Photos from the Hermann Ride

Best guess about 16 of us headed out for a 38 mile gravel ride in Hermann Sunday. Some had a more adventurous time than others. Some got lost, some had their butts kicked from the hills and some set a blistering pace. Good times!

Hermann Gravel this Sunday

Conditions in Columbia are not as good and they would like, so no ride there.

But we will hit the re-set button and ride in Hermann this Sunday.




Ride starts at 10am
38 miles
Roads will not be marked
95% gravel
Will have a map for all or print/download your own. Go here for map

Will start and end at Wings A Blazin 120 East 4th Street Hermann, MO 65041-1130
They are open on Sunday, get a bite to eat and drink there after the ride.

Updates will be posted here

Make a new plan Stan

It's that time again to start making plans for 2011. I've made some changes to the training plan to accommodate a longer cross season and put a focus on building a fitness base higher than what I did last year. I’ll also focus on improving my FTP if I can.

The plan is already in motion, only 227 days to go!


March
Lost Valley XC 3 hour

April
Hillsboro RR
Bone Bender XC 3 hour

May
Greensfelder 3 hour
Rhetts Run XC 3 hour
Indian Camp XC 3 hour

June
MO State CX 3 hour
Brommeisiek XC 3 hour

July
Dirt Crits
Showe Me State Games XC 40+

September
9/3 Tall Oak XC 6 hour team
9/11 Pride CX 1
9/17-18 Hermann CX Weekend
9/25 Pride CX 2

October
10/1-2 Boss Cross Weekend
10/9 Cross out Cancer
10/15-16 Bubba CX
10/22-23 Louisville CX Weekend
10/30-31 Bubba CX

November
11/6 Bubba CX
11/13 Bubba CX
11/20 Bubba CX
11/26-27 Jingle Cross

December
12/4 ?
12/11 MO State CX
12/18 ?

January
1/4-8 Nationals CX
1/14
1/21 Masters Worlds CX

Molly is into CX

Winter Roads

What an awesome winter day out riding. With 9 inches of snow that covered the ground a few days ago it was a world of white. More snow on the way tonight and into Sunday. Not sure if I'll get outside on Sunday or not, but would love to get on these gravel roads again.






Post ride meal.

Herman Gravel this Sunday

Ride is CANCELLED - snow on the way starting tonight through Sunday 6pm, 3 to 5", not good. Get out and ride today.

Go here for more info

Thats a Wrap

Will forgo the race in KC on Sunday, with that the 2010 cross season has come to a close. There are a few changes I plan to make for the 2011 season but for the most part what I did worked resulting in my best seasons so far.

Form, fatigue and fitness progress for 2010.

The coolest thing for me this year is that I took home two State Championship jerseys; MTB40+ and one Cross 40+.


Next up is Burly Joe Dirt Ride and making a training plan/ race schedule for 2011. There is lots of cool stuff going on this year.

It's not over yet:Epic Holiday Cross

Headed West to KC for the Epic Holiday CX race put on by Mark and his crew in Parkville. Cool little town, I'd been there many years ago before I got into cycling.

I knew the Men's Open field would be small, sure enough only 10 lined up for this one. Most hang up the bike after Nationals, I'm sure next year will be different with Nationals in early Jan and Masters Worlds a few weeks later.

Shadd Smith and Andrew Coe were there, these two were certain to set the pace and realistically runaway from the rest of us early on. Sure enough that's what they did.

With a not so aggressive start I found myself about 8th wheel during the first lap or two.




This guy, Shae Bergmann had gone clear of the group I was with dangling between us and Shadd/Andrew.



If I was going to catch Shea now was the time to do it, I moved to the front of my group and began to chase Shea down.

With each lap I would pull back a few seconds here and there and at the same time shake the riders behind me.

As we started lap 4 I caught Shea. I sat on his wheel for a few turns until he slid out just after the sand pit. I stood up and hammered it to open a gap which grew little by little until the end as I crossed the line in 3rd.

For me this race and the final cross race of the season on 1/9 in KC are more about finding out what changes I need to make in my training plan for next year. As mentioned Nationals and Masters Worlds are in Jan, keeping good form from September to Jan will require changes. But for now it sure felt good to be racing yesterday, man I love CX!