Category: Training
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Wrapping up the year with the Festive 500
Finished #festive500 yesterday in the dark with temp down to -22.4 degF. Not ashamed to admit some tears were shed towards the end… perhaps this is how Andy Hampsten felt on that epic day in the 1988 giro. I have finished atop the leaderboard in several Strava challenges, but I am more proud of finishing…
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A cold day in Wisconsin
This is going to be a picture-less post … for the TLDR (too long, didn’t read) crowd, here’s a quick summary: it was really cold last night at the cabin we were staying in near Minong, WI. -36 degF to be exact! Kristine went skiing in the morning when the temp warmed up to near…
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A little bit of arctic adventure in the deep south
I took this picture of my frozen beard about 3 hours into my attempt to ride from Nashville home to Birmingham. I was actually quite warm except for my feet, which were very, very cold. Everything was fitting together perfectly for me to attempt this epic ride from Nashville, TN back home to Birmingham, AL.…
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Gravel Grovel Pre-ride
View from the hickory ridge fire tower looking back down the first big climb from the start View from the firew tower looking east towards some of the later climbs on the course Standing at the bottom looking up the 110 foot fire tower Snowing on the gravel road heading out towards the Story Inn…
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Cycling and Don Quixote
Windmills and the setting sun Two years ago, I raced all of the Tour of America’s Dairyland including the Fond du Lac criterium. I raced well and crossed the line in first at the start of the last lap trying to maintain good position. Unfortunately, I managed to get passed by 20 people during the…
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Snapping turtle in bluff park
Today on my ride into work, I almost hit a large snapping turtle at the bottom of the Mountain Oaks descent up in Bluff Park. It was in the curve right before the covered bridge, and it wasn’t moving so I knew it had no hope of making it across the street without getting hit.…
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Athens Twilight 2013
Quick summary Awesome weekend hanging out with friends in Athens. Perhaps the highlight of my weekend was being there to see Mark Fisher win the amateur finals race in a crazy solo move. I was also very happy with how I was able to stay near the front in the pro race and even attack…
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Smyer KOM
Quick post here … I took back the Smyer to Shades Crest KOM today. One of the things about that climb is that it is has been on my commute route home from work for the past eight years. Before I ever had a GPS I used to time myself with a very basic bike…
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BBL Wrap-up plus Huntsville Climbing
This weekend was quite the kicker of a way to end the training season and dive headlong into racing season … starting next weekend with the southern cross race. Here’s a quick look at what I believe I’ll be racing the next few weeks: Feb 16 – southern cross (mtb) Feb 17 – gsmr training…
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BBL iBike Newton+
Cahaba river pedestrian bridge behind the ballfields (plus iBike Newton pic) Baseball skills assessment collage … Josiah was scheduled for his tryouts at 2:45 … I rode 102 miles and arrived at exactly 2:42, but he had gone early because it was starting to rain. Fortunately I was able to catch them in the parking…