Archive for the ‘Training’ category

2011 has begun

December 17th, 2010

Well, now that my little shoulder debacle is over, it is time to get started on the 2011 season.  At this time, my mind is going a mile a minute with things I want to get accomplished and figured out for the season: what races I want, do I want to ride the same bike, [...]

Shoulder D-Day

November 11th, 2010

Well, I got all the riding in outside that I could, but now it looks like it is all trainerville until, well, I’m not sure, but for a while. Tomorrow is the big day. Pre-Op stuff at noon, then under the knife at 1. The surgery should only last between an hour to 2 hours…..that [...]

Shoulder Update

August 30th, 2010

Well, things haven’t gotten much better around here lately. I went to the Doctor on Friday for annual physical, and while i Was there, told him to poke around on the arm to see what he thinks. After a little of the “ok, do this, lift that, push on this” type stuff, and a little [...]

Still out of commission

August 25th, 2010

Well, this shoulder has been more of a pain than I ever anticipated it to be. I thought after a couple days, I would wake up and all would be good….Not the case. Actually, the morning is when it hurts the worst. Usually, I am a side sleeper, or somehow twisted around, but with a [...]

Wow, it seems as if this thing still works. Who would have thunk it? Sure, I still want to post to this blog, but there have been times I have been busy, VERY busy. First and foremost, training. That always takes first priority when I have free time. Things have been going just ok on [...]

Recovery week is over, and the base 3 period is on.  What does that mean?  much more difficult workouts.  I wrote up my months training plan, and my legs hurt just from reading it.  I can’t wait.  By the time this month is over, I will see real improvement in times and fitness. Actually, I [...]

He’s ALIVE!!!!

March 30th, 2010

Almost a month since the last post…that has to be some sort of record. But, there are reasons….yea, yea, yea, excuses, excuses, I know. Since the last post, work has had our open house, we had some of the busiest weeks for the past several years (good to see the bike industry is doing well), [...]

Out there doing it..

March 3rd, 2010

Yea, I’ve been busy. Not always riding, but busy either way. This past weekend, mother nature thought she was going to be cruel and try to stick around a bit longer.  While at lower elevation it wasn’t a big deal, but at high elevations, it has been playing havoc with things. Because of the snow, [...]

Ohh Mike, say it ain’t so

February 22nd, 2010

Well, it seems like time flies by when you are having fun, or something like that.  At least that is the way it seems when you are riding in 40+ degree temps in February in New England. While the mid-Atlantic states have been getting pounded pretty hard with snow, here in New Hampshire, it has [...]

Lactate threshold testing

February 16th, 2010

Last night was my lactate threshold testing night.  Fun stuff, not really, but very important. My plan for the evening was get the rollers rolling for an easy 10 minutes as a nice warm up.  Then, 30 minutes, all out effort.  10 minutes in, reset the heart rate monitor at 10 minutes as I can [...]