Suhr the Blur

As I stressed out this morning about how we were going to get out of the freakin' Third Blizzard of '06, my madison partner, Ryan Luttrell, ended up falling off his bike on the way to the grocery store and getting a stage two concussion. Therefore, he will be unable to race next week and we will not be traveling to Vancouver for the Six, thus my off season starts today. However as I am disappointed that we will not be able to try our legs against those Canadians' or experience New Years outside of CO, I am excited at getting the off season out of the way while the endless amount of snow melts off all the streets.

As the holidays wind down, and I finally recover from my college experience, I am looking forward to a long road trip and to racing some of the best riders of Canada and North America at the Burnaby Six. I will be heading out on the 30th, stopping by Portland to spend New Years with one of my friends from high school and college, and then arriving in B.C. on the 1st. I am really excited to relax on the open road and experience a New Years outside of CO. I will try to bring everyone the events of the trip as they unfold, internet permitting. The organizers, a team effort I believe, have already been very accommodating as we are set up with host housing. I can't wait to see the North West and Southern B.C. Everyone keeps telling me it is amazing. The Dome of the Drome From Space (Thank you Google!) Burnaby Velodrome Homepage

24+ inches of snow in 24 hours + done with finals + 4 crazy skiing roommates = I got to be the first one off the house! Merry Christmas!

If you haven't heard the title sponsor of my Spike Pro Cycling Team, BioTest Laboratories has backed out of their three year commitment of $300,000 per year, after just one year. This leaves 10 riders with a full line of equipment sponsors but no monetary sponsor, which eliminates all travel plans thus ending publicity and forcing the rest of the equipment sponsors to back out if this becomes reality in 14 days. Therefore, if anyone that reads this blog knows of a business that would like a title sponsorship, or an individual that would like to support the Olympic Track Sprint Team hopefuls for the '08 games, then please send an email to codyracing at aol dot com. Full Story

I am finally feeling recovered and getting back into the swing of things in college. Only two weeks left until I will be finished with my undergrad in Physics, and it feels great to see the end in sight. I uploaded some videos of the Pros racing at the Ghent Six. This first one is of the top three teams taking a lap on the field. You can see how precise their riding is, always trying to stay at the bottom of the track as to ride the shortest distance each lap, and the way they weave their way through the other riders on relief. This second video is of another event that is part of the racing each night. It is called a Derny race and consists of six riders each being paced by a motorbike. For more video from the Ghent Six go here: Google Video Search