by Mark Hotchkin
The Cone Azalia Road Race is a race that truly exemplifies Michigan; a grid of flat, notoriously horrible roads, and farmland all around. Except for the terrible potholes in 2011 that snake-bit my tire after 6 miles, I have always had a reasonably good ride at here. 2012 was my fourth visit. The [...]
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Chicagoland – Leland and Lincoln Park Recap
Posted: 29th April 2012 by Leadout Racing in RacingTags: Chicago, criterium, Leland, Lincoln Park, Racing, road race, windy
by Mark Hotchkin
Admittedly I have neglected my blogging duties over the past few weeks. I was supposed to write Part 2 of our Kentucky training trip. That was 6 or 7 weeks ago. Old news. In short, we rode lots of hills and twisty roads, saw lots of dogs and trailers, and managed to find [...]
MSU Road Race
The course was laps of an 8 mile loop with 4 miles of dirt roads. My race was in the second wave of races so the dirt roads had some try to dry out a bit more without getting dusty. There were eight Marian riders, seven Lindenwood, and four Purdue riders at the [...]
2011 Iceman Cometh 20th Pro/Cat. 1
Posted: 9th November 2011 by Leadout Racing in Race News, RacingTags: Dan K, Keegan, Race report, Results
After several months of anticipation and preparation the day for the Iceman Cometh was finally here. I had an afternoon start time and sleeping in should have been on the agenda, but with the whole family racing the alarm was set for 7:00AM. Ellie and Kiersen were racing the Slush-Cup at 9:00, Laura was set [...]
Snowcross #1
Posted: 26th January 2011 by Leadout Racing in Race News, RacingTags: Dan K, Race report, Racing, Results
My preparation for this race was pretty relaxed. I rolled up to the line without a warmup and I never put a tire on the course until the gun went off. At the start of the race Niel Sharphorn and Farmer went to the front and I was able to get 3rd wheel pretty easily. [...]