Sunday, August 31, 2008
Summer 2008... the rest of it
Several updates to follow this one. I have some catching up to do...
Following a great weekend at the cabin I retreated back to Montana for some downtime. The next week I was back in MN for some more racing. Did the Tour of Granite Country and was happy to hang in with the big boys. I felt great in all the races but couldn't quite hang the last half mile of each race. I never trained for any fast, flat land racing this year. Next year...right?
Since then the job situation for Jenny and I has changed dramatically. Bechtle Slade PC dissolved (ask me about that sometime if you have a few hours) and we have taken new jobs. Jenny and I will now head up the Landscape Architecture and Land Planning division of Bechtle Architects. I think it's going to be a great place to work and we will have a lot of freedom to pursue work that we are interested in. Jenny would like to focus a lot more on residential design. So please put out the word!!
With the change in the job situation Jenny and I find ourselves with two months off from work! During the past three weeks we took two trips that we had always talked about taking but never envisioned having the time to do. Trip 1 was to the Pacific Northwest for a week of rainforests and beaches. Trip 2 was a week in the Beartooth Wilderness. 6 days of high alpine camping.
Jenny is now back in MN for some quality time with her family while I prepare for LOTOJA. Ben arrives on Thursday and we head to Logan with 5 team mates on Friday. Saturday at 6am our race starts. I believe we will all be finishing the race in good time.
After LOTOJA there is only one more crit race in Bozeman and then it's time for cyclocross! I will probably do three or four races and that will be it for this year of racing.
Friday afternoon I was out riding in my old Grandstay kit and was waiting at a busing intersection. I looked left and saw another Grandstay kit riding up the road. John Seifert, my bike coach from a couple of years ago. He has a position at MSU now and lives in Livingston. We are both excited to work together again and hopefully I can focus and take a step forward in my racing. He said MSU has a world class performance lab and he wants to get some bikers in there.
I hope life is treating you all well...
Troy
Following a great weekend at the cabin I retreated back to Montana for some downtime. The next week I was back in MN for some more racing. Did the Tour of Granite Country and was happy to hang in with the big boys. I felt great in all the races but couldn't quite hang the last half mile of each race. I never trained for any fast, flat land racing this year. Next year...right?
Since then the job situation for Jenny and I has changed dramatically. Bechtle Slade PC dissolved (ask me about that sometime if you have a few hours) and we have taken new jobs. Jenny and I will now head up the Landscape Architecture and Land Planning division of Bechtle Architects. I think it's going to be a great place to work and we will have a lot of freedom to pursue work that we are interested in. Jenny would like to focus a lot more on residential design. So please put out the word!!
With the change in the job situation Jenny and I find ourselves with two months off from work! During the past three weeks we took two trips that we had always talked about taking but never envisioned having the time to do. Trip 1 was to the Pacific Northwest for a week of rainforests and beaches. Trip 2 was a week in the Beartooth Wilderness. 6 days of high alpine camping.
Jenny is now back in MN for some quality time with her family while I prepare for LOTOJA. Ben arrives on Thursday and we head to Logan with 5 team mates on Friday. Saturday at 6am our race starts. I believe we will all be finishing the race in good time.
After LOTOJA there is only one more crit race in Bozeman and then it's time for cyclocross! I will probably do three or four races and that will be it for this year of racing.
Friday afternoon I was out riding in my old Grandstay kit and was waiting at a busing intersection. I looked left and saw another Grandstay kit riding up the road. John Seifert, my bike coach from a couple of years ago. He has a position at MSU now and lives in Livingston. We are both excited to work together again and hopefully I can focus and take a step forward in my racing. He said MSU has a world class performance lab and he wants to get some bikers in there.
I hope life is treating you all well...
Troy
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