So I am currently in Silver City NM for the Sram Tour of the Gila. This is a really hard climbing stage race. There are also a lot of big hitters here like Levi, Lance, DZ, and Tommy D. We are half way through the race and I have had some good days. Got into the break on the first day, we went from the gun and werent caught till 3km to go on a 153km race. So that day has made the next two days a little more difficult with some more fatigue.
I will give a more detailed update later.
This morning I was looking at my buddies blog www.thatdarkkidkevin.wordpress.com and found a sweet video of a cupcake cannon. I think team Holowesko Partners should purchase one and bring it to Olympias tour and unleash some pastry hell on all the little Dutchies. Hope you enjoy the video, let me know what you think.
Walker
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Battenkill!
Just got back from the "American Queen of the Classics" the Tour of Battenkill.
There is only one word that comes to mind when reflecting on the race itself, EPIC! This race lived up to its self proclaimed American Queen of the Classics title. This race had everything, steep hills, dirt, cold temps and rainy weather. Going into this race our team leaders were Tito and Howes. The rest of us were just to cover moves and get into any move that went up the road. I think there was one section before the longest climb of the race where it felt like Caleb and myself were constantly jumping on to the back of wheels. I was pleased with how my form was for this race, I made it over every major climb and dirt section with the front group except for one exception...
After the rain really started coming down before the first Long dirt section it was apparent that mud was coming. Half way through the long dirt road i couldnt see out of my glasses and knew that i was with other riders and just assumed i had kept my position up front. As soon as we hit pavement I wiped off my glasses to realize that we had been dropped. That was scary. Myself and one fly V rider worked to get back up there. Luckily we were able to do it before the last dirt climb. Once the second lap started the temp really dropped dramatically. There was a break off and everyone was fairly complacent to let it roll but that meant relaxing and cooling down. Soon no one could feel their fingers and that made eating and using the brakes a bit dodgy to say the least. Soon Toast came up to me and i had to try and get food out of his back pocket when I couldnt even get it out of my own back pocket. Luckily we started going hard again shortly once the break was caught.
I cant even explain how strong Calebito was! He was in the big break then went off the front with Floyd. It was truly impressive. Unfortunately with not being able to get food out of my pockets I was a little bonked coming into the last climb at 10km to go so I just rode in on my own. Getting to the finish and hearing Caleb had won made all the work for the team with the suffering and shivering worth it. Felt good to have the team work so well and pull it out.
Hopefully we are able to get a little momentum rolling and pick up a lot more W's this season. Up next for us is Gila, Joe Martin, Olympias Tour, Paris-Roubaix U23, Philly, Beauce and Nationals. I think a lot of the courses at these races could suit the team well. Fingers Crossed.
Also, this website www.elcyclista.com has some cool shots from this last weekend. The website is pretty cool, check it out.
(Photo cred: Conor Brady) www.elcyclista.com
There is only one word that comes to mind when reflecting on the race itself, EPIC! This race lived up to its self proclaimed American Queen of the Classics title. This race had everything, steep hills, dirt, cold temps and rainy weather. Going into this race our team leaders were Tito and Howes. The rest of us were just to cover moves and get into any move that went up the road. I think there was one section before the longest climb of the race where it felt like Caleb and myself were constantly jumping on to the back of wheels. I was pleased with how my form was for this race, I made it over every major climb and dirt section with the front group except for one exception...
After the rain really started coming down before the first Long dirt section it was apparent that mud was coming. Half way through the long dirt road i couldnt see out of my glasses and knew that i was with other riders and just assumed i had kept my position up front. As soon as we hit pavement I wiped off my glasses to realize that we had been dropped. That was scary. Myself and one fly V rider worked to get back up there. Luckily we were able to do it before the last dirt climb. Once the second lap started the temp really dropped dramatically. There was a break off and everyone was fairly complacent to let it roll but that meant relaxing and cooling down. Soon no one could feel their fingers and that made eating and using the brakes a bit dodgy to say the least. Soon Toast came up to me and i had to try and get food out of his back pocket when I couldnt even get it out of my own back pocket. Luckily we started going hard again shortly once the break was caught.
