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...
Pretty excited to finally get the race season rolling. After a winter fully dedicated to training, long hours on the bike, and a lot of behind‑the‑scenes work, it feels good to be getting close to pinning a number on again. There’s something about that shift from base season to race season that always brings a mix of nerves, motivation, and curiosity—just wanting to see where the legs are at after months of steady work. My first race of the year will...
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...
Id like to take this time to talk about something other than racing or handcycling. Something that has turned my life around and has made me a better man. Before I was in a wheelchair I dont like to say it but I was not a believer in the lord. Due to past childhood issues I always had a negative connotation associated with church. When I was a child...
Hello folks, Next on our agenda was a World Cup of banked slalom, excellent race & training before the Cortina Paralympics. This venue for me is as easy as it gets, one direct (2hr) flight & a 3hr drive - too easy! The course was fantastic, well built and we got to train on it for 3 days, which was awesome! Only problem we couldn’t control was the heat, it got too hot and even rained, but thankfully was the night after the...
Cycling is an incredible sport because it gives you so much more than fitness — it gives you freedom, perspective, and a front‑row seat to some of the most beautiful places in the world. Living and training in Europe has reminded me of that every single day. The roads here are stunning, but they’re also very different from what I grew up riding. They’re narrower, more technical, and often shared by two‑way traffic even when it feels like only one...
Another month and another competition!This one was in Cincinatti, Ohio. It was small but the best in the US were there. I had a couple excellent matches where I really started to shine and found my style, ultimately taking silver. We are early in the season and early into the last phase of the multi year development process so things are looking very promising. The biggest take away here was that I saw how to win using my abilities, not...
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 friends, Following up the harrowing races in Austria, we had Boardercross in Switzerland and I was excited! The country is awesome, the race course is fast and challenging = excellent training, and I had a new Cross board I was super pumped to try. Well… it didn’t go so well. First nite, deep in my sleep, woke up with my belly feeling super weird and hard, went to the bathroom and the same nightmare from about a year ago repeated itself:...
Maybe you've seen me race before so you know what a handcycle looks like. Or maybe you've seen a few pictures of a handcycle in one of the athlete blogs. Either way many dont understand the many different aspects that go into a handcycle and how they actually work. So I thought this would be a perfect time to give people a closer look at a handcycle like the one pictured above. ...
