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Accountability

Resolutions.

Who hasn’t made one and then watch it go by the wayside in just a couple of days?

A google search of how to hold yourself accountable will get you everything from articles from Forbes magazine to a whole slew of apps to help hold yourself accountable.

All the ideas and apps have a ton of value as long as you hold yourself accountable and use and apply them.

Do they work? You bet but the key is to find the ones that works for you.

For me and my goal of completing my second Leadville 100 MTB and earning another belt buckle it starts with sitting down and writing out a training plan that takes me from January to the day of the race on August 12th.

Around that plan I build out the rest of my life from getting up at 430am to ride and work out before work, to going to bed early, eating healthy, drinking less beer (that’s the real tough one) and making sure I still have time to hang with family and friends.

Last year I also added in the plan of creating video content around my experiences as I trained for the Leadville 100. Last year started well but the deeper I got into the training the less time and energy I had for video.

So this year I am going to try and do a better job of holding myself accountable when it comes to creating video content. Check out the video below as I kickoff the 2023 season.

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I Ride Bikes The Cancer Journey

Are Cookies and Beer the Best Recovery Food?

Nothing to read, you’ll just have to watch the video below.

As I get ready for my first Leadville 100 MTB, I am doing my best to capture a summer of riding and training in beautiful Colorado.

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I Ride Bikes The Cancer Journey

Holy Crap, I’m going to ride the Leadville 100!

Back story, I love riding bikes. I’ve done a lot of cool shit on bikes, like bike packing through the Rockies, pedaling through Tuscany and I’ve been to the Cyclocross World Championships. Ok, I didn’t actually race or even ride my bike at the World Championships, but I did drink a lot of beer while watching a bunch of really fast Europeans and a couple of Americans ride their bikes.

Nope, not riding this bike for the Leadville 100

Every cyclist has a bucket full of dream rides and races they want to do and I would be willing to bet that the Leadville 100 is on many of their lists.

The only problem is that the race is so popular you either have to qualify by doing certain qualifier races or taking your chances with the lottery. There is also the option to apply to ride on a fundraising team. That’s the option I went with this year and was fortunate enough be chosen to ride for First Descents.

Feel free to support First Descents by clicking here to donate and following along on my YouTube channel Bikes Kill Cancer as I put in a lot of miles on the mountain bike in the months to come.

Holy Crap I am excited.

Nope, this is not Leadville. Just a picture I took while out training the other day.