The lightning gave way to hail just past 8,000′ with 20 miles left in the race. At first it seemed novel, I’d never raced through hail before. But it hurt. And it was cold, the temperature dropped over 30° … 20 minutes later when the hail turned to driving rain and the course turned downhill, [...]

Sometimes racing for 45 minutes just isn’t enough. This past weekend Jared and I lined up in Leonardtown MD, a quaint little port town on the Western Shore of Maryland. It was my first crit of the season and while I took 3rd in 2011 I was now in the Cat 3′s. Jared and I [...]