April 2008

Another DNF

Well another “DNF” today (did not finish) in Emmett–Roubaix. But this time I managed to last two out of the three laps. The laps were

Pleasant Ride

I went on a nice ride today with Dan and Brent. With the Emmett-Roubaix race tomorrow, I didn’t want to do anything too long or

Microintervals are Hard

With limited time between a couple work meetings, I was only able to do an hour ride on the rollers, but I made it a

More of the Same

Same lactate threshold (LT) workout as usual. Well, almost the same…power is going up!

Trainer Time

The weather kept me indoors again today but for a change of pace I decided to ride my trainer instead of my rollers. While my

Back Indoors

After warm weather teaser on Thursday, this weekend it’s back to the cold spring we’ve gotten used to. So I jumped on the rollers for

LT/Tempo Work in Spring Weather

I was able to ride outside today as the weather was downright balmy. It got up to a whopping 70°F…man, do I like warm weather!

2×20’s Coming Around

After a semi-hard weekend I took a couple days completely off only to return to my standard LT workout today. My legs felt great without

No Chicken Dinner for You

Even though yesterday’s workout was encouraging, between my lack of real top-end power and some work I had to get done at the office, I

Bees are Buzzing

It finally feels like spring outside and the bees are out in full force. Seems like the snow the other day didn’t affect our apricot

Better VO2 Workout

After a few days of rest and recovery rides, I decided to attempt another VO2 workout. The last time I did them was back on

Oh no…snow!

Just when it seemed like spring was on it’s way, it snowed this morning! This could be really bad as our apricot tree was already

Soft 2×20’s

I’m still recovering from the race so today I just an easier set of 2×20’s. Legs felt good but could tell my body is a

Birds of Prey

Race started out OK, but then on the first lap of the lollipop-style course, we raced through a sleet storm and it got really cold.

2×20’s

Just the usual 2×20 workout. Power was decent, but not spectacular.