba/Springfield, Tour de Tick/Neosho, MO Single Speed Championships, Tall Oak Challenge, Knob Knoster, Warsaw, RIM, BT Epic, Melvern/Emporia.

Tentative UFD East (new 12-1)
March 25: (Sun) Mesa Lost Valley Luau (Mesa/Matt James) XC (Maybe even
push back into April? )
May 12: (Sat) Greensfelder (DRJ Racing/Bob Arnold) XC
May 20: (Sun) Broemmelsiek Challenge (Mitch Johnson) XC
June 17 (Sun) Leadbelt XC. St. Joe Park (Mark Grumke) XC
July Dirt Crits Castlewood (Every Thursday) Dirt Crits
July 14: (Sun) Castlewood (Big Shark/Pfoodman) XC
Aug 18: (Sun) Cyclewerx Crankfest. Cape Girardeau, MO (Cyclewerx/John
Dodd) XC
September 16 (Sun) Matson Hill - St. Charles (Walter Davis/Mike Barro -
Momentum) XC
September 30: (Sun) Rhetts Run (Andy Shuette/CBC) XC
October 5 (Sat): Cliff Cave Race - St. Louis (Rich Pierce/ICCC) XC

The big thing we all decided tonight is that promotion needs to be huge next year so we're going to start early and often.

Also looking to secure series sponsorships to start infusing some capital into the series to help promoters out with the initial costs as well as to help with end of year series awards. If you know of anyone or any company that might be interested in any way (cash, food, beer/beverages, swag, gift cards, whatever).

Definitely looking to cut down classes as well. G has full notes and will be sending them out soon.

peace and riding!!!