Friday, October 10, 2008
Self Portrait.
I totally dislike being in front of the camera.. Was bored and figured I would try and accomplish getting a self portrait of myself.. Not a job done easily if you haven't done it before. It took lots and lots of pics before I was able to get something that I was able to use. But once I was completed it was worth it. Now I don't have to do it again ever.. Wooop Wooop. Oh and this is the end result.. Took way to long to get this shot..
Friday, September 19, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Playing with Photoshop.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Some things people didn't know.
At the Canada Cup XC race in Canmore, emotionally it was worst race I had ever done. I felt so fatigued and slow. I recruited Tim Heemskerk after the race to see if he could give me some advice on training. He obliged me and gave me a 6 week training regimen to prepare for the provincials..
It all started off with base training to rebuild my endurance, with 12 second sprints here and there for the first two weeks of the program, 6 days a week with one off. Week 3 began the intervals twice week and the rest of the riding time was base and recovery. I had to slowly build up the intervals so that I could keep the pace at 85 to 90% of my maximum heart rate My maximum heart rate is an astounding 196bpm, not sure why it is this high, but that’s what it is. My training pace was 175 to 185bpm.. Let me tell you the first week and a bit of these intervals were tough to say the least. Trying to build up to 10minutes isn't an easy task.
Week 4 was a successful week. For my intervals I would start at the bottom of Edworthy hill road, go up to Spruce Drive and then pin it all the way to 37th street and turn right, go all the way down to Bow trail, (but go through the gas station and turn right at the next street and do maximum effort all the way back to Spruce Drive. Then after that I would ride at 50% back to the bottom of the Edworthy hill and do it all over again. Each interval would take approximately 10 minutes. I think it was last Thursday I ran into Keith Bayly riding his new cross bike (very nice Jamis) and it is 18lbs..... Anyways Keith had wanted to see this interval I was doing and started up the hill. I was on my mountain bike with 2.4's on the front and a 2.25 on the back with only 30lbs of air. I was trying to make it harder. Obviously Keith has a mechanical advantage and an experience advantage as well. But once I crested the hill I put into big ring and hammered down Spruce drive to see what I was made of. I was able to keep Keith off for a couple of minutes but I was starting to fade, and it was my third interval.
Just think when you build up to be able to do the 10 minutes each for the intervals you are riding for 40 minutes at 90%, and that isn't too bad. But after the Thursday interval session I did a recovery ride for 2.5 hours on the Friday. Saturday was to be an Elbow loop ride with my riding partner Mark Franklin. We had did this ride about a month or so prior to this one and he left me in the dust...But needless to say this was going to be a proving ground for myself. To see if all of this structured training from Tim Heemskerk was working.
I had asked Tim what I should do for training on this ride, he asked that I ride at LT for around 45 to 60 minutes. Which I did, and he also asked that I do maximum effort for the short climbs, which I did. The first rock garden climb I was able to do it in middle ring and the 32tooth...... I was quite proud, and only used the granny for two short steep climbs; the rest was all middle ring or big ring... Once we crested the summit I had known that I had already accomplished what Tim had asked for, so the rest was all icing on the cake. I kind of took my time on the rolling single track.. It is so my favourite and I was saving for the flat sections on the last bit of the trail...... (Had a plan up my sleeve)..
Once we were down on the flat section it was head down and pinning it. I felt bad, but I just wanted to pretty much hammer all the way back to the parking lot. I was able to keep my heart rate under the LT and that motivated me to pin it even harder. Glad I was able to do it, and it goes to show myself that Tim's training has been paying off. I had averaged 16 hours a week of riding up until this point, and this week won't be near as much because I am ramping down for my competition.
Since the Canada Cup I have had some good additions in my life, and some decisions that are going to change my life forever. These decisions are all for good, and I am looking forward to them. There aren't a whole lot of people that motivate me. But there are a select few that do. Like for instance Pat Doyle who is just a warrior and won't quit, Andreas Hestler who is also on the same page as Pat, I used to idolize Evander Holyfield, but I lost respect when he was still trying to fight and he so punch drunk. At least I knew when to quit fighting. I really admire Jean Ann McKirdy and I can see her representing our country in the years to come, also Mical Dyck who is another warrior. But the person who inspired me the most in my life to not be junky, alcoholic, etc etc is George Chuvalo. I met him in Edmonton and had the honour to have him work my corner in a fight. I didn't win (dislocated my elbow), but I was a fan of his before this and still am.
I so could have fallen into the trap of drugs and alcohol with the environment I was in. And to think that I am one of the very few who didn't fall into this trap of all my old friends. I have been called lots of different things in life. But there are some things I will never be, and those are, a women beater, alcoholic, and junky. When growing up I used to get the shit beaten out of me by adults in their drunkenness. Isn't it so amazing how alcohol can make people turn a blind eye?
Just think in my life to this point I have been shot at in 4 different occasions. First time was when I was maybe 13 or 14 years of age. My best friend George (known each other since we were born) were fishing on the neighbours land. I was all open field for miles with a creek running through it. You could hear the zing of the bullet go past your head, and then the bang of the gun moments after. I was never so scared in my life. Running and tripping on every little hump in the ground because you are so scared and you can't run fast enough.
The other times that I was shot at I will get into on a later date. Sorry to keep you hanging.
Anyways this whole post is on how people change over time, some people don't change at all, but I sure the hell did. For the majority of the people in mountain biking, they have all been a positive aspect in my life, and especially the DeadGoats
It all started off with base training to rebuild my endurance, with 12 second sprints here and there for the first two weeks of the program, 6 days a week with one off. Week 3 began the intervals twice week and the rest of the riding time was base and recovery. I had to slowly build up the intervals so that I could keep the pace at 85 to 90% of my maximum heart rate My maximum heart rate is an astounding 196bpm, not sure why it is this high, but that’s what it is. My training pace was 175 to 185bpm.. Let me tell you the first week and a bit of these intervals were tough to say the least. Trying to build up to 10minutes isn't an easy task.
