tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53683261255613437062024-02-19T08:26:59.954-08:00Better than living in the real worldalex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.comBlogger185125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-72132056280376028332009-10-31T19:46:00.000-07:002009-10-31T19:47:05.822-07:00boulder cupboulder cup race tomorrow at the rez. be there.alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-34515023088159520242009-10-13T02:58:00.000-07:002009-10-13T03:03:30.516-07:00SunTourMy legs have never hurt like this before in October. Ouch. FunTour... HA! Yeah right!The last 2 days have been full on. WINDY!!! No worries though mates. Today was a good day, picked up some more KOM points to strech out my led in that comp (cross your fingers! Tomorrow has some big points.) and I saw my first kangaroo today! It was dead, bloated and stiff on the side of the road and we blew past it going 50km an hour but I saw one!!! <br /><br />Did I mention we won today to?!!!! Congrats to our boy Sutton. Good on ya mate!<br /><br />4 more days of racing left this season,<br />alexalex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-17709719744412958312009-10-08T22:25:00.000-07:002009-10-08T22:30:44.314-07:00OZmade it to Australia. What a flight. 16hrs from LA to Sydney is a bit rude. Especially with short flights on either end. As they say though, "no worries." All is well here. Kinda nice being in a foreign country where I'm fluent in the language. Race starts Sunday. Bring it on!alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-33585124462433174042009-10-01T21:08:00.001-07:002009-10-01T21:08:50.672-07:00350.orgalex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-47443562171934898102009-09-30T15:53:00.000-07:002009-09-30T16:27:57.142-07:00L'Avenir, Italy, Worlds<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ok</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ok</span>. I know, it's been a while. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Unfortunately</span> it's not over either and I'm still running in the red so I'm going to have to keep this brief.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">L'Avenir</span> was tough. 9 days in northern France racing against the best u23 riders in the world is not exactly easy but team USA got along just fine. We ended the race with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Tejay</span> taking a big 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">nd</span> over all, a 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">nd</span> in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">tt</span>, 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">nd</span> on the 3rd stage, and a 3rd on the final stage. Not too bad. Only issue with doing that well is how close we were to winning something big. So close. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Tejay</span> lost the damn race by one second! So close. For me personally it was a good experience. Made the break on a couple of days, did plenty of work to make sure <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">captain</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Tejay</span> and Pete were where they needed to be and managed to have a good time doing it. Looking forward to trying to get some <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">legit</span> results for myself there next year.<br /><br />After <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">L'Avenir</span> team USA made a quick trip to Belgium to drop off/pick up some stuff, did a sweet, "beer ride" and quickly made our way down to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Lucca</span>, Italy for a little R & R before heading to Switzerland for Worlds. Before moving on to Worlds I just want to say that if you ever get the chance to visit <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Lucca</span>, take it. The area is an endless maze of bike path sized roads winding through, around, and over every little hill and mountain in the area. Damn good riding. Great place to be after suffering in northern France eating crappy over cooked pasta for breakfast and dinner for nine days.