Road or MTB – That was the choice
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Yesterday I went ahead and entered the Lago Vista Races both days. I had
considered racing the MTB race outside Austin, but that didn’t seem too
bright. I ...
Joy in racing
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This weekend marks the beginning of the Eastern Collegiate Cycling
Conference season. In light of that, and in light of the fact that I am
also racing in j...
Jersey Auction for 7-yr old kid
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There is an Ebay auction of top CX stars' signed jerseys for a physically
challenged 7 yr old boy so he can have a special bike and know what it
feels lik...
Spring Training and a Baby
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sisters
I guess it took us having our 2nd child to get me back on the bike. We
weren't due until early March but Jocelyn came early and on February 17 at
...
The Best Homemade Energy Bars
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The racing season is almost upon us, and many of us are already busy
training. Obviously, everyone’s first choice for training and race fuel is
Clif Bar pr...
OFF SEASON is SNOW FUN!!!
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Hard to believe it has been over 6 weeks since I stepped off my bike at
nationals and have only been on a bike 3 times since then. Don't worry, I
haven't ...
Positivity!
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We all now realize that blogging is somewhat D E A D. Twitter has allowed
me to keep up to date with a lot less effort than finding the time to
update a bl...
Base Training
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I'm dedicating this blog to Muller since he is the one that got me to write it. A few weeks ago when we were back in Durango at East by Southwest Sushi we fi...
Jingle Cross Rocks!
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Cyclocross Magazine asked me to write a rider diary about my weekend of
racing at the three day Jingle Cross Rock in Iowa over Thanksgiving. Having
notched...
An Open Letter to Verge Series Participants
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An Open Letter to Verge Series Participants
Over the next month, you’ll start to see more and more press for the Verge
Series (as well as the new Shimano...
Almonte Roubaix
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Well it’s been a while. Since we’ve posted, not really into these days,
posting that is. We’ve been back at work and we had a temporary living
arrangement ...
North American Road Racing Cyclocross Cup, April 1
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The UCI announced today that it has plans to incorporate a Cyclocross Cup
in the North American road racing calendar. The idea has been in
development for ...
Devil Mountain
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Devil Mountain or Hell has frozen over — one team's success on Mt Diablo Since my retirement from professional cycling I've kept busy with other pursui...
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4, February 2011
Greetings -
It's been a while since I have sent out an update. The 'cross season ended
on (see last missive) and the circle of life has b...
Last Race
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As I took my jersey off after the U.S. Professional Road Race
Championships, it hit me, this was my last race for Team Type 1. For the
past three seasons I...
Xterra
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Today marked my first foray into the world of off road triathlon at the
Xterra Del Valle outside Livermore California. The idea of doing an Xterra
began fo...
New Website
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Dan Ellmore at Ellmore Consultancy put together a flash new website for me:
www.amydombroski.net
That's the what, and that's the where I'll be doing all my...
Star Crossed day #2
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I got a win!!!!! I’m really psyched! Felt strong out there. It was a hard
course. Long climb on the bike. Long run up. Plenty of other little ups and
downs...
Thinking
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I have lots of thinking to do (and not a lot of time) for a late May/June
endurance race $140 for one 100 Miler, $125 for another 100 miler or FREE
for 62 ...
five weeks
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Wedding day trail work happens this weekend...
Our friends (near and far...like, *Texas* far) & families have been so
supportive and helpful as we put toget...
I wonder...
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riding this morning and a nice woman from Oxford, PA taking her trash out, cheered to me, "Go Lance!". That was totally awesome. I wonder what caused her to ...
points
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nothing better than to look at the world a bit, stop a bit, sip coffee,
drink beer, sit in the sun.
I do a bunch of riding by myself,
This ugly behind th...
The Catty Woods
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So I grew up in this little podunk town up in the Lehigh Valley called
Catasauqua (*Catasauqua* (pronounced "Cat-uh-SAW- kwuh"), from the Lenni
Lenape lang...
Southern Cross
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It’s hard to believe racing season has started already with the beginning
of the American UltraCross Series this past weekend in Dahlonega, GA. It
seems l...
