Ride The Sky Century Recap

More Century Fun
On June 19, 2010 I rode the Ride the Sky Century in Tellico Plains, Tennessee.  The ride includes a nice loop around the valley and then a big climb up to the high point of the Cherohala Skyway at nearly 5400 feet.  It finishes with a fast descent back down the mountain into [...]

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My Hour Of Pain Pays Off

Lots Of Watts
I just got done with a workout on the old Kurt Kinetic trainer in the basement that I was planning on doing all of this last week.  It looked like the weather was going to be cold/snowy today so I decided I’d test my fitness by doing a hard 60 minute interval to [...]

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Weekly Update For November 29, 2009

The Last Week Of The Month
Sorry I didn’t get an update for two weeks ago up but the Thanksgiving holiday got in the way a bit.  I’ll summarize that week plus this most recent week all in one exciting post!:
Week ended November 22nd

Time Spent Training- 5:28 (bike only)

Time In Sweet Spot-  117 minutes

Miles Ridden- 102

Miles [...]

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Weekly Update For November 8, 2009

Sorry for the delay with this.  I was hoping to get it posted Tuesday evening but we became preoccupied with some minor flooding in our basement as a result of the 4+ inches of rain we got yesterday! We were able to prevent any damage to the drywall, etc. but we had to stay up [...]

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Weekly Update For November 1, 2009

Back On The Trainer
This past week was the 1st one this Fall where I have done indoor trainer workouts.  I rode  the trainer Tues-Thurs.  Not big rides but 30-40 minutes each night in the 240-255 watt range, which gave me a big boost in “sweet spot” time.  If you notice below I had 30% more [...]

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Weekly Update For Oct 26 2009

Week In Review
Ok, It’s been a while (7 months I’m embarrassed to say) but I’m going to start up my weekly training reviews again.  These are a way for you people who are interested in fitness training to see how I am doing on a week to week basis and maybe get some ideas.  It [...]

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