Won the gold in the 10k today. Started off with rain during warmup and then it tapered off by the time we started but the course was still very wet. With 11 turns per lap and four laps I rode pretty conservatively through the turns but inched up the power when possible. Not as fast […]

After a nice long warmup I did these and held from 490-520. Using them to get ready for the Tuesday/Wednesday Michigan 10k and 5k state championship time trials 

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did 3×8 minutes at 85% of max HR in spin class and then the usual lifting and core in circuit

I decided to go to Dayton to do the Blue Streak TT. It was good to have a change of pace from the usual Cleves course. Out of 80+ riders I had the fourth fastest time (beaten by a 32 year old, 45 year old and 36 year old) and I won the 55-59 by

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I considered doing my 100 miles across the park ride but once I got to 6600′ the skies didn’t look promising so I headed back and added in the Roaring Fork Motorway. Wonderful ride! Saw 4 bears and tons of wildflowers above 5000′. Rode pretty casually the entire way other than the steep climbs on

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