<br /><br />Worlds. Nice hotel, fun atmosphere, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">beautiful</span> area, crazy course, less than <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">stellar</span> result. What can I say? I had a blast but I am <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">definitely</span> less than satisfied with our team's performance in the U23 race. Broken spokes, and a few flats offer a couple of excuses. But for those of us that didn't have any bad luck I can't really offer up any reasons for the less than <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">stellar</span> performance other than the fact that it has been a long season. I'm cooked.<br /><br />I may be cooked but it ain't over yet. I have one week at home then it's off to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Suntour</span> in Australia on the 6<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">th</span>. Race is from the 11<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">th</span> to the 17<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">th</span>. Should be a tough one. Cool part is, is that I will be racing with the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">ProTour</span> boys. No shame in getting bottles for Mr. "4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">th</span> place at the Tour De France" <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Wiggens</span>.<br /><br />Pretending to rest,<br />Alexalex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-67844886247098523272009-09-05T11:56:00.000-07:002009-09-05T11:58:04.608-07:00L'AvenirL'Avenir started today. Wild circut & tough competition but I think we should fair well. Going to be a long 9 days though...<br /><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/6193111">http://vimeo.com/6193111</a>alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-18549394482211995072009-08-25T15:30:00.000-07:002009-08-25T15:46:01.229-07:00Tour of Utah.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheE_J0HOQi7bTDPMzAI9d5-0uhHJYvlnT1Nlgh5ga8v8B2pR-4MyKl-0CE1qn1bZFZAdzw9QnKb0j1JePpM75zRs-9F-3EsVs5xoPiGK43fuabKedcU7ouDC0mLw2hVMoBLDPNGEEec7Y/s1600-h/627351316_2DuEg-X1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374036090024868386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheE_J0HOQi7bTDPMzAI9d5-0uhHJYvlnT1Nlgh5ga8v8B2pR-4MyKl-0CE1qn1bZFZAdzw9QnKb0j1JePpM75zRs-9F-3EsVs5xoPiGK43fuabKedcU7ouDC0mLw2hVMoBLDPNGEEec7Y/s400/627351316_2DuEg-X1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzO2yz97HVdU02J0ot6hOI3-8mQzAptgaRmWv-4kdhxqTkTdDOU3XQqPxZakb7JkuqKh6Uxz9TFrtvopK1mq7gjYCo6aezULJMdoYHPH_HXBMZ_YLSuZRnhWEbm_z3iLdcKY-m0uujPs/s1600-h/627509488_uTqE5-X1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374035875454339666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzO2yz97HVdU02J0ot6hOI3-8mQzAptgaRmWv-4kdhxqTkTdDOU3XQqPxZakb7JkuqKh6Uxz9TFrtvopK1mq7gjYCo6aezULJMdoYHPH_HXBMZ_YLSuZRnhWEbm_z3iLdcKY-m0uujPs/s400/627509488_uTqE5-X1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvou74sDxBPGEdc9pyqpHeiyU0tUmrMzK4UTra0vOMvOIFFL9ovBAjL60cwKZrWqUlRqo5GaiW1LSwOOVdV1AJuSWFOK-ZApuY6Ux2J93f63Ng1_GiwEcSD0WA3ES0NJZMvpvg5XHR7k8/s1600-h/627512486_gUr8U-X1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374035777698174082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvou74sDxBPGEdc9pyqpHeiyU0tUmrMzK4UTra0vOMvOIFFL9ovBAjL60cwKZrWqUlRqo5GaiW1LSwOOVdV1AJuSWFOK-ZApuY6Ux2J93f63Ng1_GiwEcSD0WA3ES0NJZMvpvg5XHR7k8/s400/627512486_gUr8U-X1.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Sooo.... The Tour of Utah was pretty good to me. Scored my first NRC win on the queen stage!<br /><div><div><div> </div><div>Best Young Rider's Jersey, King of the Mountains Jersey, 4th over all, and a stage win! Not too shabby!</div><br /><div>YouTube of final 300 meters:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njr2eTjQ-mw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njr2eTjQ-mw</a></div><div> </div><div>Post race interview:</div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NnrVr2SYLw&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NnrVr2SYLw&feature=related</a></div></div></div></div></div>alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-56393149630975535082009-08-15T20:42:00.001-07:002009-08-15T20:58:59.548-07:00Need Some Work On Your Cross Skills?