In less than two weeks, nearly every­one rac­ing the Crusher will be ques­tion­ing or con­firm­ing a much antic­i­pated deci­sion. What is the per­fect steed for such a race? CX, MTB, Road? Other ques­tions that fac­tor in may pos­si­bly include: How will the race be played out? What is the ter­rain like? And the most important […]

Well, tomor­row begins one of those events I’m not entirely ready for. I don’t claim to be much of a run­ner but it is some­thing I find my self doing from time to time. Mainly from Fall-Spring. It’s great “off sea­son” train­ing and eas­ier to do when the weather is unfa­vor­able. Plus, the time commitment […]

From the time I began my warmup, about 45min before the start of the race, until I crossed the fin­ish line, I con­sumed three bot­tles, two gels and three blocks. Quick re-cap on today’s race: Started great. Went into the first sin­gle­track in fifth, just behind Alex and Bryson. Soon after, I noticed my front […]

Some of you are well aware of my ter­ri­ble sleep habits that have been per­fected over the past few years. Think­ing about it, it’s prob­a­bly been a good five years or more to dial in the art of stay­ing up way too late only to argue with the alarm clock every morn­ing. It’s become an […]

It’s called Strava. If you’re not famil­iar with it, I sug­gest you sign up. Over the past sea­son I’ve been using Strava, for more than just a map of where I ride. It’s way more. Strava com­bines all the data one could ever need to pro­duce a “tan­gi­ble” out­look on your train­ing or rac­ing. Every­thing from […]

Endurance nutri­tion is awe­some. For most of us there are a few items we really like to have in our back pocket dur­ing long rides and races. Items we’ve used in the past that have become a must have in our quest for sus­tained energy. Items that regard­less of nutri­tional value, help us get the […]

Since I began rac­ing bicy­cles I’ve always been on the look­out for nutri­tional tips, advice, new prod­ucts, old prod­ucts and even try­ing noth­ing at all. Well, with the excep­tion of water of course. Over the course of 17 years of rac­ing and train­ing, I’ve tried many dif­fer­ent prod­ucts. Many have been well received and have […]

Have you ever had any burn­ing ques­tions you’d love to ask the top ath­letes? Ever won­der what’s in their water, how they train or what keeps them on the top of their game? We’ve all been there from time to time and to tell you the truth, there really are no secret ingre­di­ents to making […]