Andy Schultz Podium Finish

While neither one of the Schultz brothers won the race in Utah, it seemed as if all eyes were on the epic battle between the two in the prestigious national race at the high altitude ski area of Deer Valley Utah.  Sam was just coming off a four week stint in Europe, being home for 3 days before making the trek from Montana, while Andy had just finished up a few hard weeks of training, racing, and working for the City of Durango in Colorado.  In the cross country race, Sam and Andy were in a heated battle for 5th position, both wanting that last podium spot.  Towards the end of the race, Andy put in a huge effort on the last big climb and ended up getting a slight gap on Sam and actually advanced into 4th place!  Sam stayed strong and solidified his 6th place.  Given the caliber of riders competing in this race, it’s truly an amazing finish for both of our Cycling House staffers.  The next day was the short track and Sam placed an impressive 6th place again while Andy finished up just out of the top 10.

Sam Schultz

Sam was racing the World Cup races in Europe and also represented the United States in the Elite World Championships a little over a week ago. He has some hilarious stories from this last trip in Europe but with all of the traveling and racing he wasn’t able to bless us with his creative and eloquent writings this time.  Sam and Owen met up for a nice camping session a couple days ago which is just what they needed after an exhaustingly busy June.  They were able to document part of their camping trip with a few pictures…

Sam was stoked once he found out he’d actually be eating dinner.

No boat? No big deal thanks to Sam Schultz giving Owen a power push out to the middle of a glacier fed mountain lake (it was a cold swim back in).

Owen Gue’s Mini Update

Now that I’m not racing anymore, I have a lot of people asking me what I’m up to other then keeping tabs on TCH.  My most recent adventure came in the form of hiking into the Jewel Basin near Glacier National Park in Montana.  It was supposed to be a short, couple mile hike with a good buddy that turned into an all out bloody blistered death march to find “the perfect camp site.” We thought it would be a good idea to find the most exposed ridge in the mountain range so we’d have a breathtaking view and a guarantee that we were the first people to have ever camped in that spot…ever.  We didn’t account for the fact that the ridge might be too steep on either side to actually completely lay down and stretch out and that being on an exposed high place in a 10,000 foot mountain range might make us susceptible to 40 mph wind, lightning, and rain that greeted us at 4am the next morning.  We left the tent at home because the weather man promised clear skies and smooth sailing.  I think we slept a tad under 1 hour.  I did make sure to bring along my new Garmin Forerunner 405 from The Cycling House. All in all it was a great camping trip that made our skin a little thicker and according to Andy’s article in the June issue, I might have some chest hair coming in rather soon. Just another great experience in Montana.