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpZ6Kw4asXtx3kfQDJn7ujzsYdoUvwf69i7Cfht3hGL0lPZSoKScK0YzIiUQbKhad_KWQFne21H-2d5aSOajZhbAU8bHMONvXXz5lLiJB6uOjLXYRpLw2XYxL5EgQDwG79cHmYUxgSKs/s1600-h/yyk.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370405499512346482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 290px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpZ6Kw4asXtx3kfQDJn7ujzsYdoUvwf69i7Cfht3hGL0lPZSoKScK0YzIiUQbKhad_KWQFne21H-2d5aSOajZhbAU8bHMONvXXz5lLiJB6uOjLXYRpLw2XYxL5EgQDwG79cHmYUxgSKs/s400/yyk.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fN1anSdv_3Npz9Dvc8Nld6NwvqeGWhZIrQHLSdmM5X9ILxbvuRpy6qJhY5vXfUnSVAHZciY_KLFRUDHqQvv-tPTZORgdKxMbQbbbhcq-EfeUPPz_JkAAuGkDGj6-bfNkhMVKop-WgW0/s1600-h/yyy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370405094416366802" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fN1anSdv_3Npz9Dvc8Nld6NwvqeGWhZIrQHLSdmM5X9ILxbvuRpy6qJhY5vXfUnSVAHZciY_KLFRUDHqQvv-tPTZORgdKxMbQbbbhcq-EfeUPPz_JkAAuGkDGj6-bfNkhMVKop-WgW0/s400/yyy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><div>If you need some work on your 'cross skills and you live near Boulder check it out. It's run by the same guys that taught me everything I know about serious 'cross racing. Good guys and heeps of fun. I'd be there helping but it looks like I might be racing USPRO Championships that weekend... Cross your fingers.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-36264784567158383582009-08-14T17:04:00.000-07:002009-08-14T17:08:23.185-07:00Been Ridin' Bikes...I've been riding bikes a lot. Hope to be ready for Utah and anything that may come up after. Not sure what my September will look like. Hopefully, I won't be on the couch...alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-22041758246528657922009-08-10T00:06:00.000-07:002009-08-10T00:07:13.019-07:00cyclingnews...<a href="http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/slipstream-building-the-next-generation-of-american-champions">http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/slipstream-building-the-next-generation-of-american-champions</a>alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-43543813666893006902009-08-05T22:33:00.000-07:002009-08-05T22:34:09.637-07:00Forgot to put this up last week...<a href="http://www.podiuminsight.com/2009/07/23/catching-up-with-alex-howes/">http://www.podiuminsight.com/2009/07/23/catching-up-with-alex-howes/</a>alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-53190835431929947922009-08-02T22:53:00.000-07:002009-08-02T23:35:21.954-07:00?????<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjwYrzZ57YgylRp7wbh-X1lU-7YU-slGunxoJXCle2OZvjxXC4o8Yjv0r3v4uiHUPp_w2UTq7pgX1TJgo_yZXVKkAJEmUB8NN-pjhbkEf4_ItewLDPmAzGPeh12cfkDXLCRPUrR7DcJk/s1600-h/3784282280_ae76f482d5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365618712759488482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisjwYrzZ57YgylRp7wbh-X1lU-7YU-slGunxoJXCle2OZvjxXC4o8Yjv0r3v4uiHUPp_w2UTq7pgX1TJgo_yZXVKkAJEmUB8NN-pjhbkEf4_ItewLDPmAzGPeh12cfkDXLCRPUrR7DcJk/s400/3784282280_ae76f482d5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjxV8GbLe8Mx-R-Za90shuYjq45C_XinAshYhqCtgsHiil1fArLruvJGejXYu24TnLPAi64_-wh5bbM5RLTeXLeAhXQdqcMpCyoz8XihnPyVbPXcjsb3e7A8grYZ5pGImnpIf9gpZ8EY/s1600-h/3783473843_c41ed6be2a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365618497934013746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 302px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjxV8GbLe8Mx-R-Za90shuYjq45C_XinAshYhqCtgsHiil1fArLruvJGejXYu24TnLPAi64_-wh5bbM5RLTeXLeAhXQdqcMpCyoz8XihnPyVbPXcjsb3e7A8grYZ5pGImnpIf9gpZ8EY/s400/3783473843_c41ed6be2a.jpg" border="0" /></a> Photos by Ethan Erickson<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYFckAYt9rws5IQy17bkoq0Yg9giWSoLgCqZkuGd-0p8NmqvO12db2wucYD9Z4YSWnDpQMZj2M25JPL7yk4qWQvNGGVBtTHLRO4g7RsbFdwfLGBD12qOiCWKsv2tyoIl-vIBF-SnU8v70/s1600-h/5855_1028403686455_1716220586_57795_908211_n.jpg"></a><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left">Did I just win again??? I did! Damn, that one was cool! </div><div><br /><br /></div><div align="left">Took off on lap 3 or 4. 56km in the break. Jumped away with a lap an a half to go. SOLO VICTORY! Excluding local junior races from back in the day I think this was my first solo win. Pretty rad.