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A few months ago, we posted about how much we love our Nube from Sierra Madre Research and how it is our preferred camping shelter for our trips. However, we also mentioned that Sierra Madre Research was coming out with a new model that they called the Stratos. We preordered and it finally came! Watch our unboxing and our initial impressions below!
We just passed the four month mark of pregnancy and it's time to start getting serious at the baby registry list. However, after seeing the amount of stuff just for babies in this store, we had a hard time taking some things seriously... :)
Maddie got a new backpack for camping last Christmas and after a few great trips with it, here are her thoughts!
Happy Memorial Day everyone! Today on the blog I talk about a trip my mom and I took three years ago and the opportunity we had to see my great uncle's name on the Vietnam Memorial. For details, see video. :)
Jared and Robby ended up in Montreal on the same evening for work. Being a Canadian food newbie, Jared took Mr. Rob up on trying out some smoked meat and poutine!
I feel the video is pretty self explanatory. :)
Over the weekend, Nike with three elite runners attempted to run the marathon in under two hours. Something people say is impossible.
Never mind that I usually haven't event broken 13.1 by the two hour mark. These people are FAST.
Even if you are not a runner, here's some pretty amazing takeaways that we can apply to our lives as we try to do the impossible.
Tuesday was our last day in Disney World but we ended on a high note as we ate breakfast with Mickey, Pluto, Lilo and Stitch. I was so excited to finally get a photo with Stitch!
Monday was all about Magic Kingdom. We hit the highlights and ate some great food. We even managed to get a few cute pictures while we were at it!
Sunday was Half Marathon day! We woke up bright and early but thankful for the approved walk path to the start line from the Polynesian. Instead of having to wake up at 3:00 AM, we got to "sleep in" until 4:15 and we were on our way by 4:45. Felt like a Disneyland race...
Saturday we chose not to go into the park and instead, hit the golf course! While no one would be in the runnings for the Masters, we had a wonderful time enjoying the beautiful weather and the fantastic company.
It's a great Disney Week this week! This trip we headed to the East Coast and checked in at the Polynesian for a great weekend with family while running the Star Wars: Dark Side race!
It's going to be a long time in the making, but we are finally redoing our front room. It's now going to become our office and our music room! Check out the video below to see all the work we put into the first phase of the project!
We are in the final countdown for our trip to run the Star Wars: Dark Side race at Walt Disney World! There's a lot to think about when packing for a destination race and I thought I would share and all inclusive list of what I bring to a RunDisney race!
Last time we talked about our garden it was just putting the seeds into the soil to germinate. Now, we are actually putting in the infrastructure of our new gutter garden and transplanting those seeds to our backyard!
This last weekend we got away to hike out at Caprock Canyon State Park. A few hours away, it was a part of Texas I hadn't seen before and it did not disappoint.
Today we are talking about my favorite gear for camping, The Nube by Sierra Madre Research!
This is basically a suspended tent for your hammocks. Jared and I love our tent, but never slept very well on our camping trips due to sleeping on the ground. Plus, our tent would flood during those lovely Texas spring rainstorms.
Enter the Christmas I bought Jared a hammock. He is so excited about it, he tells me about this fantastic company called Sierra Madre Research. And, they have an ingenious system that allows us to sleep well and stay dry.
March means it's camping season! We are going to be sharing reviews of the two shelters we use the most. This week, it's our MSR Hubba Hubba Tent!
Our garden has been a love/hate relationship for us...
We really just need to work on our timing.
Which is why we are making sure we start our seeds now.
See the plans we have for our garden in this update!
This week on March 2nd, Texas will be celebrating it's Independence Day from Mexico. March 2nd is the day we drafted our Declaration of Independence from Mexico in the little shack in Washington-on-the-Brazos. Soon after, the Alamo would fall and soon after that, Texas would defeat Mexico.


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Fresh of its first televised swim special, Victoria's Secret has offered a preview of part 3 of its 2015 Swim Catalogue featuring Angel Candice Swanepoel on the cover. Behati Prinsloo, Elsa Hosk, Jac Jagaciak and Jasmine Tookes are also featured in the printed magazine. With a sporty, surfing theme, the new styles of swimwear go strappy and colorful for beach season. … [Read more...]
Victoria's Secret Taps 9 Models for Its Swim 2 2015 Catalogue Cover!
Launching part two of its Swim 2015 Catalogue, Victoria's Secret tapped not just one but nine models for a special tri-fold cover (its first by the way). The image stars Josephine Skriver, Jac Jagaciak, Lais Ribiero, Behati Prinsloo (who landed the first Swim 2015 cover), Candice Swanepoel , Andreea Diaconu, Sharam Diniz, Ophelie Guillermand and Elsa Hosk photographed in St. … [Read more...]
Behati Prinsloo Takes the Victoria's Secret 2015 Swim Cover + More Photos!
Starting off the New Year with its 2015 Swim catalogue, Victoria's Secret has tapped Behati Prinsloo as the cover star of the new print edition. The images were photographed by Greg Kadel in Hawaii and features Behati alongside Candice Swanepoel, Elsa Hosk, Lily Aldridge, Andreea Diaconu and more. On the cover, Behati wears the Very Sexy One Shoulder Triangle and Double Strap … [Read more...]
Crystal Renn Gets Casual for El Palacio De Hierro Holiday 2014
Efecto Casual--American model Crystal Renn already showed the romantic side of Christmas, and now dons casual holiday looks for the latest catalogue from El Palacio De Hierro. Posing alongside Sean O'Pry, the dark-haired beauty models sweaters, leggings, scarves and hats in the studio snaps captured by Dean Isidro of Atelier Management. … [Read more...]
Barbara Fialho Models Underwear Styles for El Palacio de Hierro Catalogue
Barbara's Sexy Shoot--Photographed for the holiday 2014 catalogue from El Palacio de Hierro, Brazilian model Barbara Fialho flaunts her slim figure in winter underwear styles. The images were captured by David Roemer of Atelier Management with styling by Luisa Pena. The brunette babe poses in sexy styles featuring lace embellishment, garters and pantyhose. Check out more photos … [Read more...]

