Category: Training Blog

AVALANCHE WATCH COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1109 AM MST SUN JAN 10 2010 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER. …SPECIAL ADVISORY STATEMENT ON AVALANCHE CONDITIONS IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS SAWATCH RANGE… THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL […]

Anthony, Jon, Les and I took in a big ride from the shop in Boulder today and road the most hills we could find.  Below is the ride profile in TrainingPeaks and the map of the ride. View the Ride in TrainingPeaks Map of Ride Bigclimb-boulder

Training Peaks posed this good article on Nutrition Strategies for 2010. This is a good reminder of steps to keep the weight down during the off season.

Sunday was a nice day for a ride, Sunny and the roads were dry. Jon Les and I headed out on the MTB’s for a 2-3hr ride out to Moffat Tunnel. The original plan was to ride the Peak to Peak Hwy to Rollingsville, the up Rollings Pass Rd. Instead, we decided to take some […]

It had been two weeks since I was able to ride my bike outside.  The last two weeks have really busy, and the weather hasn’t cooperated well for a cyclist.   Yesterday was my window to get out and enjoy some fresh air. The roads had cleared from the snow we got from the last couple […]

Here is a funny video of a discussion about a Thanksgiving dinner. I’m sure there are a few of you cycling freaks out there that have had this discussion already or will be having it. Thanksgiving discussion

Eh!  We got another 8″ of snow on Saturday and Sunday.  That changed my places for a nice road long rode ride this weekend.    As far as Saturday went, my legs were still cooked from the 110miles on Wednesday, and the hard weight room session I had on Friday.   To get the legs loosened up […]

Jon, Les and I headed out to the plains for some road riding on what Les calls his Kansas Ride. We planned for 100miles, but ended up with 110 after a hard headwind and the biggest ‘hills’ of the day took us into  Dear Trail.  We were treated to some great tailwind which got us […]

The trails are still full of snow and I’ve been stuck on the trainer for the last week except for a nice long ride this past sunday. However,  last night I had the opportunity to get out later afternoon.  The weather was the best it’s been in two weeks.  The high temp for the day […]

Jon and I did our final night ride before heading out to the 24hrs of Moab. Our route was our normal mid-week loop in GGC It was cold, really cold, 25-28f.   We even ran into a couple of inches of snow on the north facing slopes.  We ended up with about 2;15hrs of riding and […]