Week 4 was a successful week. For my intervals I would start at the bottom of Edworthy hill road, go up to Spruce Drive and then pin it all the way to 37th street and turn right, go all the way down to Bow trail, (but go through the gas station and turn right at the next street and do maximum effort all the way back to Spruce Drive. Then after that I would ride at 50% back to the bottom of the Edworthy hill and do it all over again. Each interval would take approximately 10 minutes. I think it was last Thursday I ran into Keith Bayly riding his new cross bike (very nice Jamis) and it is 18lbs..... Anyways Keith had wanted to see this interval I was doing and started up the hill. I was on my mountain bike with 2.4's on the front and a 2.25 on the back with only 30lbs of air. I was trying to make it harder. Obviously Keith has a mechanical advantage and an experience advantage as well. But once I crested the hill I put into big ring and hammered down Spruce drive to see what I was made of. I was able to keep Keith off for a couple of minutes but I was starting to fade, and it was my third interval.
Just think when you build up to be able to do the 10 minutes each for the intervals you are riding for 40 minutes at 90%, and that isn't too bad. But after the Thursday interval session I did a recovery ride for 2.5 hours on the Friday. Saturday was to be an Elbow loop ride with my riding partner Mark Franklin. We had did this ride about a month or so prior to this one and he left me in the dust...But needless to say this was going to be a proving ground for myself. To see if all of this structured training from Tim Heemskerk was working.
I had asked Tim what I should do for training on this ride, he asked that I ride at LT for around 45 to 60 minutes. Which I did, and he also asked that I do maximum effort for the short climbs, which I did. The first rock garden climb I was able to do it in middle ring and the 32tooth...... I was quite proud, and only used the granny for two short steep climbs; the rest was all middle ring or big ring... Once we crested the summit I had known that I had already accomplished what Tim had asked for, so the rest was all icing on the cake. I kind of took my time on the rolling single track.. It is so my favourite and I was saving for the flat sections on the last bit of the trail...... (Had a plan up my sleeve)..
Once we were down on the flat section it was head down and pinning it. I felt bad, but I just wanted to pretty much hammer all the way back to the parking lot. I was able to keep my heart rate under the LT and that motivated me to pin it even harder. Glad I was able to do it, and it goes to show myself that Tim's training has been paying off. I had averaged 16 hours a week of riding up until this point, and this week won't be near as much because I am ramping down for my competition.
Since the Canada Cup I have had some good additions in my life, and some decisions that are going to change my life forever. These decisions are all for good, and I am looking forward to them. There aren't a whole lot of people that motivate me. But there are a select few that do. Like for instance Pat Doyle who is just a warrior and won't quit, Andreas Hestler who is also on the same page as Pat, I used to idolize Evander Holyfield, but I lost respect when he was still trying to fight and he so punch drunk. At least I knew when to quit fighting. I really admire Jean Ann McKirdy and I can see her representing our country in the years to come, also Mical Dyck who is another warrior. But the person who inspired me the most in my life to not be junky, alcoholic, etc etc is George Chuvalo. I met him in Edmonton and had the honour to have him work my corner in a fight. I didn't win (dislocated my elbow), but I was a fan of his before this and still am.
I so could have fallen into the trap of drugs and alcohol with the environment I was in. And to think that I am one of the very few who didn't fall into this trap of all my old friends. I have been called lots of different things in life. But there are some things I will never be, and those are, a women beater, alcoholic, and junky. When growing up I used to get the shit beaten out of me by adults in their drunkenness. Isn't it so amazing how alcohol can make people turn a blind eye?
Just think in my life to this point I have been shot at in 4 different occasions. First time was when I was maybe 13 or 14 years of age. My best friend George (known each other since we were born) were fishing on the neighbours land. I was all open field for miles with a creek running through it. You could hear the zing of the bullet go past your head, and then the bang of the gun moments after. I was never so scared in my life. Running and tripping on every little hump in the ground because you are so scared and you can't run fast enough.
The other times that I was shot at I will get into on a later date. Sorry to keep you hanging.
Anyways this whole post is on how people change over time, some people don't change at all, but I sure the hell did. For the majority of the people in mountain biking, they have all been a positive aspect in my life, and especially the DeadGoats
Monday, July 28, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Canada Cup course.
After doing two laps today at Ziggy Knarly Canada Cup course out at the Nordic center in Canmore. I have come to realize that the hills aren't any smaller, and my memory for directions aren't as good as I had thought. Oh well! I guess it comes with age..... The Georgetown ascent to me is way easier than the "OVEN". It was in the +30's today and you could really feel the heat when climbing the "oven". Wowsers!!! I sure hope it is a little cooler when it is race day. I am not the best when it comes to exercising in the extreme heat. I probably use about twice as much fluids as the average person.
Was quite surprised with myself when riding the humps and roots. I was using a hardtail and was doing not to badly. (knocking on wood so I don't jinx myself) As for my riding partner he quite enjoyed himself today. We both have our weaknesses, and strengths when it comes to riding. My one strength for a big guy is I can climb not to badly when I put the effort into it. I can just imagine if I was 20lbs lighter what would happen. My riding partner is a good climber as well, but we both need to improve on the rooty sections and humps. I can see where I might lose some time on there. Planning on going out tomorrow and riding again to see if I can get the hang of it. It would be nice to follow a seasoned rider to see how everything is done. If I can see someone do something, I can usually duplicate it.
Also on a short note it is good to see Mical get 7th at her race in Park City, Utah, and it is good to see Dallas get out and give it a try. Even though Dallas did not win, I bet he sure learned a few things today.
Was quite surprised with myself when riding the humps and roots. I was using a hardtail and was doing not to badly. (knocking on wood so I don't jinx myself) As for my riding partner he quite enjoyed himself today. We both have our weaknesses, and strengths when it comes to riding. My one strength for a big guy is I can climb not to badly when I put the effort into it. I can just imagine if I was 20lbs lighter what would happen. My riding partner is a good climber as well, but we both need to improve on the rooty sections and humps. I can see where I might lose some time on there. Planning on going out tomorrow and riding again to see if I can get the hang of it. It would be nice to follow a seasoned rider to see how everything is done. If I can see someone do something, I can usually duplicate it.
Also on a short note it is good to see Mical get 7th at her race in Park City, Utah, and it is good to see Dallas get out and give it a try. Even though Dallas did not win, I bet he sure learned a few things today.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The BONK!!!!
“Suffer8r”, would be a way to describe yesterday’s events for me. Not sure what the heck happened to me, but I hope I never go through that again. Body bread down, or whatever it was, it was painful. The first snotty climb one of the other riders had fallen sideways and his handlebar nailed me right in the “Charlie horse”. Like WTF, my bike is finally working fine and this happens. When starting the first ascent, it felt like my legs weighed 100lbs each.