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Right off the bat, you may be wondering why we didn't review episode one last week when it first aired. A television show's pilot isn't always indicative of the tone of the show as it's filmed months before (for network television, at least), with longer production times, bigger budgets, and sometimes even different cast members. So I thought it best to wait until episode two to really decide how I felt about "Sleepy Hollow," the new television series airing on Fox.
"Non-Spoiler" posters for episodes one and two, by comic artist Francesco Francavilla.
"Sleepy Hollow" is the new television show from co-creators/executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (the "Star Trek" and "Transformers" franchises, "Fringe"). The concept is that Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison, "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen") is injured during the revolutionary war, and wakes up in modern times. Unfortunately, also appearing around the same time is his nemesis, the Headless Horseman, who goes on a murderous rampage in present-day Sleepy Hollow. Ichabod joins with Lt. Abbie Mills (Nicole Beharie, "42," "The Good Wife," "Shame"), a young cop who has her own supernatural experiences.
I'm a HUGE fan of Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. After Beowulf, it's probably the piece of literature I've re-read the most. So I'm always interested in seeing interpretations of the characters. Disney's classic animated short is probably my favorite, just from sheer adherence to the original material. Of course, Tim Burton's flawed Sleepy Hollow movie is one I return to every year around Halloween, primarily for the visual flair that it has. It has the right feel, if not necessarily the best writing.
So a new interpretation, as a television show? Got my pretty psyched. And though the concept is a little crazy (Ichabod vs the Headless Horseman in modern day), I went in with an open mind. The creative team or Kurtzman and Orci has done some great work with the Star Trek and "Fringe" stuff, and the pilot was to be directed by Len Wiseman, director of Underworld, the Total Recall remake, and the pilot of "Hawaii Five-O," which was pretty great. So really it had a lot going for it.
And while "Sleepy Hollow" isn't quite the home run I was hoping it would be, it's still a pretty darn good show. The first episode, wisely, focuses on introducing the Headless Horseman who will be what appears to be a regular villain for the show and, perhaps most importantly, doesn't waste time setting up the show's mythology. Too often (though less nowadays), mystery's are set up in the pilot without an actual plan as to their payoff. On top of that, we as viewers typically have to wait an entire season (or more) until we finally understand "what it all means."
Not so with "Sleepy Hollow." Though there are multiple outstanding questions (why did Ichabod sleep for 250 years? What happened to Katrina?), the main crux of the show's mythology is laid out without subtlety. The Horseman is one of the Four Horseman of legend, and Crane and Mills are destined to battle the evil for seven years (seven, really?) and prevent the apocalypse.
Main actors Mison and Beharie do a great job in their roles, providing the necessary chemistry for an ongoing team-up, though (thankfully) we seem to be avoiding any romantic chemistry, which I'm okay with. We get Clancy Brown, Orlando Jones, and John Cho in supporting roles and though I found it pretty odd that the latter two (known for being great at comedy) literally have no humor whatsoever in the show, they do a great job supporting the leads. Cho specifically does a bang up job as the "Renfeld" of the series, the guy who helps the baddies, while some horrible things happen to him physically and mentally.
The aforementioned mythology is a strong selling point for me – I'm digging the connection to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and find that it creates a story-rich environment that, should the ratings support, the series could mine for years. Seven though…not so sure. I've grown impatient to shows that spin their wheels to intentionally delay payoff.
Though Wiseman only directed the first episode, he set the tone of the series in such a way that the second episode took it and ran with it without feeling like it was directed by someone different. The shows feels like it was filmed in the fall (though I'm positive it wasn't), which helps add to the overall horror element they're going for. Not only that, the creature design is well done, thankfully keeping the monsters a little obscured so as to leave a little to the imagination. The first episode actually had a scene (near the end) that made me jump, which almost never happens during television shows.
The show could use a little bit more of the humor/quirkiness that will help it stand out from shows like "Fringe," "Grimm," and "Supernatural." In fact, I'd say the show very much feels like a combination of the first two, and John Noble becoming a regular cast member (recently announced) will do nothing to help distinguish the two.
"Sleepy Hollow" is creepy, well-written, well-directed, and interesting. I'd recommend it for anyone who's a fan of the shows mentioned above, or looking for a new TV show to scratch that supernatural itch.
"Sleepy Hollow" airs Monday nights on Fox. More information can be found at the official site.


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Silicon rubber for mold making applications
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Silicon rubber for mold making is white flowing liquid with general hardness of 22-50 shore A after curing with features ------
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Cappers Picks Report for 9/29/2016 : NFL, MLB, NCAAF, Soccer
Free Picks Report supplies sports picks and predictions from the best sports handicappers and services in the industry. Picks posted will range from free to premium. You can decide whether to follow or fade !
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NFL Football
101 Miami Dolphins at 102 Cincinnati Bengals 8:25PM
NCAAF / CFB – College Football
103 Kansas U at 104 Texas Tech 8:30PM
105 Connecticut at 106 Houston U 8:00PM
NCAAF College Extra Football
301 Hampton at 302 North Carolina A&T 7:30PM
MLB – Baseball
953 Chicago Cubs at 954 Pittsburgh Pirates 7:05PM
955 Philadelphia Phillies at 956 Atlanta Braves 7:10PM
957 Cincinnati Reds at 958 St. Louis Cardinals 7:15PM
959 Los Angeles Dodgers at 960 San Diego Padres 9:10PM
961 Colorado Rockies at 962 San Francisco Giants 10:15PM
963 Cleveland Indians at 964 Detroit Tigers 1:10PM
965 Boston Red Sox at 966 New York Yankees 7:05PM
967 Baltimore Orioles at 968 Toronto Blue Jays 7:05PM
969 Minnesota Twins at 970 Kansas City Royals 7:15PM
971 Tampa Bay Rays at 972 Chicago White Sox 8:10PM
973 Oakland Athletics at 974 Seattle Mariners 10:10PM
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No better time for a liquid diet
Robertson Walk tapas bar Barraka serves up a range of hot and cold tapas, paellas and fish and meat mains. But the real stars here are the drinks: a pretty sizeable range of cava, rosé, whites and reds starting at $6 a glass. You can also knock back beer (from $7/glass), sangria ($10/glass) and summery cocktails (from $14) in their massive alfresco seating area (no need to squeeze). It comes complete with a great soundsystem and live sports screenings outdoors.
No better time for a liquid diet
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Do you know the use of a cell phone signal jammer? It is used for making weak and even breaking off the signal of cell phone, and gives you a peaceful and quiet working and living environment.
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|5pcs Omnidirectional antennas
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Quarterly Journal of Finance, Volume 3, Issue 3n4, 2013
40 Pages Posted: 17 Mar 2010 Last revised: 25 Aug 2014
There are 3 versions of this paper
Date Written: March 12, 2014
Empirical evidence on the out-of-sample performance of asset-pricing anomalies is mixed so far and arguably is often subject to data-snooping bias. This paper proposes a method that can significantly reduce this bias. Specifically, we consider a long-only strategy that involves only published anomalies and non-forward-looking filters and that each year recursively picks the best past-performer among such anomalies over a given training period. We find that this strategy can outperform the equity market even after transaction costs. Overall, our results suggest that published anomalies persist even after controlling for data-snooping bias.
Keywords: Data-snooping Bias, Asset-pricing Anomalies, Out-of-sample Test, Published Anomalies
JEL Classification: G11, G14, D83
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Huang, Jing-Zhi and Huang, Zhijian (James), Real-Time Profitability of Published Anomalies: An Out-of-Sample Test (March 12, 2014). Quarterly Journal of Finance, Volume 3, Issue 3n4, 2013. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1571706 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1571706
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A novel process for fabricating tuneable lasers using micro-machined mirrors was developed by IST project TUNVIC. Part of a special two-part device, it allows variable wavelengths of emitted light that will ultimately allow increased volumes of data to be sent through a single optical fibre cable.
High-capacity data links between networked routers are part of the Internets backbone. These links use optical fibre cables through which information is sent using semiconductor lasers. By deploying several lasers of different wavelengths, it is possible to multiply the volume of data that can be sent through a single optical fibre. And with increased Internet traffic, ever increasing amounts of data will need to be exchanged.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55495614822484585662017-06-27T07:23:20.387-05:00Bike Washington CountyWashington County WI: A great place to be a cyclist!Dave email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-43229718436092010382017-06-25T21:19:00.000-05:002017-06-25T21:19:06.782-05:00Fun At Greenbush

You read that headline correctly: fun at Greenbush. I haven't had many nice things to say about Greenbush over the years, but today I actually enjoyed riding there. Following the wheel of Jeff Wren (Team Extreme), who has a lot more experience than I do on those mountain bike trails, I completed a sub-56:00 lap. That's not too bad by itself, and it looks even better when you consider that I was making my first visit since May 2015. My previous best at Greenbush was 59:51.

