The Stories of I-70

Country music- Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, George Strait,

Jason Aldean. We are only 3 hours into our ride and Chris Wallace and I have had the honor of listening to these great AMERICAN performers.

Chris is loving it...

Im trying not to pull my hair out...

So far on our trip, we have Skyped with my dad, and and enjoyed Starbucks coffee. Chris is successfully navigating the trucks on our way to STL.

More to come this weekend from "The Wallace-Edwards Duo"

Addicted to Cross

Cyclocross season is in full swing and I am loving every minute of it. I have raced every weekend for the past month and one of my observations is that the Cat. 1/2/3 race is totally different from the 3/4s. So far I have gotten a few top tens including a 10th place at Herman Under the Lights. Herman is by far my favorite race this season, and I hope to have more performances like that night.

Today was the Boulevard Cyclocross race at Wyandotte County Park. Unlike the last two weeks the weather today was awesome. It was in the low 60s but compared to the last few cross weekends it felt like a heat wave. It was a fast start and the race broke into a few groups pretty quickly. Joe Schmalz is riding very well and won todays race. KCCX/Verge had a very good ride and placed 3 in the top 5. I ended up 9th today and I hope to have another good ride next weekend in KY.

I will update again after next weekends race,

Alex

Busy Time of the Year

Wow. Between school, riding, yearbook, and marching band, my first two weeks of school have been crazy.

I love all of my classes this semester. This year I only have one new teacher, Mr. Messier. Mr. Messier is my Comp. and Reading teacher and he is one of the funniest teachers I have ever had. I am looking forward to him teaching me for the rest of the year.

Tomorrow is our first half time show for marching band. Our band has done a very good job preparing for our show. I hope that all goes well tomorrow.

Thanks for reading,

Alex

A New Cross Season

Where did the summer go? Tomorrow starts the first day of school. I can not believe I am entering my senior year. It seemed only months ago I started high school wondering when I would finally be done.

This is the start of regular updates on my blog. I know I have said that before but I am going to stay dedicated to updating.

Thanks for reading,

Alex

New Year, New Classes, More training.

A lot has gone on sense the last time I have updated.

New classes this semester with a new start is always a good thing. I am really looking forward to the last semester of my junior year taking some classes that I really enjoy. Yearbook is going to be my favorite class this semester because of more responsibilitys along with staying after school for editors meetings. A new responsibilty for this semester is my assignment as co-assistant photo editor with a friend of mine. So far my Language Arts class is incredibly easy due to us reading stories and answering questions during the class.

With only a little over month until the start of this years road season, training is kicking into gear. Riding on the weekends with some of the guys down south I have been getting in some good mileage. Lifting weights during the week has a nice change from riding almost every day during the summer and fall. I hope to be riding well for the first race of the year in Columbia MO.

Clarice and I vistited Union Station this weekend and here are a few pictures I wanted to share.

Alex

Cyclocross Nationals

Cross nats went very well for me this year. I felt like I was on pretty good form leading up to the race. With snow that had melted on the course, everything started to get very muddy which for me, the muddier the better. I felt really good the morning of the race while warming up and was very happy and surprised to see Clarice and Brandon (girlfriend and good friend) at the race. My third row starting spot for the race was a good position to be in. The race started and it was a very fast start with everyone trying to stay upright after hitting the first muddy turn. It was a very fun race however very difficult to ride some of the offcamber turns. I had several people working the pit for me so I was able to get a new clean bike every lap. I finished the race to find Brian Harrdy waiting just after the finish line with my jacket, an awesome thing to see after finishing the race. I ended up 20th place which I was very thrilled about because the field this year was incredibly fast. Chris Wallace got 5th place so that was a great ride for him especialy because he left Friday for Europe. With Nationals over it is very nice to have a few weeks to rest before starting all over again next spring.

Thanks to everybody that helped me out at Nationals,

Alex

Crunch Time

With cyclo-cross nationals this weekend and finals next Thursday and Friday it is going to be a very busy two weeks fortunately, after that there will be a nice break. It snowed about 1 inch yesterday so I am hoping for a muddy cross course on Friday.

Hopefully all will go well on Friday,

Alex