Training Log Archive: ebuckley

If it's Monday and my legs are dead it must be time for blasting over cobbles in the 60" gear. Rode the Tour of Flanders loop at a reasonably relaxed pace, but did pass a couple cars (and an SUV!) on the cobbles.

On the switchbacks up to the Page Avenue bridge I was just spinning along keeping the gear turning and passed a guy who seemed to take it as a personal insult. I could hear him sprinting behind me. OK, full marks for balls, but dude, you're riding a full suspension mountain bike, I'm on a 15 pound road bike, and this is a paved climb. Get serious. Anyway, after the thumping I took this weekend, it was nice to have an easy win.

By the time I got home, Mama and Baby-O were both ready for dinner, so I had to go for a PR on the lawn or face the prospect of going back outside and getting all sweaty again after eating. Hammered it, although this also goes into the "easy win" column because it's the first time I've run behind the mower since swapping 1/3 of the back yard for Baby-O's playground.

Warmup (23 min). And jogging back out to the start for the second course.

Team Trials Long at Pontiac Lake (1:10). Struggled, but managed to limit the losses except for one big boom (9 minutes at #5). I'm OK with it, but I hope to get better on this stuff.

One way to get better would be to practice, so I dragged myself back out and ran the green course. Well, "ran" is probably stretching it, although I was able to push the long leg and a few others. Not exactly a race effort, but good training and decent focus.

C • Great effort! 1

Day 3: Blue - Splits

Warmup (25 min) and a couple trips back to the parking area after the event.

US Team Trials Middle at Peach Mountain (1:10). Good solid run on a really fun course. 9th among TT entrants.

Day 2: Blue/Green - Splits

Event: US Team Trials
 

Warmup

US Team Trials Sprint at Haven Hill (1:5). Fun course. No big errors but lots of little ones. Mainly came down to running speed and today my legs let me down a bit.

C • good luck 2

Went out on the old 1:10 map to check out some of the more technical terrain. Not much of a confidence builder for tomorrow. I can read the terrain fine if I stop, but I have real problems on the move.

Sprint TT (Red/Blue) - Splits

Thought about getting a run in but, after 12 hours at work, running in the rain seemed far less enjoyable than taking Mama and Baby-O to Dewey's followed by Cold Stone and then Kaldi's. At the last stop, Baby-O got to watch a coal train go by! Most exciting. Yummy too. Pretty sure an extra couple pounds won't matter in the sprint.

Down to the Arch, through Laclede's Landing and back to midtown. Stopped a couple times to check out the menus of some new restaurants on Washington Street.

C • BTW Two nice sprint courses... 1

Probably should have drank more (water, not wine) last night. I don't think that's an "honest" weight, but I'll take it for now.

Warmup/dn.

2 sets, moderate, upper only