Jun 26 2008
Short term memory loss
Plugging through the week. It finally looks and feels like summer. 90’s this weekend and I’m sure people will all be bitching about that.
Rach is heading out of town a long weekend to Breitenbush for a weekend of naked hot tubbing, hiking, yoga, and whatever else it is you do down there. I’m home with the kids so I’ll be busting out the trainer for some super-early morning rides to keep a little fresh. I can’t flippin’ believe I’m getting on the trainer in June. I think I just threw up in my mouth.
Rides are progressing along just nicely. I’m slowly moving away from strict base work and adding some threshold work. I’m planning on having a solid 50-60 minutes of LT work twice a week by the time late September rolls around. I just really started getting these intervals in and I’d forgotten how mildly uncomfortable they can be.
I added strength & core work in starting this week. I worked fairly hard over the winter to make some strength gains and I mildly regret not carrying it through the spring. I did the first one yesterday and this morning my legs were noticeably heavy. This will go away after a couple more.
Running starts in mid-July. I don’t even really want to think about it right now.
I added a timer to the side for Alpenrose. 21 weeks to go. Everything feels right on schedule. My motivation is pretty high. Confidence? Well, it goes up and down. There are times when I feel I’m on the right path to have a successful season. Then there are other times when I feel I’m going to get my lunch money taken in the A 35+ races.
It’s about your mojo. I think either you have it or you don’t. There’s not that much in between. I’m getting it. It isn’t there yet but I feel it’s out there.
Dude, Alpenrose has been going on for a couple of months now. You are missing out on some serious fun racing. Today is day 4 of the 6 day. Lots of interval training to be had! This is all just pre season… Over the weekend did Elkhorn. Fun stuff!!!
Time to start racing, stop your sniveling…
See you at the starting line.
Jeff
Ouch. I wasn’t expecting smack for another couple months.
I did Elkhorn 2 years ago as a brand new Cat 5 and found that there’s pain, there’s suffering, and then there’s the Dooley Mtn stage. I may return next year to try again.
Good fun at Alpenrose, you say? OK. I’ll get out there for the track development class on one of the next 2 Wednesdays. I hope they have a bike big enough for me to use.
M
Look forward to seeing you out there. I am sure they will have something that will work. This week of doing the six day event has been a great experience. Plus, what doesn’t kill you, just makes you faster!!!
J