I cant even explain how strong Calebito was! He was in the big break then went off the front with Floyd. It was truly impressive. Unfortunately with not being able to get food out of my pockets I was a little bonked coming into the last climb at 10km to go so I just rode in on my own. Getting to the finish and hearing Caleb had won made all the work for the team with the suffering and shivering worth it. Felt good to have the team work so well and pull it out.
Hopefully we are able to get a little momentum rolling and pick up a lot more W's this season. Up next for us is Gila, Joe Martin, Olympias Tour, Paris-Roubaix U23, Philly, Beauce and Nationals. I think a lot of the courses at these races could suit the team well. Fingers Crossed.
Also, this website www.elcyclista.com has some cool shots from this last weekend. The website is pretty cool, check it out.
(Photo cred: Conor Brady) www.elcyclista.com
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Go Time
Wow, it has been over a year since I have updated this thing! Sorry to anyone who has ever thought to see if anything new was up... Hopefully some of you still read this. Well I am going to try my darnedest to keep this thing up to date the ENTIRE season. Cross your fingers.
As of late I just got back from a short two day trip to a friends house just north of Cabo near La Vantana. It was pretty sweet and once I get some pics from the trip I will put them up here. I am also currently packing for a race called Tour of Battenkill, 200km, 57% dirt. Should be a cool race. Now that I have a new phone hopefully I will be able to update from the road more easily which will make blogging slightly more enjoyable when i can do it whenever and wherever i want.
Well I think thats all for now. I will try and get picks up from NY soon so you can see what the course looks like.
Walker
P.S. if Emmanuelle Chriqui is reading this... You are gorgeous! Can i take you out?
As of late I just got back from a short two day trip to a friends house just north of Cabo near La Vantana. It was pretty sweet and once I get some pics from the trip I will put them up here. I am also currently packing for a race called Tour of Battenkill, 200km, 57% dirt. Should be a cool race. Now that I have a new phone hopefully I will be able to update from the road more easily which will make blogging slightly more enjoyable when i can do it whenever and wherever i want.
Well I think thats all for now. I will try and get picks up from NY soon so you can see what the course looks like.
Walker
P.S. if Emmanuelle Chriqui is reading this... You are gorgeous! Can i take you out?
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Cali
Well, the first two races are over. Overall they went pretty well. The only bummer thing is that since my training started a solid month late or so the form just isnt quite there. On the bright side I should be on good form by the time the team heads to europe and mentally fresh. Our schedule over there is, Olympias Tour, U23 Paris-Roubaix and Circuit Montenez(if the race is held) Then we come back and do Tour de Beauce in Canada and Philly week.
Hopefully I can be on good form for all of this.
The really cool thing that we were able to accomplish at Redlands was winning the Overall Team classification, youngest team to ever do that. Hopefully things will only get better.
Walker
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Getting ready!
I am super excited to leave tomorrow! Finally I will be able to see if all this training that I have been doing has been enough to propel me to some good results this season. Howes and I will be getting on a plane tomorrow morning and will be joining the rest of the team to race San Dimas and Redlands. I did the races last year and they are really fun. The uphill TT the first day of San Dimas is a really cool climb, it would be equally cool to have some good climbing legs; so i guess we will see. Keep the fingers crossed.
It will be really fun when Toast joins us at Redlands later on this week. Its always fun hanging out with that kid. So leading up to these races I have only been able to race two collegiate crits and one pro crit. The collegiate crits are really fun because it is a lot more like a game and can actually try some tactical things and see what works with out having to dig very deep.
Well gotta go pick up the new kits from the service course, hopefully they are pretty cool. Also have to figure out what my plan of attack is to get to the airport!
It will be really fun when Toast joins us at Redlands later on this week. Its always fun hanging out with that kid. So leading up to these races I have only been able to race two collegiate crits and one pro crit. The collegiate crits are really fun because it is a lot more like a game and can actually try some tactical things and see what works with out having to dig very deep.
Well gotta go pick up the new kits from the service course, hopefully they are pretty cool. Also have to figure out what my plan of attack is to get to the airport!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Hello?
