171.5 Sunday morning weight in pounds
12 Crackers for "lunch"
40.05 Miles ridden
2:10 Time on bike
1181 kj burned
40 ounces fluid intake during ride
169.0 Post ride weight in pounds
(unknown QTY) Pieces of pizza
2 Belhaven St Andrews Ale
176.55 Miles last week (176.75 the week before!?)
169.0 Monday morning weight in pounds
3,000 Cost in USD of the new bike I want
Monday, February 25, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Base, how low can you go?
I know what that means.
Anyway, base miles suck when you're confined to riding indoors due to being a pussy about riding in single digit temperatures. My Orca hasn't left the trainer since I unhooked it only to hook it up for an indoor time trial last week. My rear tire is now a slick.
The past two weeks I've been re-watching LOST episodes while sitting on the trainer, but today I watched some coverage of the tour of California. If the technology worked like it should in the rain, it would be pretty cool. I kept thinking the break just stopped pedaling, or they all en mass threw their GPS transponders away.
Anyway, anyway, after only a couple of weeks of base, I'm tired of it. I much prefer an hour ride with the bulk of it being intervals, but it needs done. I'm so glad I didn't take last year's approach to winter trainering.
Anyway, base miles suck when you're confined to riding indoors due to being a pussy about riding in single digit temperatures. My Orca hasn't left the trainer since I unhooked it only to hook it up for an indoor time trial last week. My rear tire is now a slick.
The past two weeks I've been re-watching LOST episodes while sitting on the trainer, but today I watched some coverage of the tour of California. If the technology worked like it should in the rain, it would be pretty cool. I kept thinking the break just stopped pedaling, or they all en mass threw their GPS transponders away.
Anyway, anyway, after only a couple of weeks of base, I'm tired of it. I much prefer an hour ride with the bulk of it being intervals, but it needs done. I'm so glad I didn't take last year's approach to winter trainering.
Monday, February 18, 2008
2008 races #2 and #3
#2 was another indoor 10k time trial at Neo Limits
The good: I beat last month's time by 25 seconds
The better: 12 watts higher
The bad: Got beat by Slone in our heat by a wide margin
My time still wasn't where I wanted it to be, but at least I was satisfied with the increase in average watts. Ended up in 3rd place for the 30-39 age group.
#3 was the first Colavita 12 mile time trial in Greenville
The good: Passed 3 people (I started 7th)
The better: 2nd place in the 30-39 age group
The bad: Passed by Roger who started a minute behind me
The worst: Roger is in my age group and therefore beat me handily.
The worst part 2: My wattage and overall speed were BAD
The worst part 3: My average on the return half was LESS than 20mph. That's NEVER happened on my time trial bike, not even days where I go out and have massive long rests during interval training. Nutz.
The wind and cold beat us all up Saturday, and no one broke the 30 minute mark. There was a strong cross wind that blew us around quite a bit too.
I really like this time trial, save for the chip seal roads that beat the living crap out of me. Roger gives out free Colavita pasta at registration and we also got a free Clif bar. For my second place effort, I received a medal and a jar of Colavita Marinara sauce.
Next up barring weather problems is Mid Ohio. Going to race the "B" race, which is considered an approximation of category 3/4.
I missed riding yesterday due to lethargy/housework/paperwork so today is make up day with two hours planned. This is scheduled to be my longest training week, with 13 hours of riding within the parameters of Endurance through Tempo zones.
The good: I beat last month's time by 25 seconds
The better: 12 watts higher
The bad: Got beat by Slone in our heat by a wide margin
My time still wasn't where I wanted it to be, but at least I was satisfied with the increase in average watts. Ended up in 3rd place for the 30-39 age group.
#3 was the first Colavita 12 mile time trial in Greenville
The good: Passed 3 people (I started 7th)
The better: 2nd place in the 30-39 age group
The bad: Passed by Roger who started a minute behind me
The worst: Roger is in my age group and therefore beat me handily.
The worst part 2: My wattage and overall speed were BAD
The worst part 3: My average on the return half was LESS than 20mph. That's NEVER happened on my time trial bike, not even days where I go out and have massive long rests during interval training. Nutz.
The wind and cold beat us all up Saturday, and no one broke the 30 minute mark. There was a strong cross wind that blew us around quite a bit too.
I really like this time trial, save for the chip seal roads that beat the living crap out of me. Roger gives out free Colavita pasta at registration and we also got a free Clif bar. For my second place effort, I received a medal and a jar of Colavita Marinara sauce.
Next up barring weather problems is Mid Ohio. Going to race the "B" race, which is considered an approximation of category 3/4.
I missed riding yesterday due to lethargy/housework/paperwork so today is make up day with two hours planned. This is scheduled to be my longest training week, with 13 hours of riding within the parameters of Endurance through Tempo zones.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
National Championship in my back yard?
Yep, you heard that right. Check THIS LINK on our team's message board for more information. Also go to Colavita Ohio's website for more info.
This is pretty cool. Originally, I hadn't planned to do very many of the Colavita time trials since we're planning to move to Cincinnati as soon as we get our butts in gear. Now that I found out about this, it changes my plan. The Queen City Wheels weekly time trials will have to wait until later.
First, the official word about Masters Nationals being in Louisville was announced last week, and now this. Now there's no excuses about my motivation to be a time trialist.
Well, Greenville isn't EXACTLY my back yard, but whatever.
This is pretty cool. Originally, I hadn't planned to do very many of the Colavita time trials since we're planning to move to Cincinnati as soon as we get our butts in gear. Now that I found out about this, it changes my plan. The Queen City Wheels weekly time trials will have to wait until later.
First, the official word about Masters Nationals being in Louisville was announced last week, and now this. Now there's no excuses about my motivation to be a time trialist.
Well, Greenville isn't EXACTLY my back yard, but whatever.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Apparently...
Bronchitis is better than Pneumonia. I have the former and my wife has the latter. She seems far worse off. Luckily (??) my sickness hit during a rest week so it didn't tank my training much. I did miss riding yesterday, as the plan was to ride the trainer while watching the super bowl. Instead, I watched it from the comfort of my couch.
I feel pretty good right now, and after a few more cups of coffee I should be ready to ride for a while to make up for yesterday. I was able to sleep from 4 until 7 this morning without interruption. That was nice. I need to get healthy as the next indoor TT is this Sunday.
I feel pretty good right now, and after a few more cups of coffee I should be ready to ride for a while to make up for yesterday. I was able to sleep from 4 until 7 this morning without interruption. That was nice. I need to get healthy as the next indoor TT is this Sunday.
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