It’s 3:56PM on a Sunday afternoon, and I’m sitting in my apartment without any pants on.  This is primarily due to the fact that if I did happen to be wearing pants, they would be rubbing against my still raw road rash from a nice little spill I took yesterday.
It’s been a rough couple of [...]

It’s the off-season!  Back to some running, bodyweight workouts, and I think I’ll be joining a gym for the next couple months.  Time to keep the metabolism and aerobic capacity high while building some leg muscle and toning core/arms.
It’s also cyclocross season.  I had a bit of a rough introduction to cross – crashing out [...]

Yesterday marked my long ride ever, coming in at approximately 139 miles as a part of the Rapha Gentlemen’s Race.
We headed out to the beach (Lincoln City) on Friday evening and stayed in a suite at the Inn at Spanish Head thanks to team president Jim who served as sugar daddy for the evening.  We [...]

I’ve finally got my cyclocross bike together.  For those who aren’t familiar, at first glance it looks like a road bike, but there are several important differences.

The frame geometry is slightly different to provide more clearance between the wheels and the frame.

The bike uses mountain bike pedals
(in this case a variation on mountain pedals [...]

This weekend was Eugene Celebration Stage race, a 3-day, 4-stage race including a hill climb prologue, road race, individual time trial, and criterium.
The 3 mile mile prologue climb up MacBeth was my old stomping grounds, and I set a new personal best of 12:00 flat up the climb (old record was 12:41) to finish 6th [...]

This last weekend I found myself out of cell phone range for the entire weekend, and it was great!
It was Hanson family camp weekend, the big annual camping get-together of my mom’s side of the family. There are a lot of us.

My aunt and uncle own a large plot on the Umpqua river, so [...]

A few more pictures:
From John Rudoff

From Thumbprint Racing

From Ironclad

From Pat Malach

And some Videos – including some clips of me off the front in the first move I made off the front earlier in the race:

2009 Portland Twilight Criterium from Robert Holler on Vimeo.

Portland Twilight Criterium #1, 8.7.09 from Salt::Wood::Earth on Vimeo.

I don’t even know where to start.  This race was something else.
First, I have to say the the Portland Twilight Criterium is everything it’s cracked up to be, and then some.  Technical corners, fast racing, rough roads, and crashes galore.  It was one of those races where your rear wheel feels like it’s in midair [...]

I went with an impulse decision and signed up for the Portland Twilight Criterium taking place next Friday evening.
45 minutes of tight corners, narrow roads, fast racing, big crowds downtown (the Pearl) Portland, and a huge purse to encourage people to ride harder.
I’ll be racing with Derek and Robin from Team O, and between the [...]

My blog is a leading indicator of my overall emotional state.
That’s something I’ve noticed about myself – I write much better when I’m feeling passionate, accompanied by positive or negative emotions.  I also feel inspired to write more under those circumstances – in that way the name of the blog is very fitting.  I suppose [...]