racing

Cyclo-cross is unique from most other cycling disciplines in that the field sprint comes at the start of the race, rather than at the finish; you get your desert before dinner, as it were.

Many of you will begin racing in the next few weeks, if you haven't done so already.

Although I've been racing my bike "for a living" half my life, this year was my first as a professional, and thus my first chance to ride the USPRO road championships in Philadelphia.

In Part 1 of The Card Up Your Sleeve, I wrote about the inevitability of field sprint finishes in most Category 3, 4, and 5 races.

Last season I wrote an article for Bike.com that asked the question "why do you race?" It was an exploration in motivation; as a coach it's not just my job to tell a rider what intervals to do each da