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I finished the book Endure by Alex Hutchinson yesterday. All in all a good read although it didn’t really give much in the way of definitive actions to take or proven results of the balance of the body-mind interaction in our performance in endurance sports. There was certainly plenty of anecdotal evidence of the the […]

Very happy to say that Magnet Digital, the company that set up and maintains my website here and at Wimberg landscaping, is sponsoring my racing this year. It was quite a surprise when they contacted me with this offer. They have been great business partners over the years. They’re very responsive to our questions and

Did the indoor 100 yesterday, just a little under 5 hours. Started with 10 before breakfast, then did 30 mind-morning, 30 while watching the noon NCAA games and then 30 while watching the afternoon games. All in all, on the of the easier efforts as it was divided up. Average power was 214. Off day

Had some pretty good efforts in both classes with plenty of time in the 80%+ in both classes. 

Primarily lifting with not too much cardio/plyo but still drove HR into the 80-85% range in the yellow 

I did 4 x 8 minutes with 5 minutes between. Power goal was 326 but held averages of 335, 346, 354 and 356. Have strength class tonight and will then likely take off tomorrow. 

I’m about 2/3 of the way through this book. So far, I haven’t found a lot of ‘you should do this in your training’ moments as the author is shown the various sides of he argument of the mental vs physical training needed to be great. How critical is one to the other and how

Last ride in NYC at the Manhattan Athletic Club. Used the same procedure as yesterday with 10 minute segments at 220-240-260-280-300 with HR topping out at 80-83% of max. Nothing too crazy but enough to keep the legs and cardio in the game for a few days. 

Todays indoor ride at the Manhattan Athletic Club ming from 200-220-240-260-280 watts, 10 minutes each, followed by 20-30 minutes of lifting and then a 2+ hour walk around Central Park