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2009-02-04T20:20:00.000-08:00

The 2008-2009 cyclo-cross season started for me with a 9 hour car ride to Delonaga Ga. with Jonathon and Brent to race in the first Ga cross race on October 5th. It was set in Yahoola Creek Park this course included 4 obstacles a set of stairs, a log ,and 2nd set of barriers. The first race was Jonathon's in the master race, he finished in 17th place. Then we watched some of the other race them it was my race the cat 3 race. It was a fast pavement start that when around a running track and turn down a paved hill with a wood bridge at the bottom. The field was strung ot going down the hill and hit the first obstacle a log and as 30 rider came flying in off the down hill it was a dust cloud, I was sitting 20th position at this point then when around the perimeter of the park and up in to the wood i was moving up when i could by the end of the first lap i was in 15th. the race was 7 laps I was moving up every lap in the wood and going over the barriers. By the end of the 5th lap i was up into 6th place by i was ride along with 4 wheel suckers on my wheel. In the last grave stretch of the race they all pulled away from me. So i finished in 10th, this was going to be a long season.

The next weekend was the Savanh cross race, this weekend my parent came to watch me. This course was at old dirt car race track this course is the only cross race with a fly over in the south, it also included woops, mud, sand,stairs,and one set of barriers. It started out a good day with my team mate Will Willis wining the junior race. Then the cat 3 race, the race i would like to forget, I had good start but the going into the stair another race took me out at the stairs this is where the bad luck started. 5 crash later and broken bike in fished in 24th place. after this race it took some motivation to keep racing.
The next race was the fallowing weekend in Conyers Ga, this week end we had the full team including Jonathon, Will, Diane, and Michelle. We all when up in Diane's van that was a interesting experience. the course was at the where the 96 Olympic mountain bike race took place, the course had 2 set of barriers and one run up, it also had 2 long climbs with tricky decent. The best part of the course was the Voo Do spiral. The first race of the day was Jonathon in the masters race and he finished in the top 20. Then it was Michelle's Junior race she finished in the top 5. My race was the cat 3 race i had Will in my race with me and on the course at the same time was the woman's pro,1,2,3 race which included Diane. It was a fast start with the field of 40 riders going in to the Voo Do spiral. The race separated out in to it it usual groups will was in the top 6 till 4 to go when the crashed on the decent and injured his ankle. My race was going good till the 2nd lap i was siting in the second group in the top10 but i crashed in a corner and lost 10 place I chased the rest of the race making up time where i could, which was in the barriers and climbs. i finished in 16th place. Them we had a long drive back to Orlando, which included a stop at one of the team favorite registrants Five Guys.
We had a couple of weeks off till the next cross race which is in Tallahassee fl. The first Florida cross race.
The Tallahassee weekend was a double race weekend. this was the first weekend I race pro,1,2 and the first weekend that we had the hole team, with the addition of Jos, Cassey, and Brent. The race was put on by Jim Smart and he a has a obsession of making wacky and hard courses. Both day we race at a high school with diffident course each day. the course on Saturday was very hard but fun, it in included 2 run ups, one set of barriers, a parking lot crit, a couple of short step climbs and track start and finish. The team had a good day of racing with wins in the junior 10-14 and woman's cat 4, and podium finishes in junior 15-18. My race was the last on of the day it was 60 minutes there were only 8 pro,1,2s in the race. The start was fast with a lap around the track then off in to the grass and over the barriers, thought the sand pit and then up the first hill at this point i was in 5th. then in to the run up to the parking lot in the parking lot i was passed and slayed in the 6th the rest of the race, after the parking lot we road though the school to the next step climb then back down to the field were it was the next run up, and back down and thought the pits where everybody was and Jonathon yell and me 55min to go and he keep saying this every lap till the finish. The race was won by Gary Yates and in finish in 6th. After this race i was think what did i just do racing my first pro race and thinking this was going to be a long season. The next day Jim had switched the course around and had it run backwards and added a voo do spiral. the team had smiler results as Saturday. Brent took a nice spill in the first lap of his race and landed head first. My race was had and same people as yesterday but with a few more so we had 12 people in the race, the race was as fast or even faster then the day before. I try staying with people but my technical skill were not up to par then I fell back to 8th after lap 3 and stayed there till the end of the race a finished out in 8th and Gary Yates won the race.
The next race was in Orlando on the course that Diane and I designed and put a couple of day of work in to setting it up. This is the course that I train on so this is like home field advantage for me and the rest if my team. The course had a fast pavement start that when in to a rough S turn section then out in to a field with a barrier and Voo do spiral set up from there it when out thought a field around a tree up a sight incline, then down a berm through a field in to a ditch them over a log the back out in to a file around a light post up a berm them back down, over to another berm up and over then a U turn up a set of stairs then around a lake over a fence and through a ditch to the mud pit to the side walk then tough another mud pit fallowed by a sharp tun a rod a pond back out on to the pavement. it was the usual team teammates at the race. The team won 3 race that day both junior races and woman's. this week both the pro,1,2, was mixed with the cat 3 race. So we had 25 starters with both classes. It was a fast start we stayed to together for the first lap them as the race when on it all separated out into the usual groups. This was longest race of the year being 12 laps or and hour and ten minutes. So in the last lap i try to drop the group i was in one guy was able to come around me so I finished in 8th. The next day we did it all over again in a hilly course in Clermont. the course was ether going up or down it only had one dismount a sandy run up. The team had a same results as the day before. The race was mixed again today we had 14 starters. I had a fast pavement start be it was a hill climb start it broke up at the top of the hill and every was fight for every inch of ground it was that hard of a course. the race like yesterday was 12 lap and it came out to be one hour and eleven minutes on a very hard course. i finished in 6th place. this race was not you versus a competitor it was you versus the course.
Usa cyclo cross national championship in Kansas City Mo. this was the race i had been thinking about all year.It was Jonathon and I driving across country to get there it was an 18 hour drive. We stayed with Richard Sachs and his team was. The course was on sight incline so it was a long climb to the top with a set of stair at the top then drop back down go over a pair of barriers and go up a bit then another set of stairs the back down around two switch back beck out on the start finish straight.

