Training Log Archive: Grandpa Jameson

good sleep and body feels great. only sore are my feet. it was only my 3rd ride in my new shoes.

mellow recovery spin down to TP and back. no soreness just overall tiredness.

6 hours of temecula...

6 hours of Temecula

pretty good day on the bike. my plan was to go out in slater mode (conservative) and just ride steady all day. in that last year I've done one 4 hour ride and 5 hour ride so I knew the day would take it's toll.

course was super fun with some hard steep climbing and some technical. my new bike at it up. best mtb i've ever owned... hands down.

had no idea what place i was in all day in the open/elite division and didn't want to know. i just wanted to ride by feel and see where it got me. pleny of suffering out there in the heat and wind.... but it was fun. finished my 8th lap at 5:30 and didn't have time for another. first and second did 9 laps.

super stoked i pulled the trigger and just jumped into this one.

C • nice! 1

good sleep. busy day ahead.

coastal spinner. down to del mar and the back up through leucadia. legs pretty good. ready for tomorrow.

took a while to get to sleep. was still wired from the race.

i haven't had an shin pain in quite a while. can't feel at all even when i try to make it hurt! i know it's close to being healed but not rush. probably another week or two... we'll see.

mellow paddle with kurt. another killer morning on the water. great for recovery. water felt great... in trunks!

dynamic stretching

***rower***

4x
10 x pull ups
20 x bosu squats
20 x kbs #35
20 x hanging knee raises
20 x single leg DL #26
10 x push up/renegade row
20 x bosu sit ups
2 x lunge matrix

***elliptical***

warm up

cooldown

wasn't planning on this but got home in time to go with maggie. first time at core power in over a year. a 60 min class flies by compared to the 90 mins at bikram.

more good sleep. sore from lifting. tonight (racing quick and dirty at hodges) should be a sufferfest... but at least I'll get to test out my new rig!

bone scan results. they found a "tiny" (didn't know that was a medical term) abnormality that is consistent with a very small or almost healed sfx... right where the pain is/was. I haven't felt it in a while. stoked the found something and glad i didn't just keep pounding on it when all the docs said it wasn't a sfx. they also found an "old" abnormality that is consistent with a sfx. apparently sfx's will show up for a year+ on a bone scan. I am guessing that was the "calf pain" i was having at the end of last year. it's right in that spot.

If i ever have any other injury that i think is a bone i'm going straight for the bone scan. a lot quicker and will show everything... just less specific.

look at the nice black dots.


plan is to not run and once I can run work on form. since my crash and being all twisted my right leg has been problematic.... too much torque and taking a beating.

C • hey 6

mellow miles on the coast. just loosening up. legs definitely feeling the load from the last 2 days.

152W
Weighted Avg Power
558kJ
Total Work

loosening....

truestretch, stretching on ball, band stretching & ankle mobility, myrtl
foam roller

3ish laps of the quick and dirty course. last one with bryan. good times.

first time riding the scalpel. unreal.

quick and dirty race #2. my first XC mtb race in years. even though i haven't raced in a long time and entered the expert division (highest on they have). 6 x ~2.5 mile laps.

race went out hard and there was crash in the first corner that i got caught behind. so it was chase mode from the start. i was riding well and making up ground just behind lead pack. midway through the 2nd lap i blew up for the first time and had to regroup. got my shit together and had a solid 3rd and 4th lap riding inside the top 10. totally cracked midway through the 5th lap on the climb. last lap was a cooldown.

super fun. suffered a lot! all this long slow stuff has totally killed my top end. definitely a motivator to get it back.

handle all the tech stuff with ease. riding the scalpel compared to my hardtail is like cheating.

C • How's the "lefty"... 2

good sleep. back in the tent.

only at 152. would have thought it would higher after the last 2+ weeks on the road and not the best eating... especially in StL.

hoping to have bone scan results this morning.

stoked to be back on the dirt. picked up my hardtail from Gordon yesterday. new chain rings and brakes. i got the cheapest shimano hydraulic brakes and they are better than the top of the line sram brakes. now i know why everybody is running XTR brakes these days.

Standard morning loop at la costa. felt good on the climbs can definitely tell a difference in bike fitness since the last time i was out there.... in a good way.

truestretch

4x
5 x dead hang pull ups
10 x t-push ups
15 x air squats
20 x hanging knee raises

squat wu. 12 x #45, 10 x #95, 8 x #115

5x
5 x squat #135
10 x kbs #44
30 x sit ups on ball

3x
10 x TGU #20
20 x bosu russian twist #18

foam roller

lax ball

so stoked to be home. ready to get back on some kind of schedule. i think i've eaten one meal at home in the past 2+ weeks.

super rested.

going to charge the bike in the coming weeks and probably race the Tahoe Trail 100k on 7/19. it's the same weekend as TRT and we decided to keep the vacation even though I'm not running. A bunch of friends are going up... it will be a good time. Hoping i can figure out and get my shin rested so i can start jogging.

good ride on fresh legs. reverse of loop i did last thursday. concentrated on staying on it a bit. planning a bit couple of days before the weekend.

225W
Weighted Avg Power
2,125kJ
Total Work

bone scan done... should have results tomorrow. try to watch the monitor during the scan. think i saw a "black dot" on my right shin right where the pain is.