Wednesday morning is when I get up at 4.30 AM. I hastely prepare my favorite Country Choice Oatmeal. The quick cooking one works best, the steel cut version would be better for a long ride since it “burns” slower, but weighing the option of getting up at 3.30AM to be at the stove babying this…

Tour of Highbridge is probably my favorit New Jersey race now , since they do not have the Park Ridge one anymore!! A legbreaking hill , short but steap, when you have to go up it 11 times it becomes long and steap . A 3 mile loop with almost a “pave patch job” section…

Well, this past weekend was the premiere of the Connecticut Stage Race way up in Colebrook, CT. A two day, three stage event, it promised to be a good early season warmup for the important races down the road this summer. My comparatively young age meant that I was forced to compete in the mostly…

This past weekend was the first stage race for most of us amatures> the tour of Coneticut! I am late as usual , trying to pack everything in the car 5.00 am and then pick up John Landino in Ridgewood >it was not happening , too much stuff since we were staying over night .…

Memorial weekend is always a big race weekend > there used to be a nice stage race in Lake Placid > Cloudspliter> nowadays if you are not a crit guy , the Hills of Somerset is the only major road race around here. I have done it a few times before and kind of know…