People of Earth, My goal in starting Koochella with my friends was to facilitate growth of competition in our local track racing community. We would foster new racers and recruit our competition and make racing fun in the process. We would talk about the beginner amateur racing experience and how it can be positively transformative …
Cross is here. Last night, my cyclocross season began with the Angry Catfish sponsored Wednesday Night Cross at Aquila Park. It’s our local cross warm-up series, a great opportunity for new riders to check out the sport or to get their feet grassy. And if you listened closely, you would have heard me yelling obscenities at the grass …
Give Cross a Chance- by Someone Who Hates Cyclocross Read More »
(Sorry in advance, this is going to get sappy) I started writing this post after the final night race last season… in my head… during the warm up. I was wearing a wrap dress for the final night (we dress up every year at the NSC Velodrome for the season closer), which was pinned like …
Last Dance, Last Chance for Love: Track Season Closer, 2016 Read More »
We here at Koochella are big fans of women’s racing. We’re not shy about this. We love racing ourselves. We love our competition. We also appreciate the heck out of women who are racing at the upper levels of our sport. These women are the living, breathing manifestations of years of hard training and discipline. They …
This past weekend was the Fixed Gear Classic at the National Sports Center Velodrome. We had no idea what to expect from the event. This is the first time the women of Koochella have had the opportunity to participate. The FGC has been canceled the past two seasons as our velodrome’s future has been uncertain …
