Back home from the trip up north to Quebec and Mount Saint Anne for North America World Cup round #1.  A great weekend for Michelin and some American athletes with Adam Craig getting one of his best world cup finishes in 4th place.  Way to go Adam!!!

No matter how many races I see, it is always mind boggling just how fast they go.  I go watch a local race and thing, I might be able to hang with these fast guys.  Then I head to a national level event, norba or the Us champsionship, and think, man, these guys rip.  No way I can keep up with them.  I think there is no way people can go faster.  Then I go to a world cup and see the absolute best in the business and they completely blow my mind at how fast they can go through some of the most technical terrain I have ever ridden.  It is just unreal.

With that in mind, I really don’t want to travel again to Canada for another world cup, however, I do want to see these “machines” just pedal their bikes as fast as they can.  I can’t wait……

All I can say is that I have been busy. With many trips all over the east coast from Tennessee to Mt. Snow now to Mount Saint Anne, Quebec followed by a week in Bromont Canada all while trying to get my 24 hour race training in.  Yeah, I’ve been busy.

I haven’t been posting, a lot due to lack of internet connection and I am not sure how my internet will be for the next 2 weeks as I am still traveling.  I have decided to take my helmet cam with me to Canada so hopefully I will have some sweet video of the trails up there as there certainly is some quality riding.

On another note, I had a great time at the US Mountain Bike Nationals this past weekend.  There is nothing like some good riding, quality racing and hanging out afterwards with some friends.  I have been thinking about some races I want to do next year and after attending the nationals, I have decided that I want to take a crack at the beginner national championship next year.  Even though I have been riding for years and have a few races under my belt, I have raced in races that do not require a license, I have never gotten one, making me one.  The great thing about this is that I can qualify for the race on the east coast, keeping my traveling to a minimum, then head out to Sol Vista Colorado and take my stab at the stars and bars jersey.  For now, that is my thought, but then again, that might change in a week or so…