Journal of professional cyclists Ian MacGregor and Timmy Duggan

New Partnership for the Just Go Harder Foundation

The Just Go Harder Foundation has formed a partnership with The Pros Closet that will help create some much needed cash to further our support for cycling and ski racing.

The Pros Closet sells new and used team-issue gear and will be donating profits for sales of merchandise given to the Just Go Harder Foundation. Timmy and I have each given a bunch of our Slipstream Sports clothing to be auctioned off - if you’ve got any extra clothing or sports equipment just lying around, donating it to the Just Go Harder Foundation is now an easy way to help make a difference. If anyone is interested please feel free to contact us.

Furthermore, if you are looking for some nice stuff to improve your outdoor lifestyle check out the Pros Closet!

Bike to work day

Do I get a gold star for ‘biking’ to work? I mean I rode my bike, but technically I guess I walked to work. I had to walk downstairs to get my bike and start working, I just couldn’t think of a way to bike to work when work begins with riding.

It was pretty funny; usually I have most of the roads and bike paths to myself here in Golden. But yesterday riding in Golden was like riding in Boulder! I’ve never seen so many people out riding, I wonder how many of them will be riding to work again before next years bike to work day?

In the Alps

Im enjoying some time in Les Deux Alpes, France while my wife Loren is coaching a training camp for the Eldora Mountain Ski Club. We are only a stones throw away from the famous tour climbs of alpe d huez and the Galibier. I wish I could ride my bike to do a
little reconn training here! I’ve been doing a little hiking instead, which is nice, because summer time hiking in the alps is hard to come by when I’m racing and training all the time! Yesterday I did a bunch of bushwacking and eventually found a trail that was little more than a cow path. I made a giant 5 hour loop and didn’t see a soul the whole time. a good section of it was literally on the side of a cliff. Some particularly sketchy parts had a rope bolted into the rock to hold onto as you passed! Pretty neat.
I’m also trying to vary my training a bit hanging out with the ski team athletes. In the afternoon after they ski I join them for a game of soccer or speed ball.
Also, don’t tell my doctors, but I started riding my bike outside a little last week. Just really easy and slow and safe on the mountain bike but it felt really good to get out. In the coming weeks I hope to add a little more gradually as I are how I feel.

Thanks for checking in,

Tour de Beauce

The final stage of Beauce was a tough day. We started the day with 3rd, 4th, and 5th in the overall and really wanted to go down swinging. While we weren’t able to crack Tuft and take over the race lead, Team Type 1 did take the stage victory. TT1 also walked away with the team classification, the points jersey, the mountains jersey, and 3 in the top five overall.

Garmin signs on as title sponsor of Slipstream

US based GPS maker, Garmin, has signed on as title sponsor for my Slipstream team, which will now be known as Garmin-Chipotle.  Just in time for the Tour de France. Read about the deal here!

So Close…

After the mountain top finish and the TT, Team Type 1 had 3rd, 4th, and 5th overall.  Solid but I think we’d trade 3 guys in the top five for one guy in the lead. With that in mind, today’s stage 5 was pretty tough. From lap one Chris Jones was up the road in a break of 10 riders. A lap later I followed one of the climbers on Tecos when he attacked up the laps big climb. We spent the next 35km bridging the gap.  Once I was in the break Chris and I were hoping that one of our GC riders could use us as a spring board for gaining some time in the GC and possibly take the lead. Our GC riders weren’t able to escape from the race leader and our break ended up making it to the line. Both Chris and I were pretty tired from the day’s, and past few stages, efforts. I finished fourth on the stage and am a bit dissapointed to have missed out on the stage win but the legs just weren’t there.

One more hard stage tomorrow in Quebec City, one more chance to put a Team Type 1 rider in the yellow jersey, and maybe another shot at a stage, but priorities lay with helping the team first.

Tour de Beauce

I ended up not riding the final race of philly week - the commerce bank championship.  The team brought in a few guys who haven’t been racing much this year and it was my turn to sit one out. Team Type 1 had a solid ride but once again not having a pure sprinter the team turned to the mexican “climber” in the final sprint, Moises pulled off a 7th.

Straight away after philly we jumped in the team cars and started the 10 hour drive up to Quebec for the tour de beauce which started yesterday. Beamon’s Navigator team had won this race the past three years so the pressure is on.  My job for the week has been to attack every climb and then hang on till the finish. The ‘queen’ stage is tomorrow finishing on top of mount megantic. We’ve got one of the strongest teams in the race so tomorrow is the day to make some things happen and put one of our riders in the leaders jersey.

Scholarship Fundraising Dinner in Boulder

Hey Everybody,Tonight, the skiing and cycling club that produced Ian and I, The Eldora Mountain Ski Club/Singletrack Mtnbike Adventures, is having a fundraising dinner at Wok N Roll, an Asian fast food restaurant here in Boulder.  A portion of the night’s profits will go towards scholarships for our old ski team and cycling team.Come to the Wok N Roll Restaurant in the Meadows Shopping Center at Foothills and Baseline between 5 and 8 PM tonight, tuesday, June 3, to enjoy a stir fry and support kids in cycling and skiing.For more info, check out www.lertprograms.com Thanks!!! 

Heading to Philly

Just finished a couple weeks at home with some specific training trying to bring the form up another notch before heading out to the biggest one day races in the US. I’m leaving on Tuesday, I’ll be skipping out on the new Allentown race and will be starting with the race in Reading.

After Philly is over I’ll be going up north to the Tour de Beauce. I’m quite excited about this race; we’ve got a team going that has riders who have won the overall as well as three stages last year.

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