The day before the race I had pre rode the course and I felt fine. Lots of snap in my legs, and I also felt strong. So what gives for race day, I have no idea. Maybe I had too much breakfast, or I had just over trained for the week. At one point I was in last place in the race. All my category had passed me at this point, and I thought they might be taking off the course on a stretcher. I have never felt like this before. Every little root and rock seemed like a huge obstacle for me. I took a gel, and then took four “shot bloks”, and by the time I was at the ¾ mark I started to feel better, and was able to ride. Now I had to decide if I was going to do another lap.
By the time I had started going down the last descent I was feeling stronger, and did well on the flat section before the transition area. The second lap was a totally different story than the first lap. I was able to ride everything, and I paced myself because I was worried that my body shut down again.
After all of this I have to realize that I had encountered my first BONK!!!! What a horrible feeling. I am glad that I was able to continue and work through the obstacles that comes with having a BONK. But it does show that I was able to work hard enough to run out of fuel.
The day before the race I had pre rode the course and I felt fine. Lots of snap in my legs, and I also felt strong. So what gives for race day, I have no idea. Maybe I had too much breakfast, or I had just over trained for the week. At one point I was in last place in the race. All my category had passed me at this point, and I thought they might be taking off the course on a stretcher. I have never felt like this before. Every little root and rock seemed like a huge obstacle for me. I took a gel, and then took four “shot bloks”, and by the time I was at the ¾ mark I started to feel better, and was able to ride. Now I had to decide if I was going to do another lap.
By the time I had started going down the last descent I was feeling stronger, and did well on the flat section before the transition area. The second lap was a totally different story than the first lap. I was able to ride everything, and I paced myself because I was worried that my body shut down again.
After all of this I have to realize that I had encountered my first BONK!!!! What a horrible feeling. I am glad that I was able to continue and work through the obstacles that comes with having a BONK. But it does show that I was able to work hard enough to run out of fuel.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Taking pictures
Seems my success at taking pictures is far greater than my success at mountain biking. But the thing is I put a hell of a lot more energy into cycling than I do into photography. Having no education background in photography or any kind of lessons, I think I am doing pretty good.
This past weekend our mountain bike club put on a race called the "Giver8r" 8 hour Enduro. It was 8 hours of pain, suffering and good times all at the Calgary Olympic Park. I did not race in this race, but I sure did take some photos that day. The photo that I have posted here is one of my favorites, and I am kind of proud of it. I don't care what anyone else thinks of it, because opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one! LOL. I also know that my taste is not in the majority, and that my artistic and general tastes are not in the norm. So most people might not like this photo, but it sure does catch your eye, even if you don't really like it.
I am going to try to take a photograph at least once a day so that I am able to keep sharp, and so I can learn some more things about photography. I have also started to read a bit more on the topic as well.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
The Wildlife.
Over the last little while I have been doing “power intervals” and I was eager to see the results, if there was going to be any kind of gain in fitness or wattage output. Last night I made my way over to Edworthy Park to test out my achievements. When arriving at the top of the park road I had notice that there were a bunch of the Tri athletes doing hill repeats, and I figured it would be a good test to see if I could give them a head start and see if I could catch them, and then pass them on the way up on my trusty mountain bike. The Tri athletes were riding the Areo Bar equipped road bikes, and I had a hardtail mountain bike with Knobby Nic tires.
The first climb I was in the middle ring and the 3rd cog from the bottom. I couldn’t believe I was able to maintain that gearing all the way to the top of the hill. I had waited until the other riders had a good 30sec start on me before I attacked. I passed all of them on all of the three hill climbs that I had done. I had forgotten to time myself, but I do know that I am stronger than last year. At this point that is all that matters.
On the fourth climb I went on the trail that goes up to the left, it is a pretty steep sort of washed out single track. When I was a youngster we used to toboggan down this hill. I was climbing and had my head down picking my lines, and was looking ahead at all. But when I did look up I almost jumped out of my skin. There was a deer about 5ft in front of me, and it didn’t seem to matter to the deer that I was that close to it.
I waited and waited for the deer to leave, but it just stood there and looked at me, actually we were looking at each other. He was probably wondering why this person was climbing this hill on two wheels, and was interrupting his evening.
When the deer started to move on I had gotten back on my bike and started to ascend the hill again. But for some reason it felt like something was wrong with my bike, I couldn’t steer it very well and I was all over the place. I had realized that I was bonking and it was a good thing I had a couple of gels in my little pack. Once I consumed the gels I got back on track, but I wasn’t feeling 100%. I didn’t really feel good until I had gotten home and had some supper. This is the first time this has happened to me, and I can only figure it happened because I didn’t that all that much for lunch. That is my best guess.
The first climb I was in the middle ring and the 3rd cog from the bottom. I couldn’t believe I was able to maintain that gearing all the way to the top of the hill. I had waited until the other riders had a good 30sec start on me before I attacked. I passed all of them on all of the three hill climbs that I had done. I had forgotten to time myself, but I do know that I am stronger than last year. At this point that is all that matters.
On the fourth climb I went on the trail that goes up to the left, it is a pretty steep sort of washed out single track. When I was a youngster we used to toboggan down this hill. I was climbing and had my head down picking my lines, and was looking ahead at all. But when I did look up I almost jumped out of my skin. There was a deer about 5ft in front of me, and it didn’t seem to matter to the deer that I was that close to it.
I waited and waited for the deer to leave, but it just stood there and looked at me, actually we were looking at each other. He was probably wondering why this person was climbing this hill on two wheels, and was interrupting his evening.
When the deer started to move on I had gotten back on my bike and started to ascend the hill again. But for some reason it felt like something was wrong with my bike, I couldn’t steer it very well and I was all over the place. I had realized that I was bonking and it was a good thing I had a couple of gels in my little pack. Once I consumed the gels I got back on track, but I wasn’t feeling 100%. I didn’t really feel good until I had gotten home and had some supper. This is the first time this has happened to me, and I can only figure it happened because I didn’t that all that much for lunch. That is my best guess.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Giver8r Course.
Training hard in the last little while has been paying dividends, but I need to improve on my technical skills. Having rode the Giver8r course last night, and doing a second lap with Craig Stappler I realized that I really need to improve on my technical skills. The climbing was fine, and the flats I was fine as well, but on descending the hills is where I am lacking. Craig flew down the hills like I have never seen. he is so smooth and makes it look so effortless.
