Checking out
Gossip January 21st, 2008My racing stint in Belgium is just about over. As I write this, I’m still picking the pebbles out of my eyes from this weekends races…Tomorrow Tim and I 
are flying down to Italy where Stu and Lyne (tims wife) are picking us up at the airport in Treviso. Amazing how Ryan Air was able to blow us out tickets for 1 euro. Pretty awesome. I’ve only been hearing about rain in Italy, so it could be another epic race! I’m polishing up my mud skills over here. I don’t consider myself a ‘mudder’ but, considering over half the races here are in the peanut butter. I gotta refresh, remember that skill set that I’ve so easily forgotten racing in the states for the last two seasons. I raced in Zonnebeke,Belgium on Saturday with the my crew, Stu and Mark. 
I was creeping, especially during this one nasty muddy running section, I was horrendous. I needed the time out in the mud, so I raced over there. Not that nice of a course, but enough about that. Yesterday was the world cup in Hoogerhiede, Netherlands where the world championships are being held next year. If you’ve been putting off going to worlds, go in 2009, its gonna be awesome! They changed up the course a lot from the years past and regardless of how the course goes, the venue is awesome, the ability to see a lot of the race is great, the town is awesome, its a really nice place. I came across a couple articles that I thought were pretty good reads (what else am I going to do in Belgium?) 
One is about working out in the cold like we do in cross. The article says, if your not a wuss, there isn’t any difference in warm versus cold. The other article is for me. I’m a big mover and shaker on the bike. I always train with my ipod and I’m down with all the new music. This article is about how music at a certain BPM (beat per minute) actually stimulates something in our brains and makes us push ourselves. I had read about that once before, but since nytimes wrote about it, I guess its more official now.
In other gossipy cyclo-cross squawk, The US UCI schedule has been thrown around, take a look; I probably shouldn’t but I’ve been hearing some rumors about the US world cup while I’ve been here in Europe. I hope we can pull it off. I give a lot of credit to the people who are working on that race.
20.09.2008 Nittany Lion ‘Cross Fogelsville, PA
20.09.2008 Kinetic Systems - Tailwind Cyclo-cross 1 Springfield Township,Michigan
20.09.2008 Star-crossed Redmond
21.09.2008 Kinetic Systems - Tailwind Cyclo-cross 2 Springfield Township,Michigan
21.09.2008 Rad Racing GP Lakewood
24.09.2008 Cross Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada
27.09.2008 Mad ‘Cross 1 Sun Prairie, WI
27.09.2008 Schoolhouse ‘Cross Montpelier, VT
28.09.2008 Mad ‘Cross II Sun Prairie, WI
28.09.2008 Catamount Grand Prix Williston, Vermont
04.10.2008 Providence Cyclo-Cross Festival/World Cup Providence, RI
05.10.2008 Providence Cyclo-Cross Festival/World Cup Providence, RI
08.10.2008 Darkhorse UCI Burlington, KY
11.10.2008 Java Johnny’s - LionHearts’ Cross Middletown, Ohio
12.10.2008 Bio Wheels / United Dairy Farmers Cyclo-cross Cincinnati, Ohio
11.10.2008 Gran Prix of Gloucester 1 Gloucester, MA
12.10.2008 Gran Prix of Gloucester 2 Gloucester, MA
18.10.2008 Granogue Cross Wilmington
19.10.2008 Wissahickon Cross Philadelphia
25.10.2008 USGP of Cyclocross - Louisville Louisville, KY
26.10.2008 USGP of Cyclocross - Louisville Louisville, KY
01.11.2008 Boulder Cup Colorado
02.11.2008 Boulder Cup Boulder, Colorado
01.11.2008 The Cycle-Smart International 1 Northampton, MA
02.11.2008 The Cycle-Smart International 2 Northampton, MA
08.11.2008 Beacon Cycling & Fitness Cyclo-cross Beacon, New Jersey
09.11.2008 Highland Park Cyclo-Cross Highland Park, NJ
08.11.2008 Eco-Cross Los Angeles, CA
09.11.2008 Dam ‘Cross Los
15.11.2008 USGP of Cyclocross - Mercer Park West Windsor, New Jersey
16.11.2008 USGP of Cyclocross - Mercer Park West Windsor, New Jersey
22.11.2008 Whitmore’s Landscaping Super Cross Cup 1 Southampton
23.11.2008 Whitmore’s Landscaping Super Cross Cup 2 Southampton
22.11.2008 North Carolina Grand Prix 1 Hendersonville
23.11.2008 North Carolina Grand Prix 2 Hendersonville
29.11.2008 Baystate Cyclocross Sterling Massachusetts
29.11.2008 The Jingle Cross Rock 1 Iowa City
30.11.2008 The Jingle Cross Rock 2 Iowa City
06.12.2008 Continental Championships Boulder, Colorado
06.12.2008 USGP of Cyclocross - Portland Portland, Oregon
07.12.2008 USGP of Cyclocross - Portland Portland, Oregon
06.12.2008 Lower Allen Classic Camp Hill, PA
06.12.2008 NBX Grand Prix Warwick, Rhode Island
07.12.2008 Capital Cross Classic Reston, Virginia
07.12.2008 NBX Grand Prix Warwick, Rhode Island
13.12.2008 US Cyclo-Cross Nationals Kansas City, KS
14.12.2008 US Cyclo-Cross Nationals Kansas City, KS
January 21st, 2008 at 8:24 am
That was a great article in the NYTimes about music though, as you point out, it’s not really big news to those of us who have been obsessively arranging workout mixes for years! I was pleased to see that there is scientific evidence to support my unstoppable addiction to The Killers “Brightside”. I’m guessing that Beirut’s “Scenic World” has some crazy driving BPM too, in addition to just being downright bright and happy. It’s a favorite for the darker moments of long training days.
What’s in your earphones?
Good luck at World’s… we’re cheering for you!
Heidi the Cyclocross Rookie
January 21st, 2008 at 9:39 am
I like that article on the cold. Good for those who live in brutal climates like New England!
See you soon good buddy.
January 25th, 2008 at 12:58 am
mmmmmmmmmmmmm……………..
you needed a better comment.
so.
i’m sending you one.
its jeremy powers day in santa barbara.
jesse was trying to do an impression of you today and it just made me miss the real thing even more.
just wanted to make sure you knew how much you were loved, pete and i were talking about your old school HOT bike with all the alloy bling on it.
see you soon better buddy.