this week

this is my 778 post wooooooooooooooooooo

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nice week, maybe because it was a rest week, only 8 hours on the bike, which i went over by 4 hours. still i went really easy everyday except today, and still only went into zone 4 for a sec.

today is really the only day worth noting, met up with the team in golden, and did a pretty nice ride. th route what pretty much denver to golden, up lookout, the mansion, the country club, down the dirt on chief hosa, up to kerr gulch, down that and then back up grape vine, to home. weather was better then expected so that was nice, the next two weeks are 15 hours each, so intervals and suffering are back on the menu. its very nice to have a week where you do nothing, at the same time it's the hardest thing to not go hard. ciao for now

rest week

thank you joel friel!!!!
baby is a bit worn out from the last couple of weeks. since the training camp, i have got sick three times, its always a sinus infection, not the worst thing but annoying enough. the last couple of weeks have been good, training wise... not for jobs :( last weeks gateway was good except ross and others getting crashed out. feel like im doing better on the climb, started out in the front maybe 5 back, and was there for a bit, h.r. was not insane, but still don't have the legs to stay up there. this week i am really going to take it easy. i got a massage yesterday, and have been taking steams everyday. next week starts another 15 hour week, i should be done with class in two weeks, so i can sleep in and stretch a bit more in the morning.

ciao for now

computer virus

well got my first virus(computer) avg did nothing, cost me 174 bucks.
needless to say i have not been on the comp. pretty good week of riding, gateway was the highlight, ross got taking out and ended up in the ditch. felt good up the climb and sat on for a bit, but people started attacking, and i was left to close it down. the 2 guys i was with did nothing, and we never caught them. the way back was good, but at one point when it got tough, i looked up, and there were gaps galore. no getting back into the front group. evan, mark,garrett were there and we did some good work.today is sunday, weather is shit no mob ride, maybe il ride @ 11-12. im hoping next week is a rest week, baby is getting tired.

another great week of training

a bit more than i need to do, but fuck it. i got the time so i might as well put in some solid riding.





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just thinking

getting excited for gateway. this weekend should be the start of many fun&hard group rides.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O2aH4XLbto
this guy is great, philip defranco uses his stuff, and since finding it, i cant get enough.
http://www.youtube.com/sxephil

just throwing out shit.

training week

this week was a tad crazy, since i had to go to school everyday, then ride. the weather was not the best but i did get more training in then i needed to.

http://www.trainingpeaks.com/ui/public/profile.aspx?startDate=01%2F04%2F2010&endDate=01%2F10%2F2010&p=vlaanderen75&details=true

this week is supposed to be super warm, and the start of us kids hitting up the gateway ride.

another week of training

This was a recovery week, so pretty easy. It was nice to do a couple of group rides with teammates, and not kill myself. above was a kind of new route which was really nice, no bullshit low traffic.

here is the Workout Overview ( 12/28/2009 - 1/3/2010 )
http://www.trainingpeaks.com/ui/public/profile.aspx?startDate=12%2F28%2F2009&endDate=01%2F03%2F2010&p=vlaanderen75&details=true

another great block of training

last week was pretty tough, with not being able to ride outside, 16.7 is a challenge, and was sick again. i stuck to my guns and did not puss out when it came to riding the trainer over and over. i have been trying to do the training peaks workout exactly as they say, and do some additional workouts as well. all i think about is doing well, racing in belguim, and upgrading, that is the main focus and motivation to do everything. the last day of last week was a 5 hours ride, which is nothing if you can do it outside, which i could not, so i did 1-two session, then i was going to do 2 1 1/2 session, but after the first one, my body was getting really sore, and the gears were fucking up, so i opted to just do 3 1/2 ...on the trainer no less. i was disappointed but when i plugged my time in i was close to my weeks goal 16.4 hours. this week is a rest week which is really nice since i rarely do them. here is the stats from last week.

http://www.trainingpeaks.com/ui/public/profile.aspx?startDate=12%2F21%2F2009&endDate=12%2F27%2F2009&p=vlaanderen75&details=true

so far so good

http://www.trainingpeaks.com/ui/public/profile.aspx?startDate=12%2F04%2F2009&endDate=12%2F25%2F2009&p=vlaanderen75&details=true

still have a 2 1/2 hour day and a 5 hour day to complete the week, may have to split it up, since the weather is going to be cold.

assos / santini training camp day 6

last day- just a couple of ints, and packed it up. 1.5 total. i think for the 6 day we did over 21 hours. definitely some of the best and hardest training . ABQ not the greatest place to train, but the weather was good, and it was a new place to go. the glass and the driver were realy bad, but overall a good training spot. i think next time will be cali.