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(click photo to view gallery) The photo above is the 2008 course in 3D. Not a flat course! :') This was my first time racing the Shasta Lemurian. Yes, yes, yes I know... you are thinking WTF??? The first time??? I'm not sure why it's taken me so long to actually attend the event. But I'm hooked. You would think though, after I was eaten up by the course, that I wouldn't want to race it again. Here's a course

Ok, here's my painful race report. Nothing to write home about :') I did the Bariani road race just north of Winters. First RR of the season and it cooked me. Well, I cooked myself actually. It was cold and windy (25mph steady gusts). Got there a little late for a warm-up and only had about 5 minutes to get the blood flowing. I've done this race before and knew that it would be important to be ready for the

HelmetCam video of the Masters 45+ A and B men cyclocross race as they battle the mud (not!), rain (not!), clouds (not!), and lizards (yes!) at the second race of the Pilarcitos Super Prestige Series. Jump to the Videos->Cycling page to watch the videos.

Event: 2007 Carrera de San Rafael Criterium Category: M35+ 1/2/3 Place: Pack Team mates: Bill S. Another really fun event and at the venue where I did my first criterium. I won a prime that time. Ah, those were the days. Well, back from dream land and into the reality of this year's race. I spotted Mike "Vanderhoot" up on the podium warming his chops for his announcing role. I told him I would be easy to spot since

HelmetCam video of the Senior B Men having their fun bouncing around Pilarcitos #1. Jump to the Videos->Cycling page to view.

Here's a short clip of the women's fields starting their races. Jump to the Videos->Cycling page to view.

Event: Some combination of names I keep mixing up Category: M35+ 1/2/3 Place: Pack Team mates: Me, Myself, and I This was my first road race of the season and of the last two years. Since I busted my shoulder up about two years ago I haven't done any road racing. Lots of riding but no RR. I had done this course in the past and the terrain favored me. No beeatch of a hill like at CopperBumpyOpolis or

(Click image to see animation) We are losing one of our great bay area racers to that oxygen depleted state of Colorado. This past weekend's Pilarcitos CX Finals was Lauren's last local event as a bay area resident. We wish her well in her new adventure and may she kick some butt up there in the mountains as she did down here on the coast!

What do these things have in common? Cyclocross race Case of beer Spare cash Evil sense of humor They all add up to Beer Can Cash. Take a look. Loading the cans for the next run (click image for full size) Cameron shows his good form at cash grabbing and swerving. (click image for full size) You call that a bunny hop over the wall of cash? (click image for full size) Cameron hops the cheap $1 cans and eyes

(Click to view large image) Date: 10/22/2006 Race: Pilarcitos Bay Area Super Prestige :: Race 2 Category: M35+ A Time: 47:13 Teammates: Ron G This location gets better and better. The course that is. The abused park, acres of desolate parking lot, garbage, a-holes that break into people's cars, etc etc etc sure make this another ying and yang course. Ignoring the bad, let's focus on the good. We (SyCip) held a CX clinic at the race site on Saturday.

(Click to view large image) Date: 10/8/2006 Race: Pilarcitos Bay Area Super Prestige :: Race 1 Category: M35+ A Time: 47:03 Teammates: Ron G, Mike M This course was the ying and yang of racing surfaces. Some really bumpy nasty dry dirt and grass to rattle all fillings from your mouth. And a schweet smooth and fast velodrome to rip up and practice your banked high speed turns. In between... well... there was something in between those two sections but

(Click to view large image) Date: 9/16/2006 Race: Mt Tam Hill Climb Category: Elite 3 Time: 51:14 Teammates: Michael (in other cat) I haven't done this race in a few years and I probably wouldn't have but my buddy Larry coerced me into doing it. I'm not a climber but this is such a great location and a fun way to cap the end of the road season. Woke up early and headed over to Marin and to Larry's place.

