Back From The Flu

Just a quick update: Regular readers may have noticed that there has been no weekly update for the past week.  That is due to the fact that I am just about recovered from a case of the flu that I got on Wednesday, Jan 21st.  It knocked me pretty much on my butt and I [...] Read more »

Terrapin Side Project #4 Dos Cocoas

Here’s our very first video review,  done by Mark for the BBQ Cooking Guide site, of Terrapin Brewing’s Side project #4, Dos Cocoas: The Dos Cocoas is a great beer and well worth trying if you can find it.  If you aren’t able to try this one, keep your eyes open for their next effort [...] Read more »

Weekly Update For January 18th, 2009

Week In Review Time Spent Training- 4:44 Time In Sweet Spot-   103 minutes Miles Ridden- 91.8 TSS (training stress score)- 353 Weight- 165 TSS YTD-  1063 Total Miles YTD- 263 Total Hours YTD-  14:23 This week was a very good week.  I did my 2nd FTP test of the Winter on Saturday and posted some [...] Read more »

My Latest FTP Test Results

On Saturday I checked my fitness by doing yet another FTP test.  The last test I did, in November, was OK but not what I had hoped for.  This time I was determined to do better.  I have been doing most of my indoor workouts over the last month on my “time trial” setup which [...] Read more »

Test Day Tomorrow

Tomorrow will be FTP test day for me and I hope to get an “A”.  This will be the second test this Winter training season.  My last test, in November, was OK but not great.  I’m hoping the last couple of months of training have helped. The Test Protocol The format for the FTP test [...] Read more »

Extreme BBQ

OK, the Atlanta area is in one of the coldest periods of the year.  Not cold by Northern standards, but still cold.  Being from the North originally and only having moved to Atlanta a couple of years ago from Chicago, I’m still not too affected by temps in the 20′s or high teens like we’re [...] Read more »

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