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• The Nationals are Coming! The Nationals are Coming!

  No, really! The rumors have been confirmed - Bend will host Cyclocross Nationals next year! (And the year after that!) There is a really long press release about it, but I’ll cut to the chase because that’s how we like to roll ’round... Posted Dec 23 2008, 06:07 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, cyclocross, bikes, announcement

• An Overdue Thank You to Readers

  Last week, I found out that you don’t actually have to be fast to win at the Cross Crusade Awards Party. You can be lucky and win the raffle, like my friend Beth, who made off with a ridiculous set of tubular wheels. Or you can be unlucky, flat... Posted Dec 16 2008, 09:29 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cross_crusade, cycling, cyclocross, bikes, announcement

• The New Helmet-Cam Comes Through at the USGP!

  A few weeks ago, Wend gave me a GoPro Hero Helmet Cam on permanent loan so I could start documenting my cycling adventures for my column over there. I wore the helmet cam on Sunday during the USGP and even though my slightly-concussed head was screaming... Posted Dec 10 2008, 12:11 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, cyclocross

• It’s Over! The Final Race Report for 2008

  Truth be told, Sal was done before this weekend started. His heart was not in it. He wanted to sleep in and make pancakes and snuggle with the cats. Instead, we got up at the crack of dawn in 29 degree frost and set up tents. We raced bikes and/or got... Posted Dec 08 2008, 11:31 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: racing, cycling, cyclocross

• Yay! “Dirty Pictures” is Ready to Rock!

  While I toil away over Lemon Zinger tea trying to process this weekend’s head-smashing, tree-crashing cyclocross finale, let me distract you with an announcement. The Pdxcross photo book, “Dirty Pictures” is ready just in time to help... Posted Dec 08 2008, 04:16 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, cyclocross, announcement

• Saltzman at Night: I did not anticipate the teeth.

  I can see the dog’s teeth. What strikes me is not that the teeth have the potential to puncture skin, but that I can actually see them. It is pitch black, the cold winter trees of Forest Park blocking out the moonlight. Moments earlier I’d... Posted Dec 04 2008, 06:04 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, cyclocross, training, adventure, stories

• Georgia Gould to Race in Europe This Year

  Georgia Gould is one of my favorite female pros. She is absolutely one of the nicest people you could hope to meet and she’s Hell on Wheels on a ‘cross bike. More impressive, cyclocross is a secondary focus for her (after MTB) and she still... Posted Dec 04 2008, 12:32 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: racing, cyclocross, pro

• The Killing Fields: Kruger’s Crossing Race Report is Up, Complete with Dead Rat

  Photo: Kenji Sugahara Hey - is Thanksgiving tomorrow? How the hell did that happen? Sunday’s race report went up yesterday afternoon over at Ye Olde Wend Magazine. This week is the classic 5 days of work stuffed into 3 days time but how can I not... Posted Nov 26 2008, 03:59 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: racing, cycling, cyclocross, stories

• I *Told* You Dead Animals Were Lucky

  I didn’t kill it. I swear. But it was there. Big, squishy rat. Cyclocross roadkill. On the course. Just after a jaunt through a pile of rotten pumpkins (rideable). It reminded me of the sacrificial bird and I rode faster. Something about riding... Posted Nov 23 2008, 07:31 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: racing, cycling, cyclocross

• The Party’s Over

  My approach is all backwards, but my standard M.O. is to party all ‘cross season and then suddenly dig my heels in and bring the whole overindulgence thing to a screeching halt. I tend to be all-in or all-out. It’s one or the other. People... Posted Nov 22 2008, 03:29 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, cyclocross, fitness, food, diet, nutrition, bikes, training, health

• Cross Crusade #7 Race Report: Mud, Whiskey, Mini-Golf

  I’m traveling so this has to be quick but the race report from this weekend went up realllly early this morning over at the Wend Blog. In other news, at 4:30 in the morning, after 3 hours of sleep, I decided I definitely needed to bring my pedal... Posted Nov 12 2008, 12:55 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cross_crusade, cycling, cyclocross, life, glimmers

• SSCXWC Photo preview

  While I’m writing today, I’ll leave you with a few snaps from yesterday’s festivities. Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Also, check out more photos from Ironclad, Jason Sager, and David A. I’m sure there are many, many... Posted Nov 10 2008, 11:54 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cross_crusade, racing, cycling, cyclocross, bikes, photos, shenanigans

• Single Speed World Championships - The Pre-Party

  SSCXWC contenders descended upon a time-trial qualifying course at a secret location in Portland today. I was there for the start, but I had to work so I could not return to the shenanigans until later in the night when the second-chance race left from... Posted Nov 08 2008, 10:27 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cross_crusade, racing, cycling, cyclocross

• Obama!!!

  This video, from last year’s SSXCWC at Estacada, probably says it best. I’m cringing to post it again but - unfettered joy is unfettered joy, ya know? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Feverydayathleteblog.com%2F2008%2F11%2F04%2Fobama%2F';... Posted Nov 04 2008, 11:57 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cross_crusade, cycling, cyclocross, life, news

• Race Report: Barton Park Carnage

  The Barton Park race report is up over at the Wend Blog! You can read it below, too. Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. All photos courtesy of Stiv Wilson. Blood, rocks, mud, carnage. Barton Park 2008 will go down in infamy. Cue to the quarry... Posted Nov 04 2008, 09:17 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cross_crusade, racing, cycling, cyclocross, stories