Week 2 - Training and a Little Racin'

With the storage season in full swing I have been more focused on trying to stay ahead of things. The cold and snow has not been a pretty sight although it has helped slow things down a bit. Another week in the books and its time to roll the film.

Sunday - beautiful weather and no riding outside. On the trainer for 60 minutes at threshold.

Monday - No riding.

Tuesday - Another Opus and another amazing middle of the pack finish. I don't know how I pull off these amazing performances. I started flat and finished feeling flat. I think they are going to start awarding points to finishers 25-30. At least I ride like they are. Highlight of the night came from the cat 4 race watching my boy Craig mop up a 2nd and 3rd place finishes in the points and finishing 4th overall. Not to mention the 3 laps he spent off the front of the race. Nice job.

Wednesday - Wednesday Night Worlds team ride. 2.5 hrs in the saddle. 4 anaerobic intervals and a couple of signs.

Thursday - No riding.

Friday - No riding. Cold crappy rainy weather.

Saturday - 60 minutes LT on the trainer. Skipped Ken Woods. No interest in suffering in brutal conditions.

Sunday - Excelsior Crit. I was a no show the for the 35+ open race. I skipped to spend the afternoon with the family. Ducked out of the house for the 35+ 3/4 race. Legs felt pretty good. The race was pretty much a blur. The officials shortened the race to around 15 laps. I took a flyer on the second lap. I nabbed the first prime and continued on solo. The pack wasn't far behind so I drifted back. I told myself not to try for the second prime but the pace slowed on the third corner and I could not resist. I locked it up and drifted back to the pack. The next few laps were slow. No one was interested in wipping up the pace. I put in a small attached across the start finish to see who was interested in chasing. Loon State Dan and Andy chased on. Silver Cycling took over and pushed the pace for the next lap. Crossing the start/finish Loon State Dan accelerated and I jumped on his wheel. Coming into the finishing corner I was totally in the wrong position. Silver Cycling (dave) jumped and I was flat on the pedals. Sorry Chia I was caught out of position and asleep at the wheel. I rolled in 3rd.

On tap for this week - Opus #3 and WWW.

More Pain

Training Ticker - 60 minutes LT. Time for the sag wagon. Feeling the early season training.

Next up - Tueday night at Opus, Wednesday Night Worlds Team Ride, Thurday off, Friday recovery spin, Saturday? Maybe Ken Woods. We shall see.

Turning the Pedals

Another day in the saddle. No racing just riding.

Training Ticker - 2h50m

Tomorrow 3h+ with tempo (LT) up to 70 minutes

Dialed In

Getting the new mtn ride dialed in. Never guessed I would be riding a hard tail again.

Wednesday Night Worlds

Team ride was more of a team stroll. Wookie, Craig and I headed out from the shop. Hurting from the previous nights efforts we strolled along at a snails pace. No one cared about the sprint signs and we cut the ride short. Jade Fountain tangerine beef hit the spot and called it an night.

Training ticker - 90 minutes slow recovery.

TNW - Circles

Turn It Up

Well cant say the blog updating has been going well. Maybe I will post more in the future but probably not.

Tuesday night world showdown was this week. I planned on unleasing my massive sprint on the field but decided to save it for another week. Adam and I headed out from the shop to get some miles in. With the 300+ mile per hour winds it was going to be a slow commute.

Usual suspects showed with Grandstay showing its strength in numbers. Although it was not the same without Super Star lining up. I heard he didn't show because he was afraid of my sprint...or it might have been he is out of the country.

Didnt take long to get used to going in circles again. I put in another impressive middle of the pack finish. Finished up the day by riding home in the dark. Look out next week, the Sports Hut train will be in full force. All two of us that is.