Category: Training

  • Chased by the satellites

    Fast downhill turnsin Mountain Brook One of the fastest decelerationspots in town Yesterday I put my race wheels on my bike to get ready for the River Gorge races this weekend. I have a hard time getting a wheel speed magnet to stay on my front race wheel, so most of the time I run…

  • Climbing comparisons and Rapha Rising goodies!

    Prizes from the Leadville Trail 100 MTB race – big belt buckle and full zip jacket. Mt Massive is annotated in the background. (click to enlarge) Prizes from the Rapha Rising climbing competition on Strava – circle of death jersey and rapha bib shorts. The Shades Crest ridge line is annotated in the background. (click…

  • Leadville 100 – Travel Days 1, 2, and 3

    Day 1 – Birmingham, AL to Wichita Falls, TX (800 miles) Day 2 – Wichita Falls, TX to Salida, CO (600 miles) Day 3 – Salida, CO to Leadville, CO (60 miles) The highlight of the first day was driving I-20 through East Texas where Kristine and I first met 11 years ago. 9 years…

  • Lakeshore Trail and Vulcan Trail with the kids

    I needed to have some work done on my mountain bike in preparation for Leadville – so I thought I would throw the kids bikes in the car and have a little fun on the Lakeshore Trail and the Vulcan Trail. Into the car went both the kids bikes, my mountain bike, and my road…

  • Loving where you ride

    My friend and teammate Jacob Tubbs sent me this link to a Fat Cyclist post from earlier this week: http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/30/how-climby-is-your-climbiest-ride/. Even though it was a contest with a specific set of rules, what I got out of the post was that the Fat Cyclist really loves riding where he lives and was wondering if other…

  • Rapha Rising Day 8

    Family vacation time at the beach started yesterday – so I squeezed in a super fast climbing ride in Birmingham yesterday before driving down to Florida. I am not really a beach person at all, but my family loves it so I’m here to have a good time with them. One of the things that…

  • Rapha Rising Day 7

    This is just a quick post so I could upload the bazillion screenshots and photos from my ride today. I set all kinds of new records … one shortest distance record, but most of the records were shortest time to reach a given amount of climbing. I was pushing the pace really hard – and…

  • Rapha Rising Climbing Competition – Days 4, 5, 6

    It’s 4AM – time to start my longest ride ever. At midnight, celebrating with @beautifulwife the end of a very long day of riding. Wednesday – Day 4 – 249 miles, 42,200 feet of climbing These two pictures above bookend my longest ride ever with the most climbing ever. Getting up at 4AM and then…

  • Rapha Rising Wednesday Mega-ride

    I’m working on a longer post with details from yesterday’s ride … but here is a quick summary: Wake up at 3:45AM to begin riding by 4AM … a little slow getting going and out the door by 4:10AM Do laps in my neighborhood for about an hour before it is light enough to head…

  • Rapha Rising Climbing Competition – Days 1, 2, 3

    Analise and Josiah – gymnastics in the front yard My favorite mountain goats – at the top of the Vesclub descent The Rapha Rising climbing competition started on Sunday, and today I had a fun ride per the pics and Garmin screenshots below. I started out with lots of laps in the neighborhood to start…