Suhr the Blur

Here is a nice video preview of our last stop on this tour, The NAS Track at Rochester Hills, MI. Enjoy! Detroit Free Press Video Until another internet connection finds me on the road...

A Scene From the Road Cresent Beach, OR Last night, Ryan and I competed in the FSA Grand Prix Madison. It was the culmination to a long day as the race started at about 11pm after 4 hours of other events had concluded. There were 13 teams in the 80 lap race, 32km, and overall the race was pretty quite with few attacks. Our strategy for the race was to stay with the top teams and sprint for the points which were every ten laps. There were about six good teams all keeping the race going, our strategy paid off and with 30 laps to go we were tied for first! At this point things started getting tough. I was feeling really bad with an upset stomach, probably the worst I have ever felt in a madison. Not really sure what caused this but at the same time I ran out of energy. So the last 30 laps was a game of me trying to hang on and Ryan keeping us as close to the front as possible. Yet again our nemesis of the season the Fuji/Salamander guys caught some luck and were able to jump in fr...

Hello again from Puget Sound! I don't know if the picture is any good, I mean taking pics of hte sunset with a camera phone is not a good idea. But there was an awesome sunset last night when we were playing Bocce Ball after dinner. We have not talked in almost a month! I really cannot believe it, but ever since 4th of July things have not slowed down. Finally I am finding some time on the road to write a bit. So to fill everyone in, the 4th of July followed just like the last few years, with wonderfull afternoon storms wreaking the day! After an 8 hour rain delay we finally started racing. And needless to say I was mentally wrecked by that point. So not one of the best memories, but we got through it. Now we are on the road and almost half way through the road trip of CA-OR-WA-IL-MI. Last weekend we race down in San Jose, and ended up having a really good Madison missing out on first place by only 2 points,17 to 19. Tonight we start another weekend of racing at the Marym...

The real track racing season has begun here in the US. And this July 3rd and 4th the Independance Day Grand Prix will take place in Colorado Springs, CO. There is a Madison race the night of the 4th and it is sure to be one of the best of the season! The fastest riders in the US will pair up into at least 4 teams to battle it out over 40km! If you are in the state of Colorado you need to come witness this event. Along with the racing that night there will be fireworks to follow making for a wonderful summer evening. If you decide to attend, racing starts at 7pm on the 3rd and 6pm on the 4th, with the Madison happening no eairlier than 7:30pm on the 4th.