training

Early Ride

Heather and I went for an early Emmett Horseshoe Bend Loop and it was great. We left at 7:00 AM so there was little traffic

Norm Buster

I did a quick workout today with 30-second sprints every 5 minutes. Power was much better than when I did them back in July, but

Another Half-Bogus

I did another half-Bogus Tuesday Nighter tonight and it went fairly well. I was really dragging yesterday, tired from my weekend workouts, but today I

88-Mile Century

For some reason I thought I’d have no problem doing the Blues Cruise Wheels for Wellness century the day after a little hill climb. Was

2 x Forest Service Signs

Even though I’m not fully recovered from the Tour de Park City, I wanted to do some LT work today. The Mount Harrison Hill Climb

Getting Ready

Did a nice little mix-it-up ride with Heather this afternoon. The air quality was much better than it has been which was a good thing

Bogus to Pioneer

After a somewhat restless night’s sleep I wasn’t sure I’d be up for today’s ride. We waited until 1PM to go out so we’d have

Longest Ride…Yet

With Heather’s revelation that she can actually race without training and the fact that my form is coming around, we’ve been toying with the idea

Getting Ready

I’m tapering for the upcoming criteriums this weekend and today was my longest workout of the week…a whopping hour and a half! I did a set

Long One

Did a long Emmett Rd to Horseshoe Bend loop and it was tough. Yesterday’s workout really took it’s toll but today I just wanted a

Tabata’s Are Hard

After a week of recovery then a couple aborted workouts I was finally able to get a couple good sets of Level 6 intervals in.

Bogus

After yesterday’s tough ride I decided to pile on the climbing and do Bogus today. The weather was perfect for it but my legs were

Good Climb

I did a great Emmett Horseshoe Bend Loop today with Ted and Mark. We started out just chatting and getting warmed up. When we hit

Flat VO2’s

Tried some VO2’s on the flats today and was surprised at my power. Wattage wasn’t as high as when I did VO2’s on Bogus, but

Long Emmett Horseshoe Bend Loop

To add a few more miles to my favorite loop, I went west to Emmett Rd then dropped down Little Freezeout and then continued through

VO2’s on Bogus

Did an awesome set of VO2 intervals on Bogus today. Doing them on a hill helps and I was happy to see averages in the

Sub-3-Hour Emmett Horseshoe Bend

Did a fast EHB Loop today with a couple LT intervals one on Hwy 16 then the second on Old Horseshoe Bend Hill. Was able

Indoor LT’s

Did a quick indoor workout today. Weather was looking to iffy outside so I played it safe. Decent power, but I wasn’t really trying too

VO2 on Emmett–Horseshoe Bend Loop

Today I did another Emmett–Horseshoe Bend loop and this time I did a bunch of VO2 intervals up Hwy 16 and through Emmett. They ended

Finished a VO2 Workout

I completed my first VO2 workout in a while and it didn’t feel too bad. I did 5×4-minute intervals with 3 minutes of rest. I