PMC

Black Friday? Not for me...

Black Friday - day after Thanksgiving. I was supposed to work pretty much all day today but it was a beautiful day, warm and sunny. I decided to hit the road for an easy couple of hours - just wanted to work on form and cadence. I kept power in endurance zone for the most part, although I punched it on a couple of the hills, working on keeping cadence relatively high. I'm not a spinner by anyone's standards. I typically ride at a low cadence working on strength. The combination of the strength and the higher cadence works wonders. Luckily I didn't see any shopping crowds although I did pass through Williamsburg (New Town).

Thanksgiving Day Calorie Burn

Had a great Thanksgiving Day ride, although I was by myself. Did approximately 100 miles, a combined 2x20 indoor trainer and outdoor road ride. My indoor portion went reasonably well, considering the fact that I've been suffering a bit of physical and mental (more likely) burnout. My ride was my normal loop through Upper James City County, Charles City County and Williamsburg. And no static from insane/stupid drivers. Oh yeah - the calorie burn: 3700. A pic from the ride:

Here's a pic f the bike in current state, after upgrading to Shimano Dura-Ace 7900 (mechanical) components (except for the rear derailleur which is a 7800 (shifts too good to change)).

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day 2011. Heading to some friends house for dinner later this afternoon. Hopefully a morning 2x20 session followed by a 60-mile road ride - typical fall weather. Have been in semi-burnout mode recently, unable for past week or so to hit desired power level. General apathy, etc. and it seems mainly die to this inability to push to peak 20 min power. I had hoped to push up to 320W this fall but it seems that life has conspired against me. I've been working hard but the plan isn't working. So, shat to do?...

100 miler

Beautiful Sunday afternoon... mid 50s, slightly windy although really not bad. Did 100 miles by my lonesome. Felt pretty good, although not great pop due to a pretty good training week. No excuses, though. Just over 1000 TSS for the week. Here's my route:

One thing I cannot understand are stupid people in cars. I was on a hill somewhere near Old Church and some dumb-a$$ in a truck with a bass boat wouldn't pass me. I waved him by but he just sat right behind me. No oncoming traffic. I finally had to stop and make him go around. I don't trust people if they won't pass when I wave them by - means to me that they shouldn't be in a car.

Here's the latest PMC from TrainingPeaks:

Status

Lots of FTP/Sweet Spot work last few months...sort of following Hunter's "Next Level" concept. Here is last week's and month's distributions as well as my PMC:

Spring... and Richmond Race

Spring is on it's way but may be delayed slightly despite our hopes (snow flurries tomorrow?). As you can see from the pics the tress think spring is near.




There was a race at the Richmond Raceway last Sunday. The only issue in the race was the 100 (plus or minus) folks in the race, creating a need for good technical skills due to the fact that there was a lot of bumping, touching wheels, etc. Race was pretty fast. Nice weather.