I am now officially a cat 3 road racer. Yay, I get to be last place again… [...]
Archive for August, 2008
August 29th, 2008 - 12:19 pm § in Uncategorized
Bike Yoga
One of my best training tools in my arsenal is daily yoga practice. You might think to yourself “DAILY!? But how could I fit in a whole yoga class with all the hours of biking…!?” Actually, I only do about 25-30 minutes of yoga—the key here is every morning. It’s the best p[...]
August 26th, 2008 - 3:18 pm § in Uncategorized
Updatey
Well, what can I say. I didn’t get on my bike for nearly a week due to a work trip (although I did go to the gym for some “cardio”), and then I came out and crushed the women’s B field at Kruger’s on Sunday. Although there were only 8 people in my field, it [...][...]
August 18th, 2008 - 9:21 am § in Uncategorized
Surveyor’s Ridge: awesome
Me and Alex went out and rode both Surveyor’s Ridge and 8-mile Creek yesterday; so awesome. I rode really well, felt great the whole time, and I wish I were still there! In other news, I’m going to San Francisco tomorrow for a Flash conference. Which means I won’t be on a bike (o[...]
August 16th, 2008 - 8:15 pm § in Race Reports
What cyclists do on a saturday night after a hard, hot day
After stuffing ourselves on Mexican food, we bought some all-fruit freezer pops and a couple of really expensive bike mags (Decline and Road), and settled in to watch the Olympics. Oh joy. So that hard day. This morning we road out for the Swan Island Crit. I was hoping I would do well, and get some[...]
August 15th, 2008 - 12:10 pm § in Uncategorized
Running: still sucks
Well, it’s sad. I love running in Tryon Creek State Park, it’s really the best place to run, ever. Lots of trails to get lost on, its really close to me, there’s a bike lane all the way there, its quiet, not a lot of people there, really technical trails, lots of up and down [...][...]
August 12th, 2008 - 8:26 pm § in Cyclocross, Workouts
CX workout #1: getting things off with a bang
I’ve been a bit down lately about myself and my lack of training since Elkhorn (even though that was the plan…remember?). Anyway, so I decided TODAY would start my new regimen of cross-specific workouts; I figure starting now gives me almost 2 months of workouts before Crusade begins, wh[...]
August 11th, 2008 - 12:33 pm § in Uncategorized
Can you repeat that?
I was taking my usual stroll by the river at lunch today. Apparently a couple of people I knew, one of them vaguely through work, were walking behind me. I though I recognized their voices, so I turned around. “Oh hey,” I said. She said, “Oh hi, I didn’t even recognize you. I[...]
August 10th, 2008 - 7:45 pm § in Race Reports
Race Report: State Time Trial Championship
Well, what can I say? I haven’t been doing any real training the last few months, certainly nothing that’s like a time trial. So I can’t say I had high hopes going into this one. I ended up 5th out of 8–1:08:17 for a 40k. A full 3 1/2 minutes behind the person in 4th…ou[...]
