random stuff
Below are a few charts that are great references. The first one is a gear chart, this is a standard gear chart and the one that most people use as a reference. I also have a great excel spread sheet that i use for gearing/pacing for pursuits or time trials on the track, you enter […]
Traveling to races is fun, it’s what we like to do. But it can go sideways if you are not prepared, and ruin your trip/race. Below are a few tips and ideas on how to make your traveling more successful and enjoyable, ultimately leading to a better race result. Bring your shoes as a […]
This will give you some ideas on how to implement what we learned in Part 1, in the real world. We will start with the macro view and move onto the micro view. On an annual basis, I think most younger juniors should shoot for a one or two week break from the bike […]
Managing fatigue is the key to efficient improvement in your fitness. Inducing fatigue, by training, stimulates your body to repair the damage done in training plus add a bit extra as your body recognizes the fatigue you induced hurt it, so it wants to build back a little bit stronger. This cycle of induce fatigue […]
So this is the final entry (for my hour story), I am going to cut to the chase and say that the day went well and i followed my schedule. After 1 hour of riding I added about 200 meters to the current US 40-44 1 hour record, a total estimated distance of 45.8 kilometers […]
My body guy Steve is great, I could not get by without him. He is the owner and driving force behind LA Sports Performance Care in Manhattan Beach, is a father of 2, a runner, a cyclist and owns the most talented thumbs around. Steve knows exactly how to find any hung up soft tissue […]
This is some important stuff, a real make or break equipment area for potential hour record guys/gals. I am embarrassed to admit how many hours of my life I burned on researching bearing efficiencies and tires rolling resistance (Crr), though not quite as much as I burned on drive train efficiency! Wheels were actually the […]
Phew, what a relief! I was nervous before my final test, real nervous. I don’t get that nervous, not really my style. On the road I test myself a few times a week, almost every ride. Each workout I go to do I have a goal, hold a certain power for a certain amount of […]
2 and a 1/2 weeks to go and it is time to do the time honored tradition of a final full hour test. If you have been reading the blog you will know that I ran 45.3k about 8 weeks ago, only about 300 meters shy of the record. Well I have about 7 weeks […]
So another week of hour record training has begun, and that means another new workout for the week. This thing is starting to come up fast! Little over 3 weeks out, feeling pretty confident, though I hesitate to say that. Seems as if I have a few good workouts and get some confidence going, then […]
So this is about one of my “team members”, Dr Phil. I say “team members” sort of in jest, but i do have a few people that i depend on to help me keep my training/health on track, and Dr Phil is one of my main guys. My wife (another “team member”) started working with […]
Another real solid week, thank the lord I had no more 40 minute intervals to do! My week was mostly based around doing 8 X 10 minutes at > race speed (46-48 kph) with 3 minutes rest between. Works out to be 80 minutes of work, at over my race effort. This is a tuff […]
So I just wrapped up a week of threshold work, pretty darn hard I must say. The goal of the workout this week (I think) was to cause some adaptions by doing LONG efforts at/below threshold. These were tough on the legs, tougher on the taint and some serious mental training! Basically we are talking […]
I can’t claim to have invented the Drive n’ Ride, though I think I can claim perfecting it! In my hour record prep I decided I wanted to just do a ton of threshold work, I also figured if I could cut down the volume of endurance then I could do more time at AT, […]
On our long 2 day drive back from track nationals in Colorado last Summer I started mumbling to my wife about the idea of doing an hour. Uh, Obree is pretty cool huh? Hour records or neat huh? Did you know that the hour for my age group is not that far? Would be some […]
So this has been an amazing problem. I need an interval timer that works in tenths of a second, I could get by with a piece of software, an app or a stand alone piece of hardware. You would think that I could go on Google or eBay and hook it up in a few […]
There are two types of people (cyclist at least): those who like trainer workouts and those who HATE trainer workouts. Guess what type of guy I am? Yep, I dig them. They are the ultimate in efficiency and super controlled and measureable, bit sweaty though. I think there are some pretty damn good mental adaptions […]
So an hour record is basically a race, for yourself. You have to rent the venue (the track), take out a race permit with USA Cycling (only 28 bucks for a 1 person race with prize list under $499, hey that’s cheaper than doing a CBR race!), hire/arrange 3 officials, get a timing system and […]
So I have assembled a “team” of people to help me with this hour record attempt, I did not exactly open up the yellow pages and start calling people up though. I have collected a group of people over the years that I have used to help support me, generally these people are friends to […]
I had a revelation about 2 years ago, I have read endless books and articles on training over the years. I really enjoy the technology, theories, equipment and the process of testing it all out on myself. Power meters changed my training for ever, perfect tool for me. If I can measure my fitness, induce […]