My post for this month isn't going to be very long. When I returned from Italy last month it was 5 days later that I would get a call that my mom was involved in a serious automobile accident. She was T-boned by another driver at high speed. She spent 6 days in the ICU but was not able to make it. It's been a very difficult past 4 weeks. I was up in Utah immediately and where she was...
Hi, it's time for a May post! Before I tell you about the World Cups and Belgium in Italy I'm first going to tell you about a few things I'm thankful for regarding the trip and more. I was encouraged when I was younger to start a prayer with some things I'm thankful for rather than discussing and focusing on some needs and guidance. Thankful for the opportunity I have to erase my hand cycle. Second, even though I represented...
Hello! Just over a week to go before I leave to Belgium and Italy for 3 weeks to compete with Team USA at the World Cup events. Of course, I'm hoping for some great results. I think, pretty confident, I can get medals in each race. We do have some new competitors in Italy which I've never heard of and one new competitor in Belgium who I've never heard of. Who knows what kind of function they have or if...
Hello, it's time for a second update for the month of march. At the beginning of the month I was looking forward to ending an 8-week class I was teaching and just continuing on the 16-week course so I could give training more of my time and attention. Typically I would get outside more in january, february, and early March but I only got outside about four times to train. Most all training was indoors on zwift. Well, the few...
Hello! It's time for the the first submission of March that I'm gonna provide for you. What I mean is that I want to provide a second update at the end of the month on how my training and preparation is going. We will find out in 10 days or so on our selection to World Cups two and three in Belgium and Italy. I may have heard, from someone, that I have already been selected based off of my...
Hello there! Welcome to my blog for the month of February. I just had my first race this past weekend here in Phoenix. Honestly, the only goal I had for the weekend was to make the, formerly national standard, which is now recognized as the international podium standard. I went a little over 1% faster then the international podium standard. This is good. I think it's actually really good because we use caffeine and carbohydrate, fast digesting carbohydrate in our...
Hello there, it's time for a little update as we're only one week into the first week of 2026. First off, happy to note that I'm back to my normal training. I was having some nagging shoulder discomfort on the left guide for about a month. I have noticed that there are some activities that trigger it and cause it to increase. I'm not sure if it is a rotator cuff tear or just a really tight proximal section of...
Hi, it's only mid-December but I wanted to go ahead and get this blog done for the month. I just came back from California where I was at the 2025 PossAbilities Christmas Gala. This is my third time attending the gala. It's always it's fun to go out there to see how other individuals with and without disabilities are involved with the program. It's really cool to see others in the Paralympic program and how they are progressing. Their blogs...
So, it's been a bit over a month since I last shared information on my blog. It was just Thanksgiving a couple days ago and also 31 years since the accident that put me in a wheelchair. This year was quite hard for whatever reason. I actually know why but I let it hit too hard this year. I was able to go spend time with my mom, step dad, and their neighbors who are from our hometown as well....
Hello, we are at three quarters through October and I'm enjoying one more week of active rest before I start getting back into the full-time grind of training. I'm riding my bike three times per week for an hour or so procession and lifting weights two to three times per week right now. I got out to play wheelchair rugby, which I miss a lot, two times so far and have thoroughly enjoyed it. I think I'm going to, and...
