Nailed um. XTERRA West Championship 2008. Temecula, California.

Created on 19 May 2008 Conrad

Picture by 2008 Rich Cruse

Railing a turn at XTERRA West Champs.

XTERRA West Championship. Temecula, California. The people who keep count says its my 6th XTERRA West win in 7 years. (the other year I was injured)

It was blazing hot. The run was absolutely brutal. Steep up- and downhills over terrain that a few days ago was nothing but shriveled shrubs and bunny tracks in the sand.

Dan Hugo finished 2nd about 2 minutes back.

Brian Smith ran up to 3rd from 10th off the bike.

All round nice guy Josiah Middaugh was 4th and

Seth Wheeling 5th.

Ladies race:

Melanie McQuaid

Marrion Summerer surprised everyone with 2nd

Jenny Tobin,

Danelle Kabush and

Amber Monforte all finished really close together

more complete update coming up once we get home…

Mount Rose highway: One of my favourite long rides…

Created on 14 May 2008 Conrad

This 4hr ride starts in Reno at 1300m altitude, climbs straight up to 2700m (takes me about 1h40 at 130 heart rate) and descends straight down to Incline Village, on the shores of Lake Tahoe. (1800m)

Fill up the bottles, (penalty points awarded for time spent off the bike) and start climbing back over. About 50minutes at 130HR. Then scream down the fun side and try to keep up with cars through the many curves on the way down.

I do this ride on my own. I get a lot of thinking and soul searching done. I think about racing, training and life. But mostly about racing. Then at times I’ll switch off and numb my brain with Battery 9’s “Oom Kosie” and others…

Lighthouse to Lighthouse 2 day mountain bike race. 2002. Video

Created on 08 May 2008 Conrad

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Nailed um. XTERRA West Championship 2008. Temecula, California.

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Lighthouse to Lighthouse 2 day mountain bike race. 2002. Video

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