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Lake Iroquois Plunge

KOM Attempt: A Gravel Chain Buster

KOM Attempt: 7 Years in the Making

Solo Race Up a Mountain: Spruce Mountain 10K

KOM Attempt: Graniteville Beast (25-Minute Effort!)

KOM Attempt: a Short Leg Snapper

Bears!

Riding Up Grades #1: Wombat Social (Strava KOM Segment Attempt with Analysis)

FIRST Outdoor FTP Test!

First Outdoor Training Ride of 2020 (with KOM Attempt)

Pain Cave Makeover! (Brutal!) (Graphic!) (Funny!) (None of these things!)

Zwift Livestream – 4×15 Suffering

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I had two intentions in mind for this week’s soc

I had two intentions in mind for this week’s socially distanced cyclocross race at @catamountoutdoor. I wanted to improve my lap times, and I wanted to work on my handling skills.
As far as the first goes, I knew I had more in me than I was able to do last week. I was fighting a headache then, and it was my first time ever doing CX. Today, I felt better, and I knew the course. I set lap PRs on the first two laps. Goal one accomplished.
When it comes to skills, I have no teacher. There isn’t even anyone there to watch, because it’s a DIY time trial format. And watching Van der Poel and GCN videos on YouTube only gets you so far. So all I can do is try new approaches, modify my technique slightly each time and see what happens. What if I attack this corner on a tighter line? What if I ease up here so I can recover and go for more speed over here? Sometimes it works; sometimes it doesn’t.
There’s a blind corner that I rode 9 times in week one, and toward the end I started to think that I was braking too much on it. It always ended up being more forgiving than it looked. After two laps today of thinking the same thing again, I decided to try a different approach. I took my hands off the levers and went for it.
It didn’t work out so well. Either I caught a rut, or skidded out, or both, I’m not sure. But I was going too fast to recover so down I went.
I was on grass so the impact was hard but didn’t break any bones. I took a moment to get my breath back, then checked out the bike. It seemed fine. I dug some grass out of the brake lever and started to ride, when I noticed something was up with the shifting. I stopped to look closer and found that my wheel was loose. Because my axle had snapped right the heck off. I was done riding.
I was on lap 3 though, and 3 laps is one of the race distance options. And this was cyclocross after all. So I shouldered my bike and ran. The course is a lot longer when you have to run it with a bike on your shoulder.
I finished though, and got a result. And despite learning the hard way, I think I did achieve my second goal too.
I’m pretty sure I’ll be back to try again. As long as my ribs heal up.
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#cyclocross #racereport

My @philsfondo Cookie gaiter has arrived. It is fa

My @philsfondo Cookie gaiter has arrived. It is fall. And the snow leopards are out.
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#foliage #vermontfall #snowleopards #philsfondo #cookie100

Once upon a time I planned to race Ironman Lake Pl

Once upon a time I planned to race Ironman Lake Placid 70.3 today. Cool story, 2020. I wouldn’t have ever expected to end up racing a cyclocross time trial by myself instead, but here we are. It was a lonely start line, but it was a start line. And I found the finish line, too. Met a couple of helpful folks, had no major mishaps (apart from getting water up my nose...while on a bike...that’s a new one). Took in some ridiculous scenery. Ripped my legs off. All good. I might even go back and do it again. @catamountoutdoor
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#cyclocross #cxfever #gravelbike #vermont #vermontscenery #scenicvermont #catamountfamilyoutdoorcenter #ironman #fktworldwide

A lovely morning to bike to school. Hopefully the

A lovely morning to bike to school. Hopefully the start of a fun tradition.
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#btmes #betterbarre #biketoschool

