I’ve Said It Before, I Will Say It Again
When I do stupid stuff, I like to make sure it's REALLY, REALLY stupid! Not just kind of stupid. It's taken me almost 2 weeks to blog about it: The Strava Ride: Will have to BLOG about that one. Ugh. Here goes. I have been training long, I wanted to have my base at 5 hours before I left Albuquerque, and since I was unable to, I have been bringing it up in Winona. My last week's long ride went great; 41 Miles, 4 Hours Rolling time; 4:30 with lunch breaks, and over 3200 feet of climbing. it
2014 Zoefitness Marathon and Ultra-Endurance Mountain Bike Clinic
2014 Zoefitness Marathon and Ultra-Endurance Mountain Bike Clinic MADD Shelter at Northshore Trail, Flower Mound, Texas Sunday October 12th, 2014 USA Cycling Sanctioned Event: Day or Annual License Required Start Time: 9:00 AM Session Cost: 50.00: DORBA Member Rate: 35.00 Registration Link Session Includes: Instructional Session and 5 to 6 hours of riding. The riding portion is “No Drop”. It is ride at your own pace; you can lead the pack, or ride with Coach Zoe for additional pointers. The instructional portion of the clinic will include: - The concepts of Program Design and Build - The concepts and benefits of Tapering -
Nuevo de Mexico: Summer 2014
The most interesting of journey's. This must mark the 1st EVER time I was in NM and didn't have something specific to train for. Just to have fun, work out a little bit, entertain, and what we called "The List". One of the main goals of this trip was to figure out why Pepe had been lame for almost a year. It turns out he had to have his Superficial Digitorum Flexor Tendon re-attached. We also had to fix a slab leak, which we decided to replace all of the plumbing and put it
Crossfit
Crossfit is a brand, just like Nike is a brand. Crossfit is the fastest growing fitness movement available, and because it is a fairly new phenomena, there is not much data available looking at rate of injury, types of injury, and overall safety. Like many fitness certifications to become a Crossfit instructor requires a 2 day certification. I see one consistent problem with 2 day certifications; it does not give any one person expertise in the field. It gives minimal anatomy and physiology knowledge, and skeleton guidelines in safety. Is it possible
Won’t You Take Me Down to Stumpytown:
I got to the turnaround in 4:14. Oh, I definitely made the cut-off to finish the whole thing. If I had to guesstimate I would have probably come in at about 7:45, or in between 715 and then. I knew I had 1 to 2 hours in me, I did not feel I had 3-4 hours in me. I wanted to feel good my 1st week in Albuquerque, I wanted to get the dogs before the Doggie Day Care closed. I wanted to ride long, I wanted to see the Rocky Mountains, I wanted to say 'hi' to
It’s a Tornado, It’s a Cyclone; No, It’s Life!
And that's exactly where we are right now. This morning I walked Molly up the Bluff for the last time; to lay her to rest; dust to dust. The week of Chicago ITU, on Monday, I said good bye. It was a tough time. She was such a good girl, she had so much love. She also had a lot of fear and anxiety. I'm glad that she doesn't have any more fear or anxiety because it made her life, and my life, so difficult. She was such a good friend for so many years. It's sad
The Female Athlete: Understanding Your Cycle and Performance
Here's an interesting article from Training Peaks: It's not something that is talked about frequently for obvious reasons. I would like to add some information to the article. Higher Progesterone levels also increase fat metabolism. That's one of the reason women crave more food, and especially more fatty foods near the onset of menstruation. Fluid retention: Women typically gain 3 to 5 pounds within the monthly cycle. This is huge for a couple of reasons: 1) you're carrying more weight so it decreases your power to weight ratio; You will be working harder to
You never know what you’re made of until you push your limits.
Pushing your limits; takes you to the next level. Last weekend was my 1st big race for the season, Trinona International Triathlon. The race was Sunday and I wanted to do the Time Trial the night before. The Time Trial is a trip up Garvin Heights, one of the Nation's Top 100 Climbs as rated by Outside Magazine. And where the only "American to ever win the Tour De France", Greg LeMond trained for his Tour wins. I mean, why wouldn't you want to race up that thing and see what you're made
Breathe
BREATHE 1, 2, 3 Breathe. Wow! What an amazing adventure. I have been super busy planning and executing my 1st USAT sanctioned Swim Clinic. As with all projects planning and execution of that said project, always takes 3 times longer than we plan! ;) We have been inhabitants of Winona , MN. I had heard of a Triathlon that came to town just prior to our uninhabiting back in 2004, Trinona. 2 years off from the sport of Triathlon, not something I am proud of. Triathlon, like Mountain Biking, is my passion. I have been