A lot of time has passed between then and now so I figured I would just do a sort of photo essay to bring you up to speed on 2016 because I am very excited to start writing about what is to come in 2017.
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| Hurts worse than it looks |
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| Maybe on drugs? |
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| Tegraderm and tape |
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| Alan becomes and artist |
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| Back on the trainer within a few weeks. Still banned from the outdoors. |
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| New baseball stuff for Jake |
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| Packed for work trip to Amsterdam |
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| Family seeing me off at the airport |
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| Bikes.....yes, bikes. |
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| Successful partner training in Holland |
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| First time riding outdoors since the crash |
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| Great time riding around the Dutch coutryside |
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| Bike tours are the best! |
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| Found real beer (not Heineken) in Amsterdam |
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| Incredible 8 course meal at Caffe Toscanini |
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| More riding on cobbles |
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| Coffee stop! |
Here is a link to all of the pictures from the Amsterdam trip:
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| Back to the ortho for a check-up. All good. |
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| Riding back a the scene of the crime. |
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| New TwinSix Ti Rando to replace my destroyed Niner BSB. Love this bike. |
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| Treehouse progress. |
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| Alan is a cycling pro this summer. |
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| Off to Florida for family vacation! |
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| Big Florida training ride brought to a halt. |
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| We adventure hard. |
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| Off to MG for a TNGA shakedown weekend. |
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| Great visibility that day |
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| Love seeing this sign |
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| Shreddy weekend in Santa Cruz with my lady. |
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| This bike is amazing......it really need it. |
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| Santa Cruz factory demos. This place is bike heaven. $20 fee which is donated to local trail building to check out a $10K bike for the day. 2 mile ride to hit singletrack. |
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| Huge redwoods in Nisene Marks |
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| Great gravel heading up to the summit |
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| Such a fun night at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk with Jay, Heidi & the girls. |
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| California BBQ is actually awesome. |
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| Back in Jackson for some gravel rides. Love to see how we have grown this group in just one short year. |
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| New shoes.....already thinking about 2017 races |
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| Treehouse progress |
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| Heartbreaking mechanicals at TNGA this year |
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| A second TNGA in the books. Not quite the race I was shooting for but finished nonetheless. I may write about this mental victory in the future. |
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| Annual sales meeting in Vegas |
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| Jake helping me research appliances for a pending remodel |
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| Ketchum! |
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| Grinding towards Trail Creek |
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| Such a great climb. Trail Creek is pretty damn washboarded this year. |
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| The views. |
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| The one and only Rebecca Rusch |
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| Ready to roll |
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| Totally surprised myself and finished 25th out of around 500 riders. |
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| Giddy Up! See ya next year RPI. |
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| Fresh haircuts. |
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| Exploring new gravel at home. Bentonia route has a lot to offer. |
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| Great hike with Jake and Roxie. |
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| Random doughnut day |
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| No more races this year....time to chill and have 100% fun |
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| Learned to spatchcock a chicken |
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| New gravel wheels. Nox Citico hoops laced to I9 hubs thanks to Dustin @ Southern Wheelworks. |
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| Great birthday present from wife for vacation inspiration. |
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| Hiking San Jacinto out of Idyllwild on a weekend getaway. |
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| Couple of fruits |
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| Pretty big hike. 20 miles, ~5K gain. Destroyed my ankles. |
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| The down part was harder than the up. |
Here are more pics from our trip to Idyllwild:
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| Hosting our local IMBA Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day. |
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| Cool Kickstarter bike bell. |
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| Awesome Halloween weekend trip with Jared & Heather to Arkansas. |
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| Back to Portugal! |
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| This time I took a day to go on a bike tour around Lisbon. Incredible history in this city. |
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| Giving a clinic on bikepacking at our annual mountain biking festival. I could do this all day, everyday. |
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| Don't forget to vote! |
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| The determination on this kid's face......I love it! |
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| More remodel research. I cannot wait for a gas range and a hood that actually works. |
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| Selling my road bike. |
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| Off to Australia. |
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| Melbourne is a pretty awesome city. |
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| Found Tupac in a bathroom. |
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| Back in Sydney! Such a cool town. |
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| Taking Jake to the zoo. |
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| Didn't I say I would have this bike? Tight fit in our boxes. |
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| New power meter. |
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| Love winter time lunches. |
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| Alan crushes the spelling bee but gets hung up on a ridiculous word. |
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| Gravel with good friends. |
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| We love movie nights |
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| Ready for 2017 with this bike |
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| Calorie planning for the next chapter |
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| Arizona is amazing. More to come on this one. |
So it is almost 2017 with a lot of awesome stuff in store for our family. I am going to focus on just two big races next year. All 750+ miles of the Arizona Trail in April then the Caldera 500 in the fall. There will other adventure peppered in but in the past year, I found that two big races with the rest of our big life is just about right. We will also be going through a pretty big home remodel, a trip to Scotland and much more.
