Good Stuff
I just got done watching the latest episode of the OC. It was truly a great one, it reminds me why I continue to watch that show. It wasn't on for a month, so I got used to not watching it. Then when it came back on I wasn't ready because I had forgot, and then last week I couldn't watch because I was in Arizona. So this was my first time watching in about 2 months and it was a great way to get back into the swing of things.
Tuesday I couldn't ride outside, well I could have, but it would have been crazy, so I rode the trainer for 2:20:00. It was pretty long and I had my most intense workout of the year. I simulated 7 2 minute big gear climbs with my heart rate at about 180-182 beats per minute, followed by 4 7 minute cruise intervals where I maintained my heart rate in the high 160s to low 170s. It was pretty intense for this early, but it was on the schedule for this week and I have a race coming up so I knew I had to do it.
Yesterday I rode the trainer for an hour easy. Today I rode up Poudre Canyon with a 60 minute zone 3 tempo. It was great, I love riding up the Poudre. The only downfall is coming back down it. The wind is always blowing right into your face and it sucks so much. I almost always get disillusional while descending. My eyes always go all blurry and I can't even open them all the way. On the way back into town though I had to stop at CVS to get some chapstick. My lips got so chapped in the past few days and they hurt real bad. I'm not even joking, my lips were starting to kill me on my ride, it really wasn't cool. And of course, I couldn't go into a store without buying a king size Nutrageous and eating it right away.
Like I said before, my first race is this weekend: The Oval Crit. I'm gonna do a little training on the course on Saturday morning and scope out how everything might play out. This is my first collegiate road race and I really don't know what to expect so I'm going to race Bs. I hope I'm strong enough to throw down attacks and use all the tactical stuff that I've been learning from watching so much road racing lately. I really want to do well and not just sit in the whole time, but we'll see how everything goes on race day.
Tuesday I couldn't ride outside, well I could have, but it would have been crazy, so I rode the trainer for 2:20:00. It was pretty long and I had my most intense workout of the year. I simulated 7 2 minute big gear climbs with my heart rate at about 180-182 beats per minute, followed by 4 7 minute cruise intervals where I maintained my heart rate in the high 160s to low 170s. It was pretty intense for this early, but it was on the schedule for this week and I have a race coming up so I knew I had to do it.
Yesterday I rode the trainer for an hour easy. Today I rode up Poudre Canyon with a 60 minute zone 3 tempo. It was great, I love riding up the Poudre. The only downfall is coming back down it. The wind is always blowing right into your face and it sucks so much. I almost always get disillusional while descending. My eyes always go all blurry and I can't even open them all the way. On the way back into town though I had to stop at CVS to get some chapstick. My lips got so chapped in the past few days and they hurt real bad. I'm not even joking, my lips were starting to kill me on my ride, it really wasn't cool. And of course, I couldn't go into a store without buying a king size Nutrageous and eating it right away.
Like I said before, my first race is this weekend: The Oval Crit. I'm gonna do a little training on the course on Saturday morning and scope out how everything might play out. This is my first collegiate road race and I really don't know what to expect so I'm going to race Bs. I hope I'm strong enough to throw down attacks and use all the tactical stuff that I've been learning from watching so much road racing lately. I really want to do well and not just sit in the whole time, but we'll see how everything goes on race day.
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