Training with Pow...T.A.L.

Christmas has past and I now am taking training a bit more seriously. I just got off the ole fluid 2 after putting on a lil less than an hour. Although it was not as boring as some of the other sessions I have had. I was thinking of a hundred things that would be more interesting. This American Life has been a great companion since it is usually interesting and keeps my attention. Most of the shows are an hour give or take a couple minutes, which is perfect for acheveing litespeed while standing still. I am pretty drained and lazy so it will be short. I hope everyone has a happy new year.

P.S. To shawny smalls I am holding the ditched breakfast date against you!

P.P.S. That's right, I am too lazy to post pictures.

Hopping on the Training Train

It has been over a month since I last updated the ole blog and not a lot has happened. I made a safe recovery from my case of mono and currently feel great. During that time I watched the state race which was pretty exciting. I had never wanted to race so bad as I did when I was watching the Cat. 3s. Team Pegasus had pulled out all of the stops and rolled in with two tents with windows, a heater that was designed by N.A.S.A., Grill and lots of other goodies. Then Jason and I helped tear down the course, which was about as enjoyable as setting it up at 7 a.m.

Last time I had up dated this thing was also the last time I had ridden my bike. Since it is almost half way through December I have decided to start putting in some base miles on the trainer and rollers. I noticed last year that at the end of my races I was a little too exhausted so until late January it is going to be an endurance based training. This is over a solid month and I hope to make some real progress. Also it will help me lose the 7-10 lbs. of weight I have put on since I had gotten mono. Ideally I plan to get a heart rate monitor, but my funding is running low and I have been going out more than I should have. Is there ever really an off season when you are a cyclist? I will answer that one myself with "kind of". The month I decided to slack off, blow money, and gain weight was a break from the bicycle, but I am now going to have to work twice as hard to get back on to where I was. Then I have to account for the effort of getting back into the groove of training. So yes there is an off season, but should you regulate what you are doing in that time, yes. So the "kind of" answer kind of makes sense.

Now all it will take is motivation which I already have plenty of. If anyone out there ever feels a lack of it I suggest you check out some you tube clips of Jens Voigt. That guys is arguable the ideal teammate and cyclist. After watching it I felt guilty that I had not worked on a winter training program yet or had touched any of my bikes in over a month. Now I just have to see the actual movie about team CSC.

Don't drop the ball or you won't be dropping the hammer come Spring.