Epic century in the mountains. We had big storms last night and this morning it was low 60’d going to the mid 80’s so I did the Gatlinburg-Clngmans-Cherokee, NC and back ride. I rode it 30 minutes faster than the last time I did it earlier this spring. NP at 252, avg 227, 10,026′ of

I could telling looking at Friday that I wouldn’t have time for these so I did them today. Even given the Tuesday time trial and classes yesterday I felt pretty good. Here is a breakdown. I used the crit course so I had an up hill effort and then a flat to slightly downhill effort

22:25, 27.4 mph, 369 watts at 87 rpms….a little slower on the rpms….just went with a bigger gear and more muscle tonight

Started around 7am and did this part in about the first 86 in about 4:35, 240 avg watts, 258 NP. Pretty high for that length of time. Rode about half in a steady drizzle. Given the weather I used the Little Miami Trail past Oregonia. Ran into a group riding from Philly to Oregon over

My week of training has been left up to me for Wednesday through the weekend. I did both of my classes on Wednesday, took yesterday off completely and then did some short efforts today. Will likely ride long tomorrow. I did some easy indoor miles early this morning and then did these 30 second efforts

Cleves Time Trial Felt like a lackluster performance but rode a 22:47, 363 watts, 91 rpms. Maybe a little post nationals let down, and not wallets motivated at Cleves on a weekly basis. But, it is great training.

Nationals Comments In reviewing the data from the race I spent over 8 minutes above 400 watts, 20 minutes in that 350-400 range and 16 minutes in the 300-350 range. Given the 22 uphill efforts ranging in age from .25 to .6 of a mile, there were a lot of spikes in the power. Max