With my cycling classes starting in November last year, I am getting a bit cagey waiting to ride outside and race.
Our trips this year have been great but you never really push yourself until you get into a race. It would be good to know the upper limits of things and discover a whole new world of discomfort.
There is a race in Edmonton this weekend and I hope it still goes!
Monday, April 18, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Like, the kinda, biggest week ever
It all just fell into place. The roads got dry and the weather turned almost agreeable this last week.
I rode to class, ran, core class, meet Lisa on 22 mid week, class, then the big weekend. Outside of stage racing this was one of the biggest weeks of training I have ever had.
You can train by just riding, intuitive, and you can train by numbers, scientific. The best is somewhere in between but that requires some experience. After years of training and coaching I have learned a few things and this week was the happy little, well treed, bungalow of marriage of both. During the week I concentrated on hitting my wattages and resting well. By Thursday I was feeling great and set some new PB in wattage versus hear rate.
Friday was a good rest day and I had the house to myself. Saturday was a chilly yet good solo ride south of the city. I met Steve and Henry in Bragg and rode with them until hwy 8.
Andrew is new to the city and is keen on meeting new people and riding partners. He was chatting up this guy but he was shifty and from the wrong side of the fence.
The "guy" did not seem to want to stop and talk but Andrew persisted. He was mumbling a bit but it sounded like Andrew was saying in case of an emergency I was too "gamey" and that this "guy" looked strong, good watts/kilo, and well marbled.
Sunday was a scheduled Terrascape ride in Cochrane. Andrew and I rode out to meet the crew and do the ride. What we did not expect was the 40 kph headwind at 9:30am. We just made the ride, thank goodness Cesar did not leave us behind. Grand Valley, Horse Creek and then a change of partners. Jason,Lisa and I headed back home down the Cowboy Trail.
Lisa went south and Jason and I headed East. I could have skirted the Springbank hill but when your with The Bear, you just don't do thinkgs like that. So up the gut we went at the end of my big week. The best part was it was all downhill, literally, to our new house in Discovery Ridge.
Hydrate, Stretch, Rest.
CELEBRATE REST WEEK, go on I dare you!!!!!!!
I rode to class, ran, core class, meet Lisa on 22 mid week, class, then the big weekend. Outside of stage racing this was one of the biggest weeks of training I have ever had.
You can train by just riding, intuitive, and you can train by numbers, scientific. The best is somewhere in between but that requires some experience. After years of training and coaching I have learned a few things and this week was the happy little, well treed, bungalow of marriage of both. During the week I concentrated on hitting my wattages and resting well. By Thursday I was feeling great and set some new PB in wattage versus hear rate.
Friday was a good rest day and I had the house to myself. Saturday was a chilly yet good solo ride south of the city. I met Steve and Henry in Bragg and rode with them until hwy 8.
Andrew is new to the city and is keen on meeting new people and riding partners. He was chatting up this guy but he was shifty and from the wrong side of the fence.
The "guy" did not seem to want to stop and talk but Andrew persisted. He was mumbling a bit but it sounded like Andrew was saying in case of an emergency I was too "gamey" and that this "guy" looked strong, good watts/kilo, and well marbled.
Sunday was a scheduled Terrascape ride in Cochrane. Andrew and I rode out to meet the crew and do the ride. What we did not expect was the 40 kph headwind at 9:30am. We just made the ride, thank goodness Cesar did not leave us behind. Grand Valley, Horse Creek and then a change of partners. Jason,Lisa and I headed back home down the Cowboy Trail.
Lisa went south and Jason and I headed East. I could have skirted the Springbank hill but when your with The Bear, you just don't do thinkgs like that. So up the gut we went at the end of my big week. The best part was it was all downhill, literally, to our new house in Discovery Ridge.
Hydrate, Stretch, Rest.
CELEBRATE REST WEEK, go on I dare you!!!!!!!
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