I can't give you the exact time of today's lap because my progress was halted by a downed tree. I lost several seconds as I dismounted, carried the bike over the obstacle, and got back up to speed. That shouldn't be a problem on October 7 when I compete on a freshly-groomed course in the Wisconsin Endurance Mountain Bike Series championship race, the GEARS Greenbush Grinder. But I will need to improve on today's effort. It was a decent training ride, not race pace. Being faster was a product of my improving skills on singletrack. To be truly competitive, though, I would need to go sub-50:00 per lap for 3 consecutive laps. I don't think I will get there, but who knows? In 2011 when I did my first-ever lap at Greenbush, I finished in about 80:00 and couldn't have imagined a day when I would go sub-56:00.

More practice sessions at Greenbush to follow ...Dave email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-11256022828947003722017-06-21T09:30:00.000-05:002017-06-21T09:30:16.881-05:00No Cable? No Problem.

I'm an enthusiastic cord cutter … maybe even a fanatic. I grew to hate the cable bundle to the point where it simply had to go. My family and I have a much better experience with TV now that we get it over-the-air, on the Internet, and through streaming services. We're saving money and we're making smarter entertainment choices. Gone are the days of mindlessly flipping through 300 channels in search of a single decent program. Our viewing experience is now very focused.

For me, much of the focus is on bike racing. In the past I praised those pirated feeds of the major European TV networks, but during the last year it seems like they have gotten less reliable. Sites like CyclingFans.com continue to publish links, but more often than not the feeds are geo-restricted. Video quality—a hit-or-miss consideration before—is now almost uniformly terrible. And while I have been able to enjoy many races without English commentary, it's better to have English if you can get it.

So, today I subscribed to the NBC Sports Gold cycling package. I will get a year of live and on demand video that includes all the major road races, some BMX, track and mountain bike events, and (especially) cyclocross. Only a small portion of the coverage will be broadcast on NBC's family of over-the-air and cable channels, so don't look at this $39.99 investment as a replacement for something I was getting in the old bundle. No, this is the epitome of à la carte TV: just cycling. I'm getting only what I want, whenever I want it, at a very high level of quality, from a single trusted source.

When I was a cable subscriber I checked out NBC's streaming coverage a few times, so I know what I'm getting: extra content, no commercials. We're between major races right now. The real test begins on July 1 with the Tour de France. I expect to be very satisfied. In the meantime, I will continue to check out the on demand offerings.Dave firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-84078965565170790252017-06-14T16:44:00.001-05:002017-06-14T16:44:07.823-05:00Go, Vols!

When you go to a big sporting event in America—something like pro or college football, Major League Baseball, etc.—you go with the expectation that everything will be taken care of for you. Someone shows you where to park. Someone shows you where to sit. Someone brings you drinks and snacks. And they all have one thing in common: they're getting paid.

Cycling isn't there yet, and it might never get there. Even when an event is overseen by a professional management company, volunteers do much of the work. The Tour of America's Dairyland is Wisconsin's biggest cycling event: 11 straight days of pro and amateur racing, starting tomorrow in Kenosha. When ToAD comes to Grafton on Saturday, I'll be there for a 2.5-hour course control shift. On Monday I will work a 4-hour course control shift at the ToAD race in downtown West Bend. It's fun, but it's also serious business. ToAD brings out a lot of curiosity seekers who badly underestimate the speed of the racers. They can cross the course when I say so, and not before. And they can sit a little farther back from that hot corner, where experience tells me we'll eventually see a crash.

On Saturday, July 29, one of my Team Pedal Moraine friends and I will run the last rest stop at the Wisconsin Women Century. The ride will begin and end in Cedarburg, but the rest stop is squarely on TPM's home turf: the Cedar Lake Wayside just outside West Bend. Volunteering there isn't just the right thing to do; it's also an opportunity to raise TPM's public profile—particularly with women—as we continue to recruit new team members.

For our volunteer time, my teammate and I will earn free entries to the Holy Hill Classic on Sunday, July 30. It's a hilly century ride that we'll use as a tune-up for Race The Lake. So, our commitment to the rest stop isn't completely selfless. Even ToAD has little rewards: free T-shirts, free food and drink, and so on. But such incentives aren't the reason I volunteer. I'm motivated first by a desire to sustain the special cycling events we have in this area, and then to expand on them.

At this time, the Downtown West Bend Association is still short of volunteers for next Monday. There are several roles to play. If you can help, then please follow this link to sign up.Dave email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-34251212202667261472017-06-07T08:08:00.000-05:002017-06-07T08:08:14.301-05:00West Bend's Bike-Friendly Report Card

On May 25 I got email from the League of American Bicyclists with a link to West Bend's bike-friendly community report card. Our city didn't meet the League's criteria for Bronze-level recognition, despite recent efforts by Bike Friendly West Bend. And this came as no surprise; BFWB applied for recognition with no expectation of success. The application was intended to elicit exactly the response that came: a point-by-point checklist for BFWB to use as a blueprint for future initiatives.

The League recommended that West Bend adopt a Complete Streets policy. That won't happen anytime soon. There's more hostility than support for Complete Streets from the governor and the state legislature, and without their attention the city's Common Council doesn't even have to consider, much less to accommodate, the needs of cyclists and pedestrians. West Bend only grudgingly repairs its streets for motor vehicles; expecting anything more would be silly.

The League also noted that "the current on-street bicycle network does not appear to include striped bicycle lanes." True, nor will it in the future. Bike Friendly West Bend isn't even asking for that. The goal of BFWB is bicycle boulevards: a network of low-traffic routes defined by signs and sharrows.

There is reason to hope that the League's recommendation of an official Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee will become a reality. Bike Friendly West Bend already functions as one, and it wouldn't take much for City Hall to create an official committee, perhaps one that could share resources with such existing groups as the Board of Public Works, the Park and Recreation Commission, the Plan Commission, the Police and Fire Commission, the Safety Commission, and the Tourism Commission. The League recommends that West Bend "increase the amount of staff time spent on improving conditions for people who bike and walk," but that can't be done until we have committee status. The efforts of Bike Friendly West Bend, however effective, won't meet that recommendation.

The last of the League's recommendations was to review and (ideally) to repeal sections of the municipal code that mandate bicycle registration. The League says, "Mandatory registration can be a barrier to some people choosing to use a bicycle." I say that a $10 lifetime registration fee is hardly a barrier to prospective riders in a state that requires $75 annual motor vehicle registration. But it is possible to argue that bike registration in West Bend should be discontinued for other reasons:

Low rates of compliance by citizens

Citizens likely are unaware of the requirements

Citizens are unlikely to comply when enforcement is unlikely

Low rates of violation enforcement by West Bend Police

Registration applies only to City residents, not to visitors, and

Registration stickers are hard to see when a bike is in motion, so …

Enforcement is likely only when a rider is detained for another infraction

Low rates of lost or stolen bicycle recovery in which registration was a factor

Kenneth Meuler, West Bend's Chief of Police, addressed these points in an email to Bike Friendly West Bend on May 29. He confirmed that his department is not citing residents for non-compliance, but argued that the requirement functions as a valuable service to reunite owners with lost or stolen bicycles. It remains to be seen whether the League will be mollified by the distinction between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law.

