Training

"The Use of an External Catheter for Racing (or just convenience)" Of the almost 35,000 pageviews of my blog over the past two y...

2012 has been the first year I was able to maintain some consistency in my cycling training. Some 2012 data: about 7,300 miles cycled; ...

Rollers. Years ago I trained on rollers (DF) and found that they `trained' my ability to maintain balance on a slippery surface. But...

The UltraMarathon Cycling Association sponsors a winter indoor cycling competition for members.  Some members spend as many as 28 hours in ...

Having chosen to train using the Heart Rate Zone method (more specifically found in Joe Friel's "Total Heart Rate Training") I...

Introvert personality. If a crowded cocktail party feels like a holding cell to you, even as you gamely keep up your end of the chatter, c...

They say I'm `retired' now.  Actually, I still have the luxury of work.  But I no longer have the burden of a `job.' (How many...

Yesterday I got a late start on a training ride from Wilhoit toward Bagdad, the Santa Maria River (the low point).  This out and back route ...

Today's training ride put me over the 500,000 feet of climbing since Jan 1 2012 figure: Today's Training Session Miles: 6,435 F...

So ... I just spent a great deal of time and effort explaining and describing a dedicated program of training.  And it dawns on me: ANY p...

In my previous post I described some of the limitations of training exclusively in mountainous terrain.  Essentially, while my climbing abil...

For quite a long time I've been going back and forth on this issue.  First, I've made the distinction between `indoor' trainin...

Work in Progress. So much has settled in my private life over the past few months that, barring life's certain monkey wrenches, 2013 l...

On the second lap of the first loop on the World 24 Hr Time Trial I ran out of liquid nutrition one hour before I finished and I ran out of ...

My race data: World 24 Hour Time Trials

I haven't been to the UMCA website for ages. I just clicked there and looked up `me' and when my membership needs to be renewed. ...

Yesterday I spent 3 hours on the indoor trainer.  The outside weather was ideal: 70's, sunny, little wind, very little traffic.  So why ...

A while ago a wonderful bicycle shop entrepreneur and I had a conversation about `happiness.'  She's become happier of late because ...

I know and can name at least 4 or 5 people who could say this better than me.  The other day a new recumbent rider with a fairly distingui...

I've been putting in more miles on the bike lately and, despite having great, grippy tires I've had 2 flats in the last two training...

I recently participated in a `race / ride' called the Skull Valley Loop Challenge. It's a 52 mile, 4800 feet of climbing loop from P...

As I age (and age and age) I have a new ally in my many shortcomings: rationalization . " I'd do better but I'm an `older at...

Having crewed for the 500 this year the thought, of course, came to me as to whether or not I would consider entering the Hoodoo 500 for 201...

I just finished crewing for a a friend in his solo effort to complete a 516 mile, 40,000 feet of climbing race (Hoodoo 500 ) in 48 hours.  H...

July 31, 2012 : Saturday will see me riding from Prescott to Congress and back on the CA2. This will be the first real use of the bike thr...