After two weeks away, one at the Blue Streak and one at the Michigan time trials, I was back at Cleves tonight. Not a bad effort at 373 watts, 22:28, around 27.5 mph. Held around 375 for the first 6 miles and then upper 360’s for the last four with avg speed at 28 that […]

I couldn’t resist. back in northern Michigan so I did my favorite century, and it rained again but not for too long. Averaged 247 watts for 5:19. I was at 258 for the first 60 miles. Slowed down some with the rain and the ride through Sleeping Bear Dunes. I’m taking tomorrow off and then

Gold again and another state record. Rode at 402 watts for 6:51, 27.5 mph. The one minute intervals between riders really made difference. Had the course mostly to myself. Passed maybe three riders instead of 15. I love those short races! Felt like I was riding well the entire way.

I did 6×30 seconds on the crit course. Power averages were 619, 652, 649, 657, 651 and 651. Finished with 30 minutes at 170 and then 30 below 100, inside. Yesterdays rest day helped and tomorrow will be off for the drive.

I’ll be driving home tomorrow and will do an indoor recovery ride there. Today I did a shorter ride with one 22 minute effort at 322. I’ve used this same climb many times in the past and this time and power would be pretty typical.

Wonderful ride up to Clingmans Dome and back. I did throw in the 10 and 8 x 30 but they were more about getting the cadence up while climbing. I also threw in 2×5 minutes. Overall, feeling pretty mellow and knowing this climb takes a couple of hours I didn’t kill it on these. That

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Seemed to have done well. I was getting some dropouts on my computer during the ride and missed much of the warmup. We did the latter in a heavy downpour. The race itself was just hot and amazingly humid. Power looks like 366 avg so I’m happy with that. I know that last year at

I had fun with these. Used the Ault Park course going clockwise and starting at the bottom of the circle on each. Average for the first set was 611 and for the second 609. The details on power, set 1: 584, 602, 618, 610, 614, 596, 606, 626, 619, 632. Set 2: 602, 602, 607,