Got to love the South Bay. An excerpt from the training log:
Monday – PV trail run – 52 mins
Tuesday – Surf at Burnout – 1 hour
Tuesday – Paddle at Sunset – 1 hour
Wednesday – Mountain Bike Ride Malaga Cove, sunset to dark – 2 hours 20 mins
Thursday – Manhattan Beach Trail Run – 40 mins

The goal for the day was a nice long mountain ride we expected to take about 3.5hours. You can see the general route Trabuco-Bell Ridge here: http://www.geoladders.com/show_route.php?route=1143
We started in Mission Viejo, CA climbing through O’neil Park for a small trail ride en route to Holly Jim Canyon and the start of the Trabuco trail.

The route was good until we were about 2 miles up the Trabuco trail when we had the first flat tire. At this same time I noticed my rear tire going low but we continued on. About another mile I started with the first of 10-20 stops where I added more air to my tire. Finally, we reached the top of Trabuco and hiked up to the Los Pinos log book to sign it. Then we found our way down what I thought was the Bell Ridge trail. The first few miles were insane, steep and fun. Unfortunately, it was not long after when the steep trails and conditions took a toll on my bike when the rear rotor ripped off the hub. It was crazy! Never seen this happen before.

This was the point of problems that brought the pain. From here I continued down with a somewhat repaired rotor that had two bolts attaching it to the wheel. So, I basically was using the front brake and hiking most the steep sections (probably safer for me anyways). By the bottom we realized the trail was not heading into the right area and we were in the canyon we started in. We time trialed out of the canyon to get the ride over with but my rear brake was half way closed so I was doing double the work to roll on top of the fact that I was running about 15PSI in my rear tire.

We finally made it back, exhausted, beat up, with some broken junk and now what seems to be poison oak on my arms.

-DSheek
It was awesome!

Ok so we love Smart Wool. Dreaming about a training beanie from them and heading to REI this afternoon to peruse the offerings. Wish me luck.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
NEW 18.7 mile (30k) loop with 43% paved roads & 57% unpaved roads in North Boulder County. Make sure you secure your water bottles/cages. Neutral support based on volunteer availability and unlikely. Please bring a pump and spare tube. Also don’t forget to do a “bolt check” the day before.

More info at: http://dbcevents.com/home/?p=23

Sounds super fun!

Andy B
outsideallday.com

Join us at the final run of the OC Chili Winter Trail Run Series. Over 200 participants have joined us at each of the runs so far this series and have enjoyed the 5 Mile beautiful course and the post race chili. The next event in the series takes place on Saturday, April 17.

The 5 mile course is scenic and includes everything you could want in a trail run – varying elevations, wide fire roads at the start, single track trails at the end and an overall great day of competition, food and fun. Come on out.

Busy year this year. Thank you Net Jets.

• Dakar (January 1 – 16)
• BaselWorld Watch Fair (March 17 – 25
• Masters Golf Tournament (April 5 – 11)
• Paris-Roubaix (April 11)
• Kentucky Derby (May 1)
• Preakness Stakes (May 15)
• Tour of California (May 16-23)
• Monaco Formula One Grand Prix May 24 – May 25
• French Open (May 24 – June 7)
• Baja 500 (June 4 – 6)
• Belmont Stakes (June 5)
• Le Mans (June 12 – 13)
• U.S. Open of Golf (June 14 – 20)
• Wimbledon (June 21 – July 4)
• Tour de France (July 3 – 25)
• The Open Championship, St. Andrews (July 11 – 18)
• Monterey Historics (August 12 – 15)
• Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race (August 14)
• Baja 1000 (November 17 – 21)
• Art l Basel (December 2 – 5)

Koppenberg Circuit, Saturday, April 3rd RECAP

Scenes from the 2010 Koppenberg race filmed on the hill. Cat 1, 2 and 35+Open. Over 400 racers braved the crazy winds for the 9th running of Boulder Racing’s Koppenberg Circuit.

Andy B
outsideallday.com

Spent a few days up in Davis.

Two great runs out in the university fields. Amazing place. Just miles and miles of dirt with orchards, plants and event a great municipal airport. It comes with our recommendation.

Get out there this week and grab a motor tabs to keep you out there longer. Today we have rain but I will be hitting the eucalyptus trail before the end of the college basketball season starts up tonight.

Leadville from Scratch From zero to 100 in a year
By Dougald MacDonald

I began to take my running seriously in August 2004, when I resolved to run Colorado’s Leadville Trail 100 exactly one year later. Until then, running meant neighborhood jogs with my golden retriever. I had never run a race longer than five miles. My zero-to-100 plan didn’t quite pan out-I injured a calf muscle partway through the race and ground to a halt after 86.5 miles and 26 hours. But I did manage to complete three trail ultras during my first year of running, and I learned valuable lessons for anyone breaking into long trail races-lessons I’ll heed when I return to Leadville.

Click here to read the rest of the story.

More info on why I’m posting articles like this coming soon…

Andy B
outsideallday.com

Rock Racing’s sponsor in bankruptcy
By: Cycling News
Published: April 2, 2010

Rock Racing’s sponsor in bankruptcy

Rock & Republic, the firm behind the Rock Racing Team, has filed for bankruptcy in US court. Michael Ball is the Chief Executive Officer of the company, as well as of the cycling team. The company has been known for it expensive jeans, at US$200 or more, as well as other apparel. The products were sold at upper-class stores as Bloomingdale’s, Nieman-Marcus and Nordstrom. The company’s day-to-day operations are expected to continue as usual. There was no word as to how the bankruptcy filing might affect the team.

Click here to read the rest of the story.

Andy B
outsideallday.com

Spring is coming and the new gear has been released, happy shopping!

Andy B
outsideallday.com

Big changes at ASO
by VeloNews.com
April 1, 2010

The Tour de France will be trading the Champs-Élysées for Main Street following news that the Walt Disney Company (DIS) has purchased Tour owner ASO. Disney officials confirmed the news Thursday, saying there will be noticeable changes in the Tour de France as soon as this summer.

Click here to read the rest of the story.

I’ve always wanted to take my boys on a Disney Cruise, maybe Lance and Boonen will be there doing a meet and greet!

Andy B
outsideallday.com

FYI, this was an April Fools joke by Velo News but I thought it was super funny.

Click here for the movie website. The movie is to release in May 2010. The trailer is fantastic!

HT YourGroupRide.com for the story.

Andy B
outsideallday.com