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.

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.

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.

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

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.