Present from the Postman

The mailman brought a present today!

My CX State Champ jersey finally came! The event took place back on Dec 8th at Addison Oaks. Since then I've been patiently waiting for the jersey to get printed and shipped to me, but it came today. 

I don't really know the proper context to wear a jersey like this, but its definitely cool to have and will be a nice keepsake of my first year racing cx. Congrats as well to Danny and Phil, the two other UM students who took home a State of Michigan CX Championship. Once everyone gets their jerseys in the mail we'll have to get a nice little team pic. 

Look at Me All Certified and Stuff

Well, I just finished the incredibly burdensome Collegiate Level C Race Director exam and I passed!

Boom. Certified.

I guess this means I'm officially qualified to be planning this whole crit thing.

New GoPro - Giving it a Test Run

So the holidays brought me a little surprise in the form of a GoPro camera. After patiently waiting for the UPS man to deliver me a memory card and K-Edge handlebar mount, it was finally time to give it a test run. 

I recorded the whole ride, but riding solo is pretty uninteresting to watch so I just grabbed the video of the ascent up Sunset and the descent down Newport. It was a little wet out there, so as the ride went on more and more dirt and water collected on the lens. And a firmware update right before I left ended up changing my settings so it didn't record in full HD, but I'm still really happy with the way it turned out. Should be a lot of fun for singletrack/cx/crit practices/taking on the road for away races.

Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?

New kits!

 

 We just got our new kits from Jakroo and they are looking pretty fresh. Nice and comfy too. Definitely can't wait to rock the new kits at Marian on March 30th in my first C's race.

To the Victor Go the Spoils

During the winter trainer sessions Coach Kurt debuted his system of rewarding us for winning races. And those rewards were none other than cheap sunglasses! It's a bit hokey, but nevertheless is a fun little something for doing well.

I won the road race at DePauw, so last week at our Tuesday interval training I was able to collect my prize. Here they are in all their glory:

Getting Started

Hello everyone.

I'm starting this blog as a way to keep a record of my experiences as I venture deeper into the world of bike racing. Most of the content here will probably be race reports, however I plan to post some other goodies here and there as I see fit. Essentially this will be a place that allows me to share my thoughts and experiences in cycling without ramming content down all of the uninterested folks' throats on other social media outlets.

So yep, there's my introduction. Some real content should be coming soon as I'll post a race recap from my first weekend of road racing at Lindsey Wilson College last weekend quite soon.