Journal

Mississippi Gravel Cup and Lauf Strengthen Partnership in 2020!

The fastest-growing discipline in cycling today is gravel. This new style of riding has introduced more adventurers to cycling with more gravel-specific bikes, gear and events debuting this year than

Out of your head and into TrainingPeaks

Here are the building blocks I copy/paste from the notes app on my phone. Feel free to use it as a starting point for your workout notes.

Double dose of Kanza

I completed DK200 for the first time in 2015 then again last year but when the team announced the larger version in 2018 dubbed

DK 2019 - Faith Shattered, Faith Restored

To give DK2019 the context it deserves, I have to go back to the beginning.

Dirty Kanza XL 2019 Journal

I’ll use this post as a dumping ground for random thoughts in the weeks leading up to the 2019 Dirty Kanza. I have completed the 200 mile of the event twice and am tackling the 350 mile “XL” version

A few months of Whoop

First thing is first. I am a data nerd and am an exhaustive researcher. I am also a fairly new cyclist compared to many of my peers. I don’t have the experience to ride, train, or fu

We’re Really Excited about this…

Deceptively Dirty Kanza

When I raced DK for the first time in 2015, I suffered a bad sidewall cut just 30 miles into the race that I had to nurse to the first support area to get fresh rubber. Ever since, I've had sort

One Woman's Vista 300

This is my first time to really do a write-up of any race. I'm not sure why, except I tend to lose so many pieces to the puzzle from my memory banks that I just go “oh well.” But, I've got my glass of...

Seeking Mojo at TransIowa v14

TIv14 Bike Setup

While I am collecting all of my thoughts into a full write-up on TransIowa, here is a bit of an expanded version of the bike setup post from a few days ago on Facebook. Stay tuned for more!

The Road to TransIowa v14

TransIowa is a 300+ self-supported mostly gravel race with a pretty aggressive time limit. Most people do not finish. Below are some of my daily thoughts as I get ready for this beast of a