I made it to Sunday’s race in Northampton and enjoyed a day of near 70 degrees, sunshine and great racing. All photos posted are of the Elite Women’s and Elite Men’s races on day 2.
The crowd was good and the talk was that the course changes made this day’s race a much faster one than Saturday. [...]
November 7th and 8th are the dates for this years Cycle-Smart International Cyclocross race. Held at Look Park in Northampton, Massachusetts– I’ve been going to this race for about 5 years now. Last year they opened a beer garden, and I’m hoping they repeat that very appreciated service this year. I wrangled a day off [...]
A small addition to my last post on the Mud, Sweat, & Gears Duathlon….professional photographers from Sportography were on hand and I broke down and got this one:
That hill was steep!!
–Karen
My fondest Sunday mornings are spent sleeping in, waking late with a cozy cup of coffee and an english muffin, and watching HGTV under a warm blanket. But this Sunday morning was the Mud, Sweat & Gears Duathlon in Ashland, Massachusetts.
I have been eying this race for about a decade. That’s how long it’s been [...]
The Quabbin is a favorite place of mine: I’ve blogged about it before. When road riding, I ride to it. I’ve hiked it. I’ve snowshoed it. I’ve fished it. I’ve boated it. And now I’ve mountain biked it.
The Quabbin is a huge place. From the “Friends of the Quabbin” site: The reservoir is 18 miles [...]
Ever notice it never rains when you want it to? The skies looked like they were going to open up on my ride, which would have been fine by me, but they never did. I do NOT want it to rain this afternoon. Any takers? I rode up to work today just to see how [...]
Friday evening our little Ladies Mountain Biking Group met under clearing skies at Lithia Springs in South Hadley, MA. I remember Lithia being a “wet” ride, but this was ridiculous! The entire trail was an active stream of water. After some climbing, literally upstream, we were able to find drier ground. The constant rain we’ve [...]
Something look wrong to you in that photo? I thought the same thing just as my front wheel went into an open space on the storm grate. Next thing I know the world is spinning and then I’m on my ass. The nice gentleman who stopped to make sure the bike and I were all [...]
Well, that’s a bit of an exaggeration.
I rode twice on my three day excursion into the Colorado Rockies, and both times I suffered terrible embarrassment. I simply could not get enough air. Here I was, this avid cyclist, bragging about how I could ride 50, 60, 70 miles at a time, and I can’t crest [...]
Yeah, I’m still around. And yeah, the V-star has been getting a lot of my attention lately, but I have been out on the bike. But really, how many times do you want to hear about me riding to PT, the library, and the LBS? I didn’t think so. Today I went to two of [...]
