We had plenty reason to celebrate last night: 2nd in Temecula. Ruth’s support of and patience with me. Gary’s fine programs and guidance. Gia’s grace for those programs being written on Sunday night. To name but the first few.

(Rolling California Rolls)

photo from Xterra photos
20min before Ruth and I are fetched by our lift, Emma, for our drive down through most of California to Temecula where the first of my races here the United States is held. I think I’ve packed most things… Done a bit of pilates this morning with Gia, to loosen up the [...]

Ruth’s clip from glimpses of the past ten days here in Truckee California. From arriving and seeing snow for the firs time, to Little Ella doing Pilate’s (downward dog), to doing an ice bath in Lake Tahoe after last weekend’s long run… Enjoy. End’s off with a face of Jerry, which Little Ella does a great [...]

Every Tuesday evening the Reno Wheelmen (renowheelmen.org) have some form of road race. Last Tuesday I did the Boca Road Race in near freezing conditions (post) and this Tuesday Conrad Snover, Gary Mandy and myself raced the Air Centre Criterium in Reno with the support of Ruth and her camera.

(Four man break away - me in [...]

(Bike lane from Squaw Valley to Tahoe City)

Such a great weekend of training. Body feeling good and all senses stimulated and inspired by the terrain covered. Gary and I rode and ran together this weekend, through breath taking forests, over mounds of frozen ice (sometimes in it) and got to see sights worth travelling for.

(On a dam wall taking a breather… and [...]

Have  a look at this website with great photo’s of the insane mountain bike ride I did today. Mind blowing single track - something like 3hours of it. My concentration was shot, as it just kept coming and coming and demanding more and more. I am without broken bones, so this mtb ride went significantly better than [...]

When catching up with Amber this week who’s just arrived from Reno, Nevada, a stone’s through from Truckee (Wikipedia) where Ruth and I will be based in four weeks time for 7 weeks, she enquired when we were heading over. In response to our 23rd April answer she insisted we shoud go skiing…

(Donner Pass outside [...]

Thought to show the website through which Gary coaches me and through which I log my training data. We subscribe to a online software company called trainingpeaks. Its works really well with my Garmin Forerunner 305. The Garmin uploads easily through a ‘device uploader’, at the click of a few buttons, and presents Gary with [...]