Getting recognition from the League of American Bicyclists will be an uphill battle. At their May meeting last Wednesday, members of Bike Friendly West Bend reviewed the League's report card and seemed resolved to continue to work toward that goal. But there was some discussion about the value of League recognition—i.e., just what would being a Bronze-level bike friendly community do for West Bend? Would it be a boon for tourism? Would it encourage new families to relocate here? Those are unanswered questions. A different advocacy group would have been discouraged by the League's critique but for Bike Friendly West Bend it was just another agenda item. The group remains confident in its plans to make the city better for cyclists and pedestrians, whatever outsiders may think.Dave email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-32425486864005547722017-06-05T11:00:00.002-05:002017-06-05T11:00:48.835-05:002017 Battle Of CamRock

West Bend's Jeff Wren was 4th in the Sport 50-54 race.

Located between Cambridge and Rockdale in eastern Dane County, CamRock County Park features some of the most popular mountain bike trails in Wisconsin. For me, though, CamRock has been primarily a cyclocross destination: different part of the park, different trail system. For whatever reason, my only mountain bike race at CamRock was back in 2012 when I competed as a Cat 3.

That beginner-friendly course was much easier than the one I faced on Sunday in the Battle Of CamRock, my second WORS race of 2017. I knew that I would be severely tested by many technical descents. Those continue to be my Achilles' heel, and my inability to handle them well resulted in a 12th-place finish in my 15-man age group in the Cat 2 "Sport" race. I was 112th of 189 overall.

Not my best result … but the effort was there. I had a productive pre-ride on Saturday afternoon, got good rest on Saturday night, managed my nutrition and hydration needs effectively, and so on. Even the weather was in my favor: sunny and 82° on Sunday morning. My start was OK and the early flat or uphill sections of singletrack were no problem. My fitness was good: at just 1:11:48.1 of race time, my endurance wasn't tested. But my performance went downhill whenever the trail went downhill—it's that simple. To finish 12th out of 15 in my age group is disappointing, but it was a fairly tight pack. I was less than 4 minutes behind Jeff Wren (Team Extreme) for the final podium spot, and I lost all of that time on descents.

I thought about going to Wausau next Saturday for a WEMS race, but I'm abandoning that idea. And I'm taking Eau Claire and La Crosse off my WORS calendar, as I always suspected I would. I think it makes sense to put more energy into practice sessions close to home. I haven't been to Greenbush yet this year, and I haven't been to New Fane enough. Those trails are not just nearby; they're also the sites of major racing objectives at the end of the season. Even Glacial Blue Hills looks like a good option for me right now. I need better skills, and maybe it's best that I don't try to find them during a race.Dave email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-52755209086685696952017-06-01T08:00:00.000-05:002017-06-01T08:00:29.920-05:00Venue Change For The WORS Cup

Yesterday the Wisconsin Off-Road Series announced a venue change for its signature event, the WORS Cup. Originally scheduled for Cascade Mountain in Portage, the 3-day event now will be held at Alpine Valley near Elkhorn. This is a big deal. A decade ago, Alpine Valley was part of the WORS family. Then it dropped off the radar for a while. But within the last few years, new trails at the resort have attracted a lot of riders and a lot of praise. Racing returned in 2015 with an 18-hour Wisconsin Endurance Mountain Bike Series event. UW-Whitewater hosted a collegiate race weekend at Alpine Valley last September. Now WORS is back, and I expect great things.

Cascade Mountain wasn't a bad location. It was close to Madison and its proximity to I-94 made it an easy destination for racers from Milwaukee, Chicago, and Minneapolis-St. Paul. But I think Alpine Valley has bigger potential. It's much more fun to ride there. And even though the WORS Cup doubles as the USA Cycling Midwest Regional Championships, its competitors are mostly a Milwaukee-Madison-Chicago crowd. Compared to Cascade Mountain, Alpine Valley is closer to more population.

And closer to me! Traveling from home to attend the pre-ride on Friday, July 7, I will save about 30 minutes. Those are precious minutes for a guy who has to work overnight. On Saturday the 8th, the time savings will really add up. When my work day ends in Brookfield at 7 a.m., I will be just 31 miles from Alpine Valley. With 4 hours at my disposal before the race begins, I can stop somewhere for breakfast, reach the race venue without stress, and warm up as much as I want. If I had to be at Cascade Mountain by 11 a.m., then I would be facing a 97-mile drive. That would be achievable, of course, but a bigger expenditure of effort on something that doesn't contribute to my race performance. Even on Sunday, the least time-crunched day, the venue change helps me. The STXC race begins early: 9 a.m. Because it's at Alpine Valley and not at Cascade Mountain, I can sleep for an extra half hour.

The venue change also helps me because I already have raced at Alpine Valley this season. I didn't get an especially good result in the WEMS race on May 13, but I built some confidence on the trails. At Cascade Mountain I would have been starting from scratch on unfamiliar ground. Yesterday's announcement was nothing but good news for me!Dave email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-50752811453435347062017-05-30T16:30:00.000-05:002017-05-30T16:30:06.906-05:00Don't Miss The Demo Day!

Bad weather wiped out both of the demo days that were scheduled earlier this month, but tomorrow's weather looks good. Belgianwerkx and Rocky Mountain have rescheduled their mountain bike demo at Pleasant Valley Park in Ozaukee County. Come out between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. to see and ride the newest, coolest bikes in Rocky Mountain's line. Admission is free.Dave email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-26239902325966724242017-05-29T16:00:00.000-05:002017-05-29T16:00:46.432-05:002017 WEMS Stump Farm 100

My race on Saturday at the Brown County Reforestation Camp in Suamico could have been a disaster. Bad weather limited me to just 2 training rides between May 18 and May 26. I hadn't been on the mountain bike since May 13. I worked 12-hour nighttime shifts on Thursday and Friday, and when my race began at 12 o'clock I had been awake for almost 24 hours. I should have been an embarrassing combination of under-trained and exhausted.

I wasn't. I had abundant energy and a really fun race. I took 15th place in the 33-man short distance category. My time of 2:24:02 was way off the winning pace of 1:59:23 set by Dan Teaters (Team Wheel & Sprocket), but I never expected to match him. Teaters is a 33-year old Cat 1 who was racing on his home course, motivated to win Stump Farm for the second year in a row. His closest competition finished more than 4 minutes behind.

My closest competition was Shaun Putz (unattached), with whom I began working early in Lap 1. Putz was smooth through the singletrack and I was happy to follow his lines. And he was a good communicator, calling out hazards like slower riders from the mid- and long-distance categories … and like the big garter snake I would have crushed if not for his warning. We completed Lap 1 just 3 seconds apart and comfortably ahead of any chasers. By the end of Lap 2, however, Putz had a 58-second lead on me. For much of Lap 3, I couldn't see him. But I knew I was faster on the cross country ski trails and on the climbs, so I pushed especially hard in those areas and got back to Putz's wheel with 3 miles to go. Again I was content to follow, sure that I could out-kick my rival on the long section of ski trail at the end of the lap. With less than a mile to go, my plans almost fell apart: I crashed when my front tire washed out in a sandy corner. I wasn't on the ground for long, but any delay was a bad delay that late in the race. When I emerged from the singletrack Putz had a 200-meter lead. I went into the big ring, reeled him in, and finished 2 seconds ahead. I was grateful to have a reason to keep pushing throughout a race that easily could have turned into little more than a solo ride.

Then I saw the results and realized I finished only 19 seconds behind my top rival, Jeff Wren (Team Extreme). I had lost sight of him early in Lap 1, which he completed in 45:45 and I finished in 47:03. I was 34 seconds quicker on Lap 2 and 25 seconds quicker on Lap 3, but it wasn't enough.