My first race was the U29 race I was in the front row on the line there were 100 starters in the race. It was a fast start in stayed in the top 30 for the first two laps then I was making up place as the race was going with 3 laps to go i was bridging a gap up to another gap and crashed in a silk muddy corner. i jammed a good amount of mud in my shifter and pick up my bike and started running for the pit then all the people i had passed came flying by me. I fell back to about 50th when i got my spare bike. With my new bike I i was try to make up as much ground as possible but got lapped and finished in 44th not bad for my first race in silk mud and below freezing temperatures. Jonathon raced the masters 30-39 and finished in 69th. The next day I had an easy ride with my coach Adam Myerson and some of Richard team members. We road over to the course and did two lap Adam tough me a bunch of new strategies for picking lines. We rode back and had a rest full night. Now my big race the U23 race in this race i was on the starting line of some the whos whos of cyclo cross, like Will Dugan, two of the Keoghs, Danny Summerhill, Bjorn Selander, Adam McGrath, and the winner Nicholas Weighall. I was in the second row at the start it was crazy fast i was in my biggest gear spun out. i was in the about 40th place by the end of the first lap i lost couple of place over the next couple laps on the climbs by the 3 to go i was lapped by the leaders and pulled, but the misscored me as dnf even thought I made more then half the race. After the race Jonathon said lets drive back to Florida to make the race on Sunday. So we drove 18 straight and I was back home a 6:30 on Sunday. 2 hours later i was in the car going to Dade city.

