Friday – Stage 4 – Martinsburg Circuit Race – 128km Today, my body felt generally tired but my legs were pretty good.  I can thoroughly recommend Eric Carlson (our masseur) who does an awesome job at repairing my tired body. The Martinsburg circuit race consisted of 4 laps of a 32km loop with sprint points at the start/finish line on […]

Thursday – Stage 3:  Hollidaysburg Circuit Race – 96km I felt remarkably good today.  I warmed up for 20mins on the trainer and felt great.  I decided today I wanted to get into a break.  The course was a 32km technical undulating loop, with a 1km climb to the QOM, situated in the last 5km of the loop.  The course […]

Wednesday – Stage 2:  Johnstown – Altoona Road Race – 160km Today was one of the toughest stages I have ever ridden.  We started at 1pm with temperatures hovering around 95F.  The humidity was so high that we were sweating before we even started. I spent 30 minutes on the trainer to warm up as the profile showed a 7 […]

Tuesday – Stage 1:  Johnstown Circuit Race – 120km Today’s course was a 40km undulating loop that had a gradual QOM at about the midway point of the loop.  It was a gradual climb that could be climbed in the big ring.  I got into a number of attacks but none of these lasted more than a few km’s.  I […]

The International (Tour de Toona) : Altoona, Pennsylvania Monday – Prologue – 5.5km individual time trial The time trial was held along a gradual uphill road which climbed approximately 800ft over 5km.  The humidity was really high with temperatures in the 90’s (30C), and after adding a solid headwind, the 5km felt really tough. I warmed up well, lifting the […]