When I was a teenager in middle school, I started a bucket list of crazy things I wanted to do before I pass. Hike the John Muir Trail, ride my bike across the country, do an Ironman… With the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down a lot…
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Dominican Republic 2020 Wrap up
by Blake Anton March 24, 2020With three stages of the 41st Vuelta Independencia Nacional in the books we were excited to see what the second half of the trip had in store for us. The typical morning routine would something along the lines of: waking up and heading straight the…
Dominican Republic 2020
by Blake Anton February 27, 2020Dominican Republic Days 1-4 By Bradley Wiggs When you pack your bag for a multi-week international bike race, there are lots of things you have to remember. A bike may be the most important thing, but it doesn’t work well without pedals. Guest rider Cameron…
A Series of Unfortunate Events – Island Style – 2019 Tour of Tobago
by Blake Anton October 21, 2019By Colin Patterson Locked and loaded after a successful Rum Punch Picnic we were ready for the final stage of Tour of Tobago. Preparing ourselves for 75 miles with 10k of climbing we moseyed ourselves to the start in Scarborough for the earliest start yet.…
The Biggest Criterium in the Carribbean
by Blake Anton October 12, 2019After a great week of racing in Tobago and a brutal final stage, we were all ready for a few easy days before getting back to a bit of racing. Monday’s recovery schedule included some snorkeling at a coral reef right in front of our…
Tour of Tobago, Stages 2-4
by Blake Anton October 9, 2019After a hot and rowdy first day of racing, the second day continued in similar fashion. With an aggressively steep climb and a technical descent in the middle of each of the 5 laps, the field grew continuously smaller as the race progressed. A sudden…
Big event, small island style – Tour of Tobago Stage 1
by Blake Anton October 3, 2019The end of the season in America signals the start of of racing in Latin America and the Caribbean. With our bike cases and bags packed, we embarked on the journey to the South American islands of Trinidad and Tobago. After a rough day or…
Belgian Waffle Ride Equipment recap!
by Blake Anton May 14, 2019Last weekend wrapped up my 3rd Belgian Waffle Ride, and it was hands down, the hardest and most competitive of the three BWRs I have done. To put it into perspective, I rode almost 20 minutes faster than I did in 2018 (15th place) and…
Cantua Creek Race Recap
by Blake Anton February 21, 2019By: Colin Patterson For many racers, Cantua Creek Road Race is simply their season opener but for me it is much more. This was my first P1/2 win last year so the hype and pressure was on to pull a repeat. Located only 30 minutes…
When Phil recommends you do a race, but bails himself – 10/10 would not recommend
by Blake Anton February 13, 2019This photo from yesterday hopefully captures some of the most suffering I have ever experienced on a ride. Phil told @coolin815 and I that we should do some unofficial mtb race out of Muir beach that was long and had around 8k feet of climbing.…