Cool and windy evening with temps in the low 60’s. Not my kind of weather so I went for power and cadence. Held 356 and 95, best effort of the year. Time was 30 seconds slower than last week even with greater power. Just shows how conditions affect the speed. On e we get a

Took the last two days as recovery days after the intervals on Saturday and given the May races and training miles. Looking forward to Cleves time trial tomorrow night and the two state it’s coming up up three weeks from today. Turned 53 today…one more year in the 50-54. Watched some of the state crit

Did a 24 minute and 23 minute tempo effort today along SR 52 between the casino and New Richmond. Held 323 and 331 respectively with average speed being 25.6 and 27.1. Some wind assist on the second. Rode the Cervelo P2 just so I can get in more miles i the tt position. No long

Todays 2×20 tempo at 320 each, used the crit course at Ault Park.

Rode a 22:35, 27.2 mph, tying my best of the year. Started late due to a major storm that brought the temperatures down to the upper 60’s with some heavy humidity. Only had about 15 minutes to warmup so I went out with a high cadence. Was averaging about 375 watts through the first 4

Arrived at our place on Wednesday afternoon having done my 9am strength class and about 45 minutes of recovery miles on the bike. Rode another 90 minutes through Great Smoky Mountain National Park that evening. On Thursday hiked to Brushy Mountain via Trillium Gap and then did some of the Cades Cove Loop that afternoon.

Riding in Cades Cove today came down a hill and saw a guy waving at me. I blew by him and then discovered the bear at the bottom of the hill. I was about 15′ away at this point. A couple of Park volunteers told me to get off my bike and walk back up

the last of the tt’s for another week. Held 353 watts for 22:54, 94 cadence.

Certainly didn’t have my A game but I rode a decent 20k. Very windy so I took advantage of that on the way out. Kind of a cross win from behind so the disc wheel really didn’t help. Had decent speed (27.4) but lower power (325). The way back was much slower but I upped

Took first place. One more year and I can move up to the 55+ http://www.usacycling.org/results/index.php?permit=2015-1992&bypass=1