m i k e b r e v o o r t

Saturday was Winter Park race #3. I was feeling pretty good about this race. I knew the course and though there was more climbing (~3300ft) than the previous Winter Park race, the longer, more technical downhills and sections of rooty rolling trails suited me. I had a good start though I held […]

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The Fourth of July was a good day. Instead of climbing Mt. Evans as planned, the kids and I watched Jeanie do a 5k in the morning, and then I headed up to Centennial Cone. By that time, I kicked my cold and was feeling more normal. I had a good ride, […]

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We had a pleasant surprise on Thursday when my brother Joe called me out of the blue and announced he was stranded in the Denver airport until 6:00am the next morning. Jeanie ran up to DIA to pick him up while I finished up work and then headed out for the Meridian ride. […]

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[cruising down Apex, around a blind corner there’s guy standing in the middle of the trail. I make eye contact, slow and smile, he looks like he’s going to step to the side but instead throws his hand straight up traffic cop style]
Ranger Rick: STOP!
Me: Hi! How’s it going?
Ranger Rick: Didn’t you see me?
Me: […]

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One rolled over tractor trailer, thousands of gallons of cake frosting, and 13 hours later, we returned home from Winter Park on Saturday after the second race in the summer series. My race was 15.2 miles with 1770 feet of climbing composed of primarily all single track. Typical of Colorado the loop went […]

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So I race the first race in the Winter Park Mountain Bike series yesterday. It was a 5.3 mile, 2050 vertical feet mass start hill climb. I got off to a good start but then reality set in as my legs felt like garbage, and I could really feel the altitude difference. […]

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