May 2006

New Race Bike

In between training these last couple of weeks I’ve been working on a project — I’m building a lightweight race bike based on Heather’s old

Break Time

Instead of staying in Utah an extra day we decided to check out and head home after the awards ceremony. The weather was still cool

Thanksgiving Point Classic Criterium

A major cold front came through today bringing even stronger winds and much colder temperatures. This morning it was still fairly warm, but by the

Fruits and Veggies

I finally got the garden pretty much done for now. I spent a good amount of time last week on it, tilling the soil, weeding

Discount Hypoxic Training

The jury is still out on what type of altitude training is best; there’s live high train low (LHTL), live low train high (LLTH), intermittent

Hamilton Corner

This morning the plan was to ride at 6 AM and do the Hamilton Corner loop with Heather, Ted and a couple neighbors of ours.

VO2’s and Veggies

I spent more time today in the garden. I went and bought a bunch of tomato plants and a strawberry plant and spent most of

Idaho City and Mores Creek Summit

After the long ride on Tuesday, I basically kept my rides fairly short. I continued to work on the garden and did some bike work,

Payette Loop

I wasn’t too tired on Monday after Treasure Valley but I still took an easy bike day. I did spend a lot of time working

Treasure Valley Criterium

What we thought would be another hot and sunny day, turned out to be cold and miserable! Heather raced first and was just racing for

Treasure Valley Road Race

After not getting much sleep the last few nights I was not feeling the best when I woke up this morning. I was also hacking

Treasure Valley TT

Today we raced the first event of the Treasure Valley “stage” race. It was actually a cross between a stage race and an omnium. The