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div align="left">HUGE THANKS to all the Felt/Holowesko/Garmin riders and staff. Couldn't have done it with out y'all! Lets go get some more gold at Utah boys!</div></div>alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-71207058256860511732009-08-02T10:06:00.000-07:002009-08-02T10:09:41.132-07:00Crit Nationals TodayWe plan on finishing this week on a high note. Won the road race, won the TT, --- the crit.<br /><br />Side note-<br /><br />I joined twitter because I'm dumb. Come listen to the dumb things I tweet about @alex_howes.alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-56354465649817275162009-07-29T23:14:00.000-07:002009-08-02T23:36:04.729-07:00NATIONAL CHAMP!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaA2wTuCN_FOUSgNZtWX61L2e4dtQByieNxoSkqG7FHOI5wq5Rhnl_pkiMUlm5H3iIi-wfPHF8q8KQamSz-xfogWjXGuxPoMNP-DUep_VEnm0QTj35GTBLmhNc6s5BrpA4YXVbTrsg6YA/s1600-h/3772378704_2acc8bea86.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365620882494709986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 347px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaA2wTuCN_FOUSgNZtWX61L2e4dtQByieNxoSkqG7FHOI5wq5Rhnl_pkiMUlm5H3iIi-wfPHF8q8KQamSz-xfogWjXGuxPoMNP-DUep_VEnm0QTj35GTBLmhNc6s5BrpA4YXVbTrsg6YA/s400/3772378704_2acc8bea86.jpg" border="0" /></a> Photos by Ethan Erickson</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left">So far the team has earned 3 jerseys and 3 podiums at Cascade and a national championship along with a 4th and a 5th.<br /><br />Looks like team camp helped....</div>alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-26160100205785096502009-07-16T08:57:00.000-07:002009-07-16T08:58:51.190-07:00Team camp in the books.Here we come Cascade!alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-65352991418600518292009-07-13T18:00:00.001-07:002009-07-13T18:00:48.693-07:00training camp is hardi'm tiredalex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-58402401187115169402009-07-10T10:20:00.000-07:002009-07-10T10:54:08.590-07:00Holly Crap...<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-wikakWPiWTRSrMsaJtuN3T4ErQHD4X0KEdcLHzjtnyS8OmHohSpkymn5XHsPv-4CkQ-WJ41VSA-_ukpakUgzaODhGLmU98GgqF3meTobS3JpDrdJtE_0Ez7A2BRY4ZBSg-vRxLJ5Q1Y/s1600-h/563002715_Vng3T-L.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356890647535323122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-wikakWPiWTRSrMsaJtuN3T4ErQHD4X0KEdcLHzjtnyS8OmHohSpkymn5XHsPv-4CkQ-WJ41VSA-_ukpakUgzaODhGLmU98GgqF3meTobS3JpDrdJtE_0Ez7A2BRY4ZBSg-vRxLJ5Q1Y/s400/563002715_Vng3T-L.jpg" border="0" /></a>Photo from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Lyne</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Lamoureux</span>. Checked out <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">podiuminsight</span>.com?</div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">Has it really been since <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Pilly</span> that I last updated this thing? Ouch, sorry. No matter, here is the scoop:<br /><br />Philly- DAMN! Good legs all day. Came into the finish ready to dump 5 buckets worth of sprint and ended up dropping anchor when a few guys stacked it in front of me. boo to crashes at the front.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Beauce</span>- WHERE IS THE FLOW???? Had really good legs all of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Beauce</span>, but just could never find the flow. Hit 5 moves, 6<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">th</span> one goes... Spend all day killing it trying to get something going, nothing goes... So frustrating. Oh well, it was a good learning experience.<br /><br />And the fluff- Since <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Beauce</span> I have just been laying low soaking up all the supreme <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">radness</span> of Boulder, Colorado. Summer has been good to me. Been training hard (had THE BIGGEST day on a bike ever last week) but not too hard. Mentally fresh and physically fit. That's the way to be. Made a trip to Dead Dog. Raced my little booty off and got in some fun high altitude camping. I have decided that pasta is only worth eating when cooked over an open flame and mixed w/ beans and tuna. Doesn't hurt when a cute girl cooks it either...