On May 2nd, I participated in the Wells Ave Training Crit. The race is held in an industrial park on a closed (no cross streets, open to traffic) loop. The only businesses which are operating on Sunday mornings are the…
Spring Training Camp
I spent last weekend in Southern Illinois riding with Wild Card Cycling at their spring training camp. The plan was for me to arrive in Champaign on the Wednesday before, ride locally on Thursday, meet the group on Friday morning,…
First Spring Ride
This afternoon was a special for me. I got to get my first miles outside for 2010 and was the maiden ride for my reconfigured Trek 2300 road bike. I picked up the bike from my local wrench on Saturday…
Trek Project One Bike
As I mentioned in a previous post, I ordered a Trek Equinox TTX 9.5 Time Trial bike. I used the Project One Web site to configure the order, which means it had a custom paint job as well as some…
Harpoon Indoor Time Trial
The Harpoon indoor Time Trial is billed as a 15K iTT to start the winter season. It is the largest iTTs that I know of with 24 riders in each heat. I signed up for the second heat which had…
Homemade granola
I like granola but any stuff I get always has something in it that I either don’t like or am not really fond of. To solve this problem, I decided to make my own. I first started looking for granola…