Well its been a while since my last post and that is for good reason. Mother Nature has twice decided to interveen in the Team Phoenix race at Osage Hills. Unfortunately when an MTB trail gets wet, it should not be ridden at all as it will get destroyed.....so imagine what 200 racers on a wet trail would do to it.
Training Stuff
Ones of the things I've discovered is that focus on training is extremely important to making progress. You cannot go half-assed at all......if I find myself doing that I'll stop as the time isn't worth it.
These past few weeks, I've been training on the Computrainer a lot. This is basically a torture device into which you place your road bike. The laptop controls the grade (hills) and the power output. The cool thing is that there is zero place to hide on this thing......you're either hitting the workout or you're not.
Pain Cave (AKA Computrainer)
Mark has developed some pretty cool workouts on it, and if you're interested in more info around those contact him http://www.speedworkscoaching.com/
Today I did a singlespeed training ride around Draper which was awesome. Essentially you keep the bike in the same gear the whole way....hills & corners included! What this does is forces you to generate a lot more power up the hills, which I had in abundance today.....it was a lot of fun.
Next Race
The next event on the horseoutside schedule isn't actually a race but a bicycle tour. Every year since I can remember I've participated in the Redbud Classic and this year will be no different. On Sat I'll be doing the 52 mile tour, which I expect my time to be significantly better than it every has. On Sunday I'll be organizing & directing split timers on the course for the runners who show up in force for this event.
If you haven't registered, go here: http://www.redbud.org/
Hopefully next week I'll have something more exciting to post with pics of the Redbud.
Training Stuff
Ones of the things I've discovered is that focus on training is extremely important to making progress. You cannot go half-assed at all......if I find myself doing that I'll stop as the time isn't worth it.
These past few weeks, I've been training on the Computrainer a lot. This is basically a torture device into which you place your road bike. The laptop controls the grade (hills) and the power output. The cool thing is that there is zero place to hide on this thing......you're either hitting the workout or you're not.
Pain Cave (AKA Computrainer)
Mark has developed some pretty cool workouts on it, and if you're interested in more info around those contact him http://www.speedworkscoaching.com/
Today I did a singlespeed training ride around Draper which was awesome. Essentially you keep the bike in the same gear the whole way....hills & corners included! What this does is forces you to generate a lot more power up the hills, which I had in abundance today.....it was a lot of fun.
Next Race
The next event on the horseoutside schedule isn't actually a race but a bicycle tour. Every year since I can remember I've participated in the Redbud Classic and this year will be no different. On Sat I'll be doing the 52 mile tour, which I expect my time to be significantly better than it every has. On Sunday I'll be organizing & directing split timers on the course for the runners who show up in force for this event.
If you haven't registered, go here: http://www.redbud.org/
Hopefully next week I'll have something more exciting to post with pics of the Redbud.
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