<br /><br />The Future?- "Training Camp: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Goin</span>' Colombo '09" officially kicks off this evening with the "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Aero</span> Dinner." We are going to slam it in prep for the second half of the season. Motor pace the valleys and race the climbs; that's how we are going to get our babies off Top <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Ramen</span>. After camp it's Cascade, Nationals, Utah, and hopefully <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Missoura</span>.<br /><br />Hopefully update sooner rather than later,<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">alex</span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">P.S. Walker was the very deserving winner of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">mustache</span> competition. Well played good sir, well played.</div>alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-989032659498293592009-06-09T17:20:00.000-07:002009-06-09T18:50:53.224-07:00Brotherly Love<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgvQVn52uYhbWyVDs1beBjDGZ8xll9DDbcCaMctqoQD9owK-dBRFphUH1o3CXptaDPjk0X23n26sYWP21EmyGP_03Xm0-SFzjuKqxgh40qFwupPBrc9qFfKhl7jE1InwD3r6ip2GgDFvw/s1600-h/558730986_Fs4uY-L.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345510459068196066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgvQVn52uYhbWyVDs1beBjDGZ8xll9DDbcCaMctqoQD9owK-dBRFphUH1o3CXptaDPjk0X23n26sYWP21EmyGP_03Xm0-SFzjuKqxgh40qFwupPBrc9qFfKhl7jE1InwD3r6ip2GgDFvw/s400/558730986_Fs4uY-L.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Little interview with me and Holloway after Philly. We did the interview at a pub after 6:30hrs of racing and a couple of brews so be warned...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.podiuminsight.com/2009/06/09/daniel-holloway-on-his-philly-adventure-or-if-you-wave-we-will-drink/">http://www.podiuminsight.com/2009/06/09/daniel-holloway-on-his-philly-adventure-or-if-you-wave-we-will-drink/</a></div>alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-25348520204642390112009-06-07T04:33:00.000-07:002009-06-07T04:37:41.349-07:00Philly Prep '09Couple of long rides between Roubaix and Philly. Jet lag is gone. Head is great. Legs are good. I have plenty of Clif bars, agua and an atitude. Got nothing better to do other than rock the socks off of Philly.<br /><br />Bring it.alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-55170778780978803032009-06-02T17:16:00.000-07:002009-06-02T17:38:55.063-07:00Roubaix '09This race is stupid hard. Made it through the first few pave sections with the group no problemo. With about 80km to go I heard Kirk yelling, "HOWES!!!!!!!!" from about 20 riders back. Flat tire. Boo. Seeing as he was one of the leaders on the day my front wheel was now his front wheel. I sent him on his way, waited for the cars (loooong wait) then chased until I though my poor little heart was going to pop. Rolled up on Holloway who was in the early break and tossed out the parachute. Even with just rolling the last 50km my legs were still trashed the next day. Not to mention my hands and back. Huge props to Taytay Phinny for winning in the velodrome. Guess all that time on the track paid off.<br /><br />Training for Philly/Beauce right meow. So ready to get back on the road and in the races!<br /><br />alexalex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-39220599220108935442009-05-29T13:40:00.000-07:002009-05-29T13:44:32.694-07:00Just A Little Warning If You See Me Sometime In the Next Couple of Weeks...ANNOUNCING the First Annual FELT-HOLOWESKO PARTNERS-GARMIN<br />Mustache Growing Contest!<br /><br />Grow your 'stache! Impress your friends! Alienate loved ones!Any rider, staff, or sponsor welcome to comptete in the First Annual F-H-G Mustache Competition. There will be only two categories - Men and Women. The competition will end on June 14, 2009 and correspond with the final stage of the 2009 Tour de Beauce. If unavailable to attend the final judging ceremonies in Quebec please send detailed photos and Mustache CV via email to<a href="mailto:todaimowrench@******.