BeachCross: Behind the Tape

BeachCross: Behind the Tape

Like it or not, there are times when circumstances will prevent you from racing your bicycle. And during such times, as if by some cruel twist of fate, you may find yourself in very close proximity to a bicycle race….

DarkCross: The Greatest Show on Dirt

DarkCross: The Greatest Show on Dirt

If you can measure the afterglow of a great night by the number of post-rumpus cigarettes, I think I’ve vicariously smoked the better part of a carton by now. I am rarely at a loss for words, but when it…

It's Go Time

It’s Go Time

After months of planning everything is finally coming together. If set up day yesterday is any indication of the party that’s coming tonight, it’s going to be fucking off the rails. The course design and set up is a huge…

(Very) Muddy Waters

(Very) Muddy Waters

Believe it or not, this is a picture of a very happy woman. I’d just completed the Muddy Waters Gran Fondo, my third in four years. It was by far my best and fastest. And certainly the muddiest. Muddy Waters…

24 Hours of Awesome. 50 Shades of Black and Blue.

24 Hours of Awesome. 50 Shades of Black and Blue.

Not being one for moderation, it seemed only fitting that my first mountain bike race ever be an eight hour endurance race in some of the most technical terrain in the province. To be fair though, considering the other option…

The Quick & the Dead

The Quick & the Dead

The stage race I participated in on Saturday in St. Andrews was what I like to call a “learning race”. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, a “learning race” is a race in which you sucked ass. It…

Seven Sisters

Seven Sisters

With so many awesome bikey things happening on Saturday, it was really hard to decide what to do. Should I get down and dirty on the gravé with the boys and girls from the FGBC and RRR? Put on my…

Men, Women and Children

Men, Women and Children

Well hello there. Long time no see. If you’ve been wondering where I’ve been (and even if you haven’t), let me tell you: I have not been in Belgium watching bike races, or spending long, passionate days in the sack…

The 2012 S.O.B. Invitational Gravel Race

The 2012 S.O.B. Invitational Gravel Race

After a recent post about my compulsion to do things I’m told not to do, an email arrived in my inbox that simply read: “I dare you not to do my race.” It was from the S.O.B. himself, so of…

Leah Kirchmann Win(nipeg)s Old Pueblo Grand Prix

Leah Kirchmann Win(nipeg)s Old Pueblo Grand Prix

Every so often, and contrary to the normal state of affairs, there is a day that turns out way better than expected. Our last day in Tucson was one such day. It just so happened there was a big bike race…