My New Team

After a few years racing individually, this next year I'll be racing for a team. The team is called Procon/1st National Bank of Arizona and it's based up in Scottsdale, AZ.


I attended one of the team's meetings and discovered that they are very competitive and race focused. Most of their riders race on the road and less than 20 of them race mountain bikes.

Here is a picture of the team while they prepared for a road race.

The team kits are going to be the same for 2007, so expect to see me wearing those colors in the next couple months.
There are a few more weeks of long rides on the road. Last weekend I rode both days and rode for more than 60 miles each day. Gym work is still going on however my lower back has been bothering me in the last few days so I'll take it easy for a couple days until the doctors clear me to go back to weight work.

That's all for now.

Happy Holidays to all!

Jeff

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So I moved to Arizona with the idea that I never would have to suffer with cold weather....wrong! Look at what the weather is supposed to look like tomorrow. Granted it is December, but 42 degrees...come on, I have a race at Estrella Mountain park starting at 8:00 am. I am not going to like this very much.

Anyway, I just finished up digging some of my winter stuff, like a hat and some gloves to wear tomorrow. I am also planning to ride with cycling tights (sexy) and some kind of head band to keep the ears warm. Wool socks are also ready.

This race is going to be interesting. Two long 10 miles loops of jagged rocks and steep climbs then 5 shorter loops of a technical course and a bunch of small parking lot loops. I hope I dont get dizzy.

Lastly, I am 0-2 on the sponsorship race. I got my second "No Way Man" via e-mail a couple of days ago. This time it was the fine folks at Oakley shades that said no. Appearently I am not pro enough for them. Oh well. There are still 20+ pending requests.

Have a great weekend and check back for results of the race. In the mean time I am going to do something I never thought I would have to do in the Desert....turn the heater on in the house. We try keeping the doors closed and turning all the lights on to generate heat, but it's really hard to sit on my hands while I try to type, so time to turn the heating on.

Pura Vida!

Jeff