random stuff
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
