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Winter Chill

Speaking of winter, today we got another taste. It didn’t snow, but we did get a blast of arctic air. The temperature this morning was

Turkey Day Hammer Session

With two good workouts under my belt, anything hard I did today would just be gravy…in preparation for the gravy I’d be eating later on!?

Emmett-Horseshoe Bend PR

Today wasn’t as warm as yesterday, but it was still warmer than average. The stiff southeast wind continued from yesterday. I headed out to do

Bogus 2x20s

The morning started out cloudy and threatening to rain but it was unseasonably warm. By midday, the clouds broke and it looked like spring outside.

More LT Work

Uhl in Eagle, ID – Even with all the work I was doing on the Wattage list yesterday, I still managed to get on the rollers and do a quick ride. I only did a 2×20 session since I knew I’d be doing a harder workout today. During those intervals I was frustrated with hard it was to keep my wattage up. I had backed off my training load this week and my TSB was finally positive for the second day in a row, so I was hoping for great things. Oh, well.

Weekend Workouts

After my hard 3-day training block earlier this week, I took it fairly easy until the weekend. Since it rained Saturday, I ended up doing

Tempo Time

Yup, I’m sore. That circuit training session last night really got me! So today my only workout was going to be a nice road ride.

5×20’s

After a recovery week and an easy day yesterday, I was raring to go today. The day started out wet, but by midday, the roads

Four Weeks into Plan

Today wraps up the first period of my 2007 training plan. In a periodized training plan, each week provides a progressive load of training over

Perfect day for a Team Ride

After a week of training indoors due to cold and wet weather, today we really lucked out for our weekly team ride. It rained a

On Track

I just finished the first “base” phase of my 2007 training plan today. On Friday I did a nice 3-hour mountain bike ride. Saturday, my

Team Ride

Today I went out for a nice ride with a few of my teammates. The ride was interesting in that Ted had a series of

Doh! Bart Intervals

Whenever Heather and I review our power meter data after doing short intervals, we always joke that they end up looking like Bart Simpsons’ head.

2006 Season Review

Here’s the Performance Management Chart (PMC) for my 2006 season: If it looks a little different than the default PMC in CyclingPeaks, that’s because I

Bogus

So today the air quality finally improved to the point where I was willing to go do some hard efforts outside. So I headed out

Dehydration

After an easy day yesterday, I went out for my last long ride before the Parker race. I wanted to try a new drink mix

Padding the Hours

After a day off the bike yesterday, I felt good this morning so I set out to do a long ride to pad my weekly

Tough Double Day

To get ready for the upcoming weekend stage races, I just finished a quality two-day training block. Yesterday morning I went to the gym and

6½ Hours in the Saddle

Eagle, ID — Since the weather forecast said that today would be the best day of the week (least chance of rain) I decided to take