I am feeling pretty good right now . The reason is that I had a great weekend of riding. My body is definitely fully recovered from last week’s century and I am ready to start training for the next long ride. On Saturday I went out and rode a fairly hard 21 miles, making sure [...] Read more »
Grand Tour Season Has Begun
The 2008 edition of the Giro, the first grand tour of the year, started, and I am looking forward to catching the Versus broadcast from my DVR. A great choice to see daily race action is Steephill, a bicycle racing site. They have a number of sources, some cost $$’s, while others are completely free. I usually [...] Read more »
Recovery From Century Ride Is Complete
Last night’s ride was so much better. My legs are back I was able to get a little over an hour in last evening, just over 20 miles, and I felt normal again. My heart rate and perceived effort matched up with the power output and I felt much more in control of my [...] Read more »
Legs Of Lead And Recovery From A Long Ride
So, its 3 days after the century ride and my legs are still a little heavy. There is not much snap in them at all. Today, time was short after work, so I rode for 45 minutes at a moderate pace on one of my normal routes. I was not able to accelerate like “normal” [...] Read more »
Century Ride Report
Well, I’m still alive after Saturday’s century ride . Here is a detailed review of all of the fun: The Night Before We drove to Chattanooga Friday evening and got into town about 8:30PM. We stopped by the packet pickup to get the updated ride info, T-shirt, and nifty custom race-fit jersey. We got to [...] Read more »
Taking My Bike To The Mountains
This coming Saturday I am taking my “highly trained body” and well ridden 2004 Specialized Allez Elite to the mountains of Tennessee for the 3 State 3 Mountain Century. I am looking forward to the ride but am a little leery of how I will do since I haven’t ridden a century in a couple [...] Read more »
