Remember when I was entertaining the idea of actually trying to race my San Jose? In a cyclocross race when I can barely run? Yeah, that was funny. Especially because at this point, how heavy I can make my bike has become a personal challenge for me. I am piling on the pounds, yo. In [...]
Entries Tagged as 'training'
carbing it up
March 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · food, road rides, training
I did 40 miles the other day. At 15mph. Huzzah! SLOW, I know. But for a couch desk potato-dough ball on a single-speed, I’m fairly proud of myself. The hills around Dover can be a little discouraging [although the descents are incredibly fun], and at one point, about 10 feet from the top of a [...]
fighting cars and hamstrings
March 17th, 2010 · 6 Comments · road rides, training
Andddd it’s back to being gorgeous out, which means it’s back to riding to Dover every chance I get, even with my gimp leg. I even I got up at 5.30am to ride before class yesterday, checked the temperature, decided it was too cold, and promptly went back to sleep. I stretched between class and [...]
Tags:badger·dover·la vie claire·merckx·ride·vintage cycling cap
training for one…gear
March 15th, 2010 · 5 Comments · training
[Thanks for the snot rocket tips, guys! I'm going to fully make use of them later this week.] One reason why I rode nearly every day last week was the weather forecast for the weekend: it was going to rain from Saturday to Monday. Awesome. All for the best, probably, as my left calf is [...]
Tags:bicycling·intervals·knees·single-speed·training programs
snotty but laid back
March 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · road rides, training
A friend commented the other day that he thought I was from the Pacific Northwest. “You’re so laid back,” he said. I burst out laughing. Me? Laid back? Yeah, laid back like bat shit crazy’s laid back. Still, oddly flattered, I brandished my compliment du jour later that night to Mike. His response: “…..WHAT???? Does [...]
velo bento — march 11, 2010
March 11th, 2010 · No Comments · food, training, velo bento
Okay, more like apres velo bento. Mixed baby greens, sliced mushrooms, and grape tomatoes drizzled with balsalmic vinegar, a sprinkle of nooch [a.k.a. nutritional yeast - it's addictive], plus some chunks of goat’s cheese were devoured after an easy 2hr20min ride yesterday. I was going top off that salad with slices of roasted sweet potato, [...]
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early bird
March 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · road rides, training
So I did the absurd yesterday. Somehow, I decided it would be an awesome idea to get up at 5.30am and be out the door, on my bike, by 6.30am. Do an easy, breezy 2 hours, shower, pack my bag and head to school for a 10am class. Um…what? I almost didn’t. Seriously. I slept [...]
sunny unpreparedness
March 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · road rides, training
Sorry for the radio silence, peeps! There just really wasn’t much going on last week; I had planned a [geared] ride while I was down in the city, and then it rained. Which sounds like the lamest excuse on the planet but a) Mike only has one set of fenders and b) I lack the [...]
Tags:dover·ride·smoothie·unprepared·warm
pumping iron
February 22nd, 2010 · 6 Comments · training
I really love that everyone’s referring to my unnamed friend in Friday’s post as “Mr. 15-25hours.” Hilarious. You guys know how to make me laugh. And while that email initially had me whimpering in a corner, I was totally okay not training this weekend. Even when it was in the 40s and gorgeous out. Even [...]
Tags:franco columbo·lou ferrigno·muscle·pumping iron·rivendell·schwarzenegger
commute to train
January 21st, 2010 · 3 Comments · training
“It’s cold out today. Or, that’s what I thought when I got in my car.” I’m met with a variation of that comment at least once a week when people see me with a bike in one hand and a helmet in the other. A friend once informed me, in the middle of that frigid [...]