April 2007

Heather’s Emmett–Roubaix

We rode with the Master’s 50+. We had 8 women: Kris Walker, Jeanne Rumps, and Sima Trapp (all Bob’s), Lynn Stott, Sarah Tillotson, a Vela

Emmett–Roubaix Road Race

Emmett-Roubaix was today and it’s the last race of the Spring Series. I had been feeling fatigued ever since the Tour of Walla Walla and

Gardening

With the nice weather and no race scheduled for today Heather and I did some gardening. We went shopping and got everything we needed then

Heather’s Criterium

It was raining and awful for the crit. I got a bad start and the first few laps had to keep closing gaps. I almost

Heather’s Waitsburg Road Race

There was a chance we would get rained on during the race. I wore arm and leg warmers and was glad I had them most

Heather’s Time Trial

This is a 6.8 mile TT. We started before a small climb this year. I was able to ride our TT bike. I tried to

Heather’s Kellogg Hollow RR

We started with 21 riders. It was cool so I wore arm warmers and knee warmers. There was a strong wind it seemed all over

Power Upgrade

I’ve always been reluctant to use either of our PowerTap wheels because they are so darn heavy. We’ve got the older, 32-hole PowerTap standard hubs

Hail Storm

Glad I wasn’t riding outside when this storm came through! This afternoon we were treated to a nasty hailstorm with marble-sized hail. Not big enough

Chicken Dinner Road Race

Today was super-windy, as forecasted, and in combination with the two back-to-back hills each lap, made today’s race a “race of attrition”. We had our

Pre-Race Power

Today I did my typical pre-race ride which is a mostly tempo ride with a few “blow-out” efforts thrown in here and there. I had

Great Tempo Ride

Today I rode the Foothill-Purple Sage-Firebird Loop. I wanted to do a solid tempo effort so after 15 minutes of Level 2, I started my

Bogus Time!

Bogus Basin officially closed on Saturday and that means that the 16-mile road up to the lodge (17 if you go all the way to

Indoor 5×5’s

That ride on Saturday really kicked my butt, so Sunday was a recovery day and yesterday I just went out long enough to get 5

Heather’s Race Reports

Heather’s been so busy lately that her race reports are on a month delay. I finally added them to our blog, but since the posts

Windy Chicken Dinner Preview

Today, most of the Intermountain Orthopaedics elite team and a few “guests” headed out from Reed Cycle to pre-ride the Chicken Dinner road race course.