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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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