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:daimowrench@mac.com">daimowrench@******.com</a>. Daimeon Shanks (beloved inventor of the exclamation point and mechanic for Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin) will be judging the competiton. Although Daimeon will be recusing himself for the competition, he will be growing a 'sympathy' mustache.Mustaches will be judged on a variety of categories including (but not limited to):<br />- Volume<br />- Moxy<br />- Stick-to-it-tuiness<br />- Longevity<br />- Frenchness<br />- Swagger<br />- Firefighterness<br />- Dancability<br />and others!<br /><br />Winner will receive an All-Expenses-Paid trip to their local barber for a mustache shave!*Please forward this email to any appropriate colleagues or interested parties (my email address book is NOT complete!).<br /><br />Sincerly,<br /><br />The Commitee for the First Annual FELT-HOLOWESKO-PARTNERS Mustache Growing Contestc/o Daimeon Shanksalex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-1980324886576540642009-05-29T13:38:00.000-07:002009-05-29T13:39:22.400-07:00Pic From Olympias<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJAp5J5Z3ypkHC3cYVtC0uYILlPZRLNQjg6LpUkSVWMVNHgOqB1mZ7wOa5lF-FoBnfHCHl1FLqt5S0jLduHPJ3G9feXwDy5s_sCIhM3VA3h5EL63i2hEAwXTl1DgR5hy17sit51sVaPc/s1600-h/n517429196_1633759_192369.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341348162146201506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJAp5J5Z3ypkHC3cYVtC0uYILlPZRLNQjg6LpUkSVWMVNHgOqB1mZ7wOa5lF-FoBnfHCHl1FLqt5S0jLduHPJ3G9feXwDy5s_sCIhM3VA3h5EL63i2hEAwXTl1DgR5hy17sit51sVaPc/s400/n517429196_1633759_192369.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-14443193620017849002009-05-27T09:41:00.000-07:002009-05-27T11:49:00.508-07:00April and May<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlSDUiPB6773aomMXsIYiG-6VgD4l6hygy_XQsosVQffkAMUFbcir5yo0N915dp-PbZRdQH0-9TQ7N6Tk65_nPFd8ctvY9BSK41OCybg9Its_evmYebcUbS19sJPlFGJzmT6FxYzfteQ/s1600-h/n589303132_1831413_2754410.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340577592706442722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlSDUiPB6773aomMXsIYiG-6VgD4l6hygy_XQsosVQffkAMUFbcir5yo0N915dp-PbZRdQH0-9TQ7N6Tk65_nPFd8ctvY9BSK41OCybg9Its_evmYebcUbS19sJPlFGJzmT6FxYzfteQ/s400/n589303132_1831413_2754410.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p>Dang, it has been a while since I have updated this thing eh? Sorry about that. I guess I just kind of forgot I even had a blog. Thanks for the reminder ma. Ok since it has been so long I will revert to bullets to save us all precious time and to save me the effort of organizing things in to paragraphs.<br /></p><br /><ul><br /><li>Sea Otter- That race is a zoo! So many people out there. Great trip all around. Road tippin' out there with Daimo and the BB guns was heaps of fun, crashing at Holloway's was easy on the body and mind (thanks again to the Holloways for putting me up!), and the races were just the right kind of hard. Highlight of the racing was spending over 1/3 of the race off the front solo. Didn't win but it was still rad.<br /></li><br /><li>Dana Point- Amazing part of Cali. Got the full Dana Point tour from Steve Blick. Muchos Gracias senior. Big thanks to Coryn Rivera for letting me and Holloway crash there for a couple of nights! The race was... well... a crit. I survived just fine and bridged up to the late race break away. We got got. FYI if I bridge up to a break it will get caught. Happened at Sea Otter and Dana and it will happen again I am sure.<br /></li><br /><li>The Gila- What a race. France Armstrong and crew decided to show up along with every Armstrong fan in NM. Pretty cool seeing one of my favorite races blow up into such a spectacle. Even cooler is showing up with the legs and head to pull off a couple of podiums. Stetina was riding real fast like and the whole team rose to the occasion. Aside from racing old man Stetina home, I would say the highlight of the trip has to be having out team running around Walker's beat up Subaru before the TT tying to get everything together with the Astana crew set up right next to us in a giant plush bus. Nothing like stealing raisin bran from the hotel so you can throw blows with Levi, Lance, and Horner. Oh, and a HUGE thank you to Dale Stetina and Steve Owens for all there help at the Gila. Those two did the work of 5 staff members and did it well.