Tour of Walla Walla 2012 – cat3
[pictures] First of all, I’d like to thank the team for your full support this weekend. Every one of you (including a spouse!) helped me toward hitting my goal of winning this stage race. All it took from there was me getting my act together and drilling it when it mattered. In my mind, all [...]
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Super Happy Fun Sequim
Today showed that we could chip away and eventually have someone in a break that sticks. It was a fun little experiment. Cat3 has been tough this season. Travis, Chad, Connell, and I drove over to Sequim last night to stay in the hotel for a whopping $20 each. The downside? Spooning with a hairy [...]
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Earning your Tegaderm
The cat3 sequim race went pear-shaped quite early on. I won’t divulge our planned tactics for this race, but I will tell you that staying Friday night in Sequim was a BONUS well worth it. We got up at 7, ate a bit, and were at the start line in 10 minutes. It was way [...]
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The Mason Lake Freight Train
We had a squad of about 7 today at mason lake, which allowed us a ton of flexibility in our planning. Our main plan was to begin to position up front going into the last lap and throw down out front, leadout style. We wanted to reserve energy for a pack finish, which we thought [...]
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All your base are belong to us
Back on 12/30/11, I got my first metabolic test. This involved putting me on a bike, then pedaling at a steady cadence as they ratchet up the wattage. They do this until I cross my anaerobic threshold. The measurements are taken via heart rate monitor and a facemask that measures inhaled/exhaled oxygen and CO2. By [...]
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riding like savages
I’m pretty sure the last time Apex went over 100 miles in a team-style ride, it was this last Summer during the annual epic ride. Today’s ride was indeed approaching epic proportions, not because of the distance, but the wicked climbing and wide-open road. Travis and Banko didn’t have fenders, so for everyone behind them [...]