Today is ABD TT#3. I am something like 12th overall with 32:42 or something. Today is another "flat" course. They basically weigh you, put in a drag coefficient and let you beat your head against a wall for 10K or about 16-ish minutes.
I pulled 16:03 the last time I did a flat one. I would like to kick 10-20 seconds off of that today. I think it's possible. We'll see.
Little P is sitting here smiling, and eating cookies. I guess he's better.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
One down
One rig down. This is aham's rig. Nice rig. Almost identical to mine. I had it in the shop for 2 weeks as all sorts of crap went on at the psimet house. Aham is climbing the walls - I just know it. I usually try to get him turned around in a few days, but with little P's surgery - and subsequent re-asmission to the hospital this week - everything got messed up.
Well I promised it and I deliver. Bask in the awesome. Even if it's a crappy shot.
All that's left is Smokinmile's rig....well if you don't count my own and the TT bike adjustments....
Smokin has some serious gear going on. A beautiful 105 compact with 165mm crank arms.....brand new DA clampers....wowzers. New pads, chain, crank, brakes. tape, cables, housings, BB, etc...it will be a new bike.
Well I promised it and I deliver. Bask in the awesome. Even if it's a crappy shot.
All that's left is Smokinmile's rig....well if you don't count my own and the TT bike adjustments....
Smokin has some serious gear going on. A beautiful 105 compact with 165mm crank arms.....brand new DA clampers....wowzers. New pads, chain, crank, brakes. tape, cables, housings, BB, etc...it will be a new bike.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Uh...yeah...
Just heard the funniest quote and had to share it: "You can't pull down your pants while you're holding a popcicle!" - said Mrs.P to little P
10 years ago this would have meant something totally different and the context would have been a whole lot more interesting.
10 years ago this would have meant something totally different and the context would have been a whole lot more interesting.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Sorry...
Lots of stuff has been going on. None of it good. Little P underwent a tonsilectomy, Adnoidectomy, and ear tube surgery this week. He's PO'd.
He can't talk so he's resorting to hitting. Great.
In the shop: Aham's rig and SmokinMiles's rig.
Aham's is in for a normal winter re-do. New cables, housings, brake pads, full cleaning, etc.
Smokin's is in for new brakes, new crank and a full teardown. Both are done as far as the teardown goes. Still waiting on some parts for Smokin's
She came by yesterday to pay for parts and brought by some Panera. The soup was just what Little P needed. He ate it up. First real food he's eaten in a long time.
I signed up for Hillsborough-Roubaix yesterday morning. I also signed up for 2 races in the Super Crit series in South Beloit. With everything going on I did not ride this week (outside of an easy ride on Tueday with MJH2). I'll consider this my week off. Need to come back hard. In good news the stress of this week caused me to lose 4 lbs.
He can't talk so he's resorting to hitting. Great.
In the shop: Aham's rig and SmokinMiles's rig.
Aham's is in for a normal winter re-do. New cables, housings, brake pads, full cleaning, etc.
Smokin's is in for new brakes, new crank and a full teardown. Both are done as far as the teardown goes. Still waiting on some parts for Smokin's
She came by yesterday to pay for parts and brought by some Panera. The soup was just what Little P needed. He ate it up. First real food he's eaten in a long time.
I signed up for Hillsborough-Roubaix yesterday morning. I also signed up for 2 races in the Super Crit series in South Beloit. With everything going on I did not ride this week (outside of an easy ride on Tueday with MJH2). I'll consider this my week off. Need to come back hard. In good news the stress of this week caused me to lose 4 lbs.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Could it be??
Saturday is looking good. By good I mean not snowing, not below zero, and relatively clear. I'm easy and have low standards. We put together a shop ride for Saturday at 10:00am.
I have been climbing the walls. I put some more time in on the rollers. I actually video recorded some of it. I will get around to posting at some point. It's boring though. Just smooth rolling. It does have some 1-legged roller riding I did, and 1 fall *ouch* that happened when I did a bonehead thing while trying to find new ways to start up.
I think I have been training too hard. TT on Sunday, Heavy weights and running on Monday, 2x25'@ threshold on Tuesday, Heavy weights and 30 minutes of running on Wednesday (a lot for me), 30 minutes of rollers with about 40 minutes of yoga on top of that. Doesn't look like much when I write it down, but it feels like a lot. I am beat. A 3 hour ride on Saturday will wipe me out for sure. I'm taking today off.
...now....where to go for lunch...
I have been climbing the walls. I put some more time in on the rollers. I actually video recorded some of it. I will get around to posting at some point. It's boring though. Just smooth rolling. It does have some 1-legged roller riding I did, and 1 fall *ouch* that happened when I did a bonehead thing while trying to find new ways to start up.
I think I have been training too hard. TT on Sunday, Heavy weights and running on Monday, 2x25'@ threshold on Tuesday, Heavy weights and 30 minutes of running on Wednesday (a lot for me), 30 minutes of rollers with about 40 minutes of yoga on top of that. Doesn't look like much when I write it down, but it feels like a lot. I am beat. A 3 hour ride on Saturday will wipe me out for sure. I'm taking today off.
...now....where to go for lunch...
Monday, February 2, 2009
Jan Totals
Spurred on by aham's blog I decided to catch up on my log book. Ran some numbers for Jan. Not overly impressive, but they are what they are:
Riding (mostly trainer) : 20h23m
Strength (core and weights) : 5h50m
Running (le suck) : 2h <- Mainly 10 minute warmups for core work.
