I did some 12 minute efforts outside in the Fayetteville area on my time trial bike on Tuesday. Power was ok, 290-310. I did the 30-45-60-90-60-45-30 power efforts today, 4 minutes between. Power was from 420w to 540w. Also did an 11 mile Rouvy race on monday at 310 and a 7 mile yesterday at […]

Taper time is a stressful time for endurance athletes. After months of pushing their bodies to the limit, it can feel strange to pull back on the training load. Not only do athletes worry about losing fitness, but they also tend to overanalyze everything they do during the taper.  What should I be eating? Why

On Monday I did 6 miles, 3 miles and then 1 mile on the virtual Cleves course. I was pushing pretty hard on the 3 and 1. Today I did an 11 mile Rouvy race. Had some good competition and was behind two other riders by .24 miles at the halfway point. I ended catching

Over the last two weeks I’ve ridden a 105 mile ride along with 2-3 days per week with intervals. Mosyt have been from 12-15 minutes at around 310w. We’re starting to build the longer interval  power heading into the winter training and get ready for the Florida championships in December. At this evenings Blue Streak

Did some short but intense intervals today on some climbs around the neighborhood.  30 sec at 547 30 sec at  535 3:11 at 449 1:00 at 449 37 sec at 558 33 sec at 527  33 sec at 577

Last week 10 mile Blue Streak and then a Rouvy race

After the TN 5k I also rode the Blue Streak TT in Dayton on the following Tuesday. Power was around 323, time around 22:02. Took the rest of the week pretty easy with a 101 mile ride on Saturday. This week I’ve been in 35 hours of Zoom meetings/training for some business topics so I’ve

Had a good ride at this race. Time was 6:36, NP at 366, avg at 356, avg speed at 28.18. 

Rode KY on Labor Day and OH the day after in Lexington and Newton Falls respectively.  KY 5K   7:03, 360w       10k 14:00 331w OH 5K 6:45 366w        10k 13:16 320w  Not a fan of two days in a row but it worked out pretty well with golds in each

Used the local crit course to do 4×1 minute at 548, 561, 572 and 593, 3:15 between