The prep has begun towards Ronse! The preparation has started towards the 2025 World Championships which are being held in Belgium this year. I'm looking forward to returning to Belgium. Although, I've had some not so great races there, Belgium is where I stamped my with a bronze medal 2023. I had a very successful World Cup in Belgium this year as well. The temperatures typically are not too hot, which favors somebody like myself who does not sweat well because...
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Barry 4x Gold!
The title of this blog post is absolutely correct! I went 4 for4 in the time trials and road races among World Cup1 and 2. I knew my form was good but I had no clue I would win the time trial in Belgium by almost 5 minutes. In 2023 my form was top notch and I was earnings 3rd place medals. Despite not having a couple top H1s present that, are very strong, we had a couple competit0ors that...
Selected!
Last month I specified that I would be going to huntsville, Alabama to compete in a World Cup qualifying time trial event. A week before the event I produced all time best power for 5, 10, 20, and 30 minute intervals of a 30 minute time trial to match the distance of the event I was going to be doing in Huntsville. Huntsville event should have taken around 30 to 32 minutes for 9 miles. The numbers I posted the...
3 weeks til qualification
Hi there, it has been almost a month since my last blog post. I figured I would get it done earl this month as I'll be posting right after the first big race of the year in Huntsville, Alabama at the end of the month. There is a time trial in Huntsville to determine qualification for the two world cup events in May. Basically, if you ride fast enough you go with Team USA and if you do not you...
Valley of The Sun
New The first race of the year has come and gone.... Going into the race I was mainly focused only on the time trial. I almost got hit by a car on the road race course last year so I was not interested in that this year. The criterium is always fun on a closed course downtown with the energy from all the competitors in all categories. Back to the time trial though... I was hoping to meet standard and...
Setting personal bests!
Hello again! It's almost mid January already.. time is flying and the season officially starts in a few weeks with a couple opening races. The big races don't start until April where paracycling will have a qualification race to see who is selected to represent Team USA at the World Cup events in Europe in May. The World Cups this year are going to be in Belgium and italy. There's typically three World Cups but there will not be three...
The Jet Bike has Wings
Merry Christmas a day late! With no racing and only training this month it has been low stress. Actually, stress has been low in other areas of my life as well. You may consider playing games at king billy casino canada to help relieve your stress or anxiety. First, strength training is going well. My strength is increasing gradually. I need to be more consistent on days per week with the same exercises but days had to be shifted...
Perfection in November
First, the picture posted is from an event where the Los Angeles Tribune gave me an honorary reward for Exceptional Resilience and Courage. I was very appreciative and grateful someone submitted my name without me knowing. So, I definitely feel like a tenured paracyclist. I have been in the sport for 10 years and I have met the criteria to be a tenured athlete after attending the world championships in 2023. I submitted my name to be an athlete rep...
October
Hi, the weather is finally below 100-plus degree daily high's here n Phoenix. The feeling of even slightly cooler weather is beyond refreshing. I got outside for 1.5 hours on my ebike this past weekend and it felt superb. All in all, I feel great! I have only done 4 rides over the past 1.5 months the last longer than 1 hour. I am focusing a lot of my time on endurance with 2 strength days and 1 day over...
Fall and still 113 degrees
Hi, I was trying to think of a creative title for this month's blog post and that is what I came up with. It really s supposed to hit 113 on Saturday Just a couple days before October. The weather here in the Phoenix area is brutal. I think exhausting is a much better word choice though. I began riding 3 weeks ago after taking 2 months off and thank goodness for an industrial sized fan to keep me cool....