(Click to view large image) Date: 8/13/2006 Race: Howell Mountain Challenge XC Category: Expert 40-44 (3 laps) Place: 5/7 Teammates: Matthias & Roger (in other categories) I have two comments about this race: 1. This course is unbelievably fun and you don't want to stop! 2. This course hurts like heck and you want to stop as soon as possible! Ok, contradictions aside, this is one of my favorite mountain bike races. The course has an incredible mix of trails.

Date: 23 April 2006 Event: Napa Valley Dirt Classic Category: Expert 40-44 Result: Oh, let's just say I finished :') My buddy Larry convinced me to register for this race. He mentioned that he had already registered and that got me thinking. I've been recovering from a sprained ankle and have only been back on the bike one week after three weeks off. So my fitness was at zilch. But this race is just plain a screaming blast. What to

Date: January 30, 2005 Event: 2005 TBF Mountain Bike Challenge #1 Location: Granite Beach, Folsom Lake, Granite Bay, CA Category: Expert 30-39 Place: 8th/14 (2:23:31) First race of the year! Argh. No, I mean, yeah! Well, there's nothing like that first race to flush out the cob webs in your legs, lungs, attitude. This race did it. A nice cold sunny day with an average temperature of 48'F. But the course was awesome. Lots of fun swooping singletrack. Only

Date: August 15, 2004 Event: Howell Mountain Challenge MTB Race, Angwin, CA Category: Expert 35-39 Place: 3rd Team mates: Laurent & Roger (in different categories) This is a great event. Sure there's the heat (high 80's), the poison oak (everywhere), and the hammer heads (no Sunday ride). But, forget about all that and think about the sweet single-track, the fast fireroad descents, the crazy technical "whoop-de-doos". Ah, this race is fun. I hitched a ride up to the event with

Date: July 11, 2004 Event: Albany Criterium Category: Master 1/2/3 Place: back of the pack Field: ~45 Team mates: Scott Francis Had a good race... The M35 1/2/3 started out fast as usual. I had too short a warm-up (15min) and had to sit in for a bit. Scott and I had spoken briefly about a strategy. If I was able I would jump to the front around 4 laps to go and set him up for a lead out

I pre-rode the NORBA Nationals cross country course today at Infineon Parkway. I wore the heart rate monitor so I could graph the altitude of the course. Click the image for a bigger picture. I started at the end of the feedzone which is a short climb up from the race track. It ends at the other side of the race track next to the pedestrian tunnel. This spot is show on the race flyer map. But the flyer's

Event: Sea Otter MTB Cross Country Category: Expert Men 35-39 Date: April 18, 2004 Place: 7th Finishers: 35 Finish Time: 03:11:03.6 Time back from leader: 00:12:00.2 Team mates: Joe, Ron, Cory, Mike, Kenny and a bunch more in other cats. Let's sum this race up quickly. Ouch. This race is belittling. Every year it comes back around and smacks me upside the head, and arms, and legs, and any other part that can ache. There are few races in which

[ click image for full-size version ] Event: Central Coast Mountain Bike Race Series 4 Category: Expert Men 35-44 Date: April 4, 2004 Place: 12th Field: 18 Team mates: Mike, Cory, Rick I blew this race from not using my head. It was a race of lessons re-learned. Within the first lap I began to cramp in my calves. Soon my legs were feeling dead and on the verge of cramping. I fought with that the whole race. What

[ click image for full-size version ] Event: Central Coast Mountain Bike Race Series 3 Category: Expert Men 35-44 Date: March 28, 2004 Place: 5th Field: 17 Team mates: Mike, Cory, Joe, Dave, Rick Now just picture this. Home made fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, greens, and hot biscuits. Follow that with pecan pie and ice cream. Mmm mmm mmm. That was my pre-race dinner and it sure was good. But, by the following morning I could still

Event: Central Coast Mountain Bike Race 2 Category: Expert Men 35-44 Date: March 14, 2004 Place: 6th Field: 13 Team mates: Cory & Mike M. & Rick (where's Kenny???) Also racing mates: John N., Brian F., Mike O., Laurent, Michelle Just have to love the 12:30pm start time. Plenty of time to drive down and get ready. I brought with me my new bike (see: The Mountain Bike Equation). I was excited to try it out in a race setting.

