http://prinnerposts.today.com It's a beautiful day for a bike ride. Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:42:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay, so today I had the day off of school (SIP day) and, of course, being the teenager I am, it was my duty to sleep in as late as possible.  Unfortunately I couldn't even make it to 11:00 am this morning, probably due to my consistant 5:50 wake-up calls every ... http://prinnerposts.today.com/2009/10/02/rio-de-janeiro-wins-the-olympic-bid/ I guess I've been putting this report off for too long since school has started and I've gotten sick of telling everyone over and over again what place I got at the Jr. World Championships in Moscow. To follow up on my previous report about Day 1 of the Jr. Worlds ... http://prinnerposts.today.com/2009/09/20/jr-world-championships-the-finale/ Hey guys, I know lately I've been pretty bad about keeping my blog updated, but my usual hectic school life has started again, which means that by the time I actually get around to writing something, I feel like by brain has been thrown against the wall several times, and then stewed ... http://prinnerposts.today.com/2009/09/05/28/ I would love to be able to start this post with some fancy sounding Russain phrase to somehow justify my stay in Moscow.  Unfortunately, the Russains use a seriously backward alphabet called cyrillic, which as far as I know isn't available on Today.com.  Apart from being almost completely unreadable, cyrillic ... http://prinnerposts.today.com/2009/08/25/junior-world-championships-2/ Even though pretty much everyone knows about my results from the National time trial, I still feel obligated to write about it since it is one of the biggest highlights of my cycling career thus far.  The 24K course the individual time trial was to take place on was certainly ... http://prinnerposts.today.com/2009/08/13/national-championships-part-2/ Okay, so apparently I have a lot of catching up to do on blogging about National Championships, and since I'm sitting in a Russain hotel with only a little bit of battery left on my computer I probably have to do it in parts.  Thus, Part 1.  Upon arriving in Bend, ... http://prinnerposts.today.com/2009/08/05/national-championships-part-1/ Currently I am reading this book called Off the Map by Mark Jenkins about a group of cyclists who decide to set out on this asinine quest to cross Russia from the Sea of Japan to Leningrad, a distance of about 7,500 miles.  As I read this novel and discover ... http://prinnerposts.today.com/2009/08/01/off-the-map/ I have recently come to the conclusion that I really like the entire idea of the Hellyer velodrome out in San Jose, California (yeah, I'm still out here), simply for three main reasons.  1) It's a relatively large track, and roadies tend to feel more at home on large tracks, 2) the banking ... http://prinnerposts.today.com/2009/07/19/10/ I feel like today has been the longest day of my life.  I rolled out of bed at 6:00 am sharp (well, maybe not that sharp seeing as though I need my 10-15 minute lay-in-bed-like-a-dead-body time) and quickly remembered that in roughly nine hours I would be in San Jose, ... http://prinnerposts.today.com/2009/07/14/san-jose-ca/ Hey guys, It seems as though my summer just got even busier with the recent update I got via e-mail.  Already I was looking forward to leaving this Sunday (July 12th) to fly to San Jose, CA to enjoy a week at an exclusive cycling camp along the coast of the sunshine state.  ... http://prinnerposts.today.com/2009/07/10/junior-world-championships/