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Tired EHB

Well, I should have known better but I did an Emmett Horseshoe Bend loop, even though yesterday’s ride was pretty tough. My legs weren’t too

Double Bogus

To get Heather ready for Mt Hood, and me for Elkhorn Classic, we rode early today to get in some serious climbing miles. We did

Memorial Day Bogus

Even though we just completed a two-day, three-stage race, Heather and I headed out to do Cartwright, Bogus to Pioneer, Cartwright. Yes, we love to

Top Five

This afternoon was the last stage of the Treasure Valley Stage Race, the Nampa downtown criterium. Heather went off before me and it was an

Treasure Valley through Stage 2

The road race was long and hot by the end, but I finished! We got to the start area early and being in farm country,

First Full Bogus

Did my first full Bogus climb today and it was tough. Heather and I were debating about doing a “Big Loop” but opted out after

Indoors Outdoors

I did a half hour on the rollers so I could get some intensity before heading out with Heather, Dan, and Kurt for a nice

4×4 VO2s

After hardly riding the last couple of days I ended up doing a nice set of VO2s today. I only did four 4-minute intervals as

St. George Training Camp

Heather and I went down to Saint George, Utah for a mini-training camp of long rides in hot weather. After the spell of warm weather

May Day VO2s

Did a nice set of 4×5-minute VO2 intervals today. I think the wattage numbers are slightly low, probably because my PowerTap wasn’t properly zeroed. The

Hail Storm

Good thing I rode indoors this morning. This afternoon we had a nice thunderstorm roll through with pounding rain and hail! It left a nice

First Half-Bogus

Today I rode Bogus Basin for the first time this year. I rode out with Kevin and we were greeted with windy conditions. I didn’t

To the Finish

Emmett–Roubaix was today and I wasn’t very excited about racing. After riding in a sleeveless jersey on Tuesday, today’s weather was more like early March

Added Tempo

Even though I felt fatigued all day from Sunday’s and Tuesday’s rides, I still went out to rack up another hour and a half of

Tuesday EHB

After a tiring Chicken Dinner road race, I decided to rest a day before riding long again. Even though it was hard due to the

Chicken Dinner

Whew! That was a tough one. After getting dropped on the hill and chasing back on a couple times, then cramping hard during the third

Two in a Row

I did another long ride today; I wanted this weekend to be all about endurance. I rode the Fruitland loop. I felt fine the first

Longish Ride

Rode with Kurt again today and this time he brought Nick, a friend of his from Portland. We rode west out to Emmett Rd, then

Short VO2s

I kept it indoors today and did a set of 4×3-minute VO2s followed by a 30-second L7 push. Legs felt good.