Big Week
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Last week was a blast. I can't say enough good things about Mike Kuhn's
South Carolina Training Camp. I'm surprised my legs don't feel like big
hunks of de...
Feeling Fit
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One of the hardest things to get used to moving from Southern California to
the East Coast is winter. Lack of Mexican food too, but that situation is
gett...
Saint Valentine's Day 2012
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Sneaking around, rushing it, making sweet treats for the ones we love...Doing
our best to draw up some crafty cards complete with cartoon characters and
mu...
I have no off season...
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They skiers I know keep their lives together in the summer. The cyclists I
know get their 'honey-do' lists done in the winter. Most years, I don't
even h...
Alive and very well.
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Wow, today was one of those days that I get all spiritual. For those of you
that don’t know; the bicycle was instrumental in saving my life. *Here is
some...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Sue, Frankie, Kelly Cline, Naomi, Joe, me, M, Steve, Zack. Erik behind the camera, and Consorto a late arrival.
Day one, 2012:
White Clay.
14+ miles.
18 do...
Unmoored ...
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I like the holiday interstice, Christmas to New Years', to get unmoored.
There's less churn at work, almost no meetings, my email drops from 100 a
day to ...
025 Wedgies
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I don’t know how it happened. Geler Votre Cul Cross, freeze your ass off,
my skinsuit shorts started riding up. I was wearing leg warmers and thick
gloves....
Moment of Zen
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An oldy but goody.
This is a .50 cal. The projectile makes the round trip b/t/w the gun, a
steel target 1000 meters downrange, and the shooter's ear pro...
2012 season plans
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Hi everyone
Big changes are in store for Captain Crunch Racing in 2012. For the past
four seasons I have been racing my bike in a variety of disciplines. I...
Aching.
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I love the Mid-Atlantic ‘cross scene. I really do. But New England
cx…just, yeah. Gloucester was on the calendar this year, but didn’t happen.
Next year....
Easy Vegan Split Pea Soup
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This recipe is so easy I honestly feel a little silly writing it down.Easy Vegan Split Pea Soup2 T olive oil1 vidalia onion1 lb bag of green split peas4 cups...
Like a fine whine
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MuddyIf you squint real hard while looking at the picture above, you might
mistake it for a mountain bike photo. It looks like half of my rear wheel
is go...
Coatesville Classic
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After a three week hiatus from racing, I decided to make my return at the
Coatesville Classic. After some interesting ups & downs in my life off the
bike t...
Losing the Break
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The break is up the road, I am in it. Like a well oiled machine we rotate,
legs burning. My body, my mind, my legs all in sync, doing the work. A
small smi...
Karmic repay ride
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What have I done to deserve this? An old friend of mine offered up his spot
on the captain saddle of a tandem for a simple jaunt of around 130 or so
miles ...
That's all, folks.
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After mulling it around a while, I have decided that with the new year I
need a new attitude. No more suckage. After a fairly good season, albeit
lighter i...
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After about a week of living with it, I decided to deal with an irritating
splinter on my right thumb. It took a half-hour of neck-straining and
eye-crossi...
Addendum to "Thoughts on the New C Cyclocross Racer"
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I spent some time thinking, probably too much time, about what motivated me
to upgrade from Cs way back when. Mostly, it was because it was where all
my fr...
New Orleans - The Crescent City
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In case you are wondering, NOLA is open. There is not oil slick, there is
not lack of tourism or places to eat, drink, or be merry. This city is a
wond...
The muse has left the building
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Apologies to anyone who was actually reading this blog- Rolf has not been
inspired to write in quite some while, and you may have noticed he was
carrying m...
Dahlonega Nights – The Legend of Pico de Gallo
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I had come off of a long stint pretending to be superdad while my wife had
a pretty exciting ten days of her own vacation and a business trip to
Italy. I s...
2011: Some Pictures My Wife Took Of The Bike Racing
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Caitlin wasnt at quite as many races with her camera as last season. She
did, however, plan the (vast) majority of our wedding AND managed to get
some good...
Tuesday CCC Updates
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- Now that CX season is officially, officially over the CCC site will be
dormant for a few months. We’ll have sporadic updates as needed, but don’t
expect ...
