Thursday, March 6, 2008
monday az
pictures from monday, real eazy ride with senior citizens (which was amazing btw) then some chillin at the resort with the couz's.
Monday, March 3, 2008
az sunday
Sunday Ride Report:
Being the first day of our spring break training and with no tour guide, Ben and I were on our own to explore the northwest suburban area of Phoenix. With little more in mind than to at least make it to the base of The White Tank Mountains which were 15 miles away from the Grandparents’ resort, we set out on our two-wheelers. The temps were in the mid 70’s and the winds high with gusts up to 40 miles per hour out of the northwest. We were fighting that wind for most of the way out to the mountains on a ride that ended up being 36 miles.
The “out” of our out-and-back route was driven by the excitement of riding in short sleeves and not having to navigate around patches of ice. We travelled 4 miles south, which was very fast, and the other 14 west, which was not. For most of the westward miles, we averaged less than 15 miles per hour due to the wind.
After only a few miles on the road, we decided to take a look at our map and find the best route to get us to our destination. As we were slowing, I was stampeded by a pack of tumbleweeds. I had to stop to pick the thorns out of my legs, and the branches out of my spokes. After that short disruption, we continued on to the mountains in the distance.
By the time we had finally made it to White Tank Mountain National Park, we had been riding for about an hour. We went in to the park and rode for another 2 miles or so. Not seeing a road that went to the summit, we decided to turn back and save our legs for the days to come.
The ride back was much faster due to the assistance from the wind. In opposition to the less than 15 miles per hour we were doing heading west, we were averaging nearly 25 miles per hour while going east. We made back in just over an hour after a long cool down, 10 minutes faster than the way out. It ended up being a great first day and both of us are very excited to continue exploring the Phoenix area in the days to come. (written by gforce)
Oh ya and we got some good tennis in too, ben beat me 7-5.
pics of the first day:
Being the first day of our spring break training and with no tour guide, Ben and I were on our own to explore the northwest suburban area of Phoenix. With little more in mind than to at least make it to the base of The White Tank Mountains which were 15 miles away from the Grandparents’ resort, we set out on our two-wheelers. The temps were in the mid 70’s and the winds high with gusts up to 40 miles per hour out of the northwest. We were fighting that wind for most of the way out to the mountains on a ride that ended up being 36 miles.
The “out” of our out-and-back route was driven by the excitement of riding in short sleeves and not having to navigate around patches of ice. We travelled 4 miles south, which was very fast, and the other 14 west, which was not. For most of the westward miles, we averaged less than 15 miles per hour due to the wind.
After only a few miles on the road, we decided to take a look at our map and find the best route to get us to our destination. As we were slowing, I was stampeded by a pack of tumbleweeds. I had to stop to pick the thorns out of my legs, and the branches out of my spokes. After that short disruption, we continued on to the mountains in the distance.
By the time we had finally made it to White Tank Mountain National Park, we had been riding for about an hour. We went in to the park and rode for another 2 miles or so. Not seeing a road that went to the summit, we decided to turn back and save our legs for the days to come.
The ride back was much faster due to the assistance from the wind. In opposition to the less than 15 miles per hour we were doing heading west, we were averaging nearly 25 miles per hour while going east. We made back in just over an hour after a long cool down, 10 minutes faster than the way out. It ended up being a great first day and both of us are very excited to continue exploring the Phoenix area in the days to come. (written by gforce)
Oh ya and we got some good tennis in too, ben beat me 7-5.
pics of the first day:
Monday, February 25, 2008
Post
No one went down to OSU, saturday race was canceled on friday. 13hrs is a bit too far for one race when the chances of that one being on werent even 100%.
I got some low intensity rides in; saturday 1.5hrs easy with toph then sunday with 5 of aces finest we rounded out 2 hrs 30 mins for my longest ride of the year by almost an hour. It was low intensity but the time started to get to me at the end. Need to get some of those other ACE weenies out that are married to their trainers. Hoping for lots more group rides, no trainer or solo ride beats racking up miles in a peleton. Saturday 55 miles with VCR then off to sunny AZ for lots o biking... and some B-E-A-Utiful tan lines.
I got some low intensity rides in; saturday 1.5hrs easy with toph then sunday with 5 of aces finest we rounded out 2 hrs 30 mins for my longest ride of the year by almost an hour. It was low intensity but the time started to get to me at the end. Need to get some of those other ACE weenies out that are married to their trainers. Hoping for lots more group rides, no trainer or solo ride beats racking up miles in a peleton. Saturday 55 miles with VCR then off to sunny AZ for lots o biking... and some B-E-A-Utiful tan lines.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
first race
Not mine. But we have 7 racers going down to kick some ass at OSU. The weather has been terrible for biking the last month, very cold and snowing 5 days a week. Spinning has been tough... mentally. I'm ready for Arizona, found a trianing crit for Wednesday when we are down there. Go kick some ass this weekend, NMU!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
-38 windchill
Looked at weather.com today and saw a real temp of 0 with crazy winds a -38 windchill. I'm getting my moneys worth for the trainer. My last build cycle starts tuesday. The intensity picks up to threshold work and im going to try to get some decent time on the bike. Being able to squeeze a longer outside ride a week is nice but this one looks chilly.
First race, still not sure about is OSU on feb 23/24. Then AZ bike vacation for spring break!!! Still don't have any routes planned yet but getting really excited to get lots of miles in. Nothing new on the Ace front, team rides should be starting in a few weeks.
Heres the new Time Trial helmet:
First race, still not sure about is OSU on feb 23/24. Then AZ bike vacation for spring break!!! Still don't have any routes planned yet but getting really excited to get lots of miles in. Nothing new on the Ace front, team rides should be starting in a few weeks.
Heres the new Time Trial helmet:
Friday, February 1, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
its still january
Sunday 6 of us rode, Garrett, Belic, Eric, Andrew, Chad, and myself, but the snow is back. My workout today was a pyramid (trainer) 230w, 255w, 280w, 255w, 230w. And then a classic picture I found online, it looks like the most fun... I've ever seen.
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