With two category wins, Saturday was a great day for Team Pedal Moraine. Matt Grady won the long distance singlespeed race—that's 101 miles of mountain bike racing—in 8:42:08, beating his closest rival by just 6 seconds! Nate Gruenke easily won the mid-distance fatbike category.

The next race in the Wisconsin Endurance Mountain Bike Series is the Romp In The Swamp Epic on June 10. Because of the distance between my office in Brookfield and the race venue in Wausau, I haven't committed to that date. But Saturday's race showed that I can race well even after an overnight work shift and a long drive. I'm hoping for a high finish in the series standings, so any points are good points.Dave firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-82871342589218589542017-05-28T21:00:00.000-05:002017-05-28T21:00:32.891-05:00Enjoy State Parks & Trails For FreeMost of Wisconsin's state parks and trails require some kind of payment from their patrons. Each year I buy a state parks vehicle sticker ($28) and a state trail pass ($25). Those are good for unlimited visits to any state park or trail, but most years I use them only for mountain biking at New Fane. I visit New Fane often enough that the annual passes are far cheaper than daily passes ($8 vehicle / $5 trail). If cost has been holding you back, then circle next weekend on your calendar:

Dave firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-12589720186310230772017-05-22T13:23:00.000-05:002017-05-22T13:23:43.692-05:002007 Raleigh Competition For Sale

It's a great bike; I just don't use it anymore. The BMC Gran Fondo is my road bike now and probably will be for many years to come. But this Raleigh will be a super deal for somebody! Click here to see the details on Craigslist.Dave firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-21657147480899075932017-05-19T08:00:00.000-05:002017-05-20T10:17:33.585-05:00Bumped From The Schedule

Wisconsin weather strikes again!

I'm taking the Iola Bump & Jump off my schedule. Iola is going to get more than an inch of rain tomorrow and that will wipe out the pre-ride window, then on Sunday the skies will be overcast and the wind chill will be 48° for the Cat 2 (Sport) race at 11:30 a.m. With no opportunity to pre-ride an unfamiliar course, and faced with a cold mudfest, I'm staying home.

Skipping Iola has big implications for my WORS season. There are 11 scoring opportunities, the best 7 of which count in the series standings. I got series points back on May 6 at the Englewood Opener. Now I have just 9 more chances to score. Distant races like the Red Flint Firecracker in Eau Claire (June 25) and the Hixon Forest Epic in La Crosse (August 6) have always been nothing more than "maybes" on my calendar. The WORS Cup offers 2 scoring opportunities—cross country on Saturday, July 8, and short track or enduro on Sunday, July 9—but the unusual race schedule meshes badly with my work schedule. Without 7 results there is no prospect of a high finish in the series standings, and the most realistic path to that goal now looks like this:

06/04 - Battle Of CamRock
06/18 - Mt. Morris Challenge
07/08 - WORS Cup: XCO
07/09 - WORS Cup: STXC
07/23 - Colectivo Coffee Bean Classic
08/20 - Reforestation Ramble

Racing at Iola would be unpleasant enough for me under the conditions the weather forecast describes, but it also might compromise my WEMS ambitions. The Stump Farm 100 is coming up next Saturday and I don't want to miss it because of illness, injury, or mechanical failure. WEMS also uses the "best 7" format to determine series champions and I won't get to 7 results in that series, but at least I should get to the minimum of 4 results I need to be award-eligible. Stump Farm will be my second WEMS race this year—Alpine Valley was the first—and I already have registered for the 3 races at the end of the season:

09/09 - Northern Kettles Fall Epic
09/16 - 9 Hours Of Silver Lake
10/07 - GEARS Greenbush Grinder (WEMS Championship)

So, 2017 still looks like a very full year of mountain bike racing even without Iola and, perhaps, without some of the other WORS dates.Dave firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-66986411192845786402017-05-18T08:08:00.000-05:002017-05-19T07:46:01.723-05:009 Hours Of Alpine Valley

Climbing well despite too much belly fat! (Brittany Nigh photo)

Last Saturday was peculiar. After working overnight, I crawled into a quiet corner of my office building and slept for a while. It didn't make sense to drive back to West Bend from Brookfield, then hang out at home for a few hours, and then drive south again for the 9 Hours Of Alpine Valley WEMS race. Taking an hour of driving off my schedule made for an easier approach to a day that I knew would be challenging enough.

I didn't have high expectations for my race performance, and I didn't get a high finish: 26th of 39 men in the 3-hour division. I clipped a tree early in Lap 1 and crashed, dropping me behind some traffic that I wouldn't have fallen behind otherwise. On a course that is almost all singletrack, it took a while to reclaim the spots I lost. Meanwhile, a couple of guys with whom I thought I would contend were able to get away and I never saw them again. But meandering across the Alpine Valley ski hill, I was very pleased with my climbing ability. To whatever extent I had success against other racers, that was the reason. My descending skills remain shoddy but they got a good workout that afternoon, and only by challenging myself will I improve.

In a typical year I don't show up until I have enough fitness to compete at a reasonable level. This spring I am trying to race myself into shape. I consider last Saturday a success because I pushed much harder than I would have in a non-competitive environment. I also picked up some series points that will be useful later. I'm expecting a better result on May 27 in the Stump Farm 100 at the Brown County Reforestation Camp in Suamico, where I usually race well. But my real targets on the WEMS calendar come at the end of the season: the Northern Kettles Fall Epic on September 9, the 9 Hours Of Silver Lake on September 16, and the WEMS Championships on October. It's a long season and clearly I'm not yet where I need to be, but the wheels are in motion.Dave firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-27401197449389021932017-05-16T08:00:00.000-05:002017-05-16T08:00:02.552-05:00Try Some Buy Some

If you live in southeastern Wisconsin, then during the next week you will have two great opportunities to test ride new bikes from Giant and Rocky Mountain. Giant's demo day will include road and mountain bikes. It will run from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. this Saturday, May 20, at the John Muir trailhead in Walworth County. Hosted by Belgianwerkx, Rocky Mountain's demo day will be a mountain bike-only affair at Pleasant Valley in Ozaukee County, 4-8 p.m. next Tuesday, May 23. Both events are free, but remember your state trail pass and state parks vehicle sticker if you go to John Muir. You can buy 1-day passes at the trailhead if you don't have annual passes.Dave firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-71948749575943385382017-05-14T20:00:00.000-05:002017-05-14T20:00:08.405-05:00Ride 2,000

Pretty standard stuff ... with two notable exceptions.

Today's ride was short: 22 miles with only 531 feet of climbing, completed in a little less than 1.5 hours. Really it was just an easy spin on my cyclocross bike, a "recovery" ride on the day after a much larger effort. But it was a significant ride nonetheless because (1) it was my 2,000th ride since my life as a cyclist began back in 2004, and (2) my left knee didn't hurt.

So, what was this much larger effort on Saturday? The WEMS race at Alpine Valley. And why did I think my left knee might hurt? Because I crashed in the WEMS race at Alpine Valley. The crash didn't seem like a big deal at the time. It happened just a couple of minutes into the race, and I then rode for about 2.5 hours without any discomfort. But my knee got tight overnight and had me limping around the house this morning. I was relieved that it didn't bother me at all during this afternoon's ride. In another day or two it should be back to normal.

I'll post a race report as soon as WEMS posts yesterday's results. I know I didn't have a high finish, but I left Alpine Valley yesterday with literally no idea how many people finished ahead of me or behind me. I don't think I have ever done that before, and I hated to do it but I couldn't wait around any longer than I did. WEMS switched to a new scoring system this season and so far things have been a little clunky.Dave email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-11635797941782416062017-05-07T15:00:00.000-05:002017-05-07T19:38:19.585-05:002017 Englewood Opener

Team Extreme's Stuart Shelton and Jeff Wren took the top spots.

