Day 6 of the road trip was pretty much a relaxing recovery day after the weekend’s racing.  I went on an easy two hour ride and within 10 minutes of leaving the hotel I was in beautiful farm land and had already passed a handful of other cyclists.  By the end of my two hour [...]

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…of the long road trip (Saturday) saw the final night of racing at the San Jose American Velodrome Challenge.  I had a 15km (45 lap) scratch race and a 20km (60 lap) points race with sprints every ten laps.  I did not do very well in either of them.  I guess I did ok in [...]

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Today is the summer solstice and as I mentioned in a post 6 months ago I have been acknowledging, even celebrating, the winter and summer solstice ever since I started racing bikes.  This is because racing and training requires a lot of time spent outside and that, for the most part, requires day light.  The [...]

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One thing I have learned is that by racing for Matrix and Richardson Bikemart I am definitely part of something bigger than I am.  First, the shop and the club/team been around for a long time.  I am not sure how long exactly but it might be older than I am (I’m 26) which means [...]

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Day four of the road trip was spent mostly just waiting.  After a morning spin the day was spent waiting at the hotel for the racing in the evening then once I was at the track most of the time was spent waiting for my races to start which didn’t start until later in the [...]

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