AuburnFolsom TT

A simple 11 mile time trial shouldn't be that bad. Was it? Yes, it was. The route: Auburn Folsom from Douglas to Indian Hill Rd. I kept the power meter pinned at 210 watts. Eventualy, 27 minutes later, I got tired and the wattage dropped a little. You can see this on the graph. When the dust cleared, I managed to get up the hill for my personal best time of 46 minutes. Good times.

Training with Power

It's time. Time to train with power. The CycleOps Powertap Comp Wired unit was installed on the Scott road bike for a couple of weeks now. And, I can obviously tell that I'm in early season training fitness.

Cold and Chilly Month of December

Lots of fun stuff this month. Rain, cold, snow, deep freeze. I did fix my Xbox360. And, Ed is now doing the Zuzanna 550 workouts. I managed to get my weight down from 165 to 160 lbs. This is good stuff. My power to weight ratio just increased. Team Captain said our emphasis was Road Cycling, not cross and not mountain biking. So, I pretty much dropped cyclocross training and went straight into Road Base training. Soon, the PowerTap will be attached to the bike and I'll be able to Train with Power.

My workouts are pretty simple at this point. Long Rides on Saturdays, Recovery Ride Sundays, Hill intervals on Tuesdays, and Speed invertals on Thursdays. Gym workouts: Sunday is shoulders, biceps, and core. Wednesdays is chest, biceps, and core. Scoobysworkshop is da bomb. And, Zuzanna gives good form tips, as someone pointed out. Cheers!

My Niner

Here's my 29er bike. It looks pretty much the same as Michelle's Niner bike. No differences to mention, except for the older components on my bike, like crankset and cable discs. On this ride, we went to Tamarancho and rode some sweeeet singletrack. I had a few shifting problems, but very minor.

Michelle's Niner

What's this? a 29er bike? Yup, it belongs to Michelle. It's her Niner mountain bike. Small size frame, A&W Rootbeer color, Rockshox Reba fork, Shimano hydraulics, and other cool stuff. Very nice bike.

29er Mountain Bike

Here it is. My singlespeed 29er mountain bike. Sette frame with Rockshox Reba fork, soulcraft chaintensioner, 32x18 gearing for Prairie City, Avid mechanicals, and Kenda Klaw tires. This bike rails! Sette really knows how to make a nice frame. The small size frame fits me perfectly. The handling is superb. I pretty much ran 28 psi on the bumpy courses. Excellent bike! 4 out of 4 stars.

2009 Road Season Training

Here we go. December 2008. It's time to start training for the 2009 road season. That means, dust off the road bike and ride the hills. There are a lot of training programs on the street and the internet to follow. You just have to pick the right training plan that fits within your lifestyle. Pick and choose. I will follow the standard 4 week cycle with peaking in 6 months. Within a week, I will try to have two important ride days, Tuesdays and Saturdays, to improve my weaknesses. My early season training plan is as follows:

Monday - Rest Day or Group ride.
Tuesday - Hill Repeats or Generic Ride.

Wednesday - Fast pedal.

Thursdays - Interval Days (long or short distance or mixture).

Fridays - Relax.

Saturday- Head to the Hills, except for the 4th week of the cycle which is a flat ride week.

Sunday -Speciality day or Endurance Ride.

The training plan will change as soon as the Prarie City Mountain Bike races come around. I hope that helps.