The course is just over 6kms and doesn't have a whole lot of climbing, but it is technical and makes for around a 30min lap time. That is sure a far cry from the Terwilligar Park course that was just over 7kms and around 20min lap times. The single track is very twisty, rooty, and up and down. It will help if you are able to bunny hop and do tricks like this.
When we have the race I am sure there is going to be some people that bail on the course, especially when people start to get tired. I am not going to ride the Giver8r race, but I am going to do support and also take some pictures at the race as well. I have found some excellent places to take some photos and am eager to see the results.
The course is just over 6kms and doesn't have a whole lot of climbing, but it is technical and makes for around a 30min lap time. That is sure a far cry from the Terwilligar Park course that was just over 7kms and around 20min lap times. The single track is very twisty, rooty, and up and down. It will help if you are able to bunny hop and do tricks like this.
When we have the race I am sure there is going to be some people that bail on the course, especially when people start to get tired. I am not going to ride the Giver8r race, but I am going to do support and also take some pictures at the race as well. I have found some excellent places to take some photos and am eager to see the results.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Perogy race report
Having not ridden outside for the last couple of weeks due to the weather and only riding indoors on the trainer, I wasn’t sure how I was going to perform in the race. I was doing fine until I had my little mechanical on the trail. Earlier last week I had taken my bike into Bow Cycle to get worked on, and have learned that I should have thoroughly gone through my bike and checked it. (loose allen bolts, stem etc). The derailleur cable allen bolt was secured inadequately on my bike, and I had went to shift and the cable slipped. It took me a little bit to figure out what was going on, and it also took me a little bit to realize I had a tool in the pocket in the back of my jersey.
The decent after fireman’s road I was able to ride without getting off of my bike(roots etc). This is something that I wouldn’t have been able to do last year. That is for sure. The course was super fast and super fun. I would totally do it again, and again. I have also heard that the provincials are going to be held at Terwilligar Park the same place the Perogy Race has been held at. If it isn’t muddy it will be super fun again. That course is pretty scary when it is wet.
The decent after fireman’s road I was able to ride without getting off of my bike(roots etc). This is something that I wouldn’t have been able to do last year. That is for sure. The course was super fast and super fun. I would totally do it again, and again. I have also heard that the provincials are going to be held at Terwilligar Park the same place the Perogy Race has been held at. If it isn’t muddy it will be super fun again. That course is pretty scary when it is wet.
The photo is of Tracy that races for Team Juventus.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
CRANK the WATTAGE
After my first Time Trial I had figured that I needed to practice at cranking out higher wattage. I was doing this by cranking the resistance on the trainer and having it in the fastest gear on my bike with 2 to 3 minute intervals. At the 6th interval there was a crunch, and clang in the bottom bracket and there it went. I broke my first bottom bracket of my cycling experiences. I am not sure how common this is, but it is appealing that I was able to do this. Also I am not even sure what WATTAGE I can crank out for short periods. I am hoping that it is higher than the average. It will be a little bit before I get things all dialed in with cycling, but it sure is fun figuring these things out.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Bici TT in Strathmore, Alberta.
Having ridden in my first Time Trial today, I opted to take some photos afterwards. These two photos are of two people that I know through cycling. Top photo is of Dallas and the lower photo is of Chris. The race was fun, and I did learn a few things, and they are.
1. I should have pinned it harder on the first half of the race because the second half would have taken the same time regardless at this point.
2. It would have been nice to have Areo bars, apparently it would have shaved a minute or so off of my time.
3. Last but not least, I need to do a lot more hill training. But that will come soon enough.
It was a fun experience, and I would do it again. The result was somewhere around the middle. The time I did 33:01. Not bad for a first timer, and I was the only DeadGoat there.
Monday, April 21, 2008
One goal down.
Well I have conquered one of my goals that I had, and this goal was to do 4500kms since November on my road bike. Although I did not ride my road bike alone meaning that I went far and beyond my expectations. My next goal is to win some races or at least podium at some of them. doing all of this riding I did learn a lot about myself. I will go into detail another day about what I have learned.
Last Wednesday I took my mountain bike out for the first time around the Glenmore resevoir. It is a 14.4km jaunt for one loop. I did not time myself, and road with my heart rate at around 170bpm. Then on Thursday is when I decided to do a two loop time trial and ended up doing the loop twice in 1:02hrs. Don't forget that I was riding a mountain bike with big nobby tires, and had a high rolling resistance and wanted to make myself suffer.
Over the weekend the weather had the race cancelled with all of the snow. I was quite depressed about it and did not do a thing all weekend except for going to The Bike Shop to look at bikes a dream some more. If only I could afford a Rocky Mountain Element. I am trying to sell my Slayer but there hasn't been any takers yet.
With the weather being cold all week I am wondering if the race that had been rescheduled to next weekend will be canceled? It is supposed to be shitty up until Friday, and with all of this snow I don't think it will be dry enough for the race. Guess I will have to wait and see. If the race is canceled I will race in the road race that is at Racecity Speedway, and the TT on Sunday.
Last Wednesday I took my mountain bike out for the first time around the Glenmore resevoir. It is a 14.4km jaunt for one loop. I did not time myself, and road with my heart rate at around 170bpm. Then on Thursday is when I decided to do a two loop time trial and ended up doing the loop twice in 1:02hrs. Don't forget that I was riding a mountain bike with big nobby tires, and had a high rolling resistance and wanted to make myself suffer.
Over the weekend the weather had the race cancelled with all of the snow. I was quite depressed about it and did not do a thing all weekend except for going to The Bike Shop to look at bikes a dream some more. If only I could afford a Rocky Mountain Element. I am trying to sell my Slayer but there hasn't been any takers yet.
With the weather being cold all week I am wondering if the race that had been rescheduled to next weekend will be canceled? It is supposed to be shitty up until Friday, and with all of this snow I don't think it will be dry enough for the race. Guess I will have to wait and see. If the race is canceled I will race in the road race that is at Racecity Speedway, and the TT on Sunday.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Weekend riding.
The riding this weekend was exceptional and I was able to get some good miles in his fine weekend. Saturday I rode from home to Bragg Creek on LSR, then down highway 22 to Bragg and then down highway 66 for an extra few kilometres. When in Bragg I had run into Stan Rachar a fellow I raced against last year. Stan and his partner Laury (a dude) were getting in pre Trans Rockies kilometres. When leaving Bragg I was able to catch up to Stan and his partner and attack them on the hills.
