boulder

Like always it's great to be back in Boulder. The first thing I did was ride down the bike paths over to the coffee shop and get my drink. Then I met Hamity at Chipotle for a long awaited burrito. We sat there for almost two hours people watching on Pearl St talking about how great Boulder is. You either love it or hate it and most athletes can only love it. As a cyclist, our lifestyle is unique and it's nice to be surrounded by people who understand and appreciate it.

The North Boulder CRIT has always been one of my favorite races and this year was no exception. The boys and I went early so Jake could do the kids race which was right before mine. His chain fell off while racing his age group so he jumped in with the older kids and did a second race. What a stud!

For me, it seemed like there were a million things that I had to do and it felt like I was being pulled from all directions. In fact, I almost missed my race start because I had to return a bunch of cross parts to my old team owner. I rolled up to the start line about 1 minute before the start with no warm up.

Team Einstein/MOB cyclery was out in force on a beautiful blue bird day in Boulder, Colorado. Last Sat. the air was full of snow, rain and sleet so the Boulder Roubaix was postponed for today April 14th. The Boulder Roubaix is named after the Pari Roubaix, a one day classic in Europe. In Boulder the Pro 1,2 field did 9 laps of 8.6 miles with 70% dirt. The field was strong and everyone was excited to race. For my first experience at the Boulder Roubaix it was a good one. I ended up making the break with about 12 other strong riders including teammate Corey Collier. The group worked well together and pulled away from the pack.

I've finally spent enough time in Boulder to get a decent ride in on the real back roads and have somewhat of a feeling of knowing where I am most of the time, or at least which way to point to get back. I guess that's easy really, downhill.