The cribbage king...

As I sit here writing this, my grandfather is not doing so well.  He has been a long time sufferer of Parkinson's and recently had his knee replaced.  He has not been improving, though, and thoughts of being far away from my family are ever present. 
I am having a lot of flashbacks of playing cribbage and hunting with him; his ability to take the long shot was unparalleled.
I am thinking of you, Grandpa and Grandma!!!  Love You!!!!!

Sponsorship!!!

It is with great pleasure that I announce my sponsorships for the 2013 racing season.  Vite Bikes out of Sarasota  and Leroy's Bikeworks out of Lakeland.  Vite Bikes (pronounced Veet) will be my main sponsorship and Leroy has offered to sponsor me for some of the local races.  This is fantastic news!!!  The owners of both shops are excellent people to work with and just fun to ride with.   I have put in the effort and hopefully it will pay off with some successful races.  I will have more to come...stay tuned:-)

2012 A Year in Review

While thinking back on 2012, not many good things come to mind.  I will forever be changed by what has happened this year.  Some in bad and some in good.  Only time will tell how the long term will hold out.  So, I am just going to skip about the first half of the year and write about riding and my son, dog, and friends.
I needed a goal to focus on to relieve the stress, so I put most of my extracurricular effort into my love of cycling this year.  It started off with just focusing on miles and miles and then started to work into a few goals.  I wanted to improve speed and maintain a certain number of century rides in the year.  I managed both.  I put my