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2×8 minute field test, inside

377 and 384, inside. I always have some trepidation doing these inside. The 8 minutes seems to take 30. I was happy I held about the same as outside. The new bike is definitely more user friendly when it comes to fine tuning the power and the cadence is much more in line with what […]

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Outdoor Field Test

This is the outdoor test. I’ll do the indoor later in the week. I was hoping I’d average in the low 380’s but more like 377 with 380 and 374 being the results. I used the same road in the same direction for both. I started near Beterra Casino on 52 and went to just

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Training Updates

I’m still in the 4-5 hours per week. This feels great after months of training and racing. Next week I have two days with the 2×8 field tests, one indoors and one outside. Should be interesting. Power should be the same on each but the indoor is certainly more daunting mentally. I have the new

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Taper Weeks

This week and next have limited riding of just 4-5 hours. Kind of nice after riding 35 time trials and putting in lots of miles since January. And I’m adding in more hiking. Photos are from todays ride.

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Clingmans Dome Ride

Nothing too crazy here. I kept power pretty much at endurance pace and cadence as high as I could given the terrain (avg 210, 85). My 5, 10, 20 and 30 minute sustained power averages were upper endurance, 250-260. That completes my four hours for the week if we include spin class yesterday. I’ll hike

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Century

Great ride from Point Pleasant, OH to Augusta and Maysville, Ky, to Aberdeen, Oh and then north to 125 and on to Russelville and Georgetown before heading back to Point Pleasant.

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New Stages SC3 ordered

I just ordered this from our shop sponsor, Montgomery Cyclery. I’ve been using the CycleOps Indoor 400 for a long time, probably 60,000+ miles inside in 10 years. The old Joule 3 died a while back and the Joule 2 just isn’t as user friendly. This Stages bike looks like a huge upgrade. And I

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Blue Streak

I had pretty good ride. Overall power was 368, cadence 89 and speed at 27.32 on a windy cool night. The first 5.5 miles was at 28.25/371 and the second 4.5 at 26.8/366. Power was;t too far off my best efforts of the year (371). Not a super fast night but felt strong. I did

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