Ronde 3.0
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The route for Ronde v3.0 is taking shape. Fair warning, it will be the
longest one yet and will feature old and new trails. If you took part last
year,...
Return of Tuesday Night
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Last year's weird winter of training made for such a good result at the Birkie that the only logical progression was to get even weirder THIS winter... by ge...
Wednesday Night SuperPrestige 2011
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I have been fielding emails all day, so here are the details for WNSP 2011.
We will start this training event next Wednesday night. It will run through Na...
Weekly Roundup #3
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Race-tuning bikes, breaking in new shoes, training—as opposed to riding—has
started to matter again, and weekend rides are delayed by exciting doings
on ...
PEZ Talk: Hamish Haynes' War On Want
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Message by Edmond Hood
‘First race today, took it pretty easy, finished 14th - feel good.’ Yes,
Hamish Haynes is back to start his 10th season in the flatla...
Pete Webber on his ‘Ride on Washington’
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Hi Friends,
Pete here. Hope you are well!
Next month I am participating in "Tim Johnson’s Ride on Washington" and I'm
asking my friends to donate to th...
Behind THE Barriers Episode 18
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The final episode of season 2, episode 18 of Behind THE Barriers draws the
curtain on both Jeremy Powers's 2011-2012 cyclocross season.
Making the Leap Day Leap, SRAM-style
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Make the Leap Day (Feb 29) is a quasi-holiday celebrated once every four
years and is assigned to clear up any calendar issues as we here on Earth
rotate a...
Animal Crackers
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Words: Ian Cleverly Animals seem to have featured highly in the news this
week one way or another. Former editor of The Sun Rebekah Brooks and her
loan of ...
How My Present Reflects My Past
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Here is a letter I received from Bill Hurlow. It regards the second of
three frames I would commission from him before I even left my comfort zone
here in ...
Boom Goes The Dynamite
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Ok, so Boonen totally botched the Omloop finish yesterday but check out
this video, Boonen is still a force of nature. Lars Boom is not a small
guy, he can...
Cross Clash COMPLETE!
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The Rapha/Focus Cross Clash over! We had a bunch of fun running it, and
*especially* a lot of fun talking trash about it around here. How else can
you just...
Saying Goodbye…
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The trick in attending a great party is knowing when to leave… I started
Pavé on a whim about three years ago. I wanted to assign my students a
project t...
Retroshift
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These are pretty cool...though I don't know about $140 without the actual
shifters, $220 with.
http://www.bikerumor.com/2011/11/28/first-look-retroshift-b...
USGP - Bend
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Click on the image above to view more from Sunday's races
Our friend in Bend, Rob Kerr, caught the last couple of races yesterday in
Bend:
The profes...
Johnson, Driscoll Grab Pair of Podiums in Boulder
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After a successful two weeks of racing in the Czech Republic – where
Cannondale prepared by Cyclocrossworld.com’s Tim Johnson scored a pair of
top-20 finis...
2011 Cross Wheels
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Update: As of 10/24/11, all options are available and in stock.
We have quite a few new options for cross this year. Some details and
availability are stil...
2010 Euro Cross Camp
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written by: Jerome Townsend
2010 Euro ‘Cross Camp
The 2010 Euro ‘Cross Camp started for me almost as soon as the U23 national
championships ended. ...
Boxing Barman aims for Welsh Championship
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A barman at Newport's best pub, the Pen & Wig on Stow Hill will be fighting
on Saturday for the Welsh senior middleweight championship boxing title in
Abe...
Leap Day in Philly? How about Allagash-a-go-go?
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If you haven't heard about the 'new' *Trestle Inn* (11th and Callowhill),
it's a retro go-go bar with a *big* whiskey selection; worth checking out.
Yes, "...
Free tickets to the Wisconsin Beer Lovers Festival!
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The Wisconsin Beer Lovers Festival has given us two pairs of tickets to
their upcoming festival! We want to give these tickets to people who can
attend, so...
I’m probably not coming back
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Yes, I’ve been away for a while. Between my weekly column, free-lance
writing and this little thing called Philly Beer Week, I don’t have time to
fill this...
