random stuff
In case you have not noticed yet, I can roll at 45.75 kph and only expand around 270 watts of energy (depends on air pressure on the day). That is quite impressive, even for a women or child, let alone a 6 foot 1 inch tall 160 pound man. This is really my only advantage […]
So just when I though my body shred was getting better (been a week), I started getting this crazy itch. Like I need to itch my skin, but from the inside out sort of, was driving me nuts. Just so happens that I had an allergic reaction to the Tagaderm bandages I had been using […]
Got 2 weeks of my endurance work on the track done, basically some variation of 3 x 30 minutes or 4 x 20 minutes right below record pace. Pretty boring work really, just putting in the steady work and letting the body adapt to the position and stretch out a bit more aerobic endurance. Now […]
Back on the track, pretty torn up and sore from the crash 2 days ago, but am able to get on with it. 3 x 30m @ 43-46 kph in training gear (no aero helmet/wheels etc). A struggle to hold my aero bar correct with my oozing forearm shred, but this is not supposed to […]
So today was more of the same, I am in the middle of my endurance block of hour training. Basically some variation of 3 x 30 minutes at 42-45kph with 5 minutes of recover and a gear change between sets. I can finally say this is causing some good additions in my posture and ability […]
So I did not just jump on the track and bang out an hour test, then decide to knock out 10 weeks of training and go for an hour record. I started my first week for training for this at the end of August 2012! Not going to go deep into the workouts at this […]
Yikes, I can say that I have still not recovered from my hour record (test, but hey still an hour record for me right?). 1 day of endurance did not exactly give me enough rest, though the legs were ok (tired but strong enough) my real issue is my right testical! People always say “the […]
Okay, 11 weeks out and time to ask Rog what the next step is. Simple answer, 1 hour test to see where I am at. So I warm-up on my rollers for 30m and get kit up in my full aero setup, time to see if I can put up an effort worthy of an […]
What a great read! What a crazy price to pay for an old book! Damn, this thing cost me 70 bucks used. Worth it though, it is a very intimate journey through the end of Moser’s career and all of his hour records in detail. You really feel like you know Francesco Conconi after reading […]
So I never anticipated being able to prepare for an hour record attempt by myself. I figured I would do the basic road prep to build the foundation, do the technical research and the basic logistics. The final build would require someone with actual experience to get my body ready to make this happen, I must say I […]
I have had this in my head for a few years really, and with my 40th birthday coming up I figured it was now or never. I have always been interested in the hour following Moser, Obree, Boardman etc. with great interest – I mean who does not like the slick gear and the entire concept of an […]
This is an iconic book, i have paged through my worn out copy of this book regularly for 20 years. It is very dated in some aspects yet a lot of the training theory is still excellent. If you don’t have a power meter then this is probably one of the best books available as […]
