march 29, 2009

did the crca hill climb time trial today. this was a race i wanted to do last year but decided to run into a parked car instead. anyway. i did very well and am happy with how i did. second place by only 4 seconds! long hill rd i was 3 seconds behind. montgomery rd i was 7 seconds behind. if i wanted to blame me coming in second on anything it would have to be the second climb half way up. trying to get into the big ring the chain wouldnt go so i had to switch back to the small ring and go up gears in the back. definitley cost a few seconds. on the last hill though i was first by 6 seconds. awesome. after passing the rider in front of me he stayed on my wheel for 30 seconds or so. after giving him numerous looks i brought the pain. clicked up a few gears and took off!

felt good though. this was a great warm up to the season. a reminder of the wonderful pain of racing.

march 22, 2009

rode out to hillsborough with alex today and showed him zion rd. had a great time climbing up it. i was looking back screaming and waving him on to work harder! cars were driving by and one started honking at us. it was fun. but now, i feel like a mess. monday i was dead tired in the legs and today i just feel spent. i want to ride tomorrow but feel like i will jsut hit the y and do a recovery ride.

i need to cut my food intake down. bottom line.

march 21, 2009

rode to the great swap and down to westfield today. got up tracy drive in 03:23 after over 40 miles in the saddle. got heart up to 184 while climbing. awesome ride just a little chilly on the toes.

46.7

march 18, 2009

did a hard ride yesterday which involved intervals and hill repeats. the weather was so nice i didnt want to just ride around in circles or just do hill repeats. went to tamaques park and did all out 1 minutes efforts then a lap recovery. got a little screwed up though when a cop showed up. didnt want to be flying around the park and get a ticket. after the park headed back and decided to do hill repeats up tracy dr. pushed myself and did 3 times. legs were cramping the last one but it felt great.

1. 03:39
2. 03:41
3. 03:36

march 9, 2009

rode out to liberty corner and through the great swamp today. had a good ride and was well hydrated and fed which made things go much better towards the end. felt a little sluggish towards the end but was able to put in a good consistent effort throughout the ride with a few small exceptions. at one point was riding with another rider side by side and a cop pulled us over! this was a first. he told us how he gets complaints from cyclists and cars and i guess he was sick of it? oh well. he seemed like an ass so i just kept my mouth shut and moved along. did 46.6 and will be going out tomorrow before heading to the tree walk. so nice that it was 65 today and i didnt have to wear 5 layers of clothes!