Refer To.....

Please refer to Our Adventures as Lynn now has a smart phone and will blog at random. If Chris has his way I will probably even be pulled from the 212 blog roll and replaced with Lynn's blog...... Way to go Mike, thanks for coming out of retirement and putting the blog pressure on me.

Any way I had a great weekend and hope everyone else did too!

Darrin

1st Packer game

How cool is this?

I'm not Lost

Yup, I am not lost I am just so dang busy with my new job while still fitting training and Lynn time in. Things have been good though and I want to thank everyone who is pulling for me. I feel like I have an army of fans cheering for me everytime I hit the race coarse. Hope to see everyone this weekend at the Fire Cracker!


Darrin

Big Wheels Keep On Turning

With the race weeks passing by I have been busier than ever. After Iola it was on to Rhinelader where I learned some things about attacking Mr. Wicks and racing in general. Two weekends ago, I headed up to the Northern Kettles to hit the local WEMS race. Tons of fun as most of the day was spent riding around with Nate.

As of recent the Big Ring Classic was in focus. However, my focus was blurred as I have started a new job and spent many of my nights not sleeping and constantly thinking about all of the things I need to learn (stress factory).

Good times this weekend though with my hero Chris pulling the whole lead elite crowd around all day. There were several times I thought he was just going to ride away with it and probably would've if he wasn't short on air in his rear. In the end it came down to a big sprint and for a few seconds I thought I had it. Matter snuck in there though in the end and just got me, I guess I was underestimating his sneakiness :). Considering that was my first ever sprint finish and was told by Matter that he has probably been in 500 situations like that, I would say I did ok. Try again next time. It is amazing to think last year I was praying for a top ten and now I am pushing for a win. Congrats to the whole team who have been kicking butt all over. A lot of top tens, top fives and even a few wins this year. Woohoo!

Thanks to all who cheered especially my family, if you look closely at some of the pics you can see my family being obnoxious. In one picture you can even see Lynn jumping as high as someones waist. Man I love that girl!

Also thanks to my sponsors as they have done a super job of keeping me going this year. The Peariso's and Adventure 212 for basically everything, Specialized for a rocking fast bike, Wenzel Coaching (Joe Cieszynski) for some great advice, The Hostel Shop and all star manager Scott Cole for supplies support.

Till next time

DB

Iola

Standard report just a week late :) The weeks been busy with training, working, and treatment. Yes I said treatment. I have been a regular in Joe's office for several weeks now receiving help managing an injury. It has been a roller coaster with last weekend pushing some buttons. I took Monday as an active recovery and Joe and I went to the drawing board. We walked away with a simple solution.....Tape. Tuesday was the initial ride on my new adjustment and it worked wonderfully. As I sit here Saturday night with a weeks worth of hard training I can confidently say I think we have found a temporary solution. THANKS JOE!!!!!

The Wors debut was a blast and I am reminded why exactly I do what I do. I made it a priority to enjoy myself as much as possible. Besides the fun the pain was minimal as I brought it to my limit and backed off,( no need to go till you blow quite yet). As a "C" priority rate I am excited about the result.

Another thing to be excited about are all of the good results from the team. We looked good doing it too thanks to all of our sponsors. Chris and Michelle do a great job of managing this team and treated us like rock stars all weekend, I almost didn't want to go home. I really believe I am on one of the best teams there is. Thanks All!
Here are a few links that Ya'll should check out.
Specialized
Wenzel Coaching
Adveture 212
Team Adventure 212
Hidden Bay Sports (Their new shorts Rock!!)

Till next time keep the wheels turning!!

DB

Ready

With a lot of leg work from Chris I recieved one of these just in time for Chohutta.

I was not dissapointed! This is surely a great race machine and I can't wait to tear up some more dirt.

Congrats to the 212 crew, and for that matter everyone who survived the race at Chohutta. Also, I can't wait to see all of my cycling friends this weekend at Iola.

Good luck to everyone and see you there.
DB

Good People!

Can't say enough about good people. We all know the ones that we have in our lives that make things a whole lot easier. Without those people life would just be no fun.

Before moving to Milwaukee I was very skeptical about all of the bad things that could happen but also knew about the good things that would come about. As of now, over two years later, I can say that there has been way more good than bad. This is in most part to the "good people" I have met, and the support that I have received from the people that I already new.

My biggest supporter Lynn is still pulling some serious weight helping me reach my goals and I can't thank her enough! Two weeks ago I got to go to Levis for some great riding with my big Bro. Something that I used to take for granted is now a very special occasion and as of now has made my year! My coach, Joe Cieszynski has really been giving me extra attention lately and I can't wait to show him what I can do. Congrats to him as well for making associate coach for Wenzel Coaching!!!!!

Yet another HUGE help for me has to be joining the Adventure 212 team! Chris and Michelle do an awesome job of running the team and have already helped me out a ton. The whole team dynamic is just awesome! We are always calling and TXTing each other being supportive and competitive at the same time.

Finally, all of the people in the Milwaukee metro area have been awesome! We have a great cycling community and I think it shows. Anyone who says otherwise would be telling a lie.

Its been great and I can't wait to start seeing everyone on a regular basis.

DB