Cycling

Some More Volume

I wasn’t planning on going too long today but I felt decent, just a little fatigued from yesterday’s ride. But I wasn’t riding with a

Hamilton Corner

Since the weather was so nice today, I couldn’t resist doing a long ride. I didn’t do any structured intervals, just rode as I felt

Pulling the Plug

Today was the Treasure Valley Road Race. I knew it wasn’t going to be a good race before it even began as I didn’t feel well

MAP Time

It’s been a while (since December!) since I’ve done a MAP test so I did one today. I thought it would be a good time

VO2’s, no, Tempo

So I tried some VO2 intervals again today had to abort, 30 seconds into the second interval. My legs felt better than yesterday before I

Aborted VO2’s

Even thought it was nice and hot out today—just the way I like it—I didn’t have such a great workout. The Emmett–Horseshoe Bend Loop on

Hard Ride with Company

Today was one of those super-clear days you only get once in a while. With foothills still a shade of green I just had to

Another Close One

Did another sprint workout today and came within 30 watts of my best 13-second mean maximal power (MMP)! Cool! Okay, so I admit that I

Longest Ride of Year (so far)

Even though it was sunny as forecasted, it was still chilly when I headed out at 10:00 AM. I headed west from Reed Cycle and

So Close

I went out today just to get some more tempo time. Tomorrow will be an easy day so I can do some long hard rides

Small Success

Yesterday I rode outside hoping to do a solid workout but my body didn’t cooperate and I had to abort. So I tried again today,

Another Good One

Another stellar spring day and I decided to hit the Emmett–Horseshoe Bend Loop again. This time I added some structure to my ride doing a

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!