Category: Training Blog

I’m playing around with some neat tools to publish from by website http://mtbcoach.com to twitter and FaceBook at one time.  This post is to test to see how it works.

I’m in the process of making a new training plan that will be for racers competing in 5-7hr races.  I’ll post this on trainingpeaks.com and on this site under the Services page.

Another nice long ride, this time out in the plains on Handy’s Kansas Ride.  This is a route that goes East of Aurora about 50 miles, then loops back around.  We were riding for 5:49hr, and got in 113 miles.  Amazingly, the total climbing was 4k.  That’s impressive since there are no mountains East of […]

I thought this article was fitting since most of the time on the bike (trainer) has been limited to short, intense workouts.  If I’m lucky I might get an hour session in a couple of days a week, and even luckier if I can get outside for a nice long ride. This study proves that […]

I’ve signed up for my first solo 12hr race, at the Dawn til Dusk.  This event is part of the RMU (Rocky Mountain Ultra endurance) series.  I’m competing in the series for the overall in my age group.   I’m not expecting to do well in this race, as I’m not getting the time need to […]

I’ve had some life changes recently that is not conducive to the training I’ve been accustom too, or need to prepare for a 12hr mtb event.  I’ve been lucky enough to be able to ride my bike once or twice a week outside.  Its been almost three weeks since I’ve been on my bike on […]

My 2010 race plans are set.  The big challenge for this year includes mostly endurance races lasting more then 4 hrs.  There are some races that are around 2hrs, but I’ll uses those for high intensity training. 24hrs in the Old Pueblo (4 man team) 4th mens open Dawn til Dusk, 12hr solo Front Range […]

A few of my team mates planned to compete in the the 24hrs in the Old Pueblo, outside of Tucson, AZ.   I thought they were crazy to be racing in mid February, as I was just going to start  focusing on training.   However, I decided to tag along for the weekend and get some riding […]

I signed up for the Growler last night.  I’ve heard this is a great race, and this year they are capping the racers at 300, up 50 from the last two years. The course is a rolling 10k climbing, 64mile single track fest.  I’m looking forward to this to help with building early season fitness […]

I had a long hard ride on Sunday, MLK Eve.  The goal was to ride at least 4 hrs, but longer if I felt ok and the weather held up.  I ended up riding. the Peak to Peak, From Near Black Hawk, CO to HWY 7, then back.  There are a lot of climbs and […]