December 2006

End of a Good Week

Nothing special today. I hit the gym to do some extra cardio, but without fans, I didn’t go as long as I wanted to. I

Tempo Couple

Just another 2-hour indoor ride today. Heather and I rode at the same time while we watched a movie. She did her entire ride at

Easy Level 2 Ride

I just finished my first Level 2 ride of the season. With my focus this winter on quality over quantity, all the workouts I’ve been

Completed a VO2 Workout

Today I wanted to put in another solid effort so after yesterday’s tough workout I made sure I ate and drank enough so I’d be

Back into the Routine

After a mellow day yesterday catching up on things around the house, then jumping on the trainer for only 20 minutes, today I hit it

Christmas in St George

We just got back from St. George, Utah where we spent Christmas with Heather’s family. We headed to the airport early Friday morning, during the

Merry Christmas

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60-Minute Test

Our living room becomes a workout room during the winter with all the trainers, fans, and makeshift tables (for remotes and other riding paraphernalia) but

Tempo w/Bursts

Today I did a 45-minute tempo interval with sprints every 3 minutes. It was a good workout and I was surprised that the ave power

6×4 VO2s

Over the weekend it got much colder so I was back to riding indoors. Saturday and Sunday I just did a couple hour-long tempo rides

Finally a Good Ride

It’s been unseasonably warm lately but with the warmth came a lot of rain. But today the rain stopped and the skies cleared so I

Top 1-Minute Powers

I got sidetracked this morning with a mini-project: I was curious what a good pacing strategy was to achieve the best 1-minute power. I’ve tried

Emmett Inversion

After another weekend indoors due to weather, it finally stopped raining and was warm enough to get outside. Ted called me and was also itching

Glad to be Outside

It finally got warm enough to ride outside today! When I left my house it was sunny and 36°F. Since the haze seemed to be

Short Ride

I wasn’t feeling up for doing anything too long today so I just hopped on the trainer for a couple short LT intervals. I only

2x30s

Even though yesterday was a day “off”, I didn’t feel like attempting VO2s again, so instead I did 2x30s on the trainer. Since I haven’t

Updated Training Diary w/PMC

After my recent failed attempts at VO2 intervals, I decided to take today completely off. Instead, I spent most of the day making improvements to

1-minute PR for 2006

I had a feeling it would be too soon and I was right. The VO2s I attempted today weren’t much better than the ones I

Cold Sprints

With the weather being so cold, I haven’t been able to get out and do any neuromuscular work lately. But since it was supposed to

Aborted VO2s

With the continued cold weather I was happy to get in a decent trainer ride yesterday. I rode L2 for half an hour then did