The 2017 Wisconsin Off-Road Series began in Fall River on Saturday and I was there, using the occasion to begin my own racing season. In fact, I started the race from the front row and was solidly in the Top 5 on a long, uphill leadout into a stiff wind. But the ambitious start was too much, too soon: halfway through the first lap, I had dropped back to the middle of the pack. And that's where I would finish, 8th place out of 16 in the Sport (Cat 2) 50-54 age group at the Englewood Opener.

Lap 1 was considered a prologue: a shorter lap that omitted most of the technical sections of the course. The idea was to create separation between riders and thereby prevent bottlenecks at the rock gardens and other tricky spots. The strategy worked for the most part, but with a big field of riders there was always someone for me to chase and always someone just behind. I was 91st out of 166 overall.

On Lap 2, feeling a little ragged from the aerobic challenge of the prologue, I ran through a couple of technical sections rather than risk a crash. If I still had been in the Top 5, then I would have accepted the risk, but I didn't lose much time in the bargain. By the midpoint of Lap 2 I had settled down and my handling skills were feeling sharper. That helped me to recapture a couple of positions. I had ridden singletrack just 5 times this year prior to Saturday. Some of Englewood's technical sections were at the limit of my ability, but I rode them all on Lap 3 with growing confidence. I spent the entirety of Lap 3 with teammate Larry Hipps, and together we picked off a few stragglers while defending ourselves from pursuers. The podium spots were out of reach but we did well to consolidate our positions. In the end, it was a Washington County 1-2: Stuart Shelton of Hubertus took the win, followed by West Bend's Jeff Wren.

I'm OK with my result. During Friday's pre-ride, I knew the technical sections would be a problem for me. But I also knew that I would do well on the open areas of the course, including the many climbing sections. Englewood was a must-do because it was new and because it was just 56 miles from home. That makes it the second-closest venue in a series that includes dates in Eau Claire and La Crosse. I haven't committed to all 10 races, but I am glad to have opened my series points account. In the week to come I will spend more time on singletrack and more time on hills in preparation for the next WORS race, the Iola Bump & Jump on May 21. Whether that means I will line up for next Saturday's WEMS race remains to be seen, though there may be no better preparation for Iola than the course at Alpine Valley.Dave firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-89272246176730204752017-05-04T20:00:00.000-05:002017-05-04T20:01:22.915-05:00New Fane, New Look

Presenting the new Pedal Moraine jersey!

Today I returned to New Fane for some badly needed time on singletrack. I had not been on the mountain bike since I visited New Fane on April 15 & 16. I can attribute the layoff to an overabundance of rain and wet trails, but it's also true that I was wavering in my commitment to the WORS season opener this Saturday. When I finally made the decision to race, the decision to practice followed swiftly.

If only I were riding swiftly! I can't claim that yet. I did 2 short laps today and then 2 full laps. My full-lap times were 27:23 and 27:33, respectively. Those were my fastest laps this year, but I'm still about 30 seconds per lap behind the pace I set in last year's Northern Kettles Fall Epic.

Tomorrow is another day … one that I will spend pre-riding the Englewood Opener course. I'm curious and optimistic about a purpose-built XC race course: trails not designed to be ridden, but to be raced. That's unique in Wisconsin and it's rare in most other parts of the country. We're behind the rest of the world when it comes to course design, and it shows. Pre-riding is always a good idea and even if my fitness isn't great at least my mental preparation for Saturday can be strong. It's a huge advantage to be familiar with the course when others are not. For some of my WORS rivals who are used to Sunday races, the unusual schedule of the opening weekend will be a hardship. The Friday pre-ride window won't fit everyone's schedule. For me, it will be an opportunity to gain an edge. I have no real expectations for my performance on Sunday. I will be happy just to get the first race of the year under my belt, gain a little fitness by pushing myself harder than I could in training, and grab some points in the series standings. A good result would inspire me to be more active in the series than I might be otherwise, but I haven't done enough this year to deserve a good result.Dave firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-86169560589100515492017-04-30T20:00:00.000-05:002017-04-30T20:00:00.154-05:00Not Your Average Cheesehead Roubaix

Lovers Lane is bad enough when it's dry! Click here to see all the great Moroder Photography shots.

In years to come I hope I will remember the 2017 Cheesehead Roubaix as "the weird one."

Today was the 8th annual running of my interpretation of the Spring Classics, and it was notable for two things. The first was the weather. Around here, an average April 30 has a low temperature of 40° overnight and a high temperature of 61° in the afternoon. Today's high temperature was 41° ... and that doesn't figure in the winds. With 10-20 mph winds from the northeast, the wind chill was in the low 30s. (It was 27° early this morning when I was setting up some of the signs along the route.) Mist and light rain fell throughout the ride. Conditions were just about as bad as they could have been. At least it didn't snow, I guess. At least there wasn't any lightning, I guess.

The second thing that made this year's Cheesehead Roubaix so different for me was that I didn't ride it. As the event's creator, I had never missed a chance to see the ride from behind the handlebar. But today I saw it from behind the steering wheel of my minivan. In fact, I saw most of the route more than once. Cheesehead Roubaix is intended for the self-sufficient, but conditions were so rough today that my conscience wouldn't allow me to leave the riders without any support. As you might imagine, poor weather had a dramatic effect on the turnout. For the last couple of years I have been getting about 300 riders, but today I had only about 30. That meant each rider had fewer companions on whom he/she could rely, and many riders rode long stretches of the route alone. A couple of riders bugged out after climbing Lovers Lane. At least 11 abandoned at the Belgianwerkx-sponsored rest stop in the Village of Belgium, roughly halfway through the route. I provided transportation for 2 of them. Short-cutting the route on my return to Belgium, I saw a few more riders feeling their way back to Newburg.

Newburg itself was a little different this year. During the winter, an ice jam caused the Milwaukee River to flood Newburg Fireman's Park. The fire department is still working to reverse the damage, and the parking lot was not available to us today. We've had nearly double the normal amount of rainfall for April, slowing the park's restoration. But the fire department did come through with a portable toilet, and the post-ride snacks available at the concessions stand were a nice treat for several riders. Between concessions sales and cash donations, today netted about $300 for the department—a big drop from last year, but not bad under the circumstances.

Today's ride was challenged by some of the worst weather Cheesehead Roubaix has ever seen. When the temperature is 20° below normal and the whole day is wet, windy, and dark … what can you do? Today the people behind the ride supported the riders in more direct and personal ways than ever before. Next year we might have beautiful weather and 300 riders and a bucket full of cash for the fire department and things will be back to normal. And normal at Cheesehead Roubaix is pretty great. Today was weird, but hopefully the people who showed up thought it was pretty great anyway. We did our best to make it so.Dave email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-34057789994870344192017-04-27T08:00:00.006-05:002017-04-27T08:06:36.040-05:00Let's Take It Statewide

All of Wisconsin deserves a cyclocross series, not just the I-94 corridor.

Yesterday's release of the 2017 WCA cyclocross calendar once again confirmed the big city bias of which I have written before. And I don't mean that as an indictment of the people behind the series. It makes sense to hold races where a lot of people will attend and where the promoters can at least cover their costs. Where do you find a lot of people? In the I-94 corridor that connects Milwaukee and Madison.

