Outdoor Addict

As I sit here waiting for my computer cleaning off the viruses I somehow picked up, I am sitting here just staring out my window. There is A LOT of snow out there. The paper this morning said we got 81.9 inches of snow so far this year and that we are a full [...]

Sure, it is cold out and I have been doing a lot outside, but that isn’t what makes my toes numb.
Last year, when I raced the 24 Hours of Great Glen, for some reason, my big toe went numb. Nothing major I thought. Must have just been because I had my [...]

I have been quite busy for the last couple of weeks. At work, we have been making the catalog, so that takes up a bunch of my time there. When I am at home, I am spending most of my time on the bike and the skis. With all of this, it [...]

On Friday, when I got home from work, it was time to hit the trainer.  I got it all ready to go and cranked out a few outs of some drills.  I did some spin ups, which are just that, starting at a low cadence and spinning my way up to as fast as possible [...]

Last Sunday, out on my snow bike ride, within the first 2 minutes of pedaling, I cracked my knee pretty hard on my stem. For those of you out there who has done this, you know it hurts pretty bad, especially if it is a square hit.  I felt it a tad over the last [...]

The forecast for today…..6-10ish inches.  Actual snow on the ground, about 2, if we are lucky.  Seems like we dodged the bullet on that one.  However, dealing with that, I really do wish I was a weather man.  “Well folks, there is a 50% chance that something will happen.  From the weather pattern, we can [...]

Today’s schedule had me doing a lactate threshold test. Fun, fun stuff. Ok, easy enough I guess. A nice 20 minute warm up followed by 3 shorts bursts of rpms designed to get the heart rate up to par.

Then came the 20 minutes of all out effort.  To be honest, I think [...]

The last few days have kept me busy both on the bike and off.
On the bike, I put together a few different Pugsley rides.  Gotta say, that bike is pretty much fun to ride.  There isn’t much that stops it.  Unless you are talking about some ice with just a hair of snow over it.  [...]