Spring is actually starting to Spring

It's been a month since 24-hours in the Old Pueblo and I've had a month off training. I love peaking for an event but coming down the backside of a peak is an ugly process I don't enjoy so much. It was a month full of things that were not too conducive to training anyway - snowstorms, the flu and a vacation. Today I was back in training mode, the weather was back in spring mode and it felt ooh so good. I was riding in shorts and a jersey again - 74F

This is my neighbours tree today and for some odd reason it is not sending my allergies haywire this year. I don't know why. Usually I am a sniveling, red eyed moan in the spring. Other than my little flu episode last week I am feeling better this spring than I have in years. I got four gold stars yesterday at my annual endocrinologist check-up. My Dr said I have the health of a 16 year-old :-) I have to see him every so often as I don't have a thyroid gland - he keeps my hormones in check.

Starting back after a long race the thing I lack the most is top end, so that is where I start re-building. Today was 12 X 30 second max efforts. Not the best power I have ever produced today but darn close - actually the second best ever which is amazing after a 24-hour endurance peak and a month off. All that single speed riding must have done something for me.

Stats: Pn - 206watts. Interval averages 380, 362, 357, 363, 376, 379, 383, 389, 379, 399, 401, 390w.

Weight is down to 107 lbs and motivation is climbing out of the hole. Feelin' springy...

Published Friday, March 24, 2006 2:43 PM by Lynda

Comments

# @ Friday, March 24, 2006 7:43 PM

107, wow! Those w/kgs are getting more scary all the time. Glad to hear you are on the upswing and getting hungry. It's time!

Dave

# @ Saturday, March 25, 2006 11:22 AM

Lynda, fyi....

Jeff fyi...
All, I am excited to see so much positive energy about the series. As one of the promoters of the Breck 100 we are just excited to be a part of it and showcase our event to an even wider spectrum of riders. This race is and will become a must ride endurance race in North America. The air is hard on all of us. I would not worry too much about even the locals having that much of an edge over you. I live right next to the course and it burns me. It is the type of race you are obviuously going to need the lungs and guns for, but in the end it will be those that have the mental advantadge that get out in front. We have the course even more dialed in this year and have "improved" some routes. We have some great sponors and prizes set up, and should be an exciting race. We do have a relationship with a resort in Breck(very nice place) Beaver Run Resort. They are one of our sponsors and give our race participants a very nice deal above and beyond their off season pricing. It is all on our site. Going to have a bar in town doing a post race party, in the same park that day is a national ultimate frisbee championship, so it should be a killer weekend. Come out to Breck!!! What I would recommend you do is come two weeks before the Breck100 and spend the July fourth holiday in the high country. You could come to a two day race / festival at Eldora Ski Resort west of Boulder and race in our two days of extreme XC madness, check it out at our site www.warriorscycling.com . That is on the 1st, and 2nd of July. The resort is opening up the area to camping, and will be serving beer and food, music ect... Then from there you could come to Breck and race the Firecracker 50 in Breck on the 4th. Great place to be on the fourth! Then you have another week to ride the course and get ready for the Breck 100. Hope to see you all out here!

Scott - Warriors Cycling
970-333-1349
www.warriorscycling.com

Written by: scott - Warriors Cycling at 2006/03/25 - 17:15:38
Oh, by the way we do award the NORBA SS State tilte at Eldora....

Written by: scott - Warriors Cycling at 2006/03/25 - 17:30:37

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