I started the day by riding with my 8am spin class. The forecast was for temps in the low to mid 30’s so I made them do the 20 minute effort on my schedule after about 15 minutes of warming up through various intervals. Held 310. Kind of hard to really go to crazy when

Cold day (mid 30’s) but sunny; used the same hill, Heekin From Eastern to the playground at Ault Park: 365, 368, 361, 363, 361, 363. Just under 2000′ of climbing in 55 minutes and normalized power at 297. Given the 6 x 2.5-3 minutes downhill at 0 watts, not too bad on the NP.

did the 6×4 minutes on Heekin Avenue today: 367, 362, 361, 363, 361 and 360; felt a little tired from yesterdays spin class and circuit class; also getting colder…low 40’s today.

I spent an hour today with a 60 year old cyclist looking to add strength training to his program. We spent time with minimal weights as we ran through squats to a press, lunges to a press and/or curl, side lines with a curl, forward lunges to angles, step ups and down, along with a

Had planned on spending the weekend hiking in Tennessee but due to a friends illness we canceled. Did just an hour of endurance today where I started at 150 watts and added 10 every 5 minutes until I was at 280 then backed it down to 220 for 15 minutes.  Will likely ride easy tomorrow

Used Heekin Avenue from Eastern to the playground at Ault Park. I allowed the cadence to fall where it may and went for power: 371/73, 372/77, 372/78, 363/78, 366/76, 365/77. When I tried keep cadence at 90 last week power was closer to 350. The lower half of the hill is 10-14% so cadence is

In a little over a week, 2015 will be history.  This is a great time to assess what went well and what didn’t in the past year and how you plan on reaching your goals for 2016. Here are some questions to ask yourself: Did you find that you were in good position for the

Kind of warm out, mid 50’s, with colder air coming later in the week so I went to the Ault Park crit course and did 10×1, power/cadence: 504/97, 502/100, 499/101, 489/99, 479/90, 493/97, 485/98, 478/103, 483/104 and 500/103. Felt good about the cadence and power not too bad consider yesterdays time trial. Will rest tomorrow.

Rode a 14:40, just 6 seconds off my PR. Held 373 watts, close to 100 rpm avg and 169 avg HR or 93% of max. Hit 180 over the last minute, 99% of max. Can’t say that feels good at all. Was fortunate to have the best time in my age bracket and overall also.

Even though its 60 degrees on a Saturday in December, I’m sticking to the plan of a recovery day after yesterdays steady state efforts and 50 miles. Will use the time to get some other things done around the house and garden.