Dade city this race I raced on 3 hour of sleep. This race my dad did his first cross race and finished in 5th in the cat4 race. the team had the same results as the previocus weekends but with one more first place Brent won his race. The course was at the little Everglades ranch it was an open course with a couple of climbs some pavement and one barrier. it was going to be a fast course. my race had 8 starters in it we stayed together till lap two when someone took a flyer and stayed away for the rest of the race. I was dropped on the 3rd lap with one other guy we work together and I out sprinted him in the end to finish 6th. Will fished in 5th.
After a 3 week brake it was time to continue the rest of the series the next race was in Miami.
The race in Miami was at a mountain bike park, the course included a duel slalom section, some paved bike trail, mud, sand, and grass. The barriers where logs. the team had the same results as the passed weeks and will finished second in the pro,1,2 race. My race had a fast start going into the dual slalom section i was in the top 3 thought this section and stayed in the top 4 rest of the race and finished in 4th.
The next race was in Lakeland it was an epic race in a sand pit. This course was at carter road park it included some single track, dirt road, and two sandy hills. The team had the same result as the past weekends. my race was the last one of the day, we had 11 starters it was a fast start with Darren Dowling and Will driving it. It all stayed together till the single track when Darren got a gap with Jason, I continued to chase staying in 7th and moving up a place each lap till the last lap when in the sand hill i ran down full steam and passed 4th place and finished in 4th.
The last weekend was in Stuart. The first race was in a park in west palm beach, the course was open and fast it only had one set of barriers.The team had the same result as the past weekends. My race had about 20 starters. The course was fast with a S turn and barriers then up the first hill up to the fast pavement then on to a grass field back down the back side of the hill to a dirt road at the end of the road it was another climb with a u turn at the top then a fast down hill to the S turn. My race was fast from the gun with drew and will get off the front and i was in the chase group it was being driven by Darren but his pedal broke a half a lap into the race. Will was about 20 sec ahead of us and drew was riding away from every one. By the last lap i was siting in 4th place and i had to run the last up hill but I was able to get back on my back and fly down the hill and trough the S turn and over the barriers and finish in 3rd and in the money. The next day the state race was at Johnaton Dickson state park another sand pit. Michelle and Will won state titles. And we won the series over all in both Junior races, both Women's, Men's C, and finish second in Men's B and Men's A(me). The race was fast pavement start on a hill and when around a corner and up hill before a U turn back down in to a sand pit then back out on to pavement and continued to go down hill after that it was in to some sandy single track then back out on to some broken pavement fallowed by some single track covered by carpet with a drop on it. Then back out on to the pavement then a turn on to grass with a set of barriers after that we when trough some mud the back out on to a pavement on a climb. then a turn on to a long gradual sandy climb up to pits and back out on to the start finish line.
JPR

where dose time go

2009-01-23T18:18:00.000-08:00

I am working on season review. Will come in the next few days.
JPR

long time since last post

2008-07-22T11:08:00.000-07:00

since the last time i have posted i have won 2 duathlons, i figured out what i am doing for college, and finish 3rd twice in training crits.
the du in sarasota it was a 1 mile run, 13mile bike, 3 mile run. the first run course was not set up so we had to make up our own. i was with 3 leaders on the run it was 3 minutes in and we found a sand castle and made it a turn around. i was 4th after the first run and put up the fastest bike split for the du averaged 24 mph. then it was the second run it was hot, humid, and a beach run. i finish and won the overall. i was at the beach for the next week. then i came back home in time fpr the du at baldwin park. it was 2.5 mile run, 13.4 mile, 2.5 run. i was 8th after the first run. i moved up to 1st overall on the bike and had the fastest bike split for the du averaged 23.5 mph. then the second run i fell back to 4th overall and won my age group.
then there is a training crit series in town. i started racing them and have placed 3rd in the first two race.

(this is me third wheel in colavita)
JPR

camp day 6 and back at home

2008-06-13T17:13:00.000-07:00

today was the last day. we got up at later and the was an optional ride. i did not ride and hang out with random people and packed. only half of the camp went on the ride. so after the ride we all took our stuff back down stairs. got ready to leave and one by one people left. i am now home. and i have doctors appointment tomorrow.
JPR

camp day 5

2008-06-12T18:18:00.000-07:00

today we stared the day like all the rest. but today was like tuesday we rode all day. there were 4 two mile tts then were had lunch. after lunch we rode up the mountain to saluda it was a six mile climb. i was going so slow they pulled me. so i rode in the car with kieth and bob. then we had class it was just the announcements of who is going to canada. and a quick trivia game. then it was knock down i lasted to the last 3 in one round. then we had an race around an obstacle course. i got 2nd in most of my run including the running one. tomorrow is the last day with a morning ride with rusty. and we leave.
JPR

camp day 4 part two

2008-06-11T17:49:00.000-07:00

i did do the afternoon ride it was one and half hour real easy. then we when and did coach eric's obstical course. after this it was dinner and class. then it was knock down in the first round i lasted to the last ten. then the rest of the rounds were rained out. i am felling a little bite better. i talked to coach eric and john they had me see a different side and what i need to do. tomorrow will be an all day ride with 4 two mile tts.
JPR

