Train with Grain Bike Winner
Bob hands over possession of the Focus Mares Bike to Train with Grain winner, Harvey Visser. Harvey was very pleased to win the bike and promised to be back for Cross Crusade this fall.
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Race Report: Euro Racing Campaign & Season Wrap-up: Part two
See part one for the first half of Mo’s European tour.
1.1 – GP Hotel Threeland Cyclocross
The race course was set up right through another small town and into the surrounding woods. It was hilly and very much like a mountain bike course with singletrack style climbs and slippery, …
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Race Report: Euro Racing Campaign: Part 1
Just 10 days after Nationals, we re-packed the bikes and bags and headed to Belgium for the biggest week of cross races in the World. I had made arrangements to compete in one World Cup and three UCI races and was excited to redeem myself after Nationals. It would be …
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2010 Cyclo-cross National Championships
This past week some of us from the Mill headed out to Bend, Oregon to serve up some of our Steel Cut Oats at the 2010 Cyclo-cross National Championships. People from all around the country came out to both compete and cheer on their favorite riders as they raced …
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Race Report: Baystate Cyclocross & Stanley Portland Cup
Hi everyone! It’s hard to believe the Cyclocross Season is almost over! This Sunday I will be lining up against the best in the nation to compete in the US Cyclocross National Championships in Bend, OR. There will be live coverage provided by our friends at Cyclingdirt. You can watch …
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Race Report: USGP Rounds 5 & 6: New Belgium Cup- Fort Collins, CO
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We took last weekend off of racing and we still have to catch you up on our trip to Fort Collins two weeks ago. Tomorrow we are off to Sterling, MA for back-to-back days of racing… possibly our last races in New England for 2010! Then, it’s …
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Race Report: 20th Annual Cycle-Smart International 11.10.10
This weekend we got to stay home and race “locally” in Northampton, Ma. The Cycle-Smart International was celebrating its 20th year in the running with some slight changes to its classically fast, flat and challenging race. I was looking forward to racing and hoping my legs were feeling good after …
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Training Tips: Shouldering the Bike and Traction
Shouldering the bike: I promise that your pedals will jab you in the sacrum at some point in time, but it’s good to practice lifting the bike from the down tube onto your shoulder, placing your right arm around the front of the head tube and your hand gripping the …
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24-Hour Race Day Eating Schedule — What to eat the night before, morning of, when to stop eating or keep drinking, etc.
Again, the article above explains planning your food intake up to 24 hrs before a race from the voice of a professional dietician/nutritionist and includes what types of food to eat and the timing of eating before racing and training for optimal digestion and performance.
From my personal experience, my …
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