New disc, new carbon front wheel, new cassette, new chain rings, new chain, new aero extensions and new saddle (Couldn’t get the Adamo to fit right and really haven’t tried this one out yet).
New disc, new carbon front wheel, new cassette, new chain rings, new chain, new aero extensions and new saddle (Couldn’t get the Adamo to fit right and really haven’t tried this one out yet).
My teaching schedule has me running around a lot to different campuses, so my training time has suffered during the week. I also went through a bad case of insomnia over the past couple weeks that caused me to sacrifice my morning strength/swimming workouts. Insomnia is something I’ve dealt with my entire life. Some people say they have insomnia because they can’t sleep. It’s more than that. It’s your body not shutting down. Not...
Race results: 2:24:31 Placement: 99/129 Average Speed: 14.9 TSB (Biking/SBR): –6.9/-6.3 Morning of the race went fine. Love having a local race that doesn’t require me to get up at 4am or spend money on hotels. Breakfast included couple of egg whites, toast and chocolate milk. I was all packed and ready to go, but still had to put my bike on the rack. While doing this, noticed front tire was flat. Pumped it...
First fall of the season and it was a good one. While mountain biking, I was doing a mock race, thus moving pretty quick. Front wheel went off the trail slightly and hit something that stopped the wheel instantly. Unfortunately, my body kept going and over the bars I went. Normally not too much of an issue, but at 18mph it caused some damage. First, my front wheel is bent. Second, I received a...
On Spring Break so I can finally open up some of my days to more training. The plan calls for 16 hours so hopefully the weather cooperates so I don’t have to do much on the trainer.
I wrote about the Performance Management Chart earlier this year. This chart has become one of my most valuable training tools. Below is my PMC for the past 90 days. The Since my training year started on December 5, there are two big curves right at the beginning of the chart (yellow line and purple line) The yellow line represents my training stress balance (TSB) and the purple represents my acute training load (ATL). ...
If you ever want to start a heated debate on a triathlon forum, there are two things you can ask: Should I do flip turns? Should I shower before I enter the pool? Now, I don’t really care about flip turns since it’s a pool and I’m not racing in the pool. However, I do care about the shower before swimming. So I started to ask around and get the low-down on why some...
I’m sure some Priority C races will be removed. Priority A races: These are my top priority races. Priority B races: These I will use as training races. Priority C races: These races depend on my mood. March 24: Barry Roubaix Killer Gravel Road Race: 65 Miles (Priority B) April 22: Yankee Springs Time Trial (Priority A) April 29: Pontiac Lake Mountain Bike Time Trial (Priority C) May 12: Fifth Third River Bank Run 25k (Priority B) May 6: Fort...
Official release information on the long awaited 10-speed grip shift. The release date is sometime in March, but that is irrelevant. Why? Because SRAM has opted to rape their customers. Here are the prices: XO grip = $225 XX grip = $295 Compare that to the typical 9-Speed XO grip that sells for a whooping $70. There is somebody who has the ability to convert the XO 9-speed to 10-speed for roughly $90USA. He...
Which forums you visit depends on what information you are looking for. There are forums for everything and anything. In addition, each forum has it’s only personality. Here are the pro’s/con’s of the forums I visit. This is strictly my opinion. These are in order of most visited to least. 1. Beginner Triathlete The forums title says it all. This is my most frequent forum when it comes to my triathlon racing. Pro’s: Endless...
