The Attleboro Criterium is my favorite race. It has a wonderful atmosphere — relaxed and friendly.
I arrived Saturday afternoon with two handicaps. First, I am not suited to criteriums. Second, I haven’t really been training for a few months, and my last race was in early May. I wasn’t expecting much, but I figured if [...]
On today’s installment of the Mark Nicholson Smack Down we had 6 riders at the start. One we lost somewhere around the first sprint point. We waited up, but were pretty sure he must have missed a turn. Hoping he made it back ok. After the top of Tourtellot Hill (where I was feeling pretty [...]
It is with a heavy heart that I’d like Mark’s friends on the team and the Brown cycling community to know that he passed away on wednesday at his families home in Syracuse. Most didn’t know how sick he was, because he refused to let it control his life. The day before he went into the [...]
Weather: 65 degrees, partly sunny and rained twice on the top of the same hill while the sun was out.
Location: The Berkshires: Now my knowledge of the Berkshires is Lee, Lenox, the Snobby Places. I never realized that there is a poor blue collar demographic. Well, there is big time. All the Bars were packed [...]
I am writing this at 7am Sunday before getting ready to drive back to the race:
Attendees: Michael in Masters and Joshua Parker from Brown in Cat 4
Weather: Pefect 60’s mostly sunny. Although as I sit here I did get burned somehow although I was outdoors for maybe an hour of riding. Shocking!
Getting There: About a [...]