Spent just under three days in Tennessee last weekend and rode a little over 100 miles and hiked about 20. Temperatures ranged from the mid 20’s to mid 50’s. Hiked and rode in the cold/snow and sun/mild warmth. 

Nice long ride from our house in Gatlinburg to Cades Cove, once around the loop, and back. Felt great. That’s probably the longest ride I’ve done since late December. Considered going longer but didn’t want to overdue it. I’ll do some hiking on Sunday before driving home and will do some recovery miles tomorrow evening.

HOW MUCH SHOULD YOU TRAIN?  By Coach John Hughes How much should you train? The answer: Probably not as much as you think. My friend and fellow cycling coach Neal Henderson says that 65% of the athletes he sees train too much, 25% train too little and 10% get it right – the pros who

I listened to a USAT webinar last night and given how most of us are pro’s so time is of the essence, these are the key take-aways: Quality over Quantity: an hour of intervals well above race pace is better than 4 hours of mediocrity Its not about volume but about how well you recover:

I used the crit course so I had some consistent up/down on these. Held 335, 330 and 309. Kind of died on that last one. Cadence did go up from 85 to 87 to 90 on each of the 12 minute efforts. I think I just couldn’t push he bigger gear up the hill so

The current issue of ACE Fitness has an extensive article on strength training. On a local tv interview I mentioned that endurance athletes who just can;t seem to find the time to fit in strength training should give up a run, bike or swim. I know, blasphemy, but it’s true. According to the article here

I did the 3×12 steady states today along Riverside Drive. I was little sore from yesterdays strength class but not sure it affected my power too much. You’ll find the 12 minutes broken into 2×6 with 15 seconds between as I did the u-turn in the road. I took 3 minutes +/- between the 12

With temperatures headed into the upper 50’s and near 60 this weekend, after 4″ of snow just two mights ago, there should be some opportunities to get outside to ride. After several weeks inside doing all of my interval training, it’ll be nice to see some scenery going by. I’m optimistic that my power outside

Busy week so I didn’t post much but it was typical as far as training: Monday spin in the am and circuit in the pm; Tuesday off; Wednesday spin and circuit consecutively in the am; Thursday off; Friday, 3×12 minutes at 330+.  Took my Giant Trinity in to the shop to replace the tires. I’ll

Rode a 14:28, my best ever at that event by about 6 seconds. CompuTrainer had me at 389 watts. HR at 168 avg, max at 180 (known max of 182). Cadence at 94. Had a good warmup and felt very steady from start to finish on the tt. I stayed focus on the power on