"People write and call me and ask me to describe a general
training week. But they don't need my general training
week, they need their general training week. They need to
figure their own situation"
-Ned Overend
training week. But they don't need my general training
week, they need their general training week. They need to
figure their own situation"
-Ned Overend
Sunday.
Okay, this is it. Sunday. Not just any Sunday, this is THE Sunday. After today, the bike get priority. Does that mean ill i am going to do for the next 8 months is bike? No, what that means is for the next 8 months my day will revolve around my training schedule. Each month will get progressivly more intense between now and August 1st. The big ride starts August 8.
A bit more about ME>>>
My opening blog reads a bit like i have very little experience on the bike. Well, compared to Lon Haldeman or Lance i am very inexperienced. Compared to the average American walking around the shopping mall, i am, well, better than they are.
I have ridden across Kansas 3 Times ( 550 miles from West to East) Attended 3 PAC tour camps in Arizona, Cycled around the Big Island of Hawaii, Attended Lance's "Ride for the Roses" in Austin Texas -3 times, and traveled with my bike to places like Florida, California, and Pennsylvania. Every Summer we spend a few weeks in the Ozark Mountains and I take my bike there as well. (The Ozark Mountains are killers to ride on. after about 15 miles in the 90 degree heat and 90% humidity, you know you have done something)
So that's my experience base.
Oh, I'm not a great cyclist by any stretch. Put me in a pack and I'm not the fast one, I'm not the first one up the hill,and I'm not the most obnoxious one either ( i think a lot of racers are obnoxious....for whatever reason) My riding in the past has been sporadic. Sporadic leads to little improvement. Sporadic will not be allowed this year. Sporadic is not my friend. This year is about the bike.
I logged about 3,000 miles in 2008, with 900 coming in the last 3 months of the year. I have contemplated my goal a long while, and i am as ready to dive in as i ever will be. January and February will be working on base endurance, cadence and power. On February 28 I leave for Desert Training Camp with PAC Tour. (www.pactour.com) Fred M. from Roadbikerider.com will be one of the featured speakers and coaches. After this camp, I plan to re-asses my training for the remaining 5 months, based on what i have learned.
Okay, this is it. Sunday. Not just any Sunday, this is THE Sunday. After today, the bike get priority. Does that mean ill i am going to do for the next 8 months is bike? No, what that means is for the next 8 months my day will revolve around my training schedule. Each month will get progressivly more intense between now and August 1st. The big ride starts August 8.
A bit more about ME>>>
My opening blog reads a bit like i have very little experience on the bike. Well, compared to Lon Haldeman or Lance i am very inexperienced. Compared to the average American walking around the shopping mall, i am, well, better than they are.
I have ridden across Kansas 3 Times ( 550 miles from West to East) Attended 3 PAC tour camps in Arizona, Cycled around the Big Island of Hawaii, Attended Lance's "Ride for the Roses" in Austin Texas -3 times, and traveled with my bike to places like Florida, California, and Pennsylvania. Every Summer we spend a few weeks in the Ozark Mountains and I take my bike there as well. (The Ozark Mountains are killers to ride on. after about 15 miles in the 90 degree heat and 90% humidity, you know you have done something)
So that's my experience base.
Oh, I'm not a great cyclist by any stretch. Put me in a pack and I'm not the fast one, I'm not the first one up the hill,and I'm not the most obnoxious one either ( i think a lot of racers are obnoxious....for whatever reason) My riding in the past has been sporadic. Sporadic leads to little improvement. Sporadic will not be allowed this year. Sporadic is not my friend. This year is about the bike.
I logged about 3,000 miles in 2008, with 900 coming in the last 3 months of the year. I have contemplated my goal a long while, and i am as ready to dive in as i ever will be. January and February will be working on base endurance, cadence and power. On February 28 I leave for Desert Training Camp with PAC Tour. (www.pactour.com) Fred M. from Roadbikerider.com will be one of the featured speakers and coaches. After this camp, I plan to re-asses my training for the remaining 5 months, based on what i have learned.
There we are, my state of mind on this day.
"The way to get started is to stop talking and begin doing"
-Walt Disney
-Walt Disney
Good going Craig. Just did 35 miles this morning in the hills above Santa Barbara. Started a new weight training work out for my legs the week before Christmas and my legs are sore today.
ReplyDelete..... and I know what u mean about the Ozarks. Pedaled thru the Ozars in 1976 (when I was a mere teenager) and cycling from LA to Boston. Steep, hot, humid and grueling are what I remember.
I'm pulling for you big guy.