From Jason Tullous: Stage 3 Blog
Well the entire race as been Epic but today had a little bit of everything and has become my favorite stage so far with one more stage tomorrow. When I said everything, I meant everything beginning with the start. We line up as usual and the officials announce some disqualifications from the previous day. It …
Blisters Don’t Count
According to Chris Carmichael, blisters are not grounds for quitting La Ruta, so I guess he’s going to have to continue even with most of the skin missing from the back of his heel…
La Ruta GPS Maps of Stages 1 and 2 from CTS Coach Adam Pulford
CTS Coach Adam Pulford has been an integral part of the coaching team preparing athletes for the La Ruta de los Conquistadores, and he’s racing right alongside the athletes he coached. He’s doing pretty well, too, finishing 27th on Stage 1 and 21st on Stage 2. He’s been riding witha GPS device on his handlebars …
La Ruta Photo Gallery from Paula Amsden
La Ruta is an “all hands on deck” event for Carmichael Training Systems this year, and that means sending our best coaches and staff members down to Costa Rica for the race. Paula Amsden, our Director of Operations, is at La Ruta as part of our Super Support Team. In addition to supporting our racers …
From Jason Tullous: A New Definition of Steep
From Jason Tullous: Going into this stage I had heard rumors of the opening 5km climb with it’s concrete pitches of 30% but what I didn’t know was that these pitches were strewn throughout the course. I learned today that any climb I encounter will be easier than the climbs I experienced today. We started …
CTS Coach Jim Lehman Interviewed by Cyclingdirt.com at La Ruta
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CTS Athlete Results from La Ruta Stage 2
Results from Stage 2 of the La Ruta de los Conquistadores are filtering in. We don’t have overall standings, just the stage finishes. We’ll update this post as we get more information. Manny Prado: 6th Jason Tullous: 12th Jim Lehman: 14th Adam Pulford: 23rd Francois Millard: 25th Pavel Popiolek: 29th Van Council: 44th Ben Morris: …
La Ruta Photos from Annie Pulford
Annie Pulford is in Costa Rica with the CTS Support Crew and to support her favorite racer, husband and CTS Coach Adam Pulford. Check out this huge photo gallery of pre-race activities and Stage 1. Click here to go to Annie’s La Ruta Gallery.