Welcome to my new blog entitled “The Sprint”. This blog will chronicle my life and development as a bike racer as I strive to enter the professional ranks in the sport of cycling.
UCI Race will Return to Two-day Event in Souderton and Doylestown July 9, 2010, Allentown, PA – After months of planning, fundraising efforts and coordination with the City of Allentown and Salisbury Township, Sparta Cycling, Inc. announced today that the Allentown stage of the Univest Grand Prix must be cancelled due to lack of funding. [...]
July 10th 2010 marked the 20th anniversary of the Lake Lenape sprint distance triathlon. This little jewel of a triathlon is nestled away in the quiet and scenic neighborhood of Mays Landing New Jersey and truly has become a community staple.
Dear Staff and community of the VPCC, Words cannot begin to describe how amazing it was to be able to compete at junior Track Nationals and make the worlds time standard at my own home track, The Valley Preferred Cycling Center. This past weekend at T-Town will be one that I will never forget. It [...]
The Junior Track National Championships were nothing less than great for my team Young Medalists / Team Dual Temp and I. For me, the week started off with the Individual Pursuit on Thursday. I posted a time of 3:40, which was good enough for 3rd in the qualifiers, just one second slower than 2nd. I won [...]
TRACK NATIONALS START TOMORROW! When I heard that junior nationals would be at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center earlier this year, I looked forward to this date since then, and it has finally come. I am really excited for racing to start on Thursday where I will be contesting the flying 200m qualifier to advance to [...]
By Harlan Price: The JetBoil Flash is the updated version of their classic PCS model, which was introduced to me by a friend who used it to make French pressed coffee post-ride. I think my heart was taken then. JetBoil has staked its reputation on making a super efficient, portable camp cooking system, and has [...]
By Jen Miller It usually happens late at night. I’ve already had dinner, already taken the dog on her last walk. I can even be in bed with the lights out when the craving hits. Hard. I’ll toss and turn, and, most of the time, get up, get out of bed, and go get what [...]
Sport psychologists are forever attempting to get athletes to be more positive and to rid themselves of negative thoughts. There is only one problem: That strategy doesn’t work. In fact, the evidence from all sports—including endurance events such as marathon running and triathlon—goes against the conventional wisdom that if you think happy thoughts and eliminate [...]
Well, I guess it is time to look back on the first part of my season. During the past month or so, I have not done too many races on the road because I have been mainly training on the track in preparation for track nationals. I have been racing at the Valley Preferred Cycling [...]
