Total Races: 42
XCs - 7
Short Track XCs - 1
Super Ds - 1
Road Races - 1
Criteriums - 17
Time Trials - 0
Cyclocross Races - 7
Road Triathlons - 1
Off-Road Triathlons - 4
Endurance Events - 1
Running Races - 2
Wins - 3
Top 3s - 6
Top 5s - 15
Top 10s - 21
DNFs - 1
Full 2012 Results List
Thanks to my GPS dying I do not have a total on the number of miles ridden and ran for this year. I'm looking at a similar schedule for next year, probably around 35-40 races. I want to change two numbers. One is listed here and that is DNFs. That needs to be back to 0. And also I want to change the number of crit. races I was in where I watched the finish from behind the barriers. Getting pulled is not cool, especially when it happened 8 times this year. I'm working hard to make sure it doesn't happen again.
My three highlight wins came at XTERRA Lock 4 Blast, Dirt, Guts & Donuts, and Race to the Canal. The last two came in the same weekend. The Canal doesn't really hold much to me because I was the only Pro. I won by default. The only other race results I am really pleased with are the 2nd at XTERRA Scales Lake and the 5th in the CX 1/2 event at the Keep Calm and Race Cross race. The result may have been disappointing, but one other highlight of the year was the XTERRA USA Championship in Utah. It's not an easy race to qualify for or get to so I am grateful to have been able to compete in it this year. It's not every day that you get to do a National Championship event.
I want to thank everyone who helped me out over the past year. Shannon gets the most thanks for riding around for countless miles in the car traveling all over the place to races and pacing me in training. And for simply putting up with my riding/running habit which eats up a lot of our time and money. I definitely have to thank my sponsors for the year, Maxxis and First Endurance. They are the only companies willing to help me out and I greatly appreciate that as we struggle to scrape up the funds to compete on the elite level. It's an expensive sport and we have to foot all of our bill on our own, so it's nice to have my tires taken care of and a deep discount on the best nutrition available to endurance athletes. I am excited to be racing for both of them again in 2013.
Another cool stat I thought I would share is about traveling and how many states we visited.
States raced in - 9
States visited through traveling - 13
Races per state:
Alabama - 1
Georgia - 8
Indiana - 2
Kentucky - 1
Missouri - 7
North Carolina - 3
South Carolina - 2
Tennessee - 17
Utah - 1
Here's a summary of the year through photos.
Winter training with Shannon
Training on Butterfly Gap in the Smokies in February
Shannon's first mountain climb was this year up the Foothills Parkway
One of the coldest rides of my life came this February on the Cherohala Skyway
Started my 2012 racing with three punishing races at Snake Creek Gap
Training in the mountains of North Georgia
First crit. of the year was in Dalton, GA
Working on early-season speed on the backyard trail
Hell of the South was my first race with the GoPro
A small fox on a road ride with Keith
Did lots of filming this year
Athens Twilight Amateur Finals
Dodging crashes at Spartanburg
I experienced way too many race finishes like this in 2012
Racing in the dark in St. Louis for the Loop de Loop Grand Prix
Ft. Wayne Twilight was a highlight because Shannon's family got to attend.
Meg wins the award for best artwork of the year.
Swim training for triathlon in my parents' tiny pool
Playing on the backyard trail
Learning to wakeboard
We were blackberry-pickin' fools this summer
Sprinting with Mike Edens at the end of XTERRA Lock 4 Blast
Running through transition at the Music City Triathlon with a hole in my foot
Plenty of camping this year to enjoy being outside and to save on costs.
One of my all-time favorite events, the Fontana Dam Jam Super D
2012 saw the return of the hula girl costume for the Fontana Dam Jam Short Track
It was a late-summer filled with motorpacing behind the car and shooting video with the GoPro
Shannon and I riding together. She is the best riding partner ever. :)
Lots of sunsets seen by bike this year, including this cool one when Hurricane Isaac approached
Getting creative with eating on the road
Several trips to STL this year
Way too many races in the rain...
The best 4-day race around, the Gateway Cup
My first trip to the mountains of Utah
Shannon and I in Utah enjoying the Fall colors
Finally got to see the SLC temple
Pre-riding the bike course for XTERRA USA
My first National Championship in triathlon gets underway
XTERRA USA Championship
One of my favorite sections at Park City
This is one of my favorite photos ever. This was one great ride in Park City.
Camping at Jordanelle State Park
The Deer Valley trails are some of the best I have ever ridden.
Another of my all-time favorite photos. Watching a storm pass through the Heber Valley from atop Bald Mountain.
Lots of map-reading while riding in Park City
Finally getting to ride real dirt jumps
First trip to the desert
Desert sunset
Canyonlands National Park
Arches National Park
Shannon and I riding the desert trails of Moab
2012 brought a ride on the famous Slickrock Trail in Moab
Fall was a time for night rides
Doing the South's most delicious mountain bike race
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Mountain biking with my Mom and Shannon
We ended several mountain bike rides with campfires this year
The ever-evolving backyard trail
Super trail dog Snoop
Finally conquering the Hill of Doom consistently
Dodging Jeremy Nagoshiner's body became a regular occurance this cross season
Racing cross on a mountain bike in CX 1/2
My two trail companions
Still turning a huge gear in Singlespeed
