More from RenoTahoe

The past couple of weeks have been absolutely perfect for racing and training around Sierra Nevada.  Two weeks ago I defended my Pyramid Lake Triathlon win from last season with a new course record, and I was faster in each of the swim, bike, and run legs so that is encouraging.  Garmin data from the T1,bike, and run legs can be found here: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/42723182 Split 1 is T1, bike, T2 and split 2 is the run

After Pyramid I switched my focus to mostly cycling in preparation for this past weekend’s Nevada Cup MTB race, the Sep 4th Regional Road Racing Champs, and the final race in the Nevada Cup MTB to determine the state champion.  Last weekends MTB was at Sky Tavern ski resort; I moved up to Cat1 on the MTB and was still able to pull out a 2nd place despite a crash in the final mile which did a little number on my face.  I wish I had garmin data for this race but my watch freaked out with about 2 miles to go and I can’t seem to retrieve the data.  I can say there was a ton of climbing and every time I looked at my HR it was over 170 for the two hours.

My good buddy and Riptide Teammate, Tate Behning, came out to visit me for about 4 days last week and we got in some good training before my race.  We rode the breathtaking Tahoe Rim trail (pictures attached).  Tate’s GF Paula also came out, which made my Aimee happy so we also spent a good amount of time eating at Reno’s all you can eat sushi restaurants.

Tomorrow is the start of the 3 day Reno Twilight Stage Race, where the overall winner gets cash and doesn’t have to pay for a single race next year so hopefully I will bring my A game.

After that it is off to Chicago to see my good buddy Jack get married, and watch Jordan tear it up at the Chicago Triathlon.