You probably wouldn’t guess that these photos were taken in February on the Oregon Coast if I hadn’t just told you so. Today was a brief but fun escape from reality to go explore Seaside to Tillamook with Jess, and the weather was perfect.

Lots to say about the race, both good and bad, but I guess the bottom line is that I won, which is awesome! Sorry if the report is a bit long. This one was a weird one. It still hasn’t quite sunk in fully, partly because with a mile to go my only goal left [...]

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My current do-it-all bike has served me well for four years now (including surviving two Oregon winters), but it’s about time to retire it to full-time rain bike status. It still has original components – a mix of 9-speed Dura Ace and Ultegra. It’s been crashed, spokes broken, 5-gallon bucket handles wrapped around the fork, [...]

Here’s a Panorama shot from Bryce National Park yesterday.  I merged it from 12 photos taken at the Bryce Point Overlook. See the big version here – still only 25% of actual size. If I were to print this thing out at 100%, it’d be something insane like 50 inches tall and 360 inches (30 [...]

Almost exactly a year ago I was behind the wheel of an 8 ton box truck driving on ice headed to Boulder, Colorado to officially wrap up 6 months of what was certainly one of the high points of my life to date.  I still can’t quite wrap my mind around just how amazing that [...]

I’ve been commuting by bike approximately 14 miles each way to and from work 2-3 times per week in the last month. My morning commute is perfect.  I head out the door into crisp, if not cold morning weather, catch the sunrise over a calm Columbia River with Mt. Hood as a backdrop, and avoid [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.  [...]