December 2007

Keep Those 2×20’s Coming

More of the same old, same old; two 20-minute Lactate Threshold (LT) intervals with five minutes rest in between. Legs felt a little weak but

1×30

Trying to catch up around the house and get some stuff set up at work so I had to compress my workout today. After a

Good Thing We Brought a Trainer

So it’s supposed to be warmer down here in southern Utah, but this week it’s not warmer by much! Glad I got my long-ish road

Riding on Christmas Eve Day

We’re down in St George again for Christmas  with Heather’s mom, sister and niece. This time we brought a better bike to ride. We shipped

More LT Work

Another 2×20 workout today. I don’t know if it’s due to riding in a cold garage, but I always seem to generate more power on

90/90/90…in Reverse

Today I did a variant of the 90/90/90 workout I did a few weeks ago. This time I did the L6 intervals first, VO2 second

December MAP Test #2

Today I tried to do another Maximal Aerobic Power (MAP) test and it didn’t go so well. I only managed a meager 376 watts! I

Back to Work

I re-entered the software industry today after the Cycling Sabbatical I started in October of 2005. During the last two years I focused most of

1×40 LT

When I started riding today my legs felt awful! I spun easy for five minutes but it didn’t seem to get better. So I did

More Stair-step LT’s

After a couple easy days, I’m back to doing some LT work. Today I did 2×20’s, varying cadence every two minutes. I call then “stair-step”

Recovery Ride

I can see how people think I’m some kind of masochist since I only seem to do super-hard workouts, but that’s just because I don’t

Warm, Cold, Warm

Another warm day here in the Treasure Valley so I set out to do a long ride. I was initially planning to go west to

Day at the Track

Today we took a quick trip to the LA Velodrome so Heather could get some track time in before the USA Cycling Talent Pool Qualifier

December MAP Test #1

Since it’s December 1st and it feels like my fitness is progressing well, I decided to do another MAP test. I followed the same protocol