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.

Used the uphill section of the crit course at Ault Park. Starting at the bottom of the hill these all took me to about halfway around the pavilion. I’d coast down and do the next. Power numbers were 496, 482, 485, 493, 489, 503, 488, 504, 507, 487, 480, 488, 500, 494 and 514. Average

Todays efforts on the same course were 383, 380, 381, 373, 372, 384 and 374. Tomorrow we have the 15×1’s. Should be fun.

answer to question from team members on how to compete in crits Good questions. I’ll offer some of my thoughts on this. I know training ideas are open to debate and this group email is great for these discussions. HR training zones can be a valuable training tool. When HR monitors first came out they

Did the first day of the 7×3’s using Heekin Avenue from Eastern to Ault Park. With a 10 minute warmup and 5 minute cool down I was on the bike about 50 minutes. Average power for the intervals was 398, 382, 377, 372, 378, 371 and 372 and normalized power for the entire ride was