Sponsors

Like I mentioned in my previous posts that I will be leading the mens team for Summit Freewheelers, here are our sponsors for 2014:

You should support these folks because they support biking and bike racing!

Summit Freewheelers

Hi Everyone,

As I may have mentioned, I've been riding with a local group of bike racers named Summit Freewheelers! For 2014 I will be the Men's Team Captain which totally kicks ass!

The Summit Freewheelers is a bicycle road racing club dedicated to developing members' road racing skills by providing training and racing opportunities, training rides, and merchandise discounts.

We sponsor the region-wide Races at the Lake (RATL) series in the spring.

• The Summit Freewheelers is located in Summit County (Akron), Ohio
• We are the area's leading bicycle racing club—the largest promoter and sponsor of bicycle racing in the area! We sponsor USAC sanctioned races.
• We have over 80 members including men and women ages 15 to 70, beginners to experts, and cyclists who just like to ride fast.
• Our club provides members with an opportunity to race, train, and just ride and shmooze with lots of other cyclists 

If your interested, drop me a line at mmc003@yahoo.com! 

Resolve

Life has been complicated over the past year, search for understanding and purpose can be time consuming. I've done a lot over the past year and I've let some things slip over the past year. In my search for meaning I've become a bit complacent at work and with my riding, not striving as much as I could or should. I've taken steps to remedy these things and my 2014 blogs will be about my journey to resolve. I'll talk about many things, mainly biking though. I hope not to bore you too much!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Getting back to it!

Well, it really has been awhile, almost a year to this day!

I've been doing a lot of riding, working and living over the past 12 months.

I joined a race development team here in Ohio called Summit Freewheelers and participated in my first road races ever! I did okay finishing mid-pack which was okay with me, especially without any sort of formal training plan! Here are some pics from the season:

Lot's of fun things this year with plenty more to come! I forgot how much I loved posting here vs. twitter or FB! More posts to come, I plan to layout my training program to help put me in the top 10 of the Cat 5 racers in NE Ohio!

Hey Lance!!!

How do you make is so easy yet so tough to love you???

Half of my brain sees an amazing human being that stands for something greater than cycling itself. As a cyclist myself I often find myself asking why should I love you???

If all of this doping is true than you are a liar. What's worse is that most of the second place finishers behind you in those 7 wins have already been accused of doping.WTF???

Why did you lie? Why did you do it?

Why do I find myself able to overlook this sometimes?

Why do I care?

Because I don't love you, I hate you for ruining the sport, something so simple to love. So pure in my heart. I hate you but I don't hate what someone like you can stand for. We still need a hero.

Bras for a Cause

On my ride today, I came across 100 bras hanging on a pedestrian bridge along the hike and bike trail. Great sign of support for breast cancer awareness month!

What do these things have in common?

Elmton Pizza in south Youngstown, birthday party with the Conricotes, a morning bike ride into the valley to watch the Akron Marathon pass through, Zac Brown Band in concert? Not much but it's making for a great weekend!

Side note, my BG has been out of control. Need to reign my sugars back in with some butt kicking workouts. Hopefully I can get another ride in tomorrow. I would be happy with a short 30 or 35 miler.

To come, my riding review from the Summer! Next year is it, I want to start racing on the road as well as off-road! Join me in checking out my journey from rider to racer. :)