The Best Way to Face Your Fears
Is to conquer them. Went out today to ride the foothills. It's all about fast right now, and not getting hurt. I felt good, I was effortlessly floating, it was easy. I did a full lap, not to the Water Tank, Sub 1 hour. The Mountains were growling, thunder, so what did I do? Another lap; a TT lap. Another PR. Or at least tied with a PR, but this one came an hour into it. I realized while I was out there, just ride, the storm is coming, and I am safe. Even if I get struck by lightening, it's doing what I
My Biggest Competition
Is always myself. My goal for Leadville, 10:40. I want to take an hour off of my time from 2008. It's a hefty goal, but I think, it's doable. But you never, ever know, what will happen on race day! I won't put all of my eggs in one basket, because, like I tell my athletes, this is an extrinsic goal, something that I don't have any control over. I have control over my training, to a degree my mechanics, but you never know, how the weather will impact you, flat tires, crashes,
#iamsoblessed
It's the truth. Yesterday I finished a very long, difficult training ride for the LT100. Once I got service, I checked my email, and in there was this from a past client: "Ride until you see the Light, until you see that you are part of the Divine. Ride until you remember why you ride. You ride for your health. You ride, for the joy. You ride because it makes you a better person. You ride to feel better. You ride, because it's important to take care of yourself, so that you are here another
Every Ride Should be so Good
Started ride it was 68 degrees, with cloud cover. That made my MN blood so happy. :) I finished it was sub 80, double happy :) :) My Awesome Ride: consisted of Elena/Tram/La Luz x 2/Tram Elena. You can see it's my mini Leadville. I wanted to head to Socorro today to do "Leadville" Topo. There's been a change in Monsoon patterns, bringing them earlier, and I wanted to make the most of my morning. So with the change in monsoons patterns, I changed my workout. Tuesday's ride left me with a TSS score of 271. That would
Yesterday I solved all the World’s Problems
8.5 hours on the bike will do that. Especially without music. I don't like to listen to music when I exercise, it blocks out God's Voice. I started my ride off with heading down Tramway. Lot's of folks out riding yesterday but one gentleman caught my eye. The guy with one leg. Tramway climb is my least favorite climb in the world. It's 5-6 miles long, and it's got a small grade, and it's mentally challenging, seeing where you are going. It's a great LT interval. So here comes a guy with one leg. No prosthetic, just
Zoefitness Response to FB Post = Balance
Face Book Post: "How do you work 40 hrs, take care of your kids while riding etc, 7+ hrs a day, plus take care of your home life with your husband while posting everyday about how you ride 100+ miles
Thanks for Checking in
It's always good to, or you miss some great information, like today. 1st off I want to remind everyone how important it is getting BCAA's (branched chain amino acids) in your supplementation during long duration exercise. I usually get mine from meat. A lot of attention on L- Carnitine. Carnitine helps the process of AMP into ATP. as well as help maintain glucose uptake and availability. The latest research is tending towards the importance of L-Arginine. L-Arginine is a precursor to NO(nitrite oxide) If this is foreign to you then check back on an
San Juan Hut to Hut with Terra Firma Racing
The best way to describe it is Wow; Wow-zapalooza. What is Hut to Hut? It's a 6 night adventure via bicycle through a hut system from Durango to Moab: I committed to the event about a year and a half ago. I committed to schlepping the kitchen through the San Juan Mountains. I love Back Country. Although 6 days would be the longest I have gone. I knew the truck would hold up well, as the guys at the shop said, it's the best shape they have ever seen the make and model of my vehicle.
Where are you From?
The loaded and impossible question. Where am I from? I was born at the Ramsey Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. I toured around the Twin Cities for 12 years: which included: Brooklyn Center, Golden Valley, Minnetonka. At which point I moved to St Louis, Missouri. I graduated High School from Webster Groves, Missouri, spending roughly 6 years in St. Louis. From there I journeyed to Columbia, Missouri, where I lived for 4 years. Columbia is where I learned what I wanted to be when I grew up, and that I wanted to move West. So I did, to Albuquerque,
Latest Research Regarding Beet Root Juice
For several years now, we've known that Beet Root Juice significantly increases time to fatigue in performance, anywhere between 12 and 25 percent depending on dose and time of supplementation prior to measured exercise performance. Beet Root Juice is high in Nitric Acid(NO): NO aids increases circulation via vasodilation NO improves neurotransmission NO improves K/Ca handling in the body NO has also been shown to have glucose sparing effect, meaning, levels of circulating glucose don't decrease as much in the presence of NO. NO increases the expression of Ca handling of proteins. The original research coming of