Global Biorhythm Events not only helps with leaving no trace in mountain bike races, we also help with the rehabilitation of native animals from Northern California without leaving any human imprinting, and then releasing them back into there native surroundings. Jim & Kathie Northey have been a part of Gold Country Wildlife here in Placer [...]
Yesterday was the Knickerbocker 50mile/8hr mtn bike race out at everyone’s favorite loop behind the fire station in Cool, CA. A welcome polar opposite to the last time racers visited the Olmstead Loop for a race back in May, conditions were about as dry as I have ever seen out in Cool. I didn’t realize [...]
Click link to Jim’s smiling face with superstar cyclist Levi Leipheimer!
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Check out some other stuff from Levi’s Grand Fondo:
“What are those strange sounds?” I asked myself. “I’ve heard those sounds before, what are they? Hmmm…. Oh, it’s someone talking …. He’s speaking English …. Wait a minute … I speak English. I even took English classes in high school …. I should be able to understand him.” Trying to focus, I only grasp [...]
The week was going extremely well, despite the sharp pains in my chest and constant ache due to the broken rib I’d sustained the week before due to a crash on my mountain bike. I was feeling strong and confident and looking very forward to racing the new Tahoe Sierra course that weekend.
I was racing [...]
On October 2-3, 2009 Jim and some of his team will be doing the timing at Levi Leipheimer’s Grand Fondo fund raiser in Santa Rosa, Ca.
This event will be bring in some 3600 riders from all over the world including some of the top Tour de France racers coming to Santa Rosa to help raise [...]
Continue reading about GBE and Levi Leipheimer’s Grand Fondo
Okay, so I’m the guy who pulled up the rear of the race. I didn’t set out to win, I just wanted to finish in what I figured would be somewhere around 12 hours. Alas, I did not, but man, what an experience! Literally escorted by the ATV crew, (even the sweep had called it [...]
For those seeking something to put them to sleep tonight…..I apologize for the spelling and grammatical errors, I’m not proof reading this thing.Friday the 11th, fellow racer Jay Bretz and I depart a hot and dry Santa Rosa and head out towards Lake Tahoe at around 12ish. When the temperature reached 102, we pulled over [...]
I’m not going to bore you with race day details because I’m pretty sure if you’re reading this, you did the race. It was REALLY hard, and I don’t think I need to say anymore about that. And I’m sure you felt the same satisfaction as I did when you crossed the finish line. Exuberant [...]
Continue reading about Theater of the Mind-Tahoe Sierra 100 Style
For the last month or so, I have had the privilege of working with Jim on his website, and out on the course. Last weekend and today, between the two rides, we rode 70 miles of the course. And yesterday we rode motorbikes up there with Jim to lay out some details for the support [...]