Event: Land Park Criterium Category: M35+ 1/2/3 Date: March 6, 2004 Place: Middle of the pack Field: ~95 Team mates: Santiago It was off to Sac-o-tomatoes for the Land Park criterium and my first race for this season. This is a course that everyone describes as a large loop with no corners. Well, there are corners but they are so gradual that you barely think about them. They also cause more problems than you would imagine. With two lanes of

Well, I've managed to bust myself up. I broke my left clavicle (collar bone) at the Folsom Criterium in the Masters 35+ 1/2/3 race. Start of the last lap of my second race. Some idiot clips the bars of the guy next to him, sending the guy down, directly in front of me. Curb and fence on the left and pack on the right. I was able to just avoid him but had to run over his bike. Ejected at

Date: March 23, 2003 Event: McLane Pacific Cycling Classic Road Race Category: Senior 3 Place: Flat - finished though Field: ~135 The previous day's beautiful weather was not to be for this race. I awoke at 5am again, through my stuff together, and then drove over to pick up my team mate Jeremy. Off again towards the great California central valley. The clouds keeping the sky gray the whole drive. I kept up optimism for the clouds to part

Date: March 22, 2003 Event: McLane Pacific Cycling Classic Criterium Category: Senior 3 Place: Mid-pack Field: 120 Today's race required an early wakeup (5am) and a long drive over to the central valley. I hadn't done this criterium before so I didn't know what to expect. By the looks of things, while driving down 99 towards Merced, I assumed a basic agro town. It turns out that Merced is rather large for an agro town and has some nice neighborhoods.

Date: March 1, 2003 Event: Monterey Circuit Race Category: Senior 2-3 Place: DNF Field: 90 This is a race I like. Rolling hills, a fast descent, and a wide finish for plenty of sprinting room. I had finished 3rd last year in the 4-5 race. This time it was the 2-3 race. My bike was back together with a new top tube and fresh paint job (see Cherry Pie report). Our team, SyCip, had a good showing of riders.

Date: February 9, 2003 Event: Cherry Pie Criterium Category: Senior 3 Place: CRASH on final sprint! Field: ~80 The illusive Cherry Pie prize once again slipped away from my grasp. But not from lack of effort! With visions of the flaky sweet treat awaiting at the end, I attacked hard on the finishing sprint. Up the hill we flew, I choosing a line to the right, the pack a line to the left. My speed holding fast, legs spinning quick,

Date: December 8, 2002 Event: Redline Cup CX Finals Category: Senior B Place: 26 Field: 55 "An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves." -- Lydia Child A lovely but chilly day in Napa for a race. Just cool enough that arm and knee warmers were needed. But a perfect temperature for racing and to keep "the engine" from overheating. This time I would get myself to the line in time for a good start. Why

Date: December 1, 2002 Event: Central Coast Cyclocross Race 5 Category: Master 35+ Place: 15 Field: ~40 With my turkey trip to Chicago still lingering among my insides, I slowly arose Sunday morning to drive down to Prunedale for the 5th Central Coast Cyclocross race. Now you might be thinking "Prunedale? Do they grow prunes there?". Well, no, but someone unsuccessfully attempted and the name stuck. How fitting to stuff myself and then head to a town with prunes... Oops,

Date: November 24, 2002 Event: Surf City Cyclocross Race 4 (Finals) Category: Senior B Place: 30 Field: 59 Yee haw! We're off to the fairgrounds. The finals of the Surf City series were at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville. This is a great location because of the its easy access, parking, large grassy area, and mixture of terrain and obstacles for the course. Drove down early so my teammate Matt could do the Senior A's race. Driving

Date: July 14, 2002 Event: Oakland Criterium Category: Senior 4/5 Distance: 20 laps Place: 2nd and first prime Field: 80 This event was a transition point in my road racing career. It was to be my last Cat 4 race. The bean counter, well Casey Kerrigan that is, has been totaling points and red-marked me for an upgrade. A top ten finish in this race was the breaking point. And I broke it. And I included a prime to add

