Brian Costello Boulder Res Cyclocross2, this ain't easy, watch the Colovita dude blow up behind me

Brian Costello on sandy runup. Boulder Cyclocross race 10-29-06

Brian Costello Boulder Res Cyclocross1, my buddy Alan in front of me, and buddy Rob behind me, ouch!

Cyclocross racing in Boulder Colorado. 10-29-06 Boulder Res.

Cyclo Cross Season - It's Here!

Zoinks, Woke up this morning to 3/3.5 inches of new snow and today is the day I decided to kickoff my cyclo cross (CX) season, good call. The race was in Boulder and race #1 of the Denver Boulder Couriers Series, and the ninth, yes ninth CX race of the season in Colo. The CX season runs from Aug. through the second weekend of Dec., a race every Sat/Sun during that time. So the race starts, and I feel suprisingly well, well enough to make the break with the lead group of 9/10 or so, than plop, my rear tire blows, I run like the Energizer Bunny to the nuetral pit to see if anyone could spare a rear, totally lucked out and some super nice guy let me ride his tubular the rest of the race. I hurt myself pretty good trying to catch the field, was able to catch around 10 guys but then blew up, I was exhausted. Even hit the pavement pretty good during my attempt to catch up, see picture, and I didn't rip my cool spandex, sweet huh. Anywho, I finished in nar-nar position but it was super fun. I'm not racing tomorrow, need to get the car ready for ski season, ski box on the roof, wax, RainX, and drop the new skis off for a quick tune and new bindling mount, it's been dumping huge in the mountains, can't wait to ski, until then, more CX. Peace B

COMotion/Yeti Cycles - 2006

Here's our 2006 team picture. What an awesome team, everyone is super-cool, still contemplating who I'm racing with next year, seems early, but it's all the buzz amongst the racers right now. Peace, B

24-Hours of Moab

Disclaimer - I love everything about Moab. It was rough this year. Traditionally, yes, it's the 24-hours of Moab, but thanks to rain which began Saturday morning and did not stop until Saturday night, it was more like the 11-hours of Moab. The race was 'stopped' from 8:00 p.m. Saturday until 9:00 a.m. Sunday. We found out Sunday morning that the solo race was over (teams continued until noon), as having them head out for two/three more laps was not the appropriate way to crown a winner, and this was killer because Nat threw down on what was unknowingly the final lap of the solo race, he won the race and the overall Granny Gear 24-hour Series. The Tough Girls team I supported had a solid showing and did well considering the conditions and the fact that they raced in the uber-tough Pro-Am category. The course itself turned into a nightmare Saturday evening, sections completely disappeared, literal rivers popped up all over. The trail essentially acts as drainage for the surrounding desert terrain. Medical vehicles were more-less stuck and could not tend to victims of the course, even the giant four-wheel drive trucks couldn't head out. All said, we had a great time Saturday night. We built a mini-town by connecting four pop-ups (including walls), complete with tunes, industrial propane heater (thanks Derek and Lynn!), five cases of New Belgium, custom dug drainage complete with two mini-rivers right threw the middle of our mini-town, a taxidermy-i-fied bass, masseuse, plenty of junk food, and a sweet crew. This years race is one to remember, it's not supposed to rain like that in Moab! Some quotes from the race weekend: "If I had a barbie doll in my hand right now, I'd cut its head off!"---"Do I have pasta sauce in my hair?"---"Quick look, did I just burn off my left eyebrow?" - "The orbitz got Moab'd!"---"Are there any more words in the song Jimmy Crack Corn And I Don't Care, other than Jimmy Crack Corn And I Don't Care?". Lynn, Janis, Cat, Christina, Catelleta', Karen - y'all rule. Props to my friends (Chris) Fuller from Spot, Obrien from Niterider, all the Dirt Rag'ers, and last but not least, the entire Fisher crew, Myron, Jason, and Mike (Dam Brewery!), good times aye'. Note, Fuller from Spot was the dude at Eldora that ripped up the STXC on a dang townie, that dude rules. Peace, B

Time in Des Moines

Yo, so, four days of work meetings in Des Moines followed by a couple days of quality time with our family, good stuff. The meetings, well, were meetings. Spent Saturday with my younger, certainly not smaller brothers golfing, I need to start pumping iron er' something, those guys are huge and think I resemble a alien, what's up with that. Anywho, we slay Willow Creek, eat way too much, get to hang out with Mom and Dad, doesn't get much better than that. Some quotes from our golf outing at Willow: "I bet those are easier back on your planet", "I'm all red, this is bad for my blood pressure", "You all most hit me in the head with the golf cart", "Rides a little different than your space ship". Peace, B