Well I will start this off with a big o'l SORRY. I know its lame that I havent posted anything since... um... June. Ya thats it, june. Wow that was a long time ago. Well a lot has occurred since then. Finished up the season, rode well but never got a personal W but was an asset to the team. So after a hard season i signed a lease for a new apartment in Boulder with my friend Tag who is a really good downhill ski racer and is racing for the CU ski team this year. Started classes in the fall and have been training a lot and working on my education at the same time. Sometimes this proves to be hard but luckily i havent had to cut class time short for riding time.
One cool thing that happened this fall was going to Grand Cayman Island for a "bike race" The race was temporarily cancelled due to a Hurricane. Of course, we knew about the hurricane prior to leaving but me and team mate Stetina figured we were up for a little adventure... Flew to Miami thought, well if they cant fly us to the Island worse thing that happens is that we have to fly back home. Fortunately we met up with the only other team mate I was able to convince that it was a GOOD idea to fly into a Hurricane and we got on the last flight to the island. Got there the rain and wind were crazy. One cool thing was that Christian VdV had actually been up for an adventure aswell and was there with his wife. In the end we did get some solid riding in but more time was spent swimming with Stingrays, Snorkeling and sampling the local food and of course the Pina Coladas. Wow, those are good.
Stetina, showing how the fierce wind could hold you up.
The calm after the storm
Stingrays feel weird
We did get some racing in too
Christian won over all and Pete got the stage
On the final day we went snorkeling. I almost had to lay the smack down on a huge fish.
Well now all I have to do is keep training and I look forward to racing soon. I think I might do some collegiate racing to build up for the more important races this spring. Ok well this whole catch up thing is tiring. If anyone still reads this I will try and keep up with the updates.
One cool thing that happened this fall was going to Grand Cayman Island for a "bike race" The race was temporarily cancelled due to a Hurricane. Of course, we knew about the hurricane prior to leaving but me and team mate Stetina figured we were up for a little adventure... Flew to Miami thought, well if they cant fly us to the Island worse thing that happens is that we have to fly back home. Fortunately we met up with the only other team mate I was able to convince that it was a GOOD idea to fly into a Hurricane and we got on the last flight to the island. Got there the rain and wind were crazy. One cool thing was that Christian VdV had actually been up for an adventure aswell and was there with his wife. In the end we did get some solid riding in but more time was spent swimming with Stingrays, Snorkeling and sampling the local food and of course the Pina Coladas. Wow, those are good.
Stetina, showing how the fierce wind could hold you up.
The calm after the storm
Stingrays feel weird
We did get some racing in too
Christian won over all and Pete got the stage
On the final day we went snorkeling. I almost had to lay the smack down on a huge fish.
Well now all I have to do is keep training and I look forward to racing soon. I think I might do some collegiate racing to build up for the more important races this spring. Ok well this whole catch up thing is tiring. If anyone still reads this I will try and keep up with the updates.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Been awhile
So I think last time I checked in I had just finished up Tour of the Gila! Well since then I have been doing a lot! Actually thats a lie. Most exciting thing that I have accomplished lately has been securing my housing in Boulder for the next year starting on August 1st. So thats pretty cool, me and my friend Taggart are going to live in an apt. together, he races for the CU ski team so it will be nice living with someone who is also focused on their sport.
As far as racing goes, I havent done to much lately except a local MTN. bike race last night! It was really fun. Mr. Filipe Merheage was there. He was fast. I was happy cause he didnt beat me by too much! haha. Only 1min 40sec. When he passed me I broke out a little bit of the flemish that I have been able to pick up over the past few years. He did a double take, responded then rocketed past me. I know that I would have been a lot closer has my technical skills been up to par. Since I have only ridden my Mt. bike twice this year i was a little sluggish when the trail when down. Im hoping to get some pics for you guys to see, but until then...
Have fun
Walker
As far as racing goes, I havent done to much lately except a local MTN. bike race last night! It was really fun. Mr. Filipe Merheage was there. He was fast. I was happy cause he didnt beat me by too much! haha. Only 1min 40sec. When he passed me I broke out a little bit of the flemish that I have been able to pick up over the past few years. He did a double take, responded then rocketed past me. I know that I would have been a lot closer has my technical skills been up to par. Since I have only ridden my Mt. bike twice this year i was a little sluggish when the trail when down. Im hoping to get some pics for you guys to see, but until then...
Have fun
Walker
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