Date: November 16, 2002 Event: NCNCA Cyclocross District Championships Category: Master 35-44 Place: back of the pack Field: ~40 Team mates: Ron G., Chip B. First, don't let the name "District Championships" fool you into thinking this was some big time event. Sure, the winners of the various categories would receive "District Champion" jerseys. But, besides that, all we had here was another local grass roots cyclo-cross race. Another odd thing about this race, it's in the middle of the

Date: November 10, 2002 Event: Surf City Cyclocross #3 Category: Senior B Place: 39th Field: ~70 Team mates: Brett H., Mike M., Jeremy S., Stephen K., John R. Support: Dennis, Funke, Jay, Jeremy With one hour of ride time on my brand spankin new SyCip Cyclocross bike I was now heading off to the third Surf City Cyclo-X race down in Aptos. Actually, not only was it one hour of ride time but one hour of ride time on any

Date: October 20, 2002 Event: Central Coast Cyclocross #2 Category: Masters 35+ A Place: Dunno. They had me doing twice the # of laps. Field: 20 Team mates: Mike, Matt, Funke, Sarah "Dang! I need to finish my cyclocross bike..." Those were the words tumbling through my head each time we hit the flats and the cross bikes would pull ahead. My mountain bike, equipped with nice fat knobby tires and a squishy front suspension, was no match. Maybe I

Date: October 13, 2002 Event: Surf City Cyclocross #1 Category: Senior B Place: 25th Field: 90+ Team mates: Brett, Cory, Dennis, Funke, Jeremy, Kenny, Matt, Mike, Page, Rick, Stephen A spectacular day of racing! Not for my own result but simply for the overwhelming number of Sycip riders. And let's not forget the friends and families that came along for support. Then let's talk about the canopy, the big Sycip banner, coolers full of drinks. What an impression. It looked

Date: September 2, 2002 Event: Giro di San Francisco Criterium Category: Senior 3 Laps: 30 Place: 6th Field: 100 (full field!) Ciao! Welcome to my back yard. The Giro di SF is a stones throw from where I live so I always look forward to this race. Where else can you warm-up in your own house and then roll on over to the starting line? :') Of course, being so close, I managed to roll up late, just as everyone

Date: July 2, 2002 Event: Alameda Twilight Criterium Series Category: Senior 4/5 Time: 30 minutes Place: 2nd! Second prime (actually both but...) Field: ~45 A nice surprise was my teammate Brett showing for the race. I haven't had much of a chance to ride with teammates in the Twilight races. This made for a great opportunity to try out some team tactics. We didn't plan anything before the start. A few thoughts but nothing solid. After the race began,

Date: June 23, 2002 Event: Monta Vista Velo Criterium Race 1: Category: Masters 35+ 4/5 Time: 50 minutes Place: 5th place and both primes. Field: ~80 Two words are very common in criterium racing. They describe the setting, the feel, and the location of the race. They also ignite a love hate relationship with the sport. Well, maybe more so from an avid mountain bike racer that loves the outdoors, dirt, trees, and trails. Those words are "office park".

Date: June 25, 2002 Event: Alameda Twilight Criterium Series Category: Senior 4/5 Time: 30 minutes Place: 1st! The first prime. Field: ~50 Ok, so I know that if you have been following my race reports this year then you know that I have been doing really well at the Berkeley Bicycle Club's (BBC) Tuesday night Alameda Twilight Criterium Series. Now I am going to tell you that I won once again. That makes for three wins and one 2nd

Date: June 18, 2002 Event: Alameda Twilight Criterium Series Category: Senior 4/5 Time: 30 minutes Place: 1st! The second prime. Field: ~30 How can anyone not like the Berkeley Bicycle Club's (BBC) Tuesday night Alameda Twilight Criterium Series? It's a fun well run event. Then, to top it off, you can win one of these events! Yes, I won again. It was a picture perfect finish. I was able to jump into the lead group as the 4th rider