It seems that when I come to a hill I am able to distance myself if in front of someone, or I am able to close the gap if someone is in front of me. I am slowly learning the tactic of attacking the hill. But don’t forget that this is on with mere mortals. Not any DeadGoats or someone of equal calibre. I am sure I would get shelled if it were one of them.
Saturday ended up being 150km day. When coming back through Bragg I went up 22 to Cochrane, then to Calgary through the north and then home. It was a good ride, and I was pretty shell shocked when arriving home. I took a shower, had a protein shake, and then had a nap. But when waking from my nap I had felt like I was hit by a truck. I was so sore, and felt like shit. I had some supper and almost before finishing my meal I had felt fine and was looking forward to riding on Sunday. I am not sure what that soreness was all about, but it is something that I haven’t experienced before.
On Sunday it was only a 90km road ride, and a 30km mountain bike ride when the day was finished. Riding to Bragg, and when getting on highway 22 there was a guy that I rode with but for the life of me I can’t remember his name. We rode for a nice pace and when I arrived in Bragg I ran into Scott Brooks and Craig Stappler. Craig was having tubular issues and had been telling me about the mishap of them losing their bikes off the top of the motor home on their way back from Moab.
When arriving from home on the road ride I had a shower, then a bite to eat and opted for a mountain bike ride. When riding my mountain bike I did not have the jam in my legs because they were quite tired from the Saturday ride, and the ride earlier today. But it was nice to get out on the mountain bike and get in some kilometres. The temperature today got up to 23c and was very windy from the west.
It seems that when I come to a hill I am able to distance myself if in front of someone, or I am able to close the gap if someone is in front of me. I am slowly learning the tactic of attacking the hill. But don’t forget that this is on with mere mortals. Not any DeadGoats or someone of equal calibre. I am sure I would get shelled if it were one of them.
Saturday ended up being 150km day. When coming back through Bragg I went up 22 to Cochrane, then to Calgary through the north and then home. It was a good ride, and I was pretty shell shocked when arriving home. I took a shower, had a protein shake, and then had a nap. But when waking from my nap I had felt like I was hit by a truck. I was so sore, and felt like shit. I had some supper and almost before finishing my meal I had felt fine and was looking forward to riding on Sunday. I am not sure what that soreness was all about, but it is something that I haven’t experienced before.
On Sunday it was only a 90km road ride, and a 30km mountain bike ride when the day was finished. Riding to Bragg, and when getting on highway 22 there was a guy that I rode with but for the life of me I can’t remember his name. We rode for a nice pace and when I arrived in Bragg I ran into Scott Brooks and Craig Stappler. Craig was having tubular issues and had been telling me about the mishap of them losing their bikes off the top of the motor home on their way back from Moab.
When arriving from home on the road ride I had a shower, then a bite to eat and opted for a mountain bike ride. When riding my mountain bike I did not have the jam in my legs because they were quite tired from the Saturday ride, and the ride earlier today. But it was nice to get out on the mountain bike and get in some kilometres. The temperature today got up to 23c and was very windy from the west.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Another 40km TT
So low and behold I was kind of sick over the weekend and made myself get some rest. Getting the rest was a good thing as I was starting to get a little tired. Tuesday I rode 40km and took Wednesday off from riding. Today I had decided that I was going to giver. Bring on the 40km TT is what I say, and here are the results.
40km
51:59secs
MHR 186 (couldn't get it up any higher than this)
for the cadence I tried to keep it between 80 and 90 rpm.
I am slowly getting faster, and I am quite eager to go riding with some other people now to see how I will compare, or basically to see how bad I am.
The intensity training I am doing is new to me this year, and I am finding that my body is starting to respond well to it. I will take tomorrow off of riding and get in some good kilometers this weekend. I think I only need to get just over 200kms to meet my goal of 4500kms before the first race of the season.
As for next week on Tuesday I will do another 40km TT, Wednesday I will do a 10km TT and then on Thursday I will ride 50km at a good pace, but not TT pace. Probably won't let my heart rate get over 175bpm for Thursday. Friday I will take off, Saturday I will go for nice ride on the mountain bike and Sunday I will race.
40km
51:59secs
MHR 186 (couldn't get it up any higher than this)
for the cadence I tried to keep it between 80 and 90 rpm.
I am slowly getting faster, and I am quite eager to go riding with some other people now to see how I will compare, or basically to see how bad I am.
The intensity training I am doing is new to me this year, and I am finding that my body is starting to respond well to it. I will take tomorrow off of riding and get in some good kilometers this weekend. I think I only need to get just over 200kms to meet my goal of 4500kms before the first race of the season.
As for next week on Tuesday I will do another 40km TT, Wednesday I will do a 10km TT and then on Thursday I will ride 50km at a good pace, but not TT pace. Probably won't let my heart rate get over 175bpm for Thursday. Friday I will take off, Saturday I will go for nice ride on the mountain bike and Sunday I will race.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Hobbies
Aside from having mountain biking and videogames as my main hobbies I do have a passion for photography as well. This photo to the right is a favorite of mine and I thought it would show some of the passion that I have for photography.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
40km TT
Wowsers is all i can say after that. 40kms and 1:01:18 was the time. Goal for this time trial was to keep my heart rate in zone 4. Zone 4 for me is between 160bpm and 175bpm. Staying in the zone for the hour was hard, and I felt like pinning it, but I was able to contain myself and work harder. Also maintaining a cadence of 80rpm. All I know now is I will be taking a well deserved day off tomorrow from riding. Yikes!!!! Going to try and get in 300kms this weekend to ramp up the endurance kilometers.
On the weekend I won't giver, I will just keep a good pace and ride, ride and ride. I had set a goal for myself to have my odometer to be at 4500kms by April 20th of this year. I had set this goal in November. But not all of the kilometers I have done have been on that bike. They have been on my mountain bike, and the single speed as well. So when I hit the 4500kms it will be exciting for me. At this time I am at 4084kms, so not much farther to go there. After I hit this goal I am going to have to set another goal for myself.
In the first two weeks of June I am going to try and do close to 1000kms in preparation for the Test of Metal. Starting with really long rides in the beginning and slowly tapering off as the race gets closer. For some reason they had put me in the Pro Elite category for the race, and this has kicked started me to train a heck of a lot harder.