Races in cities like Oshkosh and Wausau prove that even great promoters with great courses cannot count on the support of racers from the I-94 corridor. As I have said before, the big city racers are spoiled to the point where a lot of Milwaukee folks skip the Madison races and a lot of Madison folks skip the Milwaukee races! The SuperCup—the 12 races that actually count toward the series championship—is split evenly between Milwaukee and Madison. And only your best 6 results count in the SuperCup standings, so in theory you could win the championship without ever leaving your home territory.

Maybe that's the way it should be. Maybe Wisconsin is just too big for one series. It's 430 miles from the Superior in the northwest to Kenosha in the southeast. This isn't a small state and our population is not evenly distributed across it. So, what if instead of marginalizing races in cities like Oshkosh and Wausau, we made them important to their own series? Take the 18 races on the 2017 WCA schedule, pull out the state championship because it belongs to everybody, and split the others by region:

For now, drop the "best 6" provision and count all race results within each regional series. The "best 6" concept can be revisited if the regional series grow. And let them grow! Allow each region to establish its own schedule even if the dates conflict. Some will argue that to do so would be to split a finite pool of racers into too many small pieces, making it harder for promoters to attract enough racers to cover their costs. I don't agree. We're already split. Just look at the results of past races to see how reluctant racers are to leave home turf. The greatest challenge to multiple races on the same date may be the availability of USA Cycling officials. While I'm not sure we have enough at present, we can do more to attract, train, and then retain them.

What if you could add Green Bay and Appleton to SuperCup-North? What if SuperCup-North split into Northeast and Northwest someday after welcoming places like Superior, Eau Claire, La Crosse, and exurban Minneapolis-St. Paul into the fold? The current WCA model discourages racing in those parts of the state. There is and shall remain just one state championship, and it's a big enough prize to pull in people from all over. But clearly the SuperCup is not. The "best 6" rule is itself a concession to the reluctance of racers to travel to every race in pursuit of every point. By splitting the series into regions, every race would matter again, if only within their own regions, and markets the WCA has either ignored or underserved would have a chance to develop.Dave email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-34937788941132838312017-04-26T13:00:00.000-05:002017-04-26T13:00:10.098-05:00The 2017 WCA Cyclocross Schedule

Surprise, surprise, surprise!

This morning the Wisconsin Cycling Association announced its 2017 cyclocross schedule and there are definitely some surprises. Here's the schedule itself:

09/09 Sa - SuperCup: Cross-Shooshko, Milwaukee
09/10 Su - SuperCup: VeloCause CX, Milwaukee
09/30 Sa - Flyover Silver Creek CX, Manitowoc
10/01 Su - Cross Of The North, Wausau
10/07 Sa - SuperCup: PumpkinCross, Grafton
10/08 Su - Diablo River Cross, Kimberly
10/14 Sa - SuperCup: Fitchonia Cross Omnium, Dane County
10/15 Su - SuperCup: Fitchonia Cross Omnium, Dane County
10/21 Sa - SuperCup: GP Jo Vanderaffe, Milwaukee
10/22 Su - SuperCup: Battle Of Waterloo, Waterloo
10/28 Sa - SuperCup: Crossfire @ Angell Park, Sun Prairie
10/29 Su - SuperCup: Sun Prairie Cup @ Sheehan Park, Sun Prairie
11/04 Sa - SuperCup: Estabrook Park, Milwaukee
11/05 Su - SuperCup: CamRock CX, Cambridge-Rockdale
11/11 Sa - SuperCup: Sijan Cross, Milwaukee
11/12 Su - FatKats CX, Sheboygan
11/18 Sa - Sunnyview Cross, Oshkosh
12/02 Sa - SuperCup: State Championships, Waterloo

Surprise #1: So many Sundays! There is a faction within the WCA that wants to confine this series to Saturdays as much as possible, leaving Sundays open for the Chicago Cyclocross Cup series. Chicago races attract larger fields that include more top-quality racers, making them more valuable to elite Wisconsin racers looking to improve their USA Cycling rankings for nationals. I expected to see some movement away from Sundays this season, but that aspect of the schedule didn't change.

Surprise #2: Cross Of The North is back. As a new event in 2016, it featured a great course … but dismal attendance due to its location. Wausau is simply too far away from the big population centers of Milwaukee and Madison. Those who do give this race a try will not be disappointed.

Surprise #3: With the GP Jo Vanderaffe, cyclocross will return to Milwaukee's Mitchell Park Domes. That's where I did my first-ever cyclocross race back in 2011.

Surprise #4: No Halloween-themed race. It was a tradition at Washington Park in Milwaukee. Then a muddy race damaged the park in 2015 and the threat of rain prompted Milwaukee County to cancel the event in 2016. (OK, maybe this one isn't that much of a surprise.)

Surprise #5: After a 1-year absence, Sheboygan returns to the schedule … under new management. The FatKats, better known as a mountain biking team, have stepped up to replace Sheboygan Bicycle Company.

And now here's something that won't surprise anyone who kept up with my 2016 cyclocross season: I'm going to miss most of these races.

This season my top competitive priority is mountain biking. I'm already registered for WEMS races on Sep. 9 and Oct. 7, dates that otherwise would belong to cyclocross. Cyclocross is still important but I'm not going to put as much pressure on myself as I have in recent years. For example, I have always wanted to do Patriot CX—Sep. 10 in Rantoul IL—but it has always conflicted with something else. And it does again this year, but why shouldn't I do it anyway? Also, as I demonstrated last season, I am reluctant to travel very far for a Saturday race, given the overnight work schedule that keeps me in the office until 7 a.m. on Saturdays. So, this might be the extent of my 2017 WCA schedule:

10/08 Su - Diablo River Cross
10/21 Sa - SuperCup: GP Jo Vanderaffe
10/22 Su - SuperCup: Battle Of Waterloo
11/04 Sa - SuperCup: Estabrook Park
11/05 Su - SuperCup: CamRock CX
11/11 Sa - SuperCup: Sijan Cross
11/12 Su - FatKats CX
11/18 Sa - Sunnyview Cross

Those 8 races plus Patriot CX plus Region Riot Cross in Crown Point IN on Nov. 26 would give me 10 for the year, which is the same number of cyclocross races I typically do. Let's face it: I'm not competing for a series title or state championship. I should build a schedule that makes me happy.Dave firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-52168628697759850652017-04-23T21:00:00.000-05:002017-04-23T21:00:28.169-05:00Stick Around For Joy

This weekend got off to a terrible start. I was at work early Saturday morning when the news of Michele Scarponi's death reached me. There really is no other sport that loses its stars during training. Automobile racing? It's not the same. Test laps at the track are conducted in a controlled environment. Scarponi's training ride was on open roads near home. Like mine. That's what makes these situations so hard to take. When the best riders in the world can die in almost stereotypical fashion, then how can we deny our own vulnerability? I know the risks, I accept the risks, and I do everything I can to mitigate the risks. There's a right way to conduct your business out there. It doesn't guarantee that you will come home, but it greatly improves your chances. As I rode this weekend I thought of Scarponi, and of Amy Dombrowski and of Burry Stander, and still I rode without fear. They weren't martyrs. I don't intend to be one either. I'm not riding the roads to prove a point; I'm riding the roads because it pleases me. To degrees great and small, risks are everywhere. Some can be avoided entirely—I will never die in a skydiving accident because I will never go skydiving—but many cannot. Anything to which you give your heart comes with the risk of loss. Your spouse may leave you. Your children may grow up to disavow you. Your friends may betray you. But most likely, those people will be sources of great joy. Cycling is one of my great joys—one of only a few—so it's worth the risk.

