Well it’s been a great year of racing and preparing. I trained hard but not as hard as I could have. This racing season has seen me finish XC mountain bike race and then start my road cycling stage of life.
I raced with my son on July 4th at the Twin Sizzler (see most of the previous posts to read more) and I entered my first USA Cycling criterium. The Rubber City Meltdown in Akron, Ohio. Very intense for the first road race. I was dropped after my 2nd lap when I blew my chain off the big ring after making a turn around 3omph and starting a slight 3% climb…Not Good in a 1 mile loop…I was lapped and whistled out. I will most definitely do more road racing.
As for 2011 we have changed PureDirt to Pure121.org. This will now combine the XC mountain bike team PureDirt and the new (for 2011) Pure121 road cycling team. PureDirt will be taking on some new riders making it approximately 6 strong and the Pure121 will be USA Cycling licensed and looking like 5 to 6 riders strong.
This 2011 season will see a couple new sponsors come on board making our list look like: Aero Tech Design Cyclewear, Honey Stinger, Ibex Sports and Blimp City/Felt. Welcome to the Pure121 family.
I hope to see all of you out at the races and be blessed!!