On the weekend I won't giver, I will just keep a good pace and ride, ride and ride. I had set a goal for myself to have my odometer to be at 4500kms by April 20th of this year. I had set this goal in November. But not all of the kilometers I have done have been on that bike. They have been on my mountain bike, and the single speed as well. So when I hit the 4500kms it will be exciting for me. At this time I am at 4084kms, so not much farther to go there. After I hit this goal I am going to have to set another goal for myself.
In the first two weeks of June I am going to try and do close to 1000kms in preparation for the Test of Metal. Starting with really long rides in the beginning and slowly tapering off as the race gets closer. For some reason they had put me in the Pro Elite category for the race, and this has kicked started me to train a heck of a lot harder.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
TT April 1st
Yesterday I tried something different, and it was hard. I put my road bike on the rollers which I haven't done before. I have always put my mountain bike which has slicks on the rollers and it seemed not to difficult. But for some reason when I have the road bike on there it was pretty hard. I couldn't keep it in the hardest gear for very long with out my heart rate from going to high.
Maintaining my heart rate between 165 and 175 is what I did for 50kms. It wasn't easy but I did it, and quite proud of it. Woot Woot.
Today is my time trial day and I thought that I would have a crappy time after yesterdays ride on the rollers. I couldn't have been so wrong. This morning when I woke up I haven't felt that tired in the longest time. It wasn't until around noon that I felt like myself. I was clumsy, couldn't concentrate and sleepy as hell. But once I was awake I felt good, and was looking forward to riding the time trial tonight.
The first ten minutes are warm up, and I thought I was going to feel like crap, but I didn't feel bad at all.
TT results are
10kms
11:18 minutes
Maximum heart rate 194
Maximum speed 67kms
Average speed 52kms
First 2kms I pinned it to get my heart rate up to 186bpm, and then I maintained it until the last 1.5kms. The last 1.5kms I pinned it, and the time was 11:18minutes. My best time ever, and I had thought that I wouldn't get even close to that.
I have always been intimidated of the anaerobic training. Not quite sure why it is, but I have been. Now that I have gotten this monkey off of my back it should be interesting to see what kind of goals I can reach, and successes I can accomplish.
Maintaining my heart rate between 165 and 175 is what I did for 50kms. It wasn't easy but I did it, and quite proud of it. Woot Woot.
Today is my time trial day and I thought that I would have a crappy time after yesterdays ride on the rollers. I couldn't have been so wrong. This morning when I woke up I haven't felt that tired in the longest time. It wasn't until around noon that I felt like myself. I was clumsy, couldn't concentrate and sleepy as hell. But once I was awake I felt good, and was looking forward to riding the time trial tonight.
The first ten minutes are warm up, and I thought I was going to feel like crap, but I didn't feel bad at all.
TT results are
10kms
11:18 minutes
Maximum heart rate 194
Maximum speed 67kms
Average speed 52kms
First 2kms I pinned it to get my heart rate up to 186bpm, and then I maintained it until the last 1.5kms. The last 1.5kms I pinned it, and the time was 11:18minutes. My best time ever, and I had thought that I wouldn't get even close to that.
I have always been intimidated of the anaerobic training. Not quite sure why it is, but I have been. Now that I have gotten this monkey off of my back it should be interesting to see what kind of goals I can reach, and successes I can accomplish.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday weather sucked
Did not do a thing on Sunday, and had a day of rest. I am hoping the weather this week is much better as the week goes on. I have to get the Kms ramped up for the first race coming up on April 20th. The biggest race I am preparing for this year is the Test of Metal in Squamish, BC. That is going to be the real test of mental, and physical for me. It should be fun getting myself prepared for the race. I know I won't win the race, but having a good placing is the thing. I am in the Elite category this year at the Test of Metal.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Saturday March 29th ride.
Now that my feet have unthawed and I am comfortable , I will review my ride for today. Was going to initially ride on the road today, but it was to cold for this wuss. I opted for the mountain bike today instead. No single speed, road the geared slayer today. Rode all along the east side of the reservation then went into Fish Creek park. I am not to familiar with Fish Creek, and it made for a good adventure. Although it was cold and my feet eventually got frozen, I did enjoy the ride.
There were some steep climbs that I came across, and was able to climb them. But last year I am pretty sure that I wouldn't have made it up them. Would have only made it about 3/4 of the way up before having to bail off because of losing power, or my breath. LOL
Up ahead there was a group of mountain bikers and I figured I would catch up and see if I knew who they were. Probably the group was about 20 large, but did not know one person as I blew past them.
On the south end of 37th street there is the reservation, and I had thought that I might try and go through the reservation. (not using my head) After getting in about a km or so I realized that I wasn't thinking and turned around and left the reservation. Had a gut feeling that I shouldn't go through there, and decided to trust it and not take a chance. With my luck I would get lost and then get run over or something and no one would be able to find me, and then all the pain of having someone put in a missing persons report. I think my car was left on the reservation after it was stolen a little while ago.
Tomorrow isn't supposed to be very nice so I will probably be riding the mountain bike again. I so wanted to get in some quality road miles this weekend. Guess I am going to have to wait until next weekend to get in some quality kms.
There were some steep climbs that I came across, and was able to climb them. But last year I am pretty sure that I wouldn't have made it up them. Would have only made it about 3/4 of the way up before having to bail off because of losing power, or my breath. LOL
Up ahead there was a group of mountain bikers and I figured I would catch up and see if I knew who they were. Probably the group was about 20 large, but did not know one person as I blew past them.
On the south end of 37th street there is the reservation, and I had thought that I might try and go through the reservation. (not using my head) After getting in about a km or so I realized that I wasn't thinking and turned around and left the reservation. Had a gut feeling that I shouldn't go through there, and decided to trust it and not take a chance. With my luck I would get lost and then get run over or something and no one would be able to find me, and then all the pain of having someone put in a missing persons report. I think my car was left on the reservation after it was stolen a little while ago.
Tomorrow isn't supposed to be very nice so I will probably be riding the mountain bike again. I so wanted to get in some quality road miles this weekend. Guess I am going to have to wait until next weekend to get in some quality kms.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
TT March 26/08
Did the ole time trial last night, and have improved a little bit each time I have done one. Hoping next week will be an improvement.
10kms
Time 12:02 fastest time for me yet.
MHR 196
Don't remember maximum speed.
