So I am just sitting in a Motel Six in Silver City NM. This is quite the lavish lifestyle, let me tell you! Last time I updated I had gotten back from California. Well coming back I did a race in Co. Springs. It was awesome! Although I felt like my heart was going to explode when I went a little too hard. The road course was really cool, it was the 1986 World Championship course and had a good amount of climbing. I felt really good and think that had I been acclimated I could have done something. Hopefully I am now ready to tackle the Pro1 field here at the Tour of the Gila. Wish me luck. I forgot my camera cable so I wont be able to upload pics until I get home.
Walker
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Cali
So I must apologize for the lack of updates. I have been some what busy and have lacked motivation to get on here and write something....So here is a race re-cap...
San Dimas...
Well I was a little disappointed after the uphill TT. It went up Glendora Mt. for 3-4miles. I think I would have done a lot better had it been a little longer, that said I didn't do horribly. Just not what I had wanted. Oh well. For the road race I felt really strong but I lacked good judgement. So when we went up the climb I would freak out and go from 3/4 of the way back up to the front of the peloton; needless to say but after 10 times up it I was tired. So i rolled through the finish in with the grupetto. Unfortunately we did not make the time cut. So i had to sit out the crit the next day. LAME i know. So the uphill TT was not horrible and although i was strong in the RR my strength could not make up for my stupidity...
This is a section of Glendora Mt. RD. pretty cool
Redlands...
So the prologue was alright, nothing special. I am pretty sure on a course like this a TT bike would have been much faster but whatever. I was still in the top half of the race. But I was also at this race to work and to learn. So because Peter and Tommy D were the fastest the next day I had an opportunity to suffer for them... HealthNet was really dumb letting a strong break with Botero and Baldwin go up the road and get 5 minutes. They started to chase but were not getting anything done so Kirk and I were told to go help. Sitting in the train I was having to try and recover at 380-400 and pull even harder. One lap of that and I was fried. So then with my job done I was able to just roll in behind the peloton. While Kirk and I were at the front we managed to pull back about 2 minutes on the break... that felt good, it was also nice to see that in the group that I was rolling in with there were 3 HealthNet guys with me.
In the Crit all I did was sit in and suffer. With so many corners my back was screwed afterwards. My back was out of alignment it turned out so that probably did not help.
Now Sunset was really cool. Really hard but really cool. There were alot of crashes which was not good. It was nice though, I think after 3 or 4 laps the field was down to 50-60 riders. My back was still bothering me so I wasnt able to do much. I made it up Sunset with the lead group 10 out of 12 laps before I was fried. I think part of it was my back and just from having done so much work all race...
So all in all Redlands was really good I learned and lot and suffered. It was really cool just being able to ride with Tommy D and learn from him...
This is Kirk(on the left) and I(on the right) during sunset
Peace
Walker
San Dimas...
Well I was a little disappointed after the uphill TT. It went up Glendora Mt. for 3-4miles. I think I would have done a lot better had it been a little longer, that said I didn't do horribly. Just not what I had wanted. Oh well. For the road race I felt really strong but I lacked good judgement. So when we went up the climb I would freak out and go from 3/4 of the way back up to the front of the peloton; needless to say but after 10 times up it I was tired. So i rolled through the finish in with the grupetto. Unfortunately we did not make the time cut. So i had to sit out the crit the next day. LAME i know. So the uphill TT was not horrible and although i was strong in the RR my strength could not make up for my stupidity...
This is a section of Glendora Mt. RD. pretty cool
Redlands...
So the prologue was alright, nothing special. I am pretty sure on a course like this a TT bike would have been much faster but whatever. I was still in the top half of the race. But I was also at this race to work and to learn. So because Peter and Tommy D were the fastest the next day I had an opportunity to suffer for them... HealthNet was really dumb letting a strong break with Botero and Baldwin go up the road and get 5 minutes. They started to chase but were not getting anything done so Kirk and I were told to go help. Sitting in the train I was having to try and recover at 380-400 and pull even harder. One lap of that and I was fried. So then with my job done I was able to just roll in behind the peloton. While Kirk and I were at the front we managed to pull back about 2 minutes on the break... that felt good, it was also nice to see that in the group that I was rolling in with there were 3 HealthNet guys with me.
In the Crit all I did was sit in and suffer. With so many corners my back was screwed afterwards. My back was out of alignment it turned out so that probably did not help.
