A monthly review of my accomplishments, lessons learned, and the accomplishments of my clients. So if you're reading, thanks for coming along for the ride! 

MTB/WORS Overview:
Top Elite/Cat 1/Pro Overall Position in WORS
Male = 6th and 10th
Female = 7th
Cat 1 Age Overall
Male = 1st, 2nd, and 7th
Female = 2nd
Comp/Cat 2 Overall
Male = 2nd, 7th, 18th
Cat 2 Age Overall
Male = 1st, 1st, 3rd
Bryan F. = personal best finish at WORS Cup Cat 2 Short Track = 2nd overall!
April D. = personal best finish at WORS Cup Cat 1 Short Track = 5th overall!
Ben M. = personal best finish on a technical ski hill, WORS Cat 2 XC = 7th overall!
Mike H. = personal best finish at WORS Cat 1 Cup Short Track = 8th overall!
Jeff M. = finally in the money in the Pro/Cat 1 class at the WORS Super Downhill = 10th overall!
Bike Fitting: still going strong. Always great to help clients be more comfortable & powerful on their bikes.
Personal Results: WORS results have been OK with me feeling stronger at each race over the WORS Cup weekend. The Super D finish was 10th overall in Cat 1/Pro race; worth taking that one to the end (best 8 finishes out of 13 count towards the overall).
In road racing, I had my first Time Trial in Masters 1/2/3 with the new Trek Speed Concept 9.5 being put to the test. 27.3 MPH on the twisty 12.2 mile course was good for 4th overall. My watts were a little down making the State TT podium a possibility. WORS #6 is this weekend followed by the State TT. Good stuff!
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I was a late entry for the Team Time Trial @ Multisport Expo promoted by our ToAD series friends and founders. The idea was to get as many WCA road teams as possible (up to 8) to race as teams in head to head match-ups until the best 3 teams rose to the top. At stake were bragging rights along with a fair amount of cash. I was contacted by Jeramey to be the 4th man for Team Extreme (along with Brian & Grant). At first I was thinking "who in their right mind would race in the middle of winter on Computrainers?". That line of rational thinking didn't last long as I justified this event as being just another training session: up to 3 intervals of Z4 @ 6.2 miles each. No problem! Yeah, and then there's the fact that this was a race!!
Once we found out that each team's time would be based on the average of all 4 members (not by the last across the line) we set our first strategy. The strategy changed several times as we prepared for the event, and during each TT. Yes, I did say each because there were 5 teams total with us winning round #1 making a 2nd round our reality. We did it by riding together somewhat during the first half (drafting allowed for less power by the draftee) but ground was being slowly lost by doing so (we didn't quite have the drafting figured out, or the best way to rotate the paceline). Then two of us split off because it seemed that two groups of two would be more effective; there was a significant difference in our functional threshold powers; we had two groups of two in that regard. Tactic deployed successfully with us taking the win by about 30 seconds (in a 15 to 16 minute race).
Our 2nd round put us against the newly formed Attitude Sport team. They were comprised of a collection of heavy hitters from various WCA teams. These guys had it all figured out leaving us scrambling from the start. They were all averaging 310 watts +/- 10, taking smooth pulls, and had extended a significant lead in the first 1/4 of this race. We deployed the two by two tactic again but could only hold steady with them for the last 3/4. It was painful as TT number 2 mostly because of being in catch-up mode from the start, but painful in a good way. Our goal was accomplished in that we were hoping to compete in at least 2 rounds with a chance to finish in the money while having some fun. That we did. Team Extreme finished 3rd place overall. Entry fee was returned with a portion of it being donated to the RACC. A great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Thanks for the ride guys!





Time flies when you're having fun. Just the short story for the last few weeks of CX. MTB highlights to follow once the WORS Overall Results are posted.
USGP CX at Sun Prairie: Very deep fields with some of the best from around the US. I finished 23 out of 70, and was the 3rd WISCO rider across the line in the Cat 1-3 35+. Burped a tubeless tire & dropped my chain early in the race. Made me a bit tentative. Other CFF racers did well = good experience overall.
WCA at the Domes: Fun race at a new course put on by My Wife Inc. Grant ended up 1st in Master 35+ Cat 4. Sean = 1st in Masters 45+ Cat 4. First win for both of these guys = awesome! Ben, Bryan, and Ryan were still putting the pieces together but showed signs of better things to come. I burped a tubeless tire (again) and had to stop for air mid-race. Made me a bit tentative again = 3rd in Master 35+ Cat 1-3.
WCA at Grafton: Fun race with on a similar course as last year. Huge climb that we struggled up every lap. 2nd win for Sean in Masters followed by a strong finish by Grant in the Cat 4 (3rd). All of the other usual suspects were saving it for the WORS MTB finale at Sheboygan. I dropped a chain (again) and had to stop for a 1st lap painfully slow fix. Hardest CX race for me this year = 3rd in Master 35+ Cat 1-3. 11 times up the steep climb = ouch! These mechanicals should be behind me after some intensive bike rehab. Thanks for reading ![]()
Photographic evidence by Madcross:


