27th- 30st.

MON: 3 hr level 2, 52 miles (or so)
*steady end. ride. didn't feel to bad the day after race.

TUE: -off-
*commute to work 40' total. real easy.

WED: mt wachusett. 3:30 total time, 67 miles.
2x15' @ threshold. on climb, 35' on way home, hard tempo, 172 avg. HR
*nice out, felt alright.

THUR: spinning classes and commute 3hr total.
level 2-3. some F.P. in class

3-26-06

Wells ave. 50 miles (32 race)

rode to and from. felt good for first racing effort. big field, windy, made for hard racing.
felt better than last years first race.

3-25-06

wachusett ride: 75 miles. 4 hr.

2x 15 @ level 4+ (on climb)
1x25' level 3-4 at end of ride.

* feeling good after hard week in GA. with teammate today. first time up mt. this yr.

3/20 - 3/24

Mon: OFF
Tue: OFF
Wed. 2hr. easy. felt good.
Thur: spinn, ride to work, spinn. 3hr total. tired.
Fri: Commute, 45' total.

*resting from last week. legs fell good just a bit tired.

Recovery day

Easy pace. 3:45 65 miles. 3 major climbs
140 avg. HR for ride.
*pretty chill ride, very tired.

totals: I think we did the elevation of Mt. Everest twice or more. 34 hours this week. We'll do another 1-2 hr. Before we take tomorrow morn. 10 hrs give or take of climbing) and immeasurable suffering.

Ga, queen stage

6 gap ride, queen stage 7hr. 113 miles (dirt road slowed pace a lot) avg HR 155 for whole ride.
Climbs:
1. 27’ avg HR 170
2. dirt roads, 90’ didn’t record. Pretty easy
3. brasstown Ball:
a. first part: 22’ HR 159
b. last 3 miles: 26’ HR 189
4. didn’t record. 25 minutes or so hard pace.
5. 45’ (last 25’ HR 162)
6. didn’t record. Hard, hard pace.
* hard pace at end as well. hardest day on a bike, ever.

recovery day

4 hr. again, some long climbs easy, 1:30 of dirt roads.
prty chill nice and sunny.

Ga Day 4 of training camp

Hilly end. ride, 90 miles. 3 major climbs. 20'(avg HR 180) 45', (179) 15' (190)

*tough ride today, really windy, last 30' stright into head wind.

day3, 3-13-06

Recovery ride: 4hr, 70 miles, avg. HR 145.
1 major climb, wolf pen gap, 20' but pretty chill. HR 150 on the climb.
5200 feet of vertical gain.

*nice easy pace today for everyone. alittle rain but nice and warm so no big deal. we did quite a bit of single file pace line today really starting to get smooth. and we worked on my decending skill wich need lots of work!

day3, 3-13-06

Recovery ride: 4hr, 70 miles, avg. HR 145.
1 major climb, wolf pen gap, 20' but pretty chill. HR 150 on the climb.
*nice easy pace today for everyone. alittle rain but nice and warm so no big deal. we did quite a bit of single file pace line today really starting to get smooth. and we worked on my decending skill wich need lots of work!

Mon, Day 2, 3-12-06

6 gap ride. 97 mies, 17.5 avg. 5:45 ride time
6 climbes. from 2 miles @5% to 8miles at 12%
3rd abd last climb at level 4+ TT threshold pace. others at level 3.

* hard ride cracked a bit on last climb. lighgt tempo in single line paceline other times.
last 30' avg. 22 MPH. on rolloing roads. not to bad level 2+, legs tired though!

Sun, 3-11, day 1

easy ride 4hr.
rolling terain, 1 20' climb at level 3 hr 173.
nice pace felt good

Rest week 3-6 to 3-11

This was very relaxed. I put my new bike together. Had a quick 20 ride wed. And some commuting. All in all this week I did a very relaxed 2.5 hr.'s of riding and taught my 2 spinning classes
so 4-5 hr for the week.
Base training is over and its time to turn the screw!
see you in GA!

Weekend

Sat:
end. ride: 5 hr. 85 miles.
* nice out. did some FP during ride.

Sun:
end. ride: 3:45, 66 miles
* even warmer out today. did 2 hard efforts today. about 5 and 10 minutes long. felt pretty good.

Fri: 3/3/06

Hills and commute: 2hr. 6x4' hills in big gear.
*got flat so didn't have time for more hills

Thur: 3/2/06

am: spinning 1hr
* lots of FP. , commute to work.

pm: spinning& commute home 1:30
* lots of FP again, legs tired tonite.
total: 2:45 level2 mostly

last few days.

Wed 3/1/06: Long ride. 3hr. (45' tempo) 5 Fp's at end of ride.
cold still!

Tue: -OFF-

Mon: trainer, 1 hr, 8 stomps
felt strong, cold out again! :(

Sun: long ride level 2, 4hr.
kept it steady, felt good after a hard ride yesterday.

Sat: long ride. 3:30 hr. level 2 with some level 3 in there.
got snowed on. wet, cold. finished myself off on the trainer with some FP, and lots of standing.

Fri: 1 hr. level 2
a bit on the trainer and comuting. pretty chill day.

Thursday: 2hr.
spinning in the am and pm. kept it steady. level 2