It’s that magical time of the year again—the time we all know as “The Race Season.” Ahh, puts a smile on my face just saying it.

These days the start of the season is intro’d with articles in the magazines about how all the big pro squads are preparing for their tasks at hand. Many of the programs now meet in the pre-season for team building camps and exercises.

You know, it’s a lot like that time when your office manager took the department out to some remote cabin for the

It’s that magical time of the year again—the time we all know as “The Race Season.” Ahh, puts a smile on my face just saying it.
These days the start of the season is intro’d with articles in the magazines about how all the big pro squads are preparing for their tasks at hand. Many of the programs now meet in the pre-season for team building camps and exercises. I spoke with Dave Zabriskie last season about the CSC training camp and some of the exercises he and his teammates take part

Well, the Tour of California has come and gone. That was a wild ride. It was quite a sight to see from my perspective—a huge team effort by the many people and organizations that came together to make an event of this magnitude click.
This past weekend it was time to race my own bike once again. Paul and I had gotten in a few late-night and early-morning trainer sessions at the hotels during the Tour of CA, but for the most part I’d taken a bit of a break from the bike and it was nice

Your ears will never be the same… Paul (of the many beautiful Mavericks photos) and Dylan (a.k.a. Le Sensation American will be podcasting their adventures from the Tour of California all next week.

The race starts on Sunday, with a Prologue in San Francisco. It’s a 1.9-mile individual time trial that’s going to be decided over the short and steep 250’ hill at the Coit Tower finish. The following seven stages will take the riders over 600 miles from the Bay Area all the way down to

… that’s how Mark & Jesse say it.

First and foremost, Happy Holidays, folks! It’s that magical time of the season when the CLIF BAR & Co. offices will be closed for the winter holidays which means I’ve got approximately ten days to whip myself into some sort of "race shape" before the ’06 road season kicks off. Wish me luck.

It’s been a busy December, highlighted by the National Cyclocross Championships in Providence, RI.

The rumors are indeed true—it was a wee bit chilly out