Date: June 4, 2002 Event: Alameda Twilight Criterium Series Category: Senior 4/5 Time: 30 minutes Place: 2nd! Both primes! Field: ~30 Another fun evening of racing at the Berkeley Bicycle Club's (BBC) Tuesday night Alameda Twilight Criterium Series. The weather was cool but nice. Good size group again assembled for the race. My previous week's finish gave me a lot of confidence coming into this one. After a nice warm-up from circling around the outer roads it was time

Date: June 1, 2002 Event: Wheels of Thunder Criterium Category: Masters 35+ 4/5 Time: 40 minutes Place: 1st! Field: ~50 Did I mention that I won?!?! This is my first big time Cat 4 win of the season! Now, those of you following my race reports might jump up and say 'Hey! Didn't you win the previous Tuesday night twilight criterium?'. Well yes, and that race does count. But, the twilight races don't get the field sizes and level

Date: May 28, 2002 Event: Alameda Twilight Criterium Series Category: Senior 4/5 Time: 30 minutes Place: 1st! Field: ~30 The Berkeley Bicycle Club (BBC) has started up their Tuesday night Alameda Twilight Criterium Series. These are really fun short races that are great for training. The course location is also easily accessible from the Alameda/Oakland Ferry. I raced in several last year. They helped improve my criterium skills and provided a fun workout in the process. I have been

Date: May 25, 2002 Event: USCF District ITT and TTT Championship :: Sattley, CA Category: Senior Men Open Field: 28 Results: 23rd Total Time: 1:00:57 Distance: 40km Ouch. That's the defining word for this event. I signed up for this event so that I could set a time for later comparison. It has been held in the same location year after year so makes for a perfect event for doing this. I had never done a time trial before so

Date: May 18-19, 2002 Event: 24 Hours of Adrenalin :: Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA Category: Co-Ed Field: 28 teams Teammates: Sarah L., Andrew H., Dave J., Jason T. Results: 3rd! Total Time: 24:25:43 Total Laps: 29 It was an exciting race. The craziest part was early Sunday morning. First, one of our teammates forgot to wake the next rider. There was panic until we found that our rider out on the lap had realized a goof up at the

Date: March 23, 2002 Event: Sea Otter Classic Men’s Road Circuit Race Category: Master 30+ 4/5 Time: ~37 minutes Laps: 6 Place: 6th Field: 100 The abuse of the previous day’s road race was still lingering in my legs when I began Saturday’s circuit race. We were scheduled to race for 50 minutes on the Laguna Seca race track. I kept wondering how I would manage to climb up the hill to the top of the corkscrew so many times?

Date: March 22, 2002 Event: Sea Otter Classic Men’s Road Race Category: Master 30+ 4/5 Time: 2:48:30 Laps: 3 Distance: 57 miles Place: 23rd Field: 100 28827 beats! That’s a measure of how much work my heart performed getting me through this race. That breaks down to an average of 171 beats per minute. That’s some work. I would imagine that after working that hard my heart would feel sore. It’s a muscle so shouldn’t it feel the same as

I'm sorry but there was no excuse for the timing problems at the Sea Otter Classic. To put it bluntly, the organizers, the timing "officials", and the USA Cycling "officials" f*cked up beyond belief. The Sea Otter Classic is supposed to be a professionally run racing event. Being a racing event, timing of the athletes is one of the most important factors. I do not have to go into why. I raced in three events at the Sea Otter. In

The Sea Otter Classic was this past weekend. It was an epic racing event, as it always is. I will be posting my race reports soon. For now, check out my heart rate monitor graphs from the Road Race, Circuit Race, and XC events. Cheers!

