Jake DeBroux

Check out the full results from Cross Vegas here at Cyclocrossworld.com I finished 24th, which is awesome!

My son Jake just had his 7th birthday and we got him a sweet new dirt jumper. I think we all remember getting our first real bike. Mine was a Schwinn Predator and man, I was one bad mo fo on that thing. I can vividly remember my mom and dad taking me to the bike shop to pick one out and then telling me they couldn’t afford it. So when I got the same bike on my birthday it was one of the greatest days of my life. Naturally, I pulled the same trick on Jake and Wow was he excited. The look on his face was priceless. Half the neighborhood already knows he’s got a new bike because he was riding around telling everyone he saw.

The last two days of training have been really hard and I have two more to go before I get a break. The easiest of the four is tomorrow which is 3 hours and includes 10 short intervals. I’m starting to feel a little better during the intensity which is a nice change. I missed my entire interval training last season due to the crash in Mexico. I basically raced myself into shape. That method works in a pinch but not as good as training specific zones individually. Last year my legs felt flat most of the time and my explosive power was lost. If I can make it through this week and recover properly I should see some big improvements.