I'm not really following my "training plan" a la Friel, but wtf...I look better than I have and I am putting some good numbers down and it's only the beginning of Feb.
I did 3 indoor TT's all Cat 4:
1/2 hour VQ TT - 6 out of 9
10k ABD TT #1 - 15 out of 28
10k ABD TT #2 - 12 out of 23
Hopefully we can get on the road here soon and I can maybe start getting some runs in outside. I can't stand the treadmill. This weekend is looking good for some group riding out of the shop. Team + anyone else who shows. I hope the weather holds...
EDIT: OH and how can I forget...I borrowed some rollers and tried them out tonight. Awesome. I love them and I am surprisingly naturally good at riding them. I moved out of the dooreay within 10 minutes or so. I still need help starting (hand on a wall), but that's it. I even got confident enough that I put my TT bike on it and rode in the aero bars. Awesome.
Riding (mostly trainer) : 20h23m
Strength (core and weights) : 5h50m
Running (le suck) : 2h <- Mainly 10 minute warmups for core work.
I'm not really following my "training plan" a la Friel, but wtf...I look better than I have and I am putting some good numbers down and it's only the beginning of Feb.
I did 3 indoor TT's all Cat 4:
1/2 hour VQ TT - 6 out of 9
10k ABD TT #1 - 15 out of 28
10k ABD TT #2 - 12 out of 23
Hopefully we can get on the road here soon and I can maybe start getting some runs in outside. I can't stand the treadmill. This weekend is looking good for some group riding out of the shop. Team + anyone else who shows. I hope the weather holds...
EDIT: OH and how can I forget...I borrowed some rollers and tried them out tonight. Awesome. I love them and I am surprisingly naturally good at riding them. I moved out of the dooreay within 10 minutes or so. I still need help starting (hand on a wall), but that's it. I even got confident enough that I put my TT bike on it and rode in the aero bars. Awesome.
ABD TT#2
Everyone has been asking me how the TT went yesterday. Funny thing is I don't really know. I didn't have a clear goal going into it and therefore even after having seen my results I don't know if that was good or bad.
In general I guess I have maintained my fitness. I finished mid pack cat 4 again.
JF - a new member to our team decided to give it a shot. He has had a road bike for a while, but really hasn't put much time in on it for quite a while. He's in good shape, but doesn't have a lot of saddle time. In essence I was more excited about watching his ride than my own. I love seeing new people get involved in the sport and I have a feeling he's going to end up loving racing.
So here I am a 'semi-trained' cat 4 (only because I fast-talked the upgrade with a lot of talk of cyclocross and TT's) and JF just about beats me. I took the time to manually record his power profile and plot it against my own after the fact.
If you know what you're looking at you'll see that with a little aerobic conditioning/threshold conditioning this guy can possibly kick a lot of cat 5 (and 4)ass this year. I should have savored my victory while I had the chance.
Here he is warming up before the TT (on the right). The guy ont he bike on the left is another BF member mridan. The guy who looks fast standing still is Andy Skeen.
In the pain cave - there's cobwebs, bats, and scary things. Time to clean it out and makes it a nice home. You'll be spending lots of time in there.
Beat. At this point I am guessing he was debating puking. This is a good thing.
After he was done I went over and caught the end of Julie's race. She put in a hard effort as well. She was especially pleased that her picture was being taken right after she finished.
mridan was up next. I wrote his power down as well and shouted as much encouragement as I could. I think he too has been bitten by the competitive bug.
All in all a good TT. Glad I did it. Now...Tuesday night will be me running the Bicycle Heaven trainer class. 2x25'@threshold. Hmmm....need to put together some tunes...
In general I guess I have maintained my fitness. I finished mid pack cat 4 again.
JF - a new member to our team decided to give it a shot. He has had a road bike for a while, but really hasn't put much time in on it for quite a while. He's in good shape, but doesn't have a lot of saddle time. In essence I was more excited about watching his ride than my own. I love seeing new people get involved in the sport and I have a feeling he's going to end up loving racing.
So here I am a 'semi-trained' cat 4 (only because I fast-talked the upgrade with a lot of talk of cyclocross and TT's) and JF just about beats me. I took the time to manually record his power profile and plot it against my own after the fact.
If you know what you're looking at you'll see that with a little aerobic conditioning/threshold conditioning this guy can possibly kick a lot of cat 5 (and 4)ass this year. I should have savored my victory while I had the chance.
Here he is warming up before the TT (on the right). The guy ont he bike on the left is another BF member mridan. The guy who looks fast standing still is Andy Skeen.
In the pain cave - there's cobwebs, bats, and scary things. Time to clean it out and makes it a nice home. You'll be spending lots of time in there.
Beat. At this point I am guessing he was debating puking. This is a good thing.
After he was done I went over and caught the end of Julie's race. She put in a hard effort as well. She was especially pleased that her picture was being taken right after she finished.
mridan was up next. I wrote his power down as well and shouted as much encouragement as I could. I think he too has been bitten by the competitive bug.
All in all a good TT. Glad I did it. Now...Tuesday night will be me running the Bicycle Heaven trainer class. 2x25'@threshold. Hmmm....need to put together some tunes...
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