Pics from Terlingua!

A little podium and a little party! How we do it in TX!

All photos from Terlingua property of Mike Gladu.

Hittin It!

There has been some serious miles thrown down so far this year. After a week of recovery after the huge block on the east coast I continued to slog in some hrs. I have been getting around 20 hrs a week with races, definitely due for another recovery week soon.

I have had great legs despite not doing any interval work yet. I can't wait to see what's in store for this year.

So I have hit 2 weekends of road and 1 mt bike race in the past 3 weeks. While the team hasn't taken advantage of the road yet the TX TOUGH/ Hotel San Jose team is transforming as one and will soon be back on top! We all are working hard and moving into a team house together. Should make for great team work later.

While the Mas O Menos Mt bike race went well I didn't pull of the W. I did however control the race only to come up short bonking with just a few miles to go. From 1st to third. Losing to Jason Sager and Evan Plews both of Portland, OR. After a night at the bomb fire I forgot all about the hard loss.

This weekend I will be hitting a road/ mt. combo for a serious challenge. I will have pics and a good story next week. Till then, Bryan

Camp Complete! First of 08.....

I headed back to Texas early last week after wrapping up Tiger Camp. This was my first year to do the Tiger Camp, I have always heard rumors, pain, and stories from this place. So of course it was only fitting that I join in.

I met Jeremiah and his wife Erin ( master chef of the first week) in Clemson, SC. The camp started off huge and the meals were the same. For the first week I ate so many awesome meals from chef Erin that I didn't lose a pound.

After the first week and a couple days down the camp zoomed back up to speed. As Jeremiah and I did a 2 up battle every day against the elements. Epic, painful, suffering, my legs were trashed! In 12 days, 9 days of riding I hit 43 hrs. Definitely, my biggest block to date.

NOW, I am back in Austin and just finished my first road race of 08. Tiger Camp was already kicking in. I have great legs, but my snap isn't quit there yet. So I played work horse. The team missed the move in the crit, but we took 4th, and 5th in the field sprint. The next day was a close to 90 mile road race w/ 3 laps. A sick 8 mile section every lap kept it fun, not to mention the mile climb to the finish every lap. With the uphill finish I worked all day to keep Andrew and Tristan our best uphill finishers out of the mix. So I would go off the front and make others chase. Or sit on the front going hard enough to keep anyone from attacking. It is safe to say I am felling strong and can't wait to later this year. We had Dan Opdyke finish 2nd, Tristan and Andrew had good rides finishing 7th, and 8th.

UP NEXT, I am headed to Terlingua way out west Texas for a 100k MTB race. The past 2 years I had great rides only to finish ok after battling dehydration. Hopefully this year will go better. With a stacked field it is going to be a fun one!

Off to test my Terlingua set-up. Till next week, Bryan