Sorry geese, but it was worth it...

2010

It's full steam ahead with Trek - Bontrager!


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A self serving of food for my own thought: I realized on my ride today that since the very first time I got on a mountain bike, there truly has not been one single day where I didn't want to ride my mountain bike.

What year is it?

Hello and happy new year!

It's been slow on the blog end, but busy on the life end. (Which seems to make sense I guess) Many fun things have happened over the last month and a half, and it seems we have a few more adventures quickly approaching.

The TV show that I have had the privilege to direct and that Filament is able to be a large part of, Music Voyager, is (and has been) in full swing. Thanks to executive producer, Farook Singh, the show is going to be seen all over the world via NatGeo Music and Adventure, and Nationally on PBS starting in February. It's hard to believe we almost have season 1 in the can, but I guess when you're having fun - time flies. The line-up of season one looks like this: Episodes 101-103 are India, Episodes 104-106 are Jamaica, Episodes 107-109 are collectively the Grammy Artists Special, and Episodes 110-112 are . . . (as of this moment I need to keep it a secret)

Our Grammy episodes have introduced us to some cool people and taken us to some great places.








(Photos by Rod Blackhurst)

We are off to Washington, D.C. this weekend to film scenes with Grammy nominated artists, India.Arie and Dobet Gnahore.

In other news:
With all of this travel and general craziness, I have managed to stay in shape and I'm (hopefully) on track for another good season of bike racing. I'll soon have the details worked out for a new contract for 2010. I'll write up a little something regarding that when it's ready. I can't wait to share the news.

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Happy Birthday Mom!

(I meant to do this in the morning...)

It's that time.

After a couple months of less riding, more desserts, and even more time with friends, I'm getting back into action. This is always a funny time of year for me. I look around and see people dreading the indoor trainer and making comments on how everyone else is starting their 'training' WAY too early. I actually do think that 6 hour slug fests in November may be a little too much, but hey, whatever floats your boat.

For me, I love training. I love having goals and I love feeling like I'm hand crafting my upcoming season. I understand that I won't have this motivation forever, but for now this is what I love to do and it's all part of the journey as my roommate and I frequently discuss. Well, it's December and I'm slowly getting into the routine again. Whether it's indoor or outdoor, it feels good to be back on the bike consistantly.

I have a feeling in the near future I will have some exciting news regarding a team for next year. I'll surely be writing a post with an announcement. Until then...

Coming Soon

February on PBS.



Air dates and times TBA soon.

The Spirit Award goes to . . .

This has been a long time comin'. Josh and I have had many tough battles in the game of 'Foot Down' over the last two years. The game is simple: From the very beginning of the ride to the very end, the rider who touches their foot to the ground the most times loses. Well, anyone who lives and/or rides on the Colorado front range knows that there are several opportunities to either make mistakes and fall from grace, or triumph over the large rocks, loose climbs, and obstacle-filled trails.

I have lived (literally) on these trails and have figured out every single line on most of them. This isn't to say that I don't mess up - I do all the time! However, When Josh lived in Boulder, he would commute to Golden to be my training partner and the game of foot down got real. To this day (and I'm lucky I can say this) I have not been beat. (Great, now I'm done for...) The thing is, Josh lived in Boulder. In a way it's not really fair, BUT this doesn't take Josh off the hook. The man is unbelievably talented and judging by our last few games, It's a matter of a couple rides before my streak is over.

Ex: Josh and I rode for 3 hours one day on pretty technical trails. The score at the end of the ride was 1 to 0... Needless to say, that's close.

This brings me to the reason for this post. The last ride Josh and I did, we were locked in a close one. We approached a section where Josh has been making it through - and I have not. (I know this game sounds less entertaining than I'm making it sound, but it gets really interesting when you're sometimes riding as hard as you can - and then you have to ride harder to make it over a section of rocks!) Josh proceeds to get about halfway over the crux and he stalls out. At this point he's about 6-7 feet up on a pile of rocks.

The man is committed. He keeps going for it. Well, he couldn't quite get the wheels rolling again and he plunges 6-7 feet down, arm stretched out. I'll save the details of the rest of our ride/hike out of White Ranch, but in summary he broke his wrist.

Josh has been an incredible and beneficial training partner. Because of the time on the trails with him, I'm stronger and better at riding technical sections than I was before.

Well, I just got a report from 'Mantana' (as one race promoter calls the state) where Josh currently resides. He's back to riding and racing and training to beat me at foot down. It's only a matter of time.