EuroCrossCamp VII in the books.
As usual, I’m wasted.
This year, maybe moreso. Seems like we had more adversity than other years. Weather, mechanicals, crashes, logistical challenges etc.
To get us through, as always, I called on a few reliable sources of inspiration to rally the troops: books and heroes.
During one tough moment at a team meeting after [...]

Interesting to follow the Belgian media’s intrigue-bordering-on-pestering of Lars Boom’s decision to commit fully to the road. Just a few weekends ago (during the Nommay World Cup), they again put the same questions to him, seemingly clutching for some sort of miraculous reversal.
Lars is a gracious guy. He figures prominently in the book I’ve been [...]

EuroCrossCamp VII (2009-2010)
Juniors
• Chris Wallace             KCCX/Navigators Ins./Verge              Shawnee, KS
• Skyler Trujillo             Black Sheep Jr. Cycling                        Fort Collins, CO
• Jeff Bahnson              Thule/Van Dessel   [...]

Recently appointed to the UCI Cyclocross Commission, I made a quick trip to Euroland over the weekend to our first meeting in Nommay, France.  To be able to represent at the governing body level of the sport is an honor and I’m proud to do it to further the sport we all love. The meeting [...]

Good to see everyone in Vegas. Between teaching classes on Wednesday and Parents Open House on Thursday night, I got in 14 hours in Strip City. Bike show, meetings, the race.
Offering a hand to old friend Stu Thorne, quite by coincidence, I ended up fingering Jaime Driscoll’s spare in the pit for the duration of [...]

Was reading Gail Collins’s column in the International Herald Tribune today. She spoke of her sister-in-law who just got back from the Lollapalooza Concert in Chicago.  Her sister-in-law related that “at any point you could look around and 50 percent of the people were texting or reading a text.” Certainly the bike racing scene is [...]

Winter gives way to spring. Cyclocrossers take a break, then begin their spring campaigns on the road, trails, and track. Come summer, the form is there and the results follow.
That’s the scene I witnessed–with pride–this week (July 29-August 2, 2009) at the USA National Road Championships in Bend, OR. Being able to watch, witness, and [...]

Camp 6 is done and most of the camp riders are enroute back to the U.S. I’m beat but feeling good about the camp.
An incredible campaign with some super good results. Especially in the juniors. Yesterday in Sint Nikaas, watching Cody the Kaiser ride to 2nd, Gavin Mannion to 4th, and Eric tearing up to [...]

It is fascinating to see the array of machines all lined before a race.  Here’s where you see the bleeding edge of  ’Cross technology.  Cody Kaiser, Cal Giant Strawberries/Specialized, got to poking around the Team buses and found these prized steeds all blinged out and ready go for the race.  The pair of Colnago’s belong [...]

Just finished up the evening meeting with the guys. Everyone in good spirits. We’ve had some strong results and ample fresh experience thus far at Camp 6. Someone asked me in an email what we talk about at a team meeting. Here’s tonight’s agenda:
1. Tallying up which riders still need to pay their camp dues. [...]