What no cross racing?

Enough people have asked why I'm not racing cross to actually write a blog post (yeah, people still do that). Rather than racing cyclocross, I've been galavanting through the hills on some amazing mountain bike rides, and also supporting Christa as she's dived head-on into cross fever, and taking a break from racing. My racing hiatus isn't permanent - I'm going all in for Mountain Bike season next year, so I thought I should put my feet up for a month or two instead of draining the battery even further. No matter how many small breaks you take throughout the season, it's good to stop completely for a bit and rest. I get to the end of every season still motivated and enthusiastic about riding bikes, but that continuous drive to race needs to be tempered by what's good physiologically too. So I'm not in for cross season. But I'll be in the pits drinking beer instead. It's actually really hard not to race, but I know it will pay off next year for MTB season.

On the team front: I'm sticking with Boulder Cycle Sport and YogaGlo for 2016. I didn't even consider looking for other teams. With assurances that the team will be even better supported than last year, I'm very happy to be staying in the same kit. I've done a lot of skills coaching for BCS this year, and in the process have met a huge bunch of people in Boulder that I wouldn't have met otherwise. That's pretty awesome. Their community philosophy is worth supporting, and they make me feel valued as an athlete. It doesn't really get much better than that.