Suhr the Blur

Wow, being 22 and getting ready to graduate in December, having a long term goal that will not support you fully nor work with a full time job is all draining on the sprit and hard to imagine how it will all work out. But I guess this is what is part of the sacrifice that comes with having a dream. I guess this should be the best part of life, not being tied down with a family or stuck in a job because of a family, just a time to enjoy all the opportunities that one can dream of. Boy I only wish I could relax and enjoy the ride.

Provided by the very talented Mark Legg. Enjoy.

Over the last five years of training to become a professional cyclist I have always had an offseason around September and October.  But now that I am a Pro cyclist and have decided to focus on track cycling there will be no "off-season" until maybe Feb.  Even that is a huge MAYBE?!?   How could this happen?, you ask. Well there is a little know part of cycling called Six-Day racing.  This used to be the most popular sport in America around the turn of the Century, even madison Square Gardens was built for velodrome racing.  But now since Americans are so in love with watching NasCars fly around a track at Mach 1 until a big ass American wreck occurs and then we can all shit our pants at the same moment and hope that no one is unjured in these gas guzzeling balls of steal.  Anyway, in short not many people like seeing men push the limits of human conditioning at the "slow" pace of cycling. Luckily in Europe the sport is still flurishing.  Each Six-Day the tracks are ...