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• Colorado State Championships and Nationals Loom – a Column by Lee Waldman

  30 November 09 • 1 comment

  

  It’s down to the business end of the cyclocross season as Master’s racer Lee Waldman fine-tunes his preparation for the Colorado state championships and master’s nationals. This is installment #7 of Lee’s regular column, catch up on #6 here. by Lee Waldman One week until our state championships, two weeks ’til Nationals. Cyclocross season seems [...]

• Coming to America: Interview with Valentin Scherz

  25 November 09 • 4 comments

  by Jed Kornbluh Valentin Scherz, an 18-year-old Swiss cyclocross rider who has been living in and racing around Phiadelphia. Scherz is currently the MAC Elite leader and will be fighting to keep that lead as the final round, in Reston, VA quickly approaches. In a recent sit-down with Jed Kornbluh of nyvelocity.com, here’s what he [...]

• Nats’ Clydesdale Championships Details Released

  24 November 09 • 2 comments

  You heard about the Clydesdale Cyclocross Championships here first. Now we’ve got more details here for you non-climbers or super-tall folks looking to add another race or party at the National Championships in Bend. Portland, Oregon – The Knights of the Cross Crusade have spoken, therefore let it be known that on the second Saturday [...]

• Behind the Scenes and In the Pits: An Interview with Cyclocrossworld’s Stu Thorne

  20 November 09 • 0 comment

  by Chris Worden Prevailing wisdom says that in order to be successful in bike racing, a rider must have three main qualities: the legs, the heart and the support. Cyclocross is no exception to this theory. While many riders have the personal attributes to obtain success, when the conditions are at at their worst, another [...]

• Superprestige Asper-Gavere: Great Legs, Broken Bike , A Column by Christine Vardaros

  16 November 09 • 3 comments

  by Christine Vardaros GAVERE, BELGIUM – Passing through the start/finish pavement going into the second lap of five, I was on the wheel of Pavla Havlikova and Belgian National Champ Joyce Vanderbeken (who eventually finished 7th and 10th, respectively).  My first thought was, “Holy Toledo. I’m racing my bike!”  The next thought, as I held [...]

• Nommay and Jaarmaarktcross – Focusing on the Positive, A Column by Christine Vardaros

  15 November 09 • 1 comment

  By Christine Vardaros “It’s always best to keep positive, things can change in a minute,” I continuously repeated to myself after last weekend’s disastrous World Cup race in Nommay, France. And I kept repeating it straight up to the start of the next race three days later at Fidea’s Jaarmaarktcross in Belgium. Nommay was easily [...]

• Weather Gods Bring New Cyclocross Challenges in Colorado – a Column by Lee Waldman

  13 November 09 • 1 comment

  

  Mother Nature has forced Colorado’s Lee Waldman out of his comfort zone, but he knows that this will only help his preparation for master’s nationals. This is installment #5 of Lee’s regular column, catch up on #’s 3 and 4 here. by Lee Waldman. The weather gods have spoiled us here in Colorado for the [...]

• Time Flies – Vicki Thomas Checks in From Belgium

  12 November 09 • 1 comment

  

  Vicki Thomas checks in with another installment of her adventures chasing the ‘cross dream on the courses of Europe.  Vicki’s previous report from the Treviso World Cup can be seen here. The old adage is that time flies when you’re having fun. This is definitely ringing true for me. It is hard for me to [...]

• Training with Power for Cyclocross: Kenton Berg’s Diary #5 – Don’t Call It a Comeback

  10 November 09 • 1 comment

  

  Not sure if you’re training effectively? Have some ambitious goals for the season but feel like your racing has plateaued? Cyclocross Magazine’s Kenton Berg has been stuck in this situation and decided to seek professional help. This is his fifth entry. Read his previous entry here. Back from Injury: One Month In What a difference [...]

• SSCXWC – The Inside Story – A Report By Dave Queen

  9 November 09 • 0 comment

  by Dave Queen Jim Croce taught us in song that you don’t step on Superman’s cape and you don’t spit into the wind. Sunday reinforced why you don’t challenge Portland when it comes to cyclocross. The Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships (SSCXWC) was, thankfully, just like every cyclocross event in Portland, a ‘cross racers dream. [...]

• Sue Butler’s Choices In Life: Nommay World Cup Vs. Racing In A Gold Bikini

  9 November 09 • 1 comment

  Sue Butler opted to skip racing the SSCXWC and defend her claim on the Golden Speedo to instead race for UCI points in France. Would she regret it? The Portland-based rider from the Monavie-Cannondale Team checks in with a diary entry below. Perhaps I chose to go to Nommay to avoid racing in the gold [...]

• Middle Cross Fall Bike Fest Brings Cyclocross to Boulder Middle Schools

  9 November 09 • 0 comment

  Middle School Cycling Program Concludes With Festival The Middle Cross Fall Bike Fest is scheduled Wednesday, November 11, at Manhattan Middle School in Boulder. The mid-day festival takes advantage of the Veteran’s Day Holiday when Boulder Valley Schools are not in session and serves as the final event of the fall Middle Cross (MCX) program. [...]

• The Ben Popper Diary: Salsa, Bonfire, and Beer Hand-Down Powered Racing

  5 November 09 • 5 comments

  by Ben Popper A few weeks ago, I made a pilgrimage to Toronto.  We crossed the border looking for that UCI point, knowing that Saturday’s race was C1 and offered the prize to the top 15, but that with its new NACT status the race would be harder this year.  I lined up with that [...]

• From Tropical Treviso to Icy Edmonton – Vicki Thomas Chases Her Cyclocross Dreams

  1 November 09 • 0 comment

  

  Funny, typically these columns flow from my fingers so freely. But this one is a struggle, perhaps because I feel like I’ve lived so much in the last few weeks. I want to capture every moment of it for you, but at the same time I don’t want to bore you with mundane details. But [...]

• Dancing on (and off) the Pedals – a Column by Lee Waldman

  31 October 09 • 1 comment

  

  Colorado’s Lee Waldman aims to bring more content for our masters readers through a regular column this season as he builds towards his goal of a national championship. It’s been a while since installment #2, but we’ve got a double dose below to get you caught up. by Lee Waldman Cross and Tango have much [...]