Now Sunset was really cool. Really hard but really cool. There were alot of crashes which was not good. It was nice though, I think after 3 or 4 laps the field was down to 50-60 riders. My back was still bothering me so I wasnt able to do much. I made it up Sunset with the lead group 10 out of 12 laps before I was fried. I think part of it was my back and just from having done so much work all race...
So all in all Redlands was really good I learned and lot and suffered. It was really cool just being able to ride with Tommy D and learn from him...
This is Kirk(on the left) and I(on the right) during sunset
Peace
Walker
Thursday, March 27, 2008
San Dimas
Just sitting in my hotel room; extremely bored. So today my team mate Kirk and I rode the uphill TT course that goes up Glendora Mountain rd. It was really cool. Many of the corners were concave almost like a velodrome. No wonder people enjoy riding motorcycles up and down it. So wish me luck tomorrow, I would love to be top 20 but with the strength of the field here that is a tall order. More to come later after the race, or when I get bored enough.
Walker
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Getting Ready...
I fly out this evening to San Dimas, California for some racing. pretty excited. Also, my friend has started up his own coaching company that I have started working for. The website is www.laketraining.com Everyone who needs coaching should check it out. If you email or call LakeTraining tell them that Walker sent you. haha. But seriously. Ok thats it. More from Cali later.
Walker
Walker
Monday, March 17, 2008
Boredom
I got this nifty video off of my team mate Danniel Holloways blog and thought it was a worthy enough clip to share with all of you.
http://view.break.com/470052 - Watch more free videos
On another note, mustache march is really coming along.
It really just looks like I have have not bathed in a substantial amount of time.
http://view.break.com/470052 - Watch more free videos
On another note, mustache march is really coming along.
It really just looks like I have have not bathed in a substantial amount of time.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Mustache March!
So I was finally able to race this last sunday! It was much needed. The group rides out of Boulder are just so sketchy. So 60 riders started, I think only 16 or so finished on the same lap. 10 of those in the lead group that consisted of mostly Toyota United riders like Henk Vogles, Baldwin, England, Clarke then there was Hamilton Dan Schmatz and Stefano. Unfortunately I was racing more like a road race and was always in the top 5, so when moves went it was really hard to go with it without the whole peloton sitting on me. Unfortunately I could not get into any of the good moves. I was strong even though the whole week previous had been easy because of getting used to a new position and new shoes.Oh well, it was hard and I got some good work in. 1100 KJ's in a hour aint bad.
But it is march, and with it comes a mustache, or mullet if you have the hair for it. I dont really have either but I have given it my best try. Just looks dirty like I cant afford a razor. Oh well. I guess I will have it right up until Redlands.
Might not be able to see it, but trust me its there in all of its glory.
Walker
But it is march, and with it comes a mustache, or mullet if you have the hair for it. I dont really have either but I have given it my best try. Just looks dirty like I cant afford a razor. Oh well. I guess I will have it right up until Redlands.
Might not be able to see it, but trust me its there in all of its glory.
Walker
Monday, March 3, 2008
Im an idiot!
seriously, i made a big mistake. Im currently in the airport on my way to Phoenix. Turns out my original flight was yesterday! Hopefully it wont turn out to be too big of a deal, The thing thats hard about it is that I am going down there to ride my bike in front of potential sponsors. If I am lucky which is fairly rare they will look past my lack of judgement and go ahead with a great investment and jump on board with the Slipstream train.
On another note, I did the group ride out of Boulder on saturday. It was sweet, sketchy sweet. There were soo many people and there was a good size crash on highway 36. Probably one of the worst things possible. But I felt really good, once we got to Carter Lake I let loose and went for it. I blew up pretty good but was able to recover on the flats over the top and take the sprint... Never thought I would be able to say that I was first in a sprint. Granted it was just a group ride, so in a race I probably would have been destroyed. Oh well it felt good.
Well wish my luck in Phoenix.
Walker
On another note, I did the group ride out of Boulder on saturday. It was sweet, sketchy sweet. There were soo many people and there was a good size crash on highway 36. Probably one of the worst things possible. But I felt really good, once we got to Carter Lake I let loose and went for it. I blew up pretty good but was able to recover on the flats over the top and take the sprint... Never thought I would be able to say that I was first in a sprint. Granted it was just a group ride, so in a race I probably would have been destroyed. Oh well it felt good.
Well wish my luck in Phoenix.
Walker
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