I just have to focus on having a faster cadence and I will slowly get faster over time.
I am going to have to see if I can pin it for the last 2 minutes instead of the last minute and a half. This weekends riding should be able to help in that department, at least I am hoping it does.
10kms
Time 12:02 fastest time for me yet.
MHR 196
Don't remember maximum speed.
I just have to focus on having a faster cadence and I will slowly get faster over time.
I am going to have to see if I can pin it for the last 2 minutes instead of the last minute and a half. This weekends riding should be able to help in that department, at least I am hoping it does.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
TT number 4.
Having done some serious riding since my last TT, I was hoping to get a better time and a faster speed average. Feeling good, and feeling well rested I went to work at it after arriving home from work. Here are the results, and they should speak for themselves.
TT 10km
Time 12:40
Average speed 46.8
MHR 193
Maximum speed 60.3km
Feeling that I am finally making some progress, I am glad and excited to see what I can get my time down to. It is sure exciting, and not to many things have been making me excited these days.
TT 10km
Time 12:40
Average speed 46.8
MHR 193
Maximum speed 60.3km
Feeling that I am finally making some progress, I am glad and excited to see what I can get my time down to. It is sure exciting, and not to many things have been making me excited these days.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
TT time once again.
After the first time trial I had a little bit to think about to say the least. This time I tried to be steady and strong, instead of tapering off in the middle and hammering in the end. My time was a little bit faster, and it is going to take sometime until I am able to really make a substantial difference in my results.
Here they are.
10km TT
Time 13:40
Max Speed 57.3
Maximum heart rate 195 bpm
The odometer on the bike 3530.1km since St. Patrick's day of last year. Not so much but there will be a substantial difference come spring time.
Here they are.
10km TT
Time 13:40
Max Speed 57.3
Maximum heart rate 195 bpm
The odometer on the bike 3530.1km since St. Patrick's day of last year. Not so much but there will be a substantial difference come spring time.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Single Speeding in the Cold
It was supposed to get +3 today, and I sat around until 4:00pm waiting for it to get warmer. The temperature only rose to -16 and I ended up riding for just over 2 hours. It was cold and I was dressed warm enough, but started to bonk near the end of the ride. Until next time, ciao for now.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Time Trials.
This is my first time I have ever done this kind of thing. Time Trials were Greek to me, and now I can see why they are an essential part of training.
I am no where near Dallas or any of the fast riders around, but I am going to try and shorten the gap. I am no especting to beat them, but maybe be a little bit competitive with them.
Feb 5,08 TT for the first time
10km 14:06 minutes
Max Speed 74.6kph
Maximum heart rate 196bpm
I am no where near Dallas or any of the fast riders around, but I am going to try and shorten the gap. I am no especting to beat them, but maybe be a little bit competitive with them.
Feb 5,08 TT for the first time
10km 14:06 minutes
Max Speed 74.6kph
Maximum heart rate 196bpm
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Single Speed Saturday.
This Saturday was the SingleSpeed Saturday for me. I rode my .243 for the first time since last year and had forgotten that I had my longe travel forks on it. This makes it excellent for going downhill, but horrible for climbing. Like as in it totally sucks for climbing with these long travel forks. On the single speed it is a longer frame, but it is short and I am unable to get the seat up high enough for myself. This adds lots of torture for myself when pedalling a singlespeed that you can't get full extension on your legs. This creates a huge burn on the lower quads. The teardrop part of the quads. It is a good way to punish yourself, and add power to your legs. I have 34/14 gearing on the bike as well. This is high gearing for a single speed and makes it tough to climb hills.
I ended up riding for about 2.5hrs on Saturday and rather enjoyed myself. Sunday I had to ride the single speed to "The Parts Source" to get a started for my car. I put the starter in my backpack and found it to be quite heavy. But I made it there and back with no problems. It was a good way to loosen up my legs from yesterdays ride. The quads and calves were a bit stiff this morning when I got myself out of bed.
Will take tomorrow off from riding tomorrow maybe, or I will see how I feel. I might just ride the rollers at a casual pace as a recovery ride.
I also changed the forks on the single speed as well this morning when I got up. The different forks makes a world of difference. Way easier to pedal the bike now.
I ended up riding for about 2.5hrs on Saturday and rather enjoyed myself. Sunday I had to ride the single speed to "The Parts Source" to get a started for my car. I put the starter in my backpack and found it to be quite heavy. But I made it there and back with no problems. It was a good way to loosen up my legs from yesterdays ride. The quads and calves were a bit stiff this morning when I got myself out of bed.
Will take tomorrow off from riding tomorrow maybe, or I will see how I feel. I might just ride the rollers at a casual pace as a recovery ride.
I also changed the forks on the single speed as well this morning when I got up. The different forks makes a world of difference. Way easier to pedal the bike now.
More training.
On Wednesday I did more 4x4 intervals, and I had to dig deep on the last two. Thursday was the DeadGoat party at Jameson's pub, and it turned out to be not as bad as I had thought it would be. I kind of enjoyed myself. It was definately good to see everyone there that is for sure. Gerry, Cindy, Tori, Craig, Tim, Pat, Trish, Ed, Tom, Ted, Henry, Jack, Josh, Geoff, New guy Lonn, Sean, Radya, Tracy, and everyone else that was there that I have forgotten.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Goals..
I am going to try and train 26 days of January of '08.... It will be good to get a good base going with doing weight training as well. I am also quite eager to see what I can accomplish.
Also I have found out that my maximum heart rate is 196bpm, this is due to medical reasons from when I was young. I am not willing to elaborate, and I maybe one day I can explain.
Also I have found out that my maximum heart rate is 196bpm, this is due to medical reasons from when I was young. I am not willing to elaborate, and I maybe one day I can explain.
तरंग log
The training logs of myself.
I started training in mid November of 2007, and I did not really start keeping a log until December. The November logs are inconclusive.
November 20th
• 1 hour cardio, not sure to what extent I did the cardio because I hadn’t really started to keep a log at this time.
