Going all the way back to April, I took a few days of rest after an intense winter and spring of track racing. To get going again, I decided to take a small three day bikepacking trip around the Netherlands. I first headed west to De Zilk, a small town on the coast, where IContinue reading “Exploring the Netherlands and a Trip to the Wind Tunnel”
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2025 Winter in Review
After returning from a December family holiday visit to the US, I spent the first two weeks of 2025 at home in Wageningen: a not-so-nice reminder of Dutch winter weather. It’s rarely unbearably cold in the Netherlands – certainly not from my Minnesota perspective – but the constant gray, lack of sun, wetness, and tempsContinue reading “2025 Winter in Review”
Summer Part II: a Road Win and Track World Championships
Picking up from where I left off on my last post, I traveled in late July from the Pordenone Six Day to Belleville, France. Belleville is a tiny dairy farming village of less than fifty people high in the Bauges mountain range in the Alps. My longtime host family in France, the Richieros, have aContinue reading “Summer Part II: a Road Win and Track World Championships”
Summer Part I
As always, a lot has happened since I last posted. Life keeps delivering! In May, after a winter of travels and roller-coaster results, I settled back into life in the Netherlands. Carefully following my training plan, I slowly increased my volume and intensity before returning to road racing at the end of the month. NoContinue reading “Summer Part I”
Cycling is Cruel, Life is Beautiful
The last two months have taken me for a wild ride. I’ve enjoyed myself, suffered a lot, and learned a lot. Let’s pick up where I left off in early March. My final two weeks in the Netherlands before leaving for the Hong Kong Nations Cup was the most intense training period of my life.Continue reading “Cycling is Cruel, Life is Beautiful”