Training

Skull Valley Loop - Clockwise Training task today : handling of bike on fast descents into crosswind.  Making this more difficult was the ...

S loppy.   And far from `correct.’   But I’m pretty happy with today’s `training for disorganized mortals.’   Two weeks from tomorrow (S...

Dan Fallon: Descent to Skull Valley The descent to Skull Valley from the top of Iron Springs Road is 12.2 miles long. ( http://ridewith...

When I was a kid I rode around the block until it was dark.  As a young teenager I rode in a `pack' with other kids.  When I was 16 I de...

I'm changing my front triple (55/39/30) to a double (58/42). In doing so I'm stepping smack into the middle of the mistaken conclu...

I'm coming north today at milepost 303 and I look up at the road just before mp 305.  A big white 18 wheeler seemed to be parked in t...

With the exception of five weeks in May and June I've averaged 19+ hours per week training on the bike.  Out here it's not so much t...

Sometimes it hits me about getting older.  It's like taking a 30 ton boat out for a ride with a 40 ton anchor on a 100 feet chain into 3...

I finally got rid of the `smartphone' that I erred in purchasing last month.  Lot's of `data' and too little `information.'...

That's what my doc called me today. B P: 113/68 Steady at 180 lbs Resting (more like napping) HR: less than 52 bpm Empty drum for l...

My wife, Anna, just cleared more of the mist in my head about the issue I've been exploring (and briefly been blogging about for the pas...

Last week the Follow Vehicle in which I was riding (Crew Chief and Navigator) was hit from behind by another vehicle traveling at 65 mph. ...

When there are problems somebody has to identify them and describe them. Problems cannot be `fixed' unless they are known and worked o...

Recently I've both observed and experienced how neutral observations or comments can be used as a springboard for some to launch bombast...

First rule: Control Second rule: Control. Out here there is a 12.2 mile continuous descent (4% - 10%) from the top of the Prescott Nation...

Out on the road a bit before 5am with the plan to do 135 miles and 12,500 ft of climbing. All went really well. The Surefire headlamp lit up...

It was a weird training session yesterday.  Having pushed pretty hard the previous two days yesterday was an `easy' workout.  I joined a...

I live in Prescott, AZ.  The `flattest' training course I can find is 27 miles and 1,500 feet of climbing. Last year I rode only 7,100...

(I ride without music.  Part of it has to do with safety.  Part of it has to do with the fact that, after a while, it's like chewing dea...

Anger is kerosene looking for a match. Anger is ` ready, FIRE, aim. ' In my private practice I'd tell my patients that `comparin...

I spent the day yesterday glued to a chair and a computer ... like any good ultracyclist.  I don't really like `riding' a bike.  L...

Should be a good year for cycling.  Lot's of major life change issues (retirement, selling house, relocating, renovating new house, scop...

Here in Mile High Prescott, Arizona, it is `ground-zero' for mind-blowing mountain biking $35K Winner's Prize Don't be surpr...

I recently commented on a New York Times article Running Hard at 66 and Living With the Consequences Having just returned from a 24 Hour B...

Training WIthout Brains Sometimes we let fixed ideas dictate our actions.  This is variably described, ranging from `dedicated,' to ...