On Saturday, I rode the Albuquerque Century. I did far better on this course than I ever have before. Not only was my time smashing, but I felt really great afterwords.

( I witnessed the worst bike crash I've ever seen )

On May 17th I rode the Santa Fe Century. This was the first century ride I've done where I experienced any sort of mechanical failure, and that failure threatened to SAG me out of the ride.

( Bicycle Repair Man appears at the Santa Fe Century )

This would totally make my day, though I much prefer the DIY version.

The Santa Fe Century is this Sunday.

I have a fever right now, which sucks. I'm otherwise in great shape to do this ride. Hopefully it will pass by Sunday. If not, I'll still ride anyway. My goal is to finish in under 6 hours.

I've just finished the Tour de Tucson, which ends my racing season this year. I placed 599th place (912th last year), with a time of 5 hours, 16 minutes, 6 seconds. (search that page for "ALAN POST") This is a personal best, as my time last year was 5 hours, 30 minutes, 36 secondsAlas, this wasn't good enough for a platinum. I placed platinum ( Read more... )

Over a month ago, my brother, Josh (partner in crime), Josh's Dad Bob, and I rode the Red River Century. This is my favorite bike tour in New Mexico, as the Enchanted Circle has everything I like in a long ride--lots of really long hills ( Read more... )

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Ah summer, where you ride through a cloud of gnats and they drown in the sweat pouring out of your forehead.

Well, at least the ones you didn't eat. Om nom nom nom.

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I'm back from Beltane. The ride out was much shorter than I thought, less than 30 miles. Researching today, it seems to be a ~2,500 ft change in elevation. Like all elevation changes like that, you go up and down a lot ( Read more... )