Monday, January 12, 2009

Miles and Sun

Its been a cold but relatively dry 2009 (knock on wood) which has
allowed the well equipped to get in some good miles. For Christmas,
Santa brought me some nice LG gloves. These are good cold to cool
level gloves. They can be worn during rides in the 30s and the 50s,
which is about the range we get in Northern California. Also I picked
up some DeFeet wool socks from Sports Basement. They are the thickness
of cycling socks so I can wear my normal shoes without discomfort.
Finally, I was able to get my hands on a Olympic Club winter riding
jacket by Capoforma. This jacket is perfect for everything under 50
degrees. Any thing warmer and you are riding around sweating like
Frank Rollo (who is perpetually overdressed).
Then comes this weekend. I was able to pick up my repaired OC vest for
the weekend, which was good because most of my miles happened above 50
degrees.

100 miles to Petaluma and back on Sat (with a second place in Nicasio)
85 miles to Early Birds + on Sun.

Its about time to ramp the running back up since I have been ignoring
that pretty much since IMAZ. That being said, I think the one legged
leg presses are helping me sprint. I seem to have good power. Now I
need to set my PT back up (or get my hands on a SRM) and get a little
more focused. Its probably a good idea to spend some time on the TT
bike, given that I am a triathlete (at least according to Garrett W.)

Coble

Monday, January 5, 2009

Feed the Beast

Coble

Track my rides

I have gotten off the couch and gone on 3 rides in 2009. And I have
the Garmin 305 back on the road bike to track my rides. One think that
riders tend to do is over estimate their rides. Heck, I can ride 20
miles and hour and if I am out for 5 hours I must have gone 100 miles
right?
Sorry, wrong, maybe 75? Even if you hammer. Stops, lights, coffee,
flats all slow you down. So getting the Garmin back on the bike keeps
you somewhat honest, even if its just honest to yourself.

All of this being said, if I can get my hands on another SRM I would
like to put it on my road bike. Or maybe I will swap it of the TT bike
for a few months.

To view my rides check out www.motionbased.com
Then search for "bcp2usc". That will take you to my activities.

95 on Thurs
85 on Sat
82 on Sun (with Early Birds mixed in)

Coble