November 2006

Winter Chill

Speaking of winter, today we got another taste. It didn’t snow, but we did get a blast of arctic air. The temperature this morning was

Snow Arrives

Ever since Thanksgiving, the weather has been progressively feeling more and more winter-like. Last night we finally had some snow that stuck in the valley,

Turkey Day Hammer Session

With two good workouts under my belt, anything hard I did today would just be gravy…in preparation for the gravy I’d be eating later on!?

Emmett-Horseshoe Bend PR

Today wasn’t as warm as yesterday, but it was still warmer than average. The stiff southeast wind continued from yesterday. I headed out to do

Bogus 2x20s

The morning started out cloudy and threatening to rain but it was unseasonably warm. By midday, the clouds broke and it looked like spring outside.

PowerTap Calibration Test

A recent post to the Wattage list sparked my curiosity on whether our PowerTaps were calibrated. I knew there was a procedure to test it,

Aborted LTs

I thought I’d be able to add a third day to this weekend’s training block, but only five minutes into doing tempo I bagged it.

More LT Work

Uhl in Eagle, ID – Even with all the work I was doing on the Wattage list yesterday, I still managed to get on the rollers and do a quick ride. I only did a 2×20 session since I knew I’d be doing a harder workout today. During those intervals I was frustrated with hard it was to keep my wattage up. I had backed off my training load this week and my TSB was finally positive for the second day in a row, so I was hoping for great things. Oh, well.

Wattage List Migration

No, not that kind of wattage, I’m referring to all the work I’ve been doing on the recently transitioned Wattage list. The Wattage list is

Weekend Workouts

After my hard 3-day training block earlier this week, I took it fairly easy until the weekend. Since it rained Saturday, I ended up doing

Tempo Time

Yup, I’m sore. That circuit training session last night really got me! So today my only workout was going to be a nice road ride.

Sprint Power

Today ended up being a strength day for me. I went to Pilates in the morning which is always a good core-builder. Then for my

5×20’s

After a recovery week and an easy day yesterday, I was raring to go today. The day started out wet, but by midday, the roads

Four Weeks into Plan

Today wraps up the first period of my 2007 training plan. In a periodized training plan, each week provides a progressive load of training over

Perfect day for a Team Ride

After a week of training indoors due to cold and wet weather, today we really lucked out for our weekly team ride. It rained a