Arrived in Traverse City this afternoon and rode the 40 mile round trip up and down the Old Mission Peninsula. Had a flat at 12 minutes in but then hit the tempo for 36 minutes at 300, took off 4 minutes and then did 12 minutes at 301. While at an overlook some guy came

Wasn’t feeling particularly motivated so I warmed up a little lighter than normal. Went off at a lower cadence pushing a little bigger gear and posted a 22:17 or 27.6 mph. Ready for a week of long rides in northern Michigan. Hope to do 3-4 century plus rides and the days between do some 50-70

The course in Alliance was a rectangle with the first leg headed west slightly uphill and into the wind (10-15 mph steady), then we turned north with the wind at our side as we had a downhill and some rollers, then a right turn heading east with the wind behind us, a right turn heading

I took first place and had the fastest time of the day overall. time was just 6:45 or so, 27.8 mph. We started right into the wind for more than half the course as the start and stop on the out and back were staggered. The narrow road made the turn a challenge; really had

I held 347, 354, 352, 350, 338 and 341 on these; higher than called (steady state zone is 319-330) for but I was feeling great; HR ws right around 162 +/- on most; also just took 1-2 minutes between each…ready for Tuesday and Wednesday time trials in Alliance, OH.

Did the last of the 7x3s’ on Friday afternoon. Power not quite as high with this being the fourth day of time trials and intervals but did ok on these with power above 400 on he first and holding in the 370’s on the last two. Definitely tired after this stretch of days. Saturday was

Rode Cleves on Tuesday at 22:13, one second off my best of the year. Had I know I would have pushed one second harder. Won my age and took second to an 18 year old. Rode the Blue Streak last night at 22:19 in a difficult wind. The first mile was at 24 mph avg,

rode a 22:20, 27.5 mph. Feel ready for the 5k and 10k state tt’s next week in northern Ohio. Felt like today could have been faster but we were delayed by thunderstorms for 30 minutes after we warmed up. Pretty much hit it when the rained passed.