This is a special post that was requested by a young rider who has great blog that reaches out to various riders for unique posts. Read her blog HERE.
The question is what is it about the Omnium that makes in unique in cycling from other events and how do you manage those challenges.
For me [...]
Again the racing had me go through some highs and lows. the difference this time is I got pretty worked up about it. For anyone who was following the racing they would have seen that I yet again had an early exit from the Elimination. Usually I am disappointed. Usually I [...]
I crossed a threshold some where here int the last 6 months…or 3 months….or 3 weeks. I am not really sure when. As you approach the Olympics you tend to take this graceful departure from reality. Everything around you fades into the background and at a certain point you stop making decision [...]
Every year I have spent time in Vancouver in the winter wondering if it is really worth it to go down south for the winter as so many riders do to find that form. I have always thought “i can tough it out here in the rain. I can get the work done [...]
It seems like there is a lot of juggling. This sport and particularly the omnium seems like more of an exercise in logistical planning then sport preparation. With all the systems you need to train and all the venues you need to train them it is a wonder I can maintain a [...]
I am trying to be more of a blogger. I really am. Things just go so fast. It is still months from the games and things are already starting to move fast. I have moved out to California to be closer to both good road riding and the track at the [...]
The end of our Euro August tour finally finished on some flats. It was great to find that form that had been building up of the course of a month. The difference between racing at the beginning of the trip and at the end was like night and day. The team started [...]
That was 4 days of hurt locker…I mean there was some times at a nice easy tempo in this race. However you were almost always going up or going down. Never for TOO long but long enough to notice. As a team there are some positives to a race like this. [...]
The end of today marked the halfway point of our first tour back in Europe and I think the opening two days saw us do some promising things as a team. We where at the very least competitive in the prologue. I would say most, if not all of us where a little [...]
August 1 and the rest of the pro world goes back to racing bikes. With the lull of racing that can happen for so many pro riders during the TDF August brings an interesting time. It is a time of transfers and talks for some riders. A time for rest for [...]
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