If there’s one thing that the coronapocalypse ha

If there’s one thing that the coronapocalypse has demonstrated, it’s that life and sport are what you make of them. Strava, for example, can be a silly game of ego, or it can motivate you to improve. I joined the August Cycling Climbing Challenge just like I do every month. After the @pointtopointvt ride, I realized I was in contention for my weight category, considering the upcoming Race to the Top of Vermont ride at the month’s end. I wanted to train hard and train specific for that ride, so the stars aligned for a month of riding specifically tailored to attack this challenge. My coach ( @c26_triathlon ) drew up a plan to help me be my best on the day for #racetothetopvt and those training rides got me within striking distance. Then our (with @philipkolling ) double-metric-century, 15k-footer closed the deal. Looking at this results sheet now feels strange. Because although I’ve never been 5th in the world and 2nd in the USA at anything before, what stays with me about August 2020 is the personal growth and transformation that all this climbing gave me. I blew the doors off limits I previously thought were literally impossible to break. I found things in myself I had no idea were there. I arrived at September stronger, better, and most importantly a little evolved.
I’m grateful to the challenge for the extra motivation and I’m proud of my results. But what is one month’s collection of numbers against the human truth of personal growth?
There’s no leaderboard for that. But if there were, I feel like I definitely stepped up onto my own podium. And that is the real point of it all.
#strava #personalgrowth #goals #actually4thcausecheatersgonnacheatbutwhoscounting

Just in time for the 36-hour elevation challenge t

Just in time for the 36-hour elevation challenge that is the Race to the Top of Vermont — many things may go wrong, but neither fuel nor socks will be one of them.
#racetothetopvt #hshive #sweetentheburn #hillclimb #bikefuel #socks @catamounttrail

Taking rainbow selfies while riding gravel in the

Taking rainbow selfies while riding gravel in the rain is challenging.
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#rainbow #hshive #sweetentheburn

Gravel. Trees. Mountains. Was there something else

Gravel. Trees. Mountains. Was there something else you needed?
📸: @philipkolling
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#gravelbike #vermont #groadslikethese #vermontroads #vtbadv #graveldads #crushinggravel #lookmanohands

110 miles. 100km+ of gravel and class IV. 11,500+

110 miles. 100km+ of gravel and class IV. 11,500+ ft of climbing. Whales: Harpooned.
#graveldads #vtbadv #centuryride #nailedit #vtp2p

75 miles. 6800 ft. Time for lunch. . . #pointtopo

75 miles. 6800 ft. Time for lunch.
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#pointtopoint #vtbadv #centuryride #vtp2p

Time to “Harpoon” some whales #vtp2p

Time to “Harpoon” some whales #vtp2p

Tomorrow, we ride. . . #p2p #vtbadv #gravelride

Tomorrow, we ride.
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#p2p #vtbadv #gravelride #vermont

#swimming #sisters

#swimming #sisters

#fishing ... in which I am outclassed in all possi

#fishing ... in which I am outclassed in all possible ways.

The Point 2 Point may be ‘virtual’ this year b

The Point 2 Point may be ‘virtual’ this year but their swag bag is still ‘on point.’ Best one I’ve ever seen, no joke.
Getting excited (and a bit nervous) to ride 110+ miles in support of @vermontfoodbank !
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#vermont #charityride #endhunger #swagbag

Rivers are the new lakes. Nothing better after rid

Rivers are the new lakes. Nothing better after riding a couple of mountain passes.

#vermontliving #swimminghole #warrenfalls #familytime #momsofinstagram

Good day for some river time #swimminghole #verm

Good day for some river time

#swimminghole #vermontliving

PSA: you can stop asking your pets “Who’s a ha

PSA: you can stop asking your pets “Who’s a handsome boy?” The question has been answered.
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#pawblicserviceannouncement #dogsofinstagram #goldenretriever #handsomeboy

“Daddy can we make a house for Casper? We can us

“Daddy can we make a house for Casper? We can use three sticks like this and five sticks like this...” A few “sticks” later, some paint, a rebuild because measuring twice is a thing, perhaps a few grownup words, and our aging buddy has a new house. We shall see if he is amenable to using it even without the catnip bait.
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#kidswoodworking #cathouse #cat #catsofinstagram #catbed #catnip #fatherdaughtertime #hannahtheremightbesomesawdustinmybottombracketisthatgonnabeaproblem

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