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Its been awhile since I posted, and a lot of great stuff has happened. Life is busy with family and work, so just getting around to a write up.

While I have had some decent results this year, my focus on enduro prevented me from being able to do as many XC races as normal, and had me on a different training plan. A big break in the enduro race scene and some added flexibility at home and work allowed me to ramp up my training mid-summer for the Bike Monkey Annadel XC race in…

Where to begin...this was really one of my all time most fun bike weekends. Ever. Not because of the result, which was okay, but because of the people and trails and location. Boom.

Much of "the crew" decided to drive up mid-day Friday to get a jump on the weekend. I had prior commitments, so drove up early Saturday morning with Matt Erbentraut. This turned out to be a good call, as Aaron, Ethan, Christian, and Jordan got stranded about 15 miles out from China Peak when the…

Now that results are finally up for the first Oregon Enduro Series race in Hood River, OR, I figured I should write an update on that race and the second (of four) California Enduro Series race in Los Olivos, CA.

This year has been great so far, although much less races due to family committments (a one and four year old). Plus, the races I am doing are taking me further away for full weekends, rather than the local XC racing that I focused on last year. The enduro scene is…

Yesterday was a perfect NorCal mountain bike racing day! The 20th anniversary of the Napa Dirt Classic at Pacific Union College in Angwin saw perfect weather with sun and high 70's. Dirt was good too-while a little dry and dusty, it was better than prior years mud.

My training has been pretty consistent and this is a big target race for me and the Summit team every year (Jim Hewett won the Pro class last year). Hoping for better results than the three flats dnf I had at my…