This week was full of intervals, and more intensity. With the season coming up quickly I am just trying to do some fin tunning to make the first race less painful. Since I am not going to be peaking till July I have some time. Road season is more of a step in my training for MTB Nationals this summer.
I purchased two of the licenses that I will be using this summer, and when I got my collegic license every category was wrong which lead to "almost stressful" issue of trying to mend the situation. With the Help of T.G. Taylor everything got worked out and now I am ready for the race year to get underway.
This weekend I have planned: the oval ride(should be good pending on the weather), and then either heading to the mountains snowshoeing/winter camping with some friends before not having any weekends free due to racing. A couple of weekends ago when I did cross training in the mountains I got an incredible workout and mentally relaxed. Should be good fun. If this falls through I shall partake in another Rio Group ride.
In May I will be officially racing for Veloxcycles and for the month I will be back out East I will be riding for Bliss racing.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
The run down
So this past week was basically an off week due to bad weather (winds that made it impossible to ride) as well as a ton of school work. I think I totaled 2hrs on the bike maybe three all of which were on rollers(no fun).
This weekend I did TT practice with the Colorado State University cycling team. Basically, the group will be racing with has a ton of experience, and all we did was got a feeling for riding together, technique, etc. After that I didn't want to ride with the team(just felt out of rhythm) so I rode with my teammates Megan, and Caley.
I got a new MTB, which is sick. The frame is a full carbon HT(weighing in at 1300g) so I had to ride it. Hit Blue sky trail and then turned around within 500 yards(sank my bike in mud).
So I went and got back on the road bike and did sprints for an hour.
Sunday, it was supposed to be warm so myself as well as numerous people on the RIO group ride dressed according, the only problem was that it actually was cold. Sad day. We headed up to Masonville, CO. The start was slow. Felt strong on the climbs( it was a big ring day). Tempo picked up mainly due to myself and a couple other riders pulling the whole day. Near the end Caley, Erick and myself attacked and believe it or not people chased. We hit the climbs hard and basically rode away from everyone. From the Hoorsetooth Mountain Park back into Fort Collins we rolled turns near 30mph.
About a week and a half ago I started ramping up the training intensity and have felt strong sense. Part of My plan is to have a good base and finish the rest of my training with the start of the road season. I am going surprisingly fast for the amount of training.
Starting in May I will be racing for Velox Cycles, newly formed team. Should be good. Hopefully starting strong this season should make for a good overall race year. I have some good races lined up and reachable goals.
J.
This weekend I did TT practice with the Colorado State University cycling team. Basically, the group will be racing with has a ton of experience, and all we did was got a feeling for riding together, technique, etc. After that I didn't want to ride with the team(just felt out of rhythm) so I rode with my teammates Megan, and Caley.
I got a new MTB, which is sick. The frame is a full carbon HT(weighing in at 1300g) so I had to ride it. Hit Blue sky trail and then turned around within 500 yards(sank my bike in mud).
So I went and got back on the road bike and did sprints for an hour.
Sunday, it was supposed to be warm so myself as well as numerous people on the RIO group ride dressed according, the only problem was that it actually was cold. Sad day. We headed up to Masonville, CO. The start was slow. Felt strong on the climbs( it was a big ring day). Tempo picked up mainly due to myself and a couple other riders pulling the whole day. Near the end Caley, Erick and myself attacked and believe it or not people chased. We hit the climbs hard and basically rode away from everyone. From the Hoorsetooth Mountain Park back into Fort Collins we rolled turns near 30mph.
About a week and a half ago I started ramping up the training intensity and have felt strong sense. Part of My plan is to have a good base and finish the rest of my training with the start of the road season. I am going surprisingly fast for the amount of training.
Starting in May I will be racing for Velox Cycles, newly formed team. Should be good. Hopefully starting strong this season should make for a good overall race year. I have some good races lined up and reachable goals.
J.
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