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May News, Motivation and Inspiration

Posted on May 14th, 2007 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

Sprint work with short recovery time leads to decreases in growth hormone with subsequent resistance training Many people want to figure out the best strategy for designing a training schedule. Well, recent data indicate that... More »

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Out for Copperopolis

Posted on Apr 6th, 2007 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

Blah.  For the first time in a long time, I'm sick.  I can't remember the last time I had an ill feeling that lasted more than a few hours.  This feeling started yesterday.  I could... More »

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How to Recover from a Ride Like This

Posted on Feb 17th, 2007 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

Today's training was 90 miles, 6500' of climbing and just over 5 hours of riding on a day that felt more like July than February.  On a ride like this, I probably burn close to... More »

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Holy Trinity

Posted on Feb 16th, 2007 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

This coming Tuesday the Tour of California will climb over Trinity Grade on its way from Santa Rosa to Sacramento.  Today I rode up it twice. I look forward to seeing how fast the big... More »

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Training Camp Day 3

Posted on Feb 4th, 2007 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

It was an epic one today.  Can you sense the apprehension of what lies ahead as we head out? The group stayed together together to Cazadero. Then Sami, Jon, Lakschman, and Jim peeled off, while... More »

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Training Camp Day 2

Posted on Feb 2nd, 2007 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

The suffering started today.  We started with Jim, Lakschman, Sami, John, Andy, Ben, Justin, Emily, et moi.  Jim and Lakschman peeled off near Geyserville, while the rest of us headed up to Cloverdale and over... More »

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I love this place

Posted on Jan 28th, 2007 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

Sonoma County just rocks.  You can do rides like this .  I took Andy up the Geysers today.  I hadn't been up there in at least a couple of years, and it felt great to... More »

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Good Signs

Posted on Jan 26th, 2007 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

On Wednesday I met with my coach for a lactate test check-up.  My last test showed that I was, well, not were I needed to be.  My how 3 months of training can change things.  ... More »

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Fun and a Little Test

Posted on Jan 20th, 2007 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

On our O A Sonoma group ride today with Lowell, Charity, and Charlie, I wanted to do a little test up Graton Road.  I sometimes use this road to test my fitness.  I went up... More »

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End of the Block

Posted on Jan 14th, 2007 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

I made it!  Today is the last day of a 3 week training block.  I put in about 65 hours on the bike in the past 3 weeks.  I feel fine, but I could definitely... More »

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