Apr10
Ah, the first group ride of the season. I haven’t been riding much, since I have been focusing on training for this month’s Nashville Country Music Half Marathon. I missed last week’s official kick-off for the summer Tuesday night group rides at the SCTAC aviation center, but made a big effort to get out there last night. (Lovingly [...]
March is here! And hey there, endurance athletes, daylight savings time is only 10 days away. Daylight savings time is like a NASCAR green flag for cycling season. It’s cute in January and February, but game on when it’s still light at 7:30 p.m. March is the start of spring, and even though we’re expecting snow tomorrow, it just [...]
Week 1. There’s something fun about starting a new training plan. Even if it is a plan I’ve followed before. I’m running the Furman FIRST plan again for this half marathon – as a way to build fitness and get more miles on my legs before I hopefully hand things over to a coach this summer and [...]
You know, fans of cycling deal with a lot of garbage from the “real” sports fans who like watching doped-up men in lycra smack each other around. Wait. Doesn’t sound too much unlike cycling, right? Since this is Super Bowl Week, here are my 5 Things Cycling has in Common with (American) Football: 1. Doping It’s getting [...]
The much-awaited taper has begun! MONDAY: Spin class. Took it a little easy and didn’t kill myself with tough resistance or anything. Worked on high cadence for the sprints, but took it easy otherwise. TUESDAY: Took the day off. Intended to go for my group ride, but it rained all day, and I decided that a fast group [...]