Date: March 10, 2002 Event: Central Coast CX MTB Race 3 Category: Expert Men 35+ Time: ~1h51m! Argh… Laps: 5 Distance: 25 miles Place: 5th Field: 8 racers! With Sea Otter Classic quickly approaching, I decided to get some race time on my good ole mountain bike. The Central Coast CX crew threw together a nice little spring race series for this year. This last race of the series was located in Fort Ord down in Monterey. This is

Date: March 9, 2002 Event: Monterey Circuit Race Category: Senior 4/5 Time: ~1h22m Laps: 12 Place: 3rd! Field: 80+ racers I will have to cut to the chase for this report. I finished 3rd! :’) Ok, now that I have that over with we can move back to how I ended up placing so well.

Date: March 3, 2002 Event: McLane Pacific Cycling Classic Road Race Category: Senior 4/5 Laps: 2 Miles: 46 Place: ~15th There must be passion to make someone wake up at 4:30am on a Sunday morning and drive 2 hours to race. Yes, I’m addicted.

Date: February 17, 2002 Event: Cool Mt. Bike Race Category: Veteran Laps: 2 Miles: 20 Place: 5th Bring on the cold weather and lots of rain! :') That tends to be the way it is at the Cool Mt. Bike Race. I left the bay area at 6:30am with Sarah and Jason (two other "cool" racers") and headed up to Cool (down highway 49 from Auburn). Rain, clouds, and fog the whole way up. Chain alerts flashing on the warning

Update: Jump instead to my Videos page. Jump to the entry: 2001 Vineyard Cyclocross Race at Domaine Chandon

Here is the video from the 2001 Vineyard Cyclocross Race at Domaine Chandon. To experiment a little I decided to film this race with the camera pointing backwards. The shots are almost what I expected. The angle was a little too low so I will need to aim higher next time. At first you might think the video is an ad for Camelbak. Maybe they should sponsor this one? :') Let me know if you like the video filmed aiming

I was gone all last week, vacationing down at Joshua Tree National Park. If you haven't been there then I highly recommend visiting. Now that I have returned I've been able to edit and post the video from the 4th Surf City Cyclo-X race. This race was held at Aptos High School in Aptos, CA. It's just a few miles south of Santa Cruz. To give racers in a class other than my own a chance to be filmed, I

The rain has arrived in Northern California, much to the delight of all the sick and twisted cyclocross racers out here. Yes, there were people wishing for rain last Sunday at the 3rd Central Coast Cyclocross race. I guess racing at lactic threshold, running up steep slippery hills, flying around sand covered corners, and hurtling over barriers just isn't enough for these folks! Well, luck was with me and no rain appeared for the event. The prior days rain prepared

The 3rd Surf City Cyclo-X race was held at the Santa Cruz Fairgrounds in Watsonville, CA last weekend. I once again braved the masses and filmed the Masters 35+ "A" race. Watch me suffer. Watch the poor mountain biker get dropped on the flats. Curses to all those cyclocross bikes! :') Click on the links below to view the videos. Use the Cable/DSL links if you have a fast connection. Otherwise, use 56K Modem for slower connections. Note, if you

Some requests from "friends" have come in asking me to post the crash I had during the race. Little washout caught on film for all you blood thirsty viewers. A guess it's appropriate being Halloween is so close. Click on the link below to view the video. Use the Cable/DSL link if you have a fast connection. Otherwise, use 56K Modem for slower connections. Note, if you plan to view the video more than once, please download and save the

Back to Rodgers Ranch east of Livermore for the 3rd East Bay Cyclocross Series race. The location is commonly described as the "dump" among the cowpies. Aptly named because the start finish is used as a dump for assorted piles of dirt, rock, wood and other detritus. The cow pies are from our friends grazing on the ranch in which the course traverses. Being so far east of the foggy bay, we managed to reach the edge of the clouds

I recently purchased a helmet camera so that I could capture some of the riding and racing I do. Here is a video that I captured at the Surf City Cyclo-X race in Monterey, CA. The video is of the first lap from the Masters 35+ "A" race. I have broken the video into a series of six clips. Click on the links below to view the videos. Use the Cable/DSL links if you have a fast connection. Otherwise, use