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It's a lot easier to blog when you are busy going to races every weekend.  You at least have more going on that seems blog worthy.  Not that I haven't been doing anything.  I've actually really been enjoying my short break from racing.  Let me catch you up with what I've been doing. Nationals finished up a bit better than it started.  I managed to narrowly avoid Ryan Trebon taking himself, and a bunch of others, out at the start of the short track and was able to suffer my way to an 11th.  I spent the day after Nat...

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I got home from Colorado on Monday afternoon pretty tuckered out and ready for a relaxing 47 hours at home before heading to Europe. Lizzy and I went for a kayak paddle down the Deschutes River and I did a bit of sleeping before adult responsibilities commenced. At some point errands were run and things were looking good. Then I started getting text messages about a Barbecue at my place. Hmmm… Turns out Lizzy had planned a “Return to World Cup” party. Perfect. I could relax while grilling meat and shooting the breeze with a bu...

I guess it’s official - I am not very good at blogging....just noticed it’s been over 2 months since I had something to write here. I just get so distracted with, well, life! At least I’m on Twitter and Facebook - check me out there if you’re wondering what I’m up to and actually want to know on a more regular basis.... Let me try this - I’ll use this one as a "hello" to the world/recap and THEN try this regular update thing through the rest of the season at least (we'll see about this). The last 2 months hav...

hampéry, Switzerland (July 25, 2010) – The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup series began the second half of its season with a cross-country and downhill event in the Alpine resort town of Champéry, Switzerland.   Willow Koerber (Durango, Colo./Subaru-Trek) finished third in the women’s cross-country race, two minutes, 29 seconds behind winner Natalie Schneitter of Switzerland and 16 seconds behind second-place Eva Lechner of Italy. Koerber is now second overall in the UCI World Cup cross-country standings, 1...

I’m never racing a LeMans start, dusty singletrack Super D again. Or at least until I can run properly, which will be never. Other than that Nationals went pretty darn well for the Giant Team. We were all a bit tuckered out after the week of shredding in Downeiville and subsequent travel to Colorado for the biggest one-day Mountain Bike races of the year (or maybe the month, as World Champs are coming up…) but everyone came around and was feeling decent by the weekend. Sunny skies and warm temps at Sol Vista Bike Park complimented...

ranby, Colo. (July 18, 2010) – Competition wrapped up at the SolVista Bike Park on Sunday as twenty more national champions were crowned in short track cross country, Super D, and downhill racing. Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./Specialized) grabbed his second national title of the weekend in the pro men’s short track while Katie Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo./Planet Bike) powered to the win in the women’s race.   Todd Wells capped off a stellar weekend of racing with a second national title on...

Granby, Colo. (July 17, 2010) – The 2010 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships continued at the SolVista Bike Park at Granby Ranch on Saturday with the pro cross country and four-cross competitions taking center stage.  Georgia Gould (Fort Collins, Colo./Luna Pro Team) and Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./Specialized) dominated the pro cross country fields to take the wins on a hot and dusty course.  In the action-paced pro four-cross contests, it was Ross Milan (Arvada, Colo./Yeti-Cycles...

Granby, Colo. (July 16, 2010) – Fourteen Stars-and-Stripes jerseys were awarded at the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships on Friday as cross-country racing kicked off bright and early at the SolVista Bike Park. Following a heated day of endurance racing, the evening closed out on the four-cross course with the event’s first gravity contests.   The winners of the men’s and women’s U23 and junior 17-18 cross country events earned not only national titles, but also automatic nominations to represent...

Granby, Colo. (July 16, 2010) – Action got underway at the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships on Thursday as category 2 and 3 racers took to the cross country course at the SolVista Bike Park at Granby Ranch.   Twenty gold medals were awarded to riders in the category 2 and 3 non-national championship fields over the course of the day.   The category 3 racers were the first to line up for racing Thursday morning with each field covering one lap of the 8.44 mile course.   Dakota Pittman (Mount Airy, ...