camp day 4

2008-06-11T09:18:00.000-07:00

today we had an 8 mile tt from pumpkintown to marita. it was rolling i was the first man off and 12 people cought me. i throwup in the middle of it and it all when down hill from there. i think i am getting sick. i think i have chest infection because it i s hard to take deep breaths. ( i think i might have what JG has or had it depends on the day).
JPR

day 3 part 2

2008-06-10T18:27:00.000-07:00

i just got the tt result and i am in last place in both. i guess i am not designed to go up hill. bot tommorow is the rolling or "flat tt" 8 miles. the class was on uci rules and regs. in knock down i took 4 people out at once. florida is one top with cody and criag winning rounds tonight.
JPR

day 3 of camp

2008-06-10T12:47:00.000-07:00

today started like yesterday with rusty wake us up with cowbells and we had breakfast. today we stayed out on the road all day from 9 to 3 in the afternoon. we head 2 up hill tts 1 one mile and the other was 3 miles on ceaser head. then we had lunch at the top. this was my first real mountain climb. it took a lot out of me. the descent was fun. at the bottom we still had a two hoour ride back and this is were bad when top worse. whit 6 miles to go my leg just locked up but with the help of a pro name andy baker who ride for time factory team. he talk to me and push me up 3 hills back to campus and i will alway remember the pain of this day. the rest of the day there will be a class and knock down.
JPR

day 2 of camp

2008-06-10T12:39:00.000-07:00

the second day was still easy. we did skills and drill in the morning. this consisted of spiriting between two rows of tennis balls and the there were water battle added for difficulty. then we when on to doing bike trowing and bunny hopping. the the next thing was the stearing and countstearing. then there was lunch the food here is great. Then there was two hour easy ride. at night we had class by usada on doping. after that we had knock down.
JPR

camp day one

2008-06-08T15:32:00.000-07:00

today was cheek in and easy ride. the food did not live up to the expectations. tomorrows is going easy day again and skills.
JPR

Please help me!

2008-06-08T05:28:00.001-07:00

i am in the way to junior development camp and i am stuck with JOS. he is English and try to get me to drink tea and eat crumpets. he is a little immature and will not shut up. i know this week will tough but i will be watching him and telling him what to do. but it will be fun and a good learning experiences.
JPR

Du training

2008-06-02T18:25:00.000-07:00

i did my second run in 4 mouths today and it hurt bad but i have not lose to much from. the only thing i have lost is the muscular endurance. i am helping on of my co works rustine train for a tri so he can beat dave sanborn. but he has a long way to go and so do i.
JPR

iowa races

2008-06-01T11:00:00.000-07:00

I went to Iowa to Race the memorial day weekend which includes the brutal snake alley crit. I went out to Iowa with Diane and Michelle. we stated with Charley Harper. when we left Orlando it was 89 degrees and when we stepped off the plane in Moline it was 48 degrees. From the air port we when to Charley's bike shop. where i put my bike together and got it ready for the frist race on Friday the Wapello to mediapolis road race.

then on to wallpello to the start of the road race. in the road race i had to wear 5 numbers one on the bike and four on me.

now on to the race it was the 24 mile rolling race with a 25mph wind. we rolled out of wallpello at a slow speed it stated at this pace till the first hill then the attacks came fast and furious. i when up to the second group which was the main field and when we hit the top and when down this is were i was spun out for the first time but it started to go back up. so i was able to stay in the group. then after a couple of more of these we when parallel to the Mississippi river till we got with in 4 mile of the finish we stated to head back away from the river and it when up again but now with a tail and i was dropped on the down hill at 36mph. now i formed the second group on the road and i when to line with a group of 8 and finished second in this group and finish 24th over all.

Saturday is Snake Alley Crit.

this is the brutal climb of snake alley with 5 switch backs and average grade of 12%. the frist race of the day was the 10-14 junior race which Michelle finished 5th in.

now my race was the 15-18 junior race. it was 8 laps up the snake. in the field there were 50+ starters. they seeded the race by number so i started in the back row. i finished in 31st.

after the race we stayed and watch the rest of the races. including the cobble climb.

