We’re almost settled in at our new place, and in riding distance from the house to any of the local trails. Anything you can do to spend more time riding, and resting will make you a bid faster.

I just sold my 1995 Toyota Land Cruiser (FZJ80) and purchased a 2005 Subaru Outback Limited. This car is awesome, great ground clearance, all-wheel-drive, great stereo system, and very good gas mileage 22-28MPG. Thanks to Scott I was able to get a bike rack for it too, he had an extra one on his garage that I collected after cleaning and organizing his garage and new tools.

Training is going well, I have been able to stay healthy, and with each passing day I’m feeling stronger. The goal is to get stronger heading into the next few races, and improve my overall position in the U.S. Cup; currently I am in 15th overall.

I am also working on some prototype pedal modifications for Max’s bike, this job should give him about 1.8 watts more per race, which will be about 45 seconds in a 2 hour XC event.

Ok that is it for now, I better go and get those pedals finished.

Adios

MP