After a few weeks off and a fractured finger, I competed last weekend in the carter road 6hour mtb race in which my doctor recomended that it was not a good idea to even be riding seeing that I had a soft cast half way up my forearm and really could'nt grip the bars that great. I ended up finishing in 6th place. Tuesday ended up getting cast off and finger feels ok. Today rode 4 hours at boyette, getting ready for the 12hours of santos. Hopefuuly Lewis will be there again this year demoing gt bikes. If you've never rode a marathon or zaskar you should try one. He usally has a good fleet of them. Hopefully the weather will will be good, this winter has been wet and cold. I know how can it be cold were in florida. january was coldest in history this year. Well back to the road bike this week logging in base miles. Until next time ride on.

Since my last post I've been doing my normal road riding during the week, and either doing mtb or cyclocross on the weekends. This month I've competed in two cross races, and ended up finishing 4th in both. I purchased the new gt cxi cross bike, it's the bomb. At the last race I had alot of people stop by and check it out. This weekend coming up is the state championships in Tallahasse. I will have pics and results posted next week. I have more pics that I will post on blog when I can get my wife to download them. Ride safe

October 11th we raced at alifia state park. The temps that day were in the low 90's. I rode to hard the day before on the cycle haus road ride, and ended up finishing 7th at the race. The following weekend we had a race in tallahassee at tom brown park. Temps for the start of our race which went off at 9:30 were 42 degrees, talk about going from one extreme to another. Another weekend with not a great finish, 9th place. In between races I've been road riding and started doing some cyclocross training, getting ready for a race on Nov. 8th. Time to cook some dinner then hit the rack.

Labor Day weekend we raced in the 8 hours of San Felasco in the two man category and finished in 3rd place. We were riding singlespeeds. Our competition were riding geared bikes, plus half my age. Sept.13 the florida state series started in gainesville. The pre ride on saturday was wet and muddy as it rained must of the day. The race on sunday the weather was sunny and very humid. I ended up finishing in 5th place. This past sunday we participated in 6 gap century in Georgia. I had a rough day in the saddle. My gearing for the 11,250ft. of climbing was wrong at 39x25. A compact up front with a 28 in the rear would have made a huge difference. I ended up bailing at the 70 mile mark. Our next florida state race is on oct.11 at alifia. Hope to have a great race, home course. RIDE ON.

Aug,13th-25th Race season is just around the corner, so the training for the last few weeks has been pretty intense. The group rides lately have been great with attacks start to finish. The off road rides have been great also, besides the rain. This past weekend we rode alifia and the conditions were good besides the erosion in a few areas. It made it a little more challenging. And then comes the rain. It took about 5 hours to log 23 miles in. Tonight at the Venice road ride we were able to dodge the rain and had a fast ride with a 23mph avg. I know it does'nt seem that fast but ther was a 15-20 breeze for most of the ride, hill training in Florida. 8hours of labor mtb race sept.5th. Teaming up with KH for a 2man team. Hope to have a great race. I will post results and should have some pics on next post. Ride hard ride fast.

It's been an interesting last couple of weeks with mtb rides along with road rides and intervals. It seems every time during the week when I went out on the mountain bike, during the ride it would pour buckets of rain. Still the riding was good due to being sand based. We have had some good saturday morning rides out of Cycle Haus, with lots of attacks and numerous sprints. The intervals and bridge repeats have been tough, although in the long run hopefully they will help me reach my goals for the season. This past sunday a few of us went to boyette for a mtb ride. It was a real hot day with a heat index of 102 degrees, never the less we went through 2 gallons each of water in the 50 miles we rode. Hopefully this weekend I won't forget my camera and take some pics. Tom our gt rep was in yesterday showing us some of the 2010 bike line. Hats off guys the bikes are eye catching with great color choices. Keep up the great work. Until next time ride hard ride fast and RIDE A GT.

Over the last 11 days I've increased my mileage and intensity, getting ready for our race season that begins the second week of September. Most of my riding has been on the road with some off road thrown in to stay up on my skills. For the next month my training gets to the point where it becomes painfull, but in the long run hopefully it will put me in the overall top 5 for the Florida State Championship. They say no pain no gain. My gt marathon pro I can't say enough about it. Anyone that my read this blog, if you don't have one you don't no what your missing. Try one out and you'll be hooked! Until next time ride on ride safe.