TranslateGreetings from the skies above as we head to Italy for the first World Cup of the season! I will be with team USA for 8 days in Maniago competing on the same course we raced back in 2018 which is very exciting. It’s a decent course for riders like myself that are punchy. It will come down to bursts between 2-6 minutes each and efficient recovery in between. The city of Maniago alway gets behind our events with a...
March had been a fairly uneventful month as far as racing has gone. Only race I competed in was the LA marathon on March 18th. I was able to place 1st for handcycles and set a record on the new course of 1:13:02. March has mostly been a focus on training and increasing fitness for the upcoming World cups. The first two world cups will be held in Italy and Belgium at...
Hey guys, As an athlete, last 2 weeks were frustrating; I missed a couple amazing races -including the World Championships I was supposed to compete. It’s tough seeing my friends/rivals posts and YouTube clips of the races I would/could have been in and didn’t go. After Finland I was feeling great, so fit and so ready. I don’t get to these places going all out on the race course, flying high & far on the big jumps —it’s a build up; so...
Today someone approached me in the street I said I see you running on the street all the time with your dog and I've seen you outside your house working on your home seems like you stay busy and he asked how do you do it to have the energy to still do the extras? I looked back at him with a smile and said well I have 6 kids and a wife that's 7 extra reason why I do what...
Our first race of the season is coming up in just a few weeks. We will compete to add data to our applications for Team USA's roster heading to World Cup 1 this April in Italy! Team USA just wrapped up a camp in Southern California where I completed over 250 miles in 4 days through the mountains! The climbs were epic and the descents allowed me to practice taking turns over 40 miles and hour. Just what I needed...
It's a new year which means a new racing season is upon us. It seems like at the start of every season brings new hopes and goals. Every year I want to learn more, train more, race more, and grow more as an athlete. This year is no different for me. Now that I've quit working part time and will be focusing more on training, I am hoping this extra time will take...
Hello team and supporters, I’m just back from an adventure in Finland. My second time there, a place in the Arctic Circle, in Northern Finland called Pyhä. It’s magical… and this time it wasn’t so cold, it’s been quite an off winter for European standards. Last time I was there I had a hard time on this race course and it was very humbling. That’s exactly why I came back, to get stronger as an athlete. It was very positive...
Hello friends, Today I was thinking about the training & racing that happened in Big White, Canada, prior to flying to Beijing for the Paralympics; then thought I would tell the story… My coach Mancha flew in from Portugal and we met in Canada. First days were laser focused for the races at hand (2), which in themselves were incredible. 1st race I got an unexpected 2nd place (!) —anything can happen on Snowboard Cross. That gave me so much confidence for...
Almost end of the year it's been a Rollercoasters lots of projects happening and always on the move as we get ready to reset for 2023 I set here contemplating on the achievements goals and current state. As of now I had to slow down on my training do to some home projects that were keeping me from staying consistent never the less I'm getting back on track to my daily routine taking care of the usual work family and...
I've written in previous blogs about my goals post World Championships and how this time is meant to be a time to reset. This has been difficult for me, and I've had to change how I think about my training and up coming season. As much as I want to do what it takes to be better, my natural response to that isn't always what it should be. This is all another way of saying this period of reset is starting...
