Sissy Boy

The next time you and your wife decide to get new kitchen floor and the sales lady asks if you need the old floor removed? Get off your wallet and say YES. The money is well spent, and they take the mess away for you. The most important part is that you will not have to race the next weekend C/X races with a huge throbbing blister on your hand. Everyone have a great race this weekend in Newton. Ty

VILLAGE C/X RACE

The first C/X racing of the year for the izzy team went great! Tommy went out and rode his first c/x race EVER at 9 yrs old and had a great time. I was worried about the weight of his bike over the barriers, but he handled it great. He didn't quit and rode to the finish, which was the main goal for race 1.

Then I lined up in the cat4 race with 19 other riders. After a week of hacking and blowing my nose, I wasn't sure what I would have in the tank. Got a good start, and stayed there for half of the first lap. shuffled around in the 5-6-7 spot all mid race, last lap popped a little and finished up 7th place. But all the weeks events considered, i'm happy with a top ten to start out the season.

Zuggy and his crew once again put on a great race, and had a wonderful day to show off a challenging course. They even sent some shwag to our house that my son had won and forgot to pick up!!!! Above and beyond, nice job guys.

Next week is Newton, and the family and I are taking the camper out and racing both days. Hope to see everyone there. Ty

TIME TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR

No more excuses! Training time is over and it's time to race. Sunday is the first race of the year ready or not. I've had a cold all week, and it won't matter a lick when the whistle blows. Whatever power and endurance I have is what I get. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone there. To all that are racing have a fast and safe weekend. If you see team izzy on the course ring that cow bell a tad louder because when your breathing as hard as we are it gets kinda tough to hear............ Ty

SICK

With less than a week to the first race of the season, I come down with a nasty cold. It's tough to explain how disappointed I am right now. Months and months of training all to feel like sludge on the first race day. I'm trying every home remedy I can find to get any kind of strength in this feeble body before Sunday. I'm also trying to keep as mentally positive as I can, but as a glass half empty guy by nature this is impossible. I want to work out, but I also don't want to sabotage what is supposed to be my breakout year before the year even gets started. What I do know is that if you are in the cat4 race in the village of east Davenport, give me a ton of space. Not just because I can't hold a line, but for the flying snot that i'm sure i'll be hacking everywhere. Ty

KANSAS CITY HERE I COME

Stayed up till midnight last night, to sign up for the U.S. nationals of cyclocross in Kansas City in December. In the B-35to39 race i'll be lined up 28th my traveling partner from DICE Huntsberger will be right behind me (but not for long) in 34th. By the time I was done registering there was already 65 entries in our race. This morning I checked all the other races to see any other Illinois-Iowa based riders I recognized and saw very few. I am truly stoked and looking forward to the trip. Regardless of my racing form i'm, just looking forward to a great road trip. Hope to see a ton more locals sign up, i'll be there cheering for ya! Ty

Should You Feel Guilty Taking A Rest Week?

Most of you that know me, know that I have never won a race. You also know that even if I come close it's because the rest of the field had a real bad day. My training in the month of August both time and effort, have been more than I have put into any sports endeavor ever. Everything I read says you have to follow a strong cycle of training with some rest time to avoid "over training". My question is, if you never come close to the winning end of a race, can you ever claim that you are over trained? So with 20 or so days before the c/x season opener, I'm taking a short rest period before the last big push to be a CAT 4 somebody. So if there is no improvement in my race results, at least I'll sleep better knowing I'm not over trained! Ty