Early this morning I drove most of the Cheesehead Roubaix route and it's looking good for next Sunday. The wildcard is the weather. Too much rain in the days before the ride could force a detour from low-lying Jay Road, but even rain on Sunday morning will not cancel the event.

There's no rain in the forecast tomorrow, though, or on Tuesday, and I will need good training rides on both days to make up for the poor effort I gave today. This week I'm going to hit 1,000 miles for 2017, but I'm still not in any kind of groove. I always look to the completion of the first 1,000 miles as a major goal, because historically I "switch on" at that time. No promises this year … except that I will keep looking for the switch.Dave firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-52944634063563805372017-04-16T20:30:00.000-05:002017-04-16T20:30:11.777-05:00Two-Fane

Spring has been cool and wet overall, and that's not unusual around here. This weekend was uncommonly warm and mostly dry, but the winds were very high. It would have been a frustrating time to be on the road bike. Fortunately, I got to hide from the winds at New Fane, whose mountain bike trails opened for the season on Friday. Greenbush is now available too, and I plan to visit it several times before the WEMS Championship there on October 7. This weekend, though, was all about New Fane.

New Fane is important not just because of its proximity, but also because it is the site of the Northern Kettles Fall Epic on September 9. I have done well in that race historically and I intend to do well again this year. A big key to my success there is familiarity. The more practice laps, the better. I did 2 laps yesterday—my first visit to New Fane since last year's Northern Kettles Fall Epic—and I did 2 more laps today. And they weren't great. I was slow because I'm out of shape. I was hesitant because prior to this weekend I had only 1 hour on singletrack this year: last Sunday's trip to Glacial Blue Hills. About all I can say is that today's laps were faster than yesterday's laps. It's a start.

There's a lot of work to do. Nevertheless, I'm confident that I will get back to where I want to be … in time to give a good account of myself this fall. Whether I will be in anything like race shape by May 6—the date of the WORS season opener—is a more pressing concern. It's back to the road tomorrow for some fat-burning, endurance-building miles, and then maybe it's back to the turbo trainer if rain returns on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.Dave firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-30278033848700310722017-04-09T23:00:00.000-05:002017-04-09T23:00:20.512-05:00Good Busy

Stop, paint, drive to the next intersection, stop, paint, drive to the next intersection ...

This was a good weekend. And thanks to my strange work schedule, perhaps it's not over yet: I'm free on Mondays until late at night, so there's a better-than-average chance that I'll spend some time on the bike tomorrow. But even if I don't, I will remember this weekend as one that was full of cycling in several forms.

On Saturday I did a respectable 30-mile road ride, then returned home just in time to watch streaming coverage of the Sunny King Criterium from Anniston AL, pro women first and then pro men. Entertaining stuff, but really just an hors d'oeuvre for this morning's Paris-Roubaix. That's my favorite pro race, and this year's edition did not disappoint.

Paris-Roubaix ended shortly after 10 a.m., leaving me with the rest of the day to fill with my own cycling activities. Knowing that it was going to be a dry day—and knowing that I can't always count on those—I was determined to prepare the roads for Cheesehead Roubaix, now just 3 weeks away. Jeff Wren joined me and we knocked out the route in about 3.5 hours, which is roughly how long it takes to ride those 63 miles! But stopping at every intersection to paint logos and directional arrows is tedious work. And it was work that alternated between hot and cold: with a strong wind from the southeast, we were toasty as long as we were a couple of miles inland, but chilled when we were close to Lake Michigan.

In West Bend the temperature reached 73° this afternoon, just 3° from the all-time record. It was our warmest day so far this year and our first 70° day since November 17. Starting at 5:30 p.m.—love me some Daylight Saving Time—I spent an hour working on mountain biking skills at Glacial Blue Hills. It was my first time on singletrack since the WEMS race at New Fane on September 17. The long layoff and my relative unfamiliarity with the trails was evident, but at least it was a step in the right direction as I prepare for the mountain bike racing season.Dave email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-57621876031304774732017-04-05T17:00:00.000-05:002017-04-07T07:59:21.029-05:00Steve Tilford

American bike racing legend Steve Tilford died today from injuries he sustained in a multi-vehicle accident on a Utah highway. Tilford, 57, was a versatile racer who competed at the highest level across multiple cycling disciplines. Among his accomplishments:

4 elite US national cyclocross championships

2 masters world cyclocross championships

5 masters world mountain bike championships

Winner of the 1st US national mountain bike championship

Mountain Bike Hall of Fame inductee

A native of Topeka KS, Tilford was no stranger to Wisconsin. He won masters titles at the USA Cycling National Cyclocross Championships at Badger Prairie in 2012 and 2013. He was a 3-time winner (2000, 2001, 2002) of the Chequamegon 40 mountain bike race, and a top competitor on the road at both SuperWeek and its successor, the Tour of America's Dairyland.

From his popular blog, Tilford influenced the culture of bike racing in America by arguing for rule changes and against performance-enhancing drugs. His competitive spirit and his voice of reason will be missed.Dave firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-53271931514982953912017-03-31T15:45:00.000-05:002017-03-31T15:45:09.398-05:00Worst March Ever?

Was this the worst March ever? I could make that case. I did only 6 rides. I logged only 158 miles, my lowest total since 2008. And back in 2008 I wasn't as prepared for cold weather as I am now, so it's not even a fair comparison. This month had snow, rain, and high winds in abundance:

16 days at or below 40° (9 of which were at or below 32°)

14 days with measurable rain and/or snow

29 days with double-digit wind speeds

26 days with wind gusts in excess of 20 mph (52 mph on March 8!)

Good riddance.

I'm going into April with 563 miles, year-to-date, compared to 620 miles last year. That's not much of a difference, but I don't think I'm nearly as fit as I was this time last year. March wrecked the momentum I had built with a better-than-average January and an all-time-great February. And the biggest problem is still one whose resolution is nowhere on the horizon: all of the mountain bike trails remain closed. New Fane, Greenbush, Pleasant Valley, Minooka, Alpine Valley, CamRock, Silver Lake … they're all too wet to ride. It's not just the frequent rain; it's also the nearly complete absence of sunshine. There is no consolation in the knowledge that the mountain bike trails are closed to everyone. Most of my racing rivals are better technical riders, and whatever success I have against them comes from greater fitness. I expect my fitness to improve dramatically over the next month. But greater fitness doesn't guarantee success in competition. I need to sharpen my skills. In April I will take as much time on singletrack as I can get.

The slag heap we call Glacial Blue Hills likely will be the first trail system available to me—maybe by next weekend if the current forecast proves true—and I guess I'll make peace with it even though I don't enjoy riding there. Part of my prejudice against Glacial Blue Hills is that it isn't a race course, so training there feels like a waste of time when I could be training on trails that I will race later. I literally would rather drive the 75 miles to CamRock than the 5.5 miles to Glacial Blue Hills, but that's a moot point right now. Glacial Blue Hills does have technical trails and long-ish climbs, and maybe that's what I need but it's not what I want. I want to rip through New Fane and the Brown County Reforestation Camp.

Looks like April is going to be all about the work. I trust the fun will show up later.Dave email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549561482248458566.post-50660223275424405372017-03-29T07:45:00.000-05:002017-03-29T07:45:23.576-05:00Pedal Fest 2017

Pedal Moraine Cycle & Fitness

1421 S. Main St., West Bend

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