did about 10 miles covering Forney Creek to the cascade, Forney Ridge to Andrews Bald and then a couple of hours on the Road Prong Trail.

While not exactly physical recovery this ride was mental recovery. Rode to Clingmans Dome and took plenty of time to stop and take in the scenery. I posted some photo’s on FB. Great day to ride! Summer in the lower elevations and still spring at the top. Pretty slow pace but I was in no

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Had a fast ride tonight at unofficial 21:52, 27.5 mph, 369 watts at 89 rpm’s. Rather than focus on power I looked at average speed the entire time. I didn’t even look at average power until I crossed the finish line. Power was the best I’ve had in a while on a 10 mile course.

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My favorite local route goes through Clermont County along the Ohio River via US 52. In Higginsport I head north on 221 to Georgetown and then on Old 68 to Ripley where I took the side road to Rankin House. Next time I’ll head to Maysville, Ky to Aberdeen, OH and other towns in Brown

The Tuesday evening Cleves was the first of the three Southwest Ohio Senior Time Trials. Today we went to Mt. Airy Forest for the 1 mile and 5k. Stats on the 1 mile were : 2:08, 493 avg watts, with a turn at the halfway point around a large island; peak 30 seconds at 615

Given the cool evening, upper 50’s, I’m ok with this time at 23:02, 26.75 mp, 363 watts. Cadence was kind of low at around 90. I’ll get that up in time and will go faster in some warmer weather.

Dear Athletes,I’ve had some great emails, phone conversations and in-person meetings with many of you lately. It’s really great to get feedback on how all of the training we did over the fall and winter are paying off in the spring. I love hearing from riders who said that rather than letting other riders set

There’s a 90% chance of rain here tomorrow and not much better on Sunday so I did the 10×1’s today given it’s in the 60’s and sunny. I used the crit course and held 520, 505, 503, 510, 498, 509, 501, 498, 508 and 501. Average for all was 505, NP for the 40 minute