So Close in Bend! – a Column by Lee Waldman
Here, in installment #9 of Lee Waldman’s yearlong quest for glory in Masters cyclocross races, Lee tells about his experience at the National Championships in …
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February 26, 2018 The Cyclocross Apprenticeship: Corey Coogan Cisek Shares Her Lessons Learned From Belgium
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February 19, 2018 Lee Waldman: Mathieu van der Poel Reminds Us Bikes Are For Having Fun
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February 16, 2018 The Cyclocross Apprenticeship: Covering Cyclocross Worlds and Improving as a Belgian ‘Crosser
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February 15, 2018 Wyman Wednesday: Helen Gives Out Hardware for the Cyclocross Season’s Best
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February 2, 2018 The Cyclocross Apprenticeship: Eating on the Road, Humility and Respect
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Jesse Anthony Reflects on His Season
by Jesse Anthony The 2009 cyclocross season is completed, and I am taking the next few weeks to digest everything that’s happened this year. My …
The Ben Popper Diary: Rockin’ at Jingle Cross
by Ben Popper We were packed tighter in the car than the turkey had been stuffed the night before. It took the entire length of …
Training with Power for Cyclocross: Kenton Berg’s Diary #6 – Hazardous to Your Health?
Not sure if you’re training effectively? Have some ambitious goals for the season but feel like your racing has plateaued? Cyclocross Magazine’s Kenton Berg has …
Koksijde: Sharing the Sandbox with Mother Nature, A Column by Christine Vardaros
by Christine Vardaros Koksijde, Belgium – The Koksijde World Cup can be summed up in two words – rain and sand. As the course literally …
November Update: Vicki Thomas Chronicles her Belgian Campaign
Vicki Thomas checks in with another journal entry about chasing her ‘cross dream on the courses of Europe. Check out her Nommay World Cup and …
The Ben Popper Diary: Recession Special- Racing at Home- Update: Video
by Ben Popper Last year, we went to races everywhere, nearly every weekend. It was a grueling, week-after-week process of packing, unpacking, missing work, or …
Colorado State Championships and Nationals Loom – a Column by Lee Waldman
It’s down to the business end of the cyclocross season as Master’s racer Lee Waldman fine-tunes his preparation for the Colorado state championships and master’s …
Nats’ Clydesdale Championships Details Released
You heard about the Clydesdale Cyclocross Championships here first. Now we’ve got more details here for you non-climbers or super-tall folks looking to add another …
Superprestige Asper-Gavere: Great Legs, Broken Bike , A Column by Christine Vardaros
by Christine Vardaros GAVERE, BELGIUM – Passing through the start/finish pavement going into the second lap of five, I was on the wheel of Pavla …
Nommay and Jaarmaarktcross – Focusing on the Positive, A Column by Christine Vardaros
By Christine Vardaros “It’s always best to keep positive, things can change in a minute,” I continuously repeated to myself after last weekend’s disastrous World …
Weather Gods Bring New Cyclocross Challenges in Colorado – a Column by Lee Waldman
Mother Nature has forced Colorado’s Lee Waldman out of his comfort zone, but he knows that this will only help his preparation for master’s nationals. …
Time Flies – Vicki Thomas Checks in From Belgium
Vicki Thomas checks in with another installment of her adventures chasing the ‘cross dream on the courses of Europe. Vicki’s previous report from the Treviso …
Training with Power for Cyclocross: Kenton Berg’s Diary #5 – Don’t Call It a Comeback
Not sure if you’re training effectively? Have some ambitious goals for the season but feel like your racing has plateaued? Cyclocross Magazine’s Kenton Berg has …
SSCXWC – The Inside Story – A Report By Dave Queen
by Dave Queen Jim Croce taught us in song that you don’t step on Superman’s cape and you don’t spit into the wind. Sunday reinforced …
Sue Butler’s Choices In Life: Nommay World Cup Vs. Racing In A Gold Bikini
Sue Butler opted to skip racing the SSCXWC and defend her claim on the Golden Speedo to instead race for UCI points in France. Would …
Middle Cross Fall Bike Fest Brings Cyclocross to Boulder Middle Schools
Middle School Cycling Program Concludes With Festival The Middle Cross Fall Bike Fest is scheduled Wednesday, November 11, at Manhattan Middle School in Boulder. The …
The Ben Popper Diary: Salsa, Bonfire, and Beer Hand-Down Powered Racing
by Ben Popper A few weeks ago, I made a pilgrimage to Toronto. We crossed the border looking for that UCI point, knowing that Saturday’s …
From Tropical Treviso to Icy Edmonton – Vicki Thomas Chases Her Cyclocross Dreams
Funny, typically these columns flow from my fingers so freely. But this one is a struggle, perhaps because I feel like I’ve lived so much …
Dancing on (and off) the Pedals – a Column by Lee Waldman
Colorado’s Lee Waldman aims to bring more content for our masters readers through a regular column this season as he builds towards his goal of …
Koppenbergcross – Racing Is Only Half the Fun! – A Column by Christine Vardaros
by Christine Vardaros If I were allowed to put only one race on my “to-do list”, Koppenbergcross would be the one! It has all the …
Van Dessel Bicycles and Triumph Brewing Team Up With HPCX, Costumes Coming to Beacon Cyclocross
October 28, 2009; Conshohocken, PA, USA: Cyclocross racers at MAC’s two days of UCI and amateur racing in New Jersey this weekend will need to …
Night Racing in Holland – a Report by Christine Vardaros
by Christine Vardaros If I could describe racing at night in one word, it would be WOOO-HOOO! OK, well maybe that is technically two words …
Training With (a Lack of) Power for Cyclocross: Kenton Berg’s Diary #4 – Injured
Not sure if you’re training effectively? Have some ambitious goals for the season but feel like your racing has plateaued? Cyclocross Magazine’s Kenton Berg has …
The Ben Popper Diary: The Obsurdities of Cyclocross
The Ben Popper Diary is back, and this week Ben skips the typical race report to instead take us behind-the-scenes of his three days at …
Two Races Down, Five Months to Go – Christine Vardaros Checks in from Belgium
by Christine Vardaros My racing season here in Belgium is now fully underway. I have so far competed in the first round of the World …
Water Is $2, but the Beer Is Free – A Race Report by Jamie Mack
by Jamie Mack Race reports here usually involve top riders, UCI points and epic battles. This isn’t one of those. I followed a few of …
The Ben Popper Diary is Back: Losing a Bar Fight and Getting Run Over
by Ben Popper Have you ever had to explain to your boss why you’re coming back from Vegas with a black eye? Because thank the …
Dancing for the Stars (and Stripes) – A Masters Racer’s Tale by Lee Waldman
While we know many of you like reading about the top Elites, we all know the masters racer represents a big percentage of the cyclocross …
Training With Power for Cyclocross: Kenton Berg’s Diary #3
Not sure if you’re training effectively? Have some ambitious goals for the season but feel like your racing has plateaued? Cyclocross Magazine’s Kenton Berg has …