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Chris Locke leads the Cow Town Cycling team and runs the Kansas City Cross web site. This is his personal blog, and here is what he has to say for himself:

I am just a manic depressive, obsessive compulsive, masochistic athlete. I somehow "get off" on seeing how much pain I can endure. Come join me the relentless pursuit of dubious cycling achievements and marginal life accomplishments.

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Dakota Five-O Race Report 09-07-2010
wo aiWhat a way to spend the Labor Day weekend. I do not think we could have crammed one more thing into the past 4 days and I am for sure that we could not have ridden nicer single track.Friday we headed out for the long drive to Spearfish, South Dakota. When I say […]
One Step Back 08-25-2010
I write this with a heavy heart....Over the last month we have been preparing for the 2010/11 Cyclocross season. Last year's De Stad Cyclocross Van Kansas Series was a great success. It was a lot of hard work and required help from dozens of teammates and friends. In […]
Upcoming Gravel Grinders 08-24-2010
It is getting time to add some more fun Gravel Grinder riders. Several are being planned thanks to some good friends.Look for more information soon on...Night Gravel Grinder - 9/5/10 (Tenative). Lights will be required for this ride.Smithville Gravel Grinder - 9/12/10. […]
Dakota 50 08-18-2010
Carolynn and I are heading up soon for this...
2010 Rapture in Misery Race Report 08-16-2010
Another Rapture in Misery in the books. I have done every RIM that has been held. It all started back in Weston on the "Ski Hill". Damn that was a fun course that was hard as hell. That first 12 hour solo event was very hard and I was happy be on top of the […]
Bob Hannah Tells it Like it is... 08-11-2010
One of my all time favorite MX riders and roll models growing up was Bob Hannah. Total Bad ASS. And he always tells it like it is. No BS from the Hurricane. I used to love it when he would come down to Florida during the Florida Winter-AM Series. I can upon this speech […]
Gravel Grinders are Back! 08-04-2010
Time to bring back the gravel grinders. MTB season is about over, especially after my poor showing at Crocodile Rock (might be time to just retire from XC racing all together, but that is a different post...). Cross is in the air and it is time to break out the old hibernating […]
Remembering John 08-01-2010
It has been two years since we lost John. During this time I have thought a lot about the past and have tried to figure out why things happen the way they do.There has been hardship in my family; more than most will ever know. There have been many deaths and tragedies that […]
Colorado Springs Vacation 07-31-2010
The family ventured over to Colorado Springs, Colorado for a short vacation this past week. We had a great time riding and site seeing.I love riding at new locations and while in Colorado Springs we got to ride Falcon Trail (my favorite btw...), Cheyenne Mountain State […]
Tribute Triathlon 07-24-2010
I decided to make the Tribute Triathlon my last triathlon of the season. A very nice triathlon, especially being a first year event. Saundra Overton and her wonderful volunteers did a great job today. This event was held in memory of Fredrick James Overton who passed […]