<br /></li><br /><li>Between Gila and Europe- Thought it might be worth mentioning since there might be some questionable photos of me popping up on the internet, graduation season is awesome. Almost makes me want to go back to school. Almost.<br /></li><br /><li>Olympias Tour- That race was nuts. Give a man an inch and he will take 10 miles. Going into this race I figured it was just another race. Turns out it was the Dutch world championships or something to that effect. Just thinking about taking a drink of water would put you in the cars and moving into the top ten required the fee of a first born child and a brain aneurysm. Regardless, the race was a relative success. We took 4th in the TTT, Raymond only finished outside of the top 10 once (that kid is a f**king rocket!), I won the most aggressive rider jersey on the 5th stage, and Caleb had an AMAZING day on the last day to pull of 2nd on the day and 6th overall. </li></ul><br /><p>So what is up next? Paris-Roubax! The team is wicked motivated and there are good legs all around. Aside from a couple of little head colds, we're all firing well. Tomorrow, we will be previewing the course with the national team and possibly with the Livestrong crew. After that it is off to Philly and Beauce. Really, Really motivated for both of those. If all goes as planned, I should be going mach 10.<br /></p><br /><p>Bueno. That is all I have for now. I will let y'all know how Roubaix goes down.<br /></p><br /><p>Cheers,<br />alex</p>alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-56129716119532296922009-04-14T21:37:00.001-07:002009-04-14T21:39:40.266-07:00God Bless America<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yRkXQL0wij2Xty8MWtZVevxbcY3DL-3scRycXzwO7nedNK2VhBMQGBJ7hEkzutGQFtmUJ8abkkz0DgMbHjwSLuz6bRh4YNifbtknB3rCWYZU9_aHWjBoCXeJUQgRj8P7ycofToWt4Nk/s1600-h/3253_74127582257_804312257_1590133_8176968_n.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324773159733622866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3yRkXQL0wij2Xty8MWtZVevxbcY3DL-3scRycXzwO7nedNK2VhBMQGBJ7hEkzutGQFtmUJ8abkkz0DgMbHjwSLuz6bRh4YNifbtknB3rCWYZU9_aHWjBoCXeJUQgRj8P7ycofToWt4Nk/s400/3253_74127582257_804312257_1590133_8176968_n.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />And American bike racing! Can't wait to kill it out at Sea Otter!<br /></div>alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368326125561343706.post-71282500375893814022009-04-02T11:03:00.000-07:002009-04-02T11:19:29.071-07:00On the mend<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkm8ImZujNkBFvrKsdlc4N6U_wDs_53aauagPe7UDKvGw5M3WI4NZRC27aiwX-FEGtJgFodDtQhXpoOFQF0sLa4yGJ5IjEa_Qz7n25WQ4W3FzfCxHXXj6ehrJ9UKyQuYHVZ3dKy6f9dI/s1600-h/490738006307_0_BG.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320160170099320578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkm8ImZujNkBFvrKsdlc4N6U_wDs_53aauagPe7UDKvGw5M3WI4NZRC27aiwX-FEGtJgFodDtQhXpoOFQF0sLa4yGJ5IjEa_Qz7n25WQ4W3FzfCxHXXj6ehrJ9UKyQuYHVZ3dKy6f9dI/s400/490738006307_0_BG.jpg" border="0" /></a> Double toast to Redlands!</div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">Doing my best here in CO to patch up the holes in my left side. The road rash is coming along nicely but I've been having some issues getting my hip flexor firing on all cylinders. It'll come. Best part about healing up in CO is the snow. Yes, I know I've pissed and moaned about the snow a million times but when rest is the order of the day, the guilt level hardly tops zero when opening the shades to see the world sleeping under a cold quilt of snow. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left">Oh yeah, Redlands finished up nicely. We managed to sneak away with team GC, and Kirk tied up the KOM jersey and scored second on the final stage. Man that kid is movin'. The whole team was super solid all week and I think we comfortably accomplished our goal of showing the world we're a team not to be left unconsidered when forecasting future victories. 4 guys in the top 20 of one of the biggest races on American soil. Not too shabby. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left">MTB bike today,</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left">alex</div>alex howeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16686801099556873854noreply@blogger.com0