August 2013 Blog Posts (3)

 As many of you know I broke my foot over a year ago and was non weight bearing for 4 months. Subsequently I wore a boot for two months and wondered if I would ever be able to return to sports. I have torn my ACL, ruptured my Achilles tendon, torn my quadriceps etc. but this was the worst injury to date. The technical name for the injury is a Lisfranc fracture/dislocation which varies considerably in treatment. Unfortunately my injury required surgical fusion of the damaged bones with…

This was my third year riding and now racing double centuries. It was also my third, third place double finish this season (Terrible Two, Alta Alpina & Mt. Tam) and my third place position overall in the CA Triple Crown Series (Devil Mtn., Terrible Two and Alta Alpina).

Last week, I just didn't seem to have the gusto to kill it and go for broke at the Tam Double. I had passed up the High Cascades race a couple weeks earlier due to a family emergency. Perhaps I had some pent up…

I've been hearing rumors of a single track trail system, build by mountain bikers, coming together up north.  I had done a little riding up there before and love it, so when I heard Murphy Mack was putting on a hundred miler, I thought, What better way to explore the trails then with a marked and aided race course. 

Murphy reserved A large camp ground in a redwood grove, about 20 minutes from the star finish area, For racers to stay if the wanted.  I picked up my race number there the…