Presidents Day Kick Off

Great way to start the long Presidents Day weekend with a ride from the office through Whiting, up to Old Camp, & down the Luge!

MOOTO X YBB build project

Inaugural Spin on the MXYBB

Over the Hump 2011 - Summer MTB Race Series

This was my first year racing in the Over the Hump summer series at Irvine Lake...not sure short track is for me, but it was a good experience nonetheless. Raced the YBB 26 for all the races and it treated me well! I raced in the "Super Sport" category (between Sport and Expert) and everyone was really fast! Ended the series 7th overall in the Super Sport cat. Each week some local pros would should up to race which is always cool to see and ride on the same course at the same time. 

2011 OTH Super Sport Results:

Race #01 05/24: 10th
Race #02 05/31: 13th
Race #03 06/07: 11th
Race #04 06/14: 18th
Race #05 06/21: 12th
Race #07 07/26: 7th
Race #09 08/09: 7th
Race #10 08/16: 10th
Race #11 08/23: 6th
Race #12 08/30: 8th 

Rim Nordic 2011 XC Series #4

My first race up at Rim Nordic...course was a lot of fun and all the organizers and racers seemed really nice...took a little spill near the end of the second lap. Ended up 5th in Cat 2 30-34. Will definitely have to do the whole series next year.

Ride Stats: http://www.geoladders.com/show_route.php?route=49378

GPS Playback: http://www.geoladders.com/gps_route_racer.php?route_id=49378

Strava: http://app.strava.com/rides/1324466

Okole Stuff Cup 2011

The first annual Okole Stuff Cup and the first ever mountain bike race in an OC Park took place this past weekend at Irvine Park and Santiago Oaks. To be honest, I wasn’t really looking forward to the race. I think I have felt this way about all of the races I have done this year, but afterwards I am always glad that I did it.  It was really cool to see all of the people cheering everyone on as we tackled the technical section at the top of the Chutes ridgeline trail. I ended up with a total time of 1:34 which put me in 2nd in the sport cat. (Age 30-39) out of 27 total riders and 5th in sport cat. overall out of 87 total riders.

Chutes Ridgeline...my backyard

70 Miles & 10K of Climbing

Main Divide just east of Santiago Peak looking east towards Trabuco

Today was my longest mountain bike ride to date. Nice long day in the Santa Anas. Got a bit of rain on our way to Cooks. The sun came out about half way up Holy Jim. The flies were horrendous from the top of Holy Jim to the peak. Went back down into the marine layer about halfway between Motorway and Blackstar. My first time riding north on Main divide between Motorway and Beeks...there is still a lot of climbing going this direction - don't be fooled :) after Motorway the climbs seemed to be a bit shorter but much steeper vs. going the other direction. All in all good day in the saddle.

Ride Stats: http://www.geoladders.com/show_route.php?route=47428

GPS Playback: http://www.geoladders.com/gps_route_racer.php?route_id=47428

Strava: http://app.strava.com/rides/723993