down time

Fri. Jan. 27th
surgery
sat. Jan. 28th
off untill at least Feb. 2nd.

Wed. & Thur. 25th/26th

Wed.
-Off-

Thur.
* spinn class, rode pretty hard in second half.

Tue. 1/24/06

Trainer ride: 1 hr, avg HR 149
F.P. 2x(1',2',3') (equal rest)

Mon. 1/23/06

Trainer ride, MTI's: 1 hr. avg. HR 159
3x10' (5' rest)
*felt tired but knocked them out. need to stock up for some"off" time that will be coming up.

Sun. 1/22/06

End Ride: 3:45 avg HR 157 (for first 3hr.)
* hilly ride at home up into the Berkshires. rode pretty solid pace for first 3 hr. trying to avg. 20 mph on the hilly terrain. but only managed 18.7

Last few days 19th -21st

Thur.
am: spinning 50'
pm: spinning 50'
* level 2 for both classes. did some F.P.

Fri.
1hr. 10x90" hills in big gear.
*over slept but rode to work and did the 1hr in the dark. very warm out. I think i did 10 hills anyone who has ever rowed with me will tell you i can't count and train at the same time.

Sat. 5:20 level 2 avg HR 147, avg. mph 18.5
Ride with team and then some more afterwards alone. realy warm out 55 and sunny! felt really good. could have rode all day!

Wed. 1/18/06

Ride: 3hr. avg. HR 150
* a little rain, lots of wind and a pretty hard pace over all for a 3hr ride.

tue. 1/17/06

Ride: 2 hr.
*outside this morn. For 1 hr. Hit all the hills in a big gear, in the saddle most of the time.
another hour in the pm. Watched some of the 05 tour and did some F.P. drills.
yesterday I tock off in case your keeping close track.

Weekend in VT

Sat.
Weather: 45 degrees and rain.
Workout: 1 hr. mt bike, up to app gap. avg. HR. 165
*also an 1hr or so of water polo and climbing at the rock gym.

Sun.
Weather: 5 degrees snowing 20-30 Mph winds.
Workout: 1hr mt. Bike avg. HR. 155
*would have like to ride longer but feet got real cold and the bike was slowly turning into a useless block of ice.

Totals: only 11.5 hr's for the week.

fri. 1/13/06

Ride: 1:45. level 2, HR 139
*Short ride with my buddy on his way to work.

thur. 1/12/06

Spinning day:
am. class, 50'
* some F.P. in class

pm. class 50'
*some F.P. rode fairly hard

Wed. 1/11/06

Long ride: 3hr's, HR 139, 52 miles

* nice and steady today. felt really good. 17.5 avg. speed

Tue. 1/10/06

Off today. taking it easy.
* slept in, did some stretching, etc...

Mon. 1/09/06

Ride: 3hr's
* another steady ride. realing feeling the last couple of days. tired.

1/8/06 the weekend.

Sat. 4.5 hr's level2
*solid pace with Joe. some riding afterwards in "the jacket" see "EK's view" my web sight

Sun. 2.5 hr. (30' run, 2 hr ride) level 2
* late start today was feelin unmotivated as friends were all doing other stuff. but the sun came out a bit and despite the snow i was able to ride. warm too.

Totals: 15 hr's or so for the week. (1hr x-training running)

Fri. 1/6/06

Trainer ride: 1 hr. stomps. and lots of standing.

* tired today after late nite with work. was hope to ride longer.

Thur. 1/5/06

am. Spinning class 1 hr. level 2

pm. spinning class 1 hr. level 2-3

Wed. 1/4/06

Long ride today. 3.5 hr's 61 miles.

* nice and steady today. felt stonger than last few rides at the end. stayed seated on all hills. normally i don't include my commute to work unless the break between ride and commute is short. today it was.

Tue. 1/13/06

am. ride on trainer: 90' 10 stomps. last 15' (1'standing- 1' sitting) level2 avg. HR 153 the stomps jack it up there for a bit.

* nasty outside will try to get in more tonite.

pm. Run: 45' and core work.

* running is nice change of pace.

monday 1-2-06

-OFF-

Happy new yr.
i am still recovering from the huge wedding/ new yr's bash! bad weather ahead so lots of disipline is in order in the coming week.

sat. 12/31/2005

Run: 45'

The last training of the yr.
with a wedding in a few hr's My self and some friends did a short run the the Blue hills running uphill is hard work. lots of fun.