A Little Too Hot On Bobsled

Dave says: Yesterday was MTB Monday with the Kuhl/Scott boys and I was ready to shred my favorite part of the shoreline down the crazy-fast bobsled. Unfortunately, there's a small stream flowing right down the middle of the trail right now from snow melt causing me to ride high on one side of the bank. Well, the stream didn't slow me down, but a small tree sticking out into the trail sure did as I swerved to get around it but caught my bar and went tumbling down the trail. The thing I appreciate about mountain biking is that I go flying off my bike several times a year but dirt is pretty soft and it never hurts much. My knee got a little cut which looks much worse in the picture (which I couldn't resist taking). I also tacoed my front wheel which is now seriously bent to one side. Fortunately, that's why I train on this old epic frame (with a nice new dent in the downtube) and save my carbon mtb for race day.

Speaking of racing, this Saturday the ICUP headed to Sherwood Hills near Logan. The narrow start line left me jockeying for position as I followed the green Mona-Vie train out on course. On the first lap, I tried to close a gap that had formed during some technical riding and almost made it up to Alex and Bart but it was not to be. Alex crushed the field with Bart in second and road pro Burke Swindelhurst in third with myself in fourth and BZ rounding out the podium.

Alisha was off crit racing in downtown SLC and I stopped by briefly on the way out to my race where her PCIM squad looked ready to represent with a stacked team of fast women. The flat course didn't keep Alisha from attacking the group several times and she broke away with about a lap and a half to go but was caught by the remains of the lead group just before the finish where Tiff P threw down the W and her teammate KK took second.