November 2005 - Posts

Glossary

posted Wednesday, November 30, 2005 10:22 AM by Dave :: 2 Comments
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Training aided by power meters is the best.  Much of this glossary defines power related terms.  For a crash course in terminology/methodology, check out these articles: power 411 at cyclingpeakssoftware.com.  Most of Andrew Coggan's Read More

Another epic weekend?

posted Wednesday, November 30, 2005 5:38 AM by Dave :: 2 Comments
The training plan calls for one more epic weekend before moving on to new things.  This may be taunting the weather gods, but I'll head to the Moab area one last time this year.  On deck is another White Rim loop and the Dewey Bridge to Moab Read More

White rim #4 (this year)

posted Saturday, November 26, 2005 7:39 AM by Dave :: 0 Comments
It's official, I'm addicted to this loop.  Had to burn off some turkey yesterday, so did another trip around the WR.  Rode the Dos today with the new PT setup, the file is uploaded here.  6:51, not too shabby for late November.  Today Read More

Life as a chronic geek

posted Thursday, November 24, 2005 7:44 AM by Dave :: 3 Comments
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Chronic.  The term conjures up visions of terminal smokers hacking their way through the day.  I once worked with a gent that went by "chronic", and indeed he was (still is so I hear) keepin' it real.  But as Miles points out, it's my new Read More

decisions

posted Tuesday, November 22, 2005 5:48 AM by Dave :: 1 Comments
those guys operating in a vacuum up in c.springs make me crazy. in the plans for ~ half a year:  www.transrockies.com. also in the plans, but date was TBD, 24 hour natz.  just released yesterday by the hoovers. looks like it's gonna be canada.  Read More

A different view

posted Monday, November 21, 2005 4:22 PM by Dave :: 1 Comments
Epic rides have long been my favorite.  Dave Wiens once said he wished he could just go out and do epic rides every day, but the specific demands of shorter events mandated some shorter glycogen burning high intensity training.  The fall is Read More

Brian's birthday epic: White Rim

posted Thursday, November 17, 2005 5:32 AM by Dave :: 1 Comments
Saturday looks to be a good day in the saddle.  It's Brian Smith's 30th birthday, and to usher in the decade properly he's set up a White Rim ride.  More details on this ride are here.  The views are like this all day...we've got it Read More

We're on the web so we must be...

posted Monday, November 14, 2005 4:29 PM by Dave :: 1 Comments
Legit!  One of the great things about this team is it's diversity - we've got fast young bucks and fast old bulls - we all come at it from different angles.  What am I going to blog about?  Let's first lay out what it won't be.  Read More