Maxfield, Ricci, other Navy folks and harrassers, this is dedicated to you…

First of all, I really need to be moving this website along and addressing some sponsorship and scheduling updates.  Hopefully that will all occur before I go and crush IM CDA, which is the next thing on my horizon.

Sponsorship interests:

-Gu is still keeping me fueled- can’t go wrong there.

-Zeal Optics is still helping me with that bright future….I gotta have shades.

-2XU stepped up big this year with a pro contract that is really having me looking good all through my races and even onto the bike with some sweet training threads.

-After a chance encounter at WF with Rob Dyer a fellow USNA/USMC, I got introduced to an ingeniously simple vitamin supplement, especially meant for deployed service members.  It’s dam cool idea and wish I had something like this while playing in the sandbox.  It still may have some utility at home.  Plus it has a great name, RuckPack, www.ruckpack.com

-Finally, my boys at Colorado Multisport are more than doing their thing by keeping my many bikes in good working order.  Recently I moved into some great shoes that Geoff Neoninger has been diligently helping to make perfect so I can motor 112 miles and suffer 1200k in August…

That was a segue because many have seen my facebook/twitter updates and have been wondering why I logged 1300k over the weekends in the past 3 weeks.  I was working on my qualification for Paris Brest Paris a 1200k ride, not a race, in France in August. This is a ride that is longer running that the Tour de France, but has not been a professional race since the mid-1900s.  It is held every four years and four years ago my tougher other half, Lara, completed this thing.  I have been longing to gain some ground in the toughness department at our house and this year seemed like a good time to do it.  Plus I figured I could incorporate the qualification (200k, 300k, 400k, and 600k) into my base training, which I lacked over the winter months.

In other news, that I should go back to:

-Paige is almost six months, yeah, my daughter, who has yet to grace my blog.

-My favorite group of ladies, Navy Tri Ladies, won the National Championship.  I could not be happier for a more deserving group of women.  My only disappointment is losing two of my favorites Tracy Fridye and BC Caroline Barlow to graduation.  Tracy at least got sent off with the first athlete-of-the-year honors since I have been the coach of Navy tri.  I am a pretty proud coach.

Recently I rocked a top 50 place at Bolder Boulder, ha, top 50, well, that is out of 50,000 and with a 34:45 less than 2 days after concluding my riding madness I am pretty proud of that altitude/hill speed.  I have another speed/strength test this weekend as I head up to Steamboat Springs with Lara to do the half marathon at 7000 ft.  Again, have to reset expectations (75 or 76, not close to the 70 min barrier as I would be at sea level) and hopefully contend for a top spot.Again, there is a lot more to add here, but for now, this at least explains the last couple months.

To all my friends, supporters, sponsors. Thanks for caring and here’s to hoping I can get this rolling again.  I would really like to explain my motivations for doing the PBP and how this bit of fun helps me to a rockin time/place at IM CDA in three weeks.

later,

billy

  At about 0100 and 500+k into ride eating a big mistake that was the only thing that at the time seemed good- fried chicken stead sandwich with cheese- dam I was tired.

This is the two CPUs from my final 400k out of Colorado Springs where I spent much of my day battling winds and 8000+ ft of altitude all solo on a road bike, I love aero bars.

Going a bit backwards, this was the 600k brevet card that got signed all over the front range and plains of Colorado.

My little one on the phone with Grandma and Grandpa sitting in my lap.  Yeah, she is a cutie, like her mommie.