Two bicyclists stabbed in Jacksonville; one in critical condition | jacksonville.comAt the end of my dad's group bike ride today, some asshole in a pickup truck hit a couple cyclists, then followed the group into a parking lot and started a fight. After my dad's friend and teammate, John, punched the guy who hit them, the guy pulled a knife, ( Read more... )

....but it was really just a little white car that hit me. I was riding my bike to school this morning, as usual, minding my own business on the far right side of the road on campus, going about 18mph in a 25 mph zone, when the car driving alongside of me decided to turn right into a narrow side street/driveway. Without bothering to check for ( Read more... )

I'm watching the expanded coverage of the Tour de France on Versus. I had forgotten how much I love the Tour, since I've been in the field for the Tour the past several years. There are several Americans currently doing well, with the potential to take the overall win, and several others helping to control the race, including heroes from my ( Read more... )

The annual Gainesville bike race was today, downtown, and of course my dad came to race in it. Samantha and I rode our bikes downtown, bringing with us plenty of work, and just sat outside working, enjoying the sunshine, and watching the races. Except, of course, when Dad was racing. Then I got no work done but was instead cheering, pacing, and ( Read more... )

My Dad just called me - he finished 5th in his age group's national championship criterium race. Pretty damn good, I think. He's got 2 more races, I think, before nationals are over. So you may get another update or two from me on how awesome my dad is:-)

Damn, I have so much crap to get done before I leave. Going to go do that now...

My dad just won the cycling state championship crit! He rocks! And his teammate won the field sprint for (I think) 3rd place! I'm really sad now that I couldn't get down there to see it...

In other news, I have been very productive today. ( Here's what I've done & have to do )

My Dad and his teammate Stacy won the tandom mixed team National Champoionship road race last week in Pennsylvania. They're so incredibly awesome - they also came in second in both the age group and the elite mixed team time trial races, and their time was faster than all but one of the men's teams in their age group ( Read more... )