May 2007

Breakthrough Ride?

I felt fatigued yesterday even though Saturday’s ride wasn’t that long nor hard. But today after waking up a little groggy, I started to feel

Bogus to Forest Service Sign

As a break from my yard work I went out for a nice ride and headed up Bogus Basin Road. I was planning to do

Name that Tree Disease

Maybe I can harness the power of the web here. Since Typepad does a good job of indexing posts so they show up high in

Riding the Road

I went on an "easy" ride with Dan yesterday and was happy to see that my wattage was higher than my perceived exertion. So today

Coyote Classic

Today I reminded myself why I haven’t done a mountain bike race in a couple years: 1) They’re really hard! It’s like doing a 40k

Swallowed a Bee!

I finally did the Hamilton Corner–Horseshoe Bend loop today. I set out at an easy pace and just rode in Level 2 for the first

Coyote Classic Pre-ride

With a lull in the local road racing scene, I’m considering doing the Coyote Classic mountain bike race this weekend. This race is part of

Another Hamilton Corner Loop

Today I rode the Hamilton Corner Loop…again! It really is a great route and perfect for doing intervals as there aren’t many intersections. Early on,

PowerTap SL Hub Problem

When I tighten the non-driveside axle lock nut, it will cause the entire axle and freehub body to “wobble” when it’s rotated. Originally, I thought

Progressing Well

These ducks were hanging out in our front yard this morning so I tried to get some pics but they seemed camera shy. We don’t

Riding by Feel

I wanted to do a long ride today and considered doing the Payette Loop. But after more thought I changed my mind and settled on

Old Standby

I’ve been feeling better and better these last couple days so today I went out to do an old “standby” workout: 2×20’s followed by tempo.

Wilted tomato plant

Whoops!

So much for planting tomatoes early!? The other night we had a frost and most of our tomato plants, look like toast…well, actually they look

Testing the Waters

Today I tested the waters with some VO2 intervals. I haven’t gone hard all week and felt good enough these last couple days that I

Taking it Easy

It’s been another easy week so far as I still feel slightly overtrained. I rested last week and seemed to be getting better by the