October 2006

On Track

I just finished the first “base” phase of my 2007 training plan today. On Friday I did a nice 3-hour mountain bike ride. Saturday, my

Microintervals Win

Today I did another set of microintervals—the kind that makes my power file look like little Bart Simpsons. To test my theory that microintervals make

Team Ride

Today I went out for a nice ride with a few of my teammates. The ride was interesting in that Ted had a series of

Doh! Bart Intervals

Whenever Heather and I review our power meter data after doing short intervals, we always joke that they end up looking like Bart Simpsons’ head.

Lazy Programmers

Even though I am on my work sabbatical, I still find it hard for the user experience guy in me to ignore bad design. I’ve

Testing and Weekly Review

Since this was the first week of my training plan for next season, I did some testing to see how much fitness I lost during

Day One

So I was all excited to start my training plan. The last three weeks I’ve been riding sporadically and indulging myself with foods that I

Quality over Quantity

Over the past few weeks I’ve been reviewing my training diaries from prior years and I finally read the Training and Racing with a Power