Walter's No Frills Short Track...

MTBNJ course design always has some air under your tires at some point. Without it, how would Luke get such good pics?
A nice Northeast day, a race close to home and a nice size open men's field was all I needed to make me want to be here. Unfortunately this was the last race in the series of 4, all held throughout the month of March. Not only the last, but the only one I was able to attend. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't green with envy watching all you guys racing while I was out West. But all is good. Hell, I was on vacation after all.

In my effort to focus on cross country this year, I've learned that being anaerobic for short periods of time is not necessarily a bad thing and once you get used to it can be quite 'fun'. I'm reconnecting with my middle distance past and enjoying the shit out of it. Sometimes just getting the perspective of another racer can change things radically for you. James and I spent a few days in the desert together and I hope he got as much out of it as I did. Thanks Bro! I owe ya one....ST#4 results

Arizona trip wrap up...

Homesick would best describe this trip for me. Since I got here on the first, I've been missing my 'Jersey style' singletrack and my home life. Sure the desert is fun and it's nice to see the sun once in a while but there is no place like home. Ripping around the desert in 85* sounds great when there is snow on the ground at home but the conditions have been perfect in the Northeast and I'm green with envy.

My first Pro XCT at Bonelli Park in California was an amazing eye opening experience. My results were less than stellar but the racing was so hard and just great to be a part of. After being in a field with 70 of the fastest guys how could I go back to racing 5 to 10 at local stuff. I'm skipping MBAA race Foray at the Fort this weekend to go work on some stuff but mostly because there is only 3 racers preregistered. My next race will be at home next weekend, Walter's no frills short track #4. The Short Track series has been pulling some decent fields and I'm looking forward to it.

I'm going to do my best to make it out to Ute Valley for Pro XCT #3 and I'm pretty sure I'm going to nationals this year. In order to prepare for this I need to race against bigger fields so I've decided to concentrate on the M.A.S.S. series. Both races at Fair Hill, Iron Hill, French Creek, Neshaminy, D&Q summer sizzler and Bear Creek are all on my schedule. Gonna do some roadie stuff to fill in the gaps. Oh!!! and a couple hundreds, just for training of course...

Hard as all hell...

I fought tooth and nail for 48th place. The bottom line, I need to get faster....

These guys are mutants....Results

Just call me shorty....

A hazing incident capped off last weeks ride. Urinal flavored recovery cakes anyone?
Yeah, I'm in the land of the Grand Canyon right now, but I keep reflecting back to last weekends team ride at Allamuchy. Actually a lot of this winters rides have been great for many reasons, more on that some other time. The reason why I'm looking back is because it's been my dream of mine for quite a while to be involved in making racing in New Jersey a much more competitive venture. I like to travel to races and one of the things I hear over and over again is "why are there not a lot of strong guys from N.J.?" I'm embarrassed by this. We have the best trails in the country. Lets represent!! Correct me if I'm wrong but my thought is, we avoid each other...We need to work together to make ourselves stronger. This is why it gives me great pleasure to announce that I have teamed up with the strong men of team BTR. It's about the rides, races and working together to make sure we all hit the podium. Lots of raw talent I see over here. Bicycle Tech Racing plus my existing sponsors Tomac Bikes, Gu energy, Schwable and Industry Nine I see a great 2012 ahead for us all....

BTRVTC26DIV2012.......Dominance in sexy Italian shoes!!!!