So far I haven't found anything suitable and the clock is quickly winding down. However as of 21st of this month I need to find a new temporary home. I'm moving to Albuquerque NM sometime towards the end of the year. I was just banking on the house taking a few months to sell - just long enough to get me through the cross season. Having just turned 24 last Friday this seemed like the perfect time to move out on my own.
They've sold it (it only took 8 days on the market) and are downsizing to a smaller apartment. I currently live with my parents but as of the Sept 21 our house is, well, no longer ours. Only five days remain before the beginning of the cyclocross season (well technically four but I start on Sunday) and to be honest I'm freaking out right now. My goal is to document these roads so in the future I can look back and remember the great times. Some of my best memories and best friends have been made while in the saddle pedaling over some amazing roads. The bike will always be present in my life but the extent of which remains to be seen. It's a new chapter in my life and I'm really looking forward to it. As my life changes so my cycling with it. It will certainly be a change of pace but one I welcome. I may even retrace some the actual Continental rides as all the cue sheets are published on the website. I've had a goal of trying to ride in all 50 states ( I have NC VA MD DE PA NJ NY CT VT ME WA OR and CO so far) so I'll be searching for epic rides on both the dirt and road in the states I don't have yet. Progressively I'll expand outward to other locations. I'm going to start by simply documenting some of my favorite local training loops and the sights along them. The point of the Rapha Continental is to simply find great, epic rides in the USA.
So for 2012 I'll be adopting a view similar to that of the Rapha Continental boys. I'll never be a pro bike racer so I rather then go out and kill myself in training for a weekend race I want to take a step back and just enjoy the ride. It's not that I don't enjoy racing, quite the opposite - I love it - it's that more important things need to be focused on. I started racing when I was 20 years old and now as I head into 2012 I'll be turning 25 my life is getting busier with more important things then bike racing. It started with time trials, progressed to road racing, and now finally cyclocross. For the past four seasons I have been racing my bike in a variety of disciplines. Big changes are in store for Captain Crunch Racing in 2012.
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