One of my goals this year was to try and qualify for the 2005 24 hour Solo World Championships. I received a letter from twenty4sports today offering me a guaranteed entry in the Elite Singlespeed category in the 2005 World Solo 24 Hous of Adrenalin Championships. The past 2 years the race has been held at Whistler Resort but the letter says that next years location is yet to be confirmed. 

I am helping Scott Cave sell one of his bikes on ebay. If anyone is interested, let me know. Check out the auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7116054329&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT 

Family

Today was a great day. Our daughter, Melissa, was baptized today. We celebrated with family and friends. It was nice that she is 5 years old and able to participate in the celebration. Also, my friend Scott Cave and his wife Michelle celebrated the arrival of their second son today - Jacob Cave. I wish Michelle a quick recovery and Jacob a healthly start to his life!

On a cycling note - I sent my entry into the 24 hours in the Old Pueblo. Wrestling ends Dec. 22 and I plan on starting my training for this race starting in Janurary. The race is Feb. 19-20. This will be my first 24hr race so my expectations arnt too high. I'm looking to have a good time and use this race as a benchmark to see where I sit. My brother Mike will be going to race with me and helping me in the pits.

MNSCS 2005 Tenative Schedule

Tentative 2005 Event Schedule
Date
Event
Contact Info
Saturday, May 7th
#1 Erik's Spring Cup at BuckBuck Hill, Burnsville, MN
Libby Shea Hurley952-885-9886 ext. 23
Sunday, June 12th
#2 Afton AvalancheAfton Alps Ski Area, Hastings, MN
Greg Blasko651-246-2451
Sunday, June 26th
#3 Dirt Spanker ClassicMt. Du Lac, Duluth, MN
COGGS715 398-0588
Sunday, July 10th
#4 Bluff Riders ChargeMount Kato Ski Area, Mankato, MN
Greg Blasko651-246-2451
Sunday, July 24th
#5 Muddy River Rock-n-RollBluff Memorial Park, Red Wing, MN
Kris Henke651-380-1597
Sunday, August 7th
#6 Metric Auto Parts Welch MTB JamWelch Village, Welch, MN
Scott Finne651-295-6544
Sunday, August 21st
#7 Powder MonkeySpirit Mountain, Duluth, MN
COGGS715 398-0588
Sept. 3rd and 4th
#8 Laddie's Loppet Stage Race Maplelag Resort, Callaway, MN
Jay Richards800-654-7711
Saturday, Sept 24th
Awards PartyQuality Bicycle Products, Bloomington, MN
Gary Sjoquist952-941-9391 ext. 1288
For additional information on each event please contact the individual event director.

incite 9i

One of the "goodies" I received from Trek was a new computer, the incite 9i. It has 9 functions including: current speed, odometer, trip distance, elapsed time, 12/24 clock, average speed, pacer, maximum speed, and temperature. I'm planning on putting this on my Trek XO1 so I can use it on the road for training. I will give a complete run down after I have it installed and have a chance to use it.

I have a Park Board meeting tonight. I will post the minutes from these meetings on my site as they become available. I'm continuing to work at getting trails installed in the city of Belle Plaine. I'll keep you posted..

sick

I was all geared up to race in the Wisconsin State Cyclocross Championships today and then I got sick. Ugh!! I'm starting to feel better today but the past couple days have been rough. I don't think I have been this sick in a long time. I probably got some crazy virus from one of the kids at wrestling practice. We have our first match this Thursday against Scott Highlands Middle School. I got some more goodies from Trek in the mail this week, I will write more about them later when I feel better....

The Iceman Cometh 2004. This was my first time racing in this event. My goal for the 27 miles was to finish under 3 hours. I finished in 2:45 and in 37th place in my class/age group. This was a race from Kalkaska, Mi. to Traverse City, Mi. The weather was unusually warm resulting in many new records. The first 17 miles were fairly easy with the last 10 miles having a few more climbs. Lots of sand, I need to clean my drivetrain big time. Scott and I have invitations to the Gary Fisher team dinner but we arrived too late on Friday, the drive was very long! On the way home we saw the Nothern Lights while driving west on Hwy 29 through Wisconsin, that was cool. This race has 2000 entrants and starts in waves, Brian Matter was finishing when I started the race. If I do the race next year I'm gonna ride in the Singlespeed class and we are going to take 2 days to get to and from the race. I'm tired.. 

Melissa, Jacob and Scott enjoying Halloween at the Mall of America. 

Wrestling, Voting, and Racing

I was hired last week by district 196 to be the Assistant Wrestling Coach at Falcon Ridge Middle School (Scott Cave is the Head Coach). Today was the first practice. Middle school boys are wild!! You constantly have to have them doing something or they will screw off. We had 13 boys at the first practice, hopefully we will get a few more to sign up. Since Scott and I don't work in the school on an everyday basis there are still a few issues that need to be worked out. This should be some good cross training as well although its only a 6 week season.

Hope everyone voted today!!

Thursday we leave for the Iceman race. We are staying in Bayfield, Wi. Thursday night and then on to Traverse City, Mi. on Friday. Since I'm involved with the Gary Fisher grassroots team, we are suppose to hook up with them when we get into town. I have been riding the trainer inside the past few days because of my busy schedule, hopefully I'll be ready for the 27 miles of fun.