November 24th
• Legs & Shoulders
November 26th
• 53 minutes of cardio
November 28th
• 60 minutes of cardio at 80 revolutions per minute
December 1st
• Legs & shoulders,
• 1hr on the trainer, 80 revolutions per minute, level (3,4) on the trainer
December 2nd
• Chest, shoulders and traps
December 3rd
• 1:12hr at 70 rpm
December 5th
• 1hr on the trainer 80rpm, at level (1,2), 39km
December 6th
• 1:10hr Level (1,2) on the trainer 45km
December 8th
• Legs and back
December 9th
• Chest and shoulders
December 10th
• 1:10hr 40km on the trainer
December 13th
• 1:05 on the trainer, 33.3km Level (1)
December 17th
• 45min 18.95km on the trainer Level (3,4)
December 18th
• 1:11 Level (1) 80rpm, 40.1km
December 19th
• 45min Level (7,5) 80rpm,
December 20th
• 55Km Level (1)
December 22nd
• Chest, shoulders
• 50min on the rollers, 19km. I use the mountain bike when I am riding the rollers.
December 23th
• Legs and traps
December 25th
• Rollers 19km
December 26th
• 194 maximum heart rate test
• Chest, shoulders
• 1hr 23km Level (4,5,7)
December 27th
• 1hr 80rpm, Heart rate (140,150) recovery ride
December 28th
• 1hr rollers 19km, Maximum heart rate (196)
December 29th
• Chest, shoulders, biceps, and traps
• Intervals 45min with 4min between the intervals, 19.8km
December 30th
• Legs, traps,
• Intervals 4x4minute intervals with 4 minutes between intervals
January 1st
• Chest, shoulders
• Rollers 50min, 19km
January 2nd
• Intervals 4x4 minute with heart rate average during intervals 186bpm, 50min 26km
January 3rd
• 1hr, heart rate (130,140)bpm
January 5th
• Chest and traps•
January 6th
• Shoulders, traps
• 4x4 intervals, 20 minute warm up, 28km hr (186)bpm during intervals
January 7th
• 54min 24.4 km, hard resistance, heart rate (140,150)
January 8th
• Rollers, 1hr 20km
January 9th
• Intervals, 4x4minute, 20 minute warm up. Had to dig deep today to do these
I started training in mid November of 2007, and I did not really start keeping a log until December. The November logs are inconclusive.
November 20th
• 1 hour cardio, not sure to what extent I did the cardio because I hadn’t really started to keep a log at this time.
November 24th
• Legs & Shoulders
November 26th
• 53 minutes of cardio
November 28th
• 60 minutes of cardio at 80 revolutions per minute
December 1st
• Legs & shoulders,
• 1hr on the trainer, 80 revolutions per minute, level (3,4) on the trainer
December 2nd
• Chest, shoulders and traps
December 3rd
• 1:12hr at 70 rpm
December 5th
• 1hr on the trainer 80rpm, at level (1,2), 39km
December 6th
• 1:10hr Level (1,2) on the trainer 45km
December 8th
• Legs and back
December 9th
• Chest and shoulders
December 10th
• 1:10hr 40km on the trainer
December 13th
• 1:05 on the trainer, 33.3km Level (1)
December 17th
• 45min 18.95km on the trainer Level (3,4)
December 18th
• 1:11 Level (1) 80rpm, 40.1km
December 19th
• 45min Level (7,5) 80rpm,
December 20th
• 55Km Level (1)
December 22nd
• Chest, shoulders
• 50min on the rollers, 19km. I use the mountain bike when I am riding the rollers.
December 23th
• Legs and traps
December 25th
• Rollers 19km
December 26th
• 194 maximum heart rate test
• Chest, shoulders
• 1hr 23km Level (4,5,7)
December 27th
• 1hr 80rpm, Heart rate (140,150) recovery ride
December 28th
• 1hr rollers 19km, Maximum heart rate (196)
December 29th
• Chest, shoulders, biceps, and traps
• Intervals 45min with 4min between the intervals, 19.8km
December 30th
• Legs, traps,
• Intervals 4x4minute intervals with 4 minutes between intervals
January 1st
• Chest, shoulders
• Rollers 50min, 19km
January 2nd
• Intervals 4x4 minute with heart rate average during intervals 186bpm, 50min 26km
January 3rd
• 1hr, heart rate (130,140)bpm
January 5th
• Chest and traps•
January 6th
• Shoulders, traps
• 4x4 intervals, 20 minute warm up, 28km hr (186)bpm during intervals
January 7th
• 54min 24.4 km, hard resistance, heart rate (140,150)
January 8th
• Rollers, 1hr 20km
January 9th
• Intervals, 4x4minute, 20 minute warm up. Had to dig deep today to do these
Friday, January 4, 2008
Training.
Training since the middle of November, and stepping it up since the middle of December I am two months ahead of last year.... Last year I didn't really have any idea about how to prepare for the season etc... I listened to some individuals that I shouldn't have listened to when it comes to training. Should have just read lots and figured it out on my own. Would have been much better off. You live and learn......
Tomorrow if the weather permits I am going to ride to Bragg Creek and back. Should be a good test to see how I am compared to last year. I bet I am in far better shape then last year in April....... I did not know how to train anaerocally at all. Asking questions, and listening to some of the countries best might have paid off. I remember the first day of doing intervals I was green afterwards. Almost puked, but close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades.
On weekends I go to the gym early in the day, and then in the afternoon early evening I ride the trainer, or the rollers. If you put fatter tires, and let out a little bit of air when you ride the rollers. It makes for a hard ride. I have also found that my maximum heart rate is 196. I am not sure how it is, but that is what it is from using 4 different heart rate monitors.
Having a chance to maybe fight again has also given me a spark to get into really good shape. I am 210lbs now, and trying to get down in weight. It is hard, but I am confident that I will get down. It isn't the training, it is my eating habits that keep me from getting down in weight.
Tomorrow if the weather permits I am going to ride to Bragg Creek and back. Should be a good test to see how I am compared to last year. I bet I am in far better shape then last year in April....... I did not know how to train anaerocally at all. Asking questions, and listening to some of the countries best might have paid off. I remember the first day of doing intervals I was green afterwards. Almost puked, but close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades.
On weekends I go to the gym early in the day, and then in the afternoon early evening I ride the trainer, or the rollers. If you put fatter tires, and let out a little bit of air when you ride the rollers. It makes for a hard ride. I have also found that my maximum heart rate is 196. I am not sure how it is, but that is what it is from using 4 different heart rate monitors.
Having a chance to maybe fight again has also given me a spark to get into really good shape. I am 210lbs now, and trying to get down in weight. It is hard, but I am confident that I will get down. It isn't the training, it is my eating habits that keep me from getting down in weight.
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