MTB
This year so far…
It’s been a while since I posted, so before I write too much about plans for the season, let’s see where I’ve been so far this year. Here are my stats on Garmin connect as of today. Keep in mind this is a mix of road, light trail, and snow riding. For a serious racer, [...]
Cleaning House – Need Bike Parts?
Now that we’re getting closer to spring, it’s time to clean out the parts collection a bit. Check out eBay if you need any road, cyclcross, or triathlon stuff. Subscribe to the comments on this post
7 Rules for Snow Biking During Wisconsin Winters
I’m not sure why, but I couldn’t force myself to ride on the trainer today. I just had to get outside. So I layered on just about every piece of winter cycling equipment I own, and I hit the road. I ended up with about a 2 hour ride. My phone/GPS battery died about halfway [...]
Road Bike, Road Tires, Road Pedals, Road Shoes, Clean Pavement.
Finally a few days of what feels like freedom. The snow, ice, and salt on the roads are gone, for the most part, so I could actually get a few decent road rides in without resorting to the mountain bike or keeping the cross tires on. I wasn’t really going for speed this weekend, but [...]
Back to the Trails!
I put in two more “mini-rides” on Wednesday and Friday, just to keep the legs loose and focus on good technique while riding nice and easy from a fitness perspective. Wednesday I took the cross bike (and cross tires) through Bayview, and Friday I was finally able to get back out on the Grant Park [...]
Periodized Training for Mountain Bike and Cyclocross Seasons
I’ve been working quite a bit lately on developing a year-round training plan that will help me maintain fitness from year to year and keep me motivated during the off season to stay active. While training for Ironman, we did a lot of periodization, which essentially incorporates strategic amounts of volume and intensity, along with [...]
Week End Totals and Core
Saturday core workout: Thoracic Spine Extension and Rotation 3×10 each side Wall Slides with Chin Tuck 3×10 Reverse crunch 3×12 Bridge 3×15 Good mornings 3×10 Weekly Totals I’m taking my first stab at doing some periodization with my training throughout the year. There’s not a lot of reading out there on periodization specifically for cyclocross, [...]
Friday Ride
We’re out visiting Trisha’s family in Dickeyville today, so I was able to take in some new scenery. This is a really beautiful area of the state, the area which wasn’t flattened out by the glacier drifts, and I love riding here. The consequence of the land not being smoothed out is that I get [...]