Sunday Melon City Crit

this race was in Muscatine so it was 3 mile away from Charley's house. the course was around weed park the back sight was down hill and had a speed bump at the bottom. the front sight was up hill and had a 120 degree turn.
my race was the first race of the day juniors 15-18 i was pulled due to not being able to climb the hill in the group.

then it was the mens cat 4 race was pulled with 4 laps to go i was droped on the down hill because i was spun out.

Michelle finished 4th in her junior 10-14 race.

Monday the quad cities crit ( aka the great quad cities cage race)
this course was a 8 turn and in the shape of a figure 8. the roads were lined with chicken wire.

the first race was michelle's 10-14 juniors race. she finishes in 3rd.

the second race of the day was my 15-18 junior race. i finished in 32nd.

the next race was Michelle's womens 4's race. she finished 14th.

then it was my cat 4 race. in a field of 70+ starters i finished in 39th place.

this weekend was fun and i gained alot of experience. i learned what i need to work on.
JPR

Airport TT 5

2008-05-28T05:49:00.000-07:00

Last night was the latest airport TT and this being the 7th race that I have done in 5 days my time improved by 6 seconds to 16:36. my leg felt awful at the start but i just set the pace high and held it to the end. At the turn around i took it gutter to gutter and held my speed. The rest of Colavita did well Nick improved his time by 3 seconds, Anselm improved his time by 11 seconds, eand even Diane improved her time by 19 seconds. It was nice to see Johnathon and Michelle who did not race but were a cheer in the turn around.

Report on Iowa is to come.

JPR

tuesday night TT

2008-04-30T17:06:00.000-07:00

Last night was the monthly Time Trail out at the airport. It is 7 mile coures. Team colavita did a good perfromace. I did 16:41 which is 25.5 miles per hour which was good for 10th place and winning juniors. the winning time was 14:08.
http://www.floridacycling.com/DynamicResults.htm?runid=788014

JPR

South Carolina Crits

2008-04-18T07:35:00.000-07:00

this weekend is the South Carolina crit championships in beautiful Charleston.
i will be racing the juniors and 3/4 race on saturday. then on sunday i will do juniors.
http://www.lowcountryvwracing.com/images/2008_Race/2008_race_flyer.pdf

BIKE AMERICA-HERBALIFE RACE WEEKEND

2008-04-01T15:04:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was the herbelife race in miami. The sunday crit was 1.2 mile retangle crit. The race was fast with wide roads and safe turns. the junior race they ran 10-18 all on the coures at the same time but the 10- 14 could not mix with the 15-18 so this had it a safe race for both groups. The race was 20 mintues. I finshed with the pack in 9th place.

now on to the cat4-5 race. this race was postponed when we where on the line for 45 minutes due to a crash in the cat 3 race on the back srate and they had to call for an ambulace.

now in the race my coach JG lead the frist lap

it was cut fro m 45 minites to 25 minute due to amount of time it took to move thew injered man. in the race i move around in the feild and was out power to the finsh. i finshed in the pack but i did not have the leg speed to go over 34mph.

VQ Power Test

2008-03-19T09:33:00.000-07:00

Today i did thew VQ power test at the VQ center in the Davids world cycle in altamone. the test was dificult but proved me whith a base line to train from. the test is 15minute warmup and a 40minute TT. in the 40 minute the average power is recored at 10,20,30,40 minutes. this is all done on a compu trainer. so my oit come was 210 average watts for 40 minutes and now I trian for 8 week and get retested.

Wildman Du Race Report

2008-03-16T17:09:00.000-07:00

This past saturday 3/15/08 I did the wildman Du in moss park. this was 2.75mile run,20km bike, 2.75mile run. my finshing time was 1:12:50 which put me in 3rd overall. I had the 2nd fastest bike spilt averaging 24 mph. I lead the run till the frist aid station then two people passed me and and got a two minute gap. On the bike i drilled it and came back in to t2 and when out on the 2nd run and could not pull them back. I was happy with my finsh.

new training plan

2008-03-16T17:04:00.000-07:00

I have just hired a new coach and hoping his plans for me will take me far. He will make me in to a racer and not just a rider. There is 269 day till cross nats. This is alot of traning time.