pic design by Nikola
I met Gavin Noble early this year in Stellenbosch, South Africa. We were both on training camps. I just started training and Gavin - one of Ireland’s Olympic triathlon hopefuls - was already lean and mean.
It is comical how wildly our training styles varied:
Gav swam 6km group swims at 5.15 am. I floated [...]
Photo and camera by Rich Cruse. www.richcruse.com
I met sports photographer Rich Cruse at my 1st XTERRA- Richmond VA 2001.
Since then we have become close friends, but also we managed to do a lot of business together. He would shoot pics at races and make me look good- not an easy task- and I would offer it to the press and sponsors [...]
Caveman style, of course!
Problem: The sticky Vermont mud clogged up my Specialized Epic’s rear triangle. The sticky tires then picked up dead leaves and really stuffed it tightly between wheel and frame. This was taken in training 2 days before the race.
Caveman solution:
Take a 1 liter water bottle, cut it to bits and zip tie [...]
XTERRA Vermont was the muddiest race I have ever done. Even the run was really slippery and muddy and it went straight up and down the Sugar Bush ski slopes.
Special conditions calls for special measures. I modified my Avia AVI STOLTZ Caveman style…
Step 1: Buy a handful of 1/2 inch screws with big heads.
Step 2: [...]
Sprint finish with Seth Wealing for 2nd… Pic by Nori’s iPhone
This is the race report from Trey Garman at XTERRA. For press, email trey@xterraplanet.com. The XTERRA home page is www.xterraplanet.com
(I will write my own report after breakfast)
Sugarbush Resort - Warren, VT (July 12, 2009) - The two reigning XTERRA European Tour Champions, Frenchman Nicolas Lebrun [...]
D Day -1 some people spend the whole day in bed, wearing their compression tights and visualizing their race.
The Caveman’s instincts pulls him to the river for FLY FISHING!
A Brown Trout in the Mad River on a size 20 barbless Royal Wulfe fly. 3 weight rod with 12 ft leader+tippet. Got to love the waterproof [...]
Just like at XTERRA Coeur D’Alene and XTERRA Richmond, my friends from Balega (new website) came out to help spread the Balega and Fleet Feet specialty sport store love to the local community.
We usually have a meet and greet at the local Fleet Feet. (Even rhymes!) We smile knowingly when people rave about the best [...]
This is by far the hairiest XTERRA course I have ever pre ridden. Sure, its almost all uphill, but it is super technical and slippery. It has been raining for the past 3 weeks and everything is slimy.
Speaking of slimy, my foot is fine. The cut is 90% healed up and I even ran on [...]
Cancellara’s yellow jersey bike in the Tour de France…
That’s the question!
People always wonder why pros prefer home stays at most races. Why not stay in a “nice hotel” and “rest up for the race?”
There are many reasons why home stay families are the best way of experiencing away from home racing: (in no particular order)
- When you travel as much as we do, you hate [...]
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