Training

In late December of 2017 I took some 2 to 6 minute videos of sections of an `all weather' local training route.   THIS  is a link to the...

2018 CALIFORNIA TRIPLE CROWN STAGE RACE ANNOUNCED The California Triple Crown Stage Race was started in 1996 to add a competition to the t...

Quick update on the Borrego Springs World Time Trial Championship.   Signed up for and did the 24 hour event. Covered 252 miles (23:37). Off...

My verbal abilities leave much to be desired (droning) in this video.  But this might be of interest to some.   Walk-around video of the num...

Yesterday I did too much too soon.   (61 Miles - 4,431 Feet)   But it was great.   I haven't done much training over the past month bu...

Considering my disappointment with my short-circuited Race Around Ireland is there anything I would have done differently? Yes.   Hire an ex...

Short Version:  Never bring a knife to a gunfight. Long Version: As best as I can determine I completed (approximately*) 331 km / 20...

Link to ... Pics of mid-sole sandals - modified I've looked at other efforts to make mid-sole cleats on sandals and find a major p...

Disc brake (rear) 650 wheels Velocity rear custom wheel to accommodate disc brake Velocity Spartacus front wheel Custom made tiller K...

With less than a month until the  RACE AROUND IRELAND  things look really good.  Training has been consistent. The volume (time, distance an...

I wear sandals with recessed cleats when cycling.  I've done this for years on the recumbent.   Recently, though, I've made some c...

Over past two days I've been ramping up the `intensity' and `volume' aspects of my training.   Due to the heat of my usual tra...

The Race Around Ireland is 1,336 miles and 66,000 feet of climbing.  Much like the Race Across America (RAAM) there are no stopping points u...

Dan Fallon, a long-time member of the Bike Prescott Club, will be among only twenty (20) solo bicyclists to compete in an international ultr...

It's warming up out here.  That means my training starts earlier in the day.  This week is a low and slow week: two laps of 15.8 miles ...

In a good training groove.   Consistency .   Volume .   Intensity .  Graduated improvement in stamina and capacity.   At this point I...

I am 98% confident that my training plan for the Race Around Ireland will best prepare me for a good finish: Consistency, Volume and Intensi...

In a previous post I identified the three elements to a balanced training plan: consistency , volume and intensity .  ( Epic v Intelligent ...

Today was the first `hot' training day since last year.  Though I rode in the morning the temp was 97F by the end of 30 miles.   30 Mi...

I'm concluding these days that I'm just a slow learner.   We moved from the densely populated flatland of Chicago Illinois to the ...

Ten short videos of the entry to and exit from Mizen Head.   Not a travelogue.  For those interested in the terrain and road quality.   ...

Seven short videos of the entry to and exit from the Gap of Dunloe.  Not a travelogue.  For those interested in the terrain and road qualit...

I just returned from an eight day trip to and from Ireland.  The purpose was to get a sense of the roads, drivers, terrain and anything else...

Three and a half months in and four and a half months to go before RAI (late August).   In a few days I'll travel to Dublin, Ireland, ...