Spinning and Party

Today I rushed home from school, wrapped my dad's b-day presents(threw in a box and taped it shut), and jumped on the trainer. I rode for 54 minutes doing the climbing tape which involves muscle tension intervals, and steady state intervals of 10 minutes(2x) at a lower cadence. It felt great after my recovery day yesterday!!! I then did my 5 strtches and exercises for a better back and got ready to go.

It was my dad's b-day today, so I drove up to MSU with them to have dinner w/ my brother. We ate at Harrison Roadhouse in the middle of the MSU campus, then went back to his drom room to eat cake and meet some of his friends. On a side note, one more reason not to attend MSU...too many DAMN people. You can't get around, and it takes forever to drive since people are walking/riding all over the friggin place.

Skating and Recovery

Yeseterday I had to ref 4 ice hockey games,1 game linesman, and the other referee. It corresponded to about 6 hrs of skating which is great cross training for biking. By the end of the last game, I could really feel my quads burn from the skating and from the 83.5 miles on the bike the past 2 days. Today was a slow tiring day in which I did nothing at school, but got a little motivated at home. I did a little weights at school, and realized that my legs were totally fatigues. So, instead of riding the training, overtraining, and hurting my riding abilities, I took the day off-well, almost. I did do pilates for 1/2 hour and it felt good and rejuvinating.

I looked at my heart rate monitor chart and noticed that I have trained everyday for the past 32 days!!! My log is...
16-hourish trainer rides of Carmichael Training Systems DVDs
14-days of weight training-it has really helped
3-MTB rides(when the ground was frozen in early JAN)
5-Road rides
13-days of skating
11-sessions of pilates
2-days of running 2-2.5 miles each

SO, today is a recovery day and tommorrow will be a trainer ride before we go up to MSU and go to dinner for my dad's B-day. I also called Mesa State College(Grand Junction/Fruita, CO) to schedule a tour of the college while we are out there in April!!!

Another GREAT JAN. Day

Well, it was in the low forties today and the sun peaked out for a few minutes. I took a road ride at ILRA and Kensington again today. My dad joined me for my ride, which was great, but I smoked him. The trainer and weights have really helped. I did three loops of the PUKE hills and flew up BIG PUKE with a minimum speed of 16.6!!! After 29 miles, I split off from my dad so I could lay down the hammer and get more miles in. I ended up with 43 miles for the day with an average of 18.6 which increased from 17.8 after the 29 miles. All in all, it was a great ride. I got home and made a paypal account which finally worked(I tried multiple times this morning w/ no luck), and sent my money to a guy in RI who is selling me his SINGLE SPEED!!!!!! The bike is a 2004 Bianchi SASS that I will build up with some of my spare parts and the rest of it will be what comes on it. I can't wait. The bike will probably be shipped Monday from a RI bike shop, and hopefully I will have it by next weekend!!! I can't friggen wait. After 700 miles on Bill's Bianchi CuSS last year, I will finally have my own to ride.

Gettin' In the Base Miles

Today I headed over to ILRA to do a road ride there and at Kensington. I ended up riding the road bike to Kensington and riding the road there, then turning around to do the hills again and back to ILRA. Then I road a little over two laps at ILRA and got in a total of 40.5 miles. I road 1.5 hrs in my zone two and the rest in zone 1, which made for a good sustained ride. I averaged 18.8mph and finished about the time the sun went down. I will be doing this ride again tommorrow but maybe more miles and a little slower since I will be riding with others. So far, I have 135 miles in this year...AND its JANUARY!!!

MORE WINTER TRAINING

So today after I got home from school, I ate, searched MTBR classifieds for a used SS, then went and roade the trainer. I rode an hour sprinting tape as an easy day, and later in the evining I did my core workout-PILATES. I registered for the WAM-300 today(www.wishmich.org) and am ready for the challenge. Looked at the weather and it is supposed to be 45 and sunny tommorrow, but I don't know how much I trust the weathermen in MI. Probably will do a 2 hr road ride at Kensington and ILRA tommorrow to get some fresh air and base miles. Here is my training log from the past 4 weeks-yes, I have trained in some sort every single day!!!!