Well...today I only went 125 miles/6.5 hrs. I went out 40 miles toward Milwaukee, joined with the Bones Ride and then rode back 40 miles. We ate on State St. I didn't want to go back out the same way we went and then turn around and go the exact same way again....cuz thats boring. So instead I made a quick stop home and then went for a nice 45 mile loop outside the Madison Area.
So total was 125 miles....6.5 hrs. Good work out for the legs still. Haven't had one of those days for awhile.
I have some goals for Leelanau....hopefully I can make a couple of them happen....
I can't wait to move back home and just train 5 or so hours a day....got some good races this summer....
Ciao ciao....
Waitey
21.5.08
20.5.08
Much Riding....
Well the next two weeks will be painful for the legs, but the first week in June will be a welcoming recovery....
Tomorrow: 160 mile Bones Ride
Thursday: 2-3 hr sprint/interval ride
Friday: Travel to Michigan/1-2 hr spin
Saturday: 3-4 hr ride to get the legs going
Sunday: 110 mile Tour de Leelanau (try to finish...maybe even cover a move...if I can)
My legs are going to hurt after this week is done. But tomorrow should be fun. I'm also trying to figure out some longer routes in the Stevens Point area for when I move back home for this secret training....
I am going to ride my bike indefinitely for the next oh...5 or 6 months....
Ciao ciao....
Waitey
Tomorrow: 160 mile Bones Ride
Thursday: 2-3 hr sprint/interval ride
Friday: Travel to Michigan/1-2 hr spin
Saturday: 3-4 hr ride to get the legs going
Sunday: 110 mile Tour de Leelanau (try to finish...maybe even cover a move...if I can)
My legs are going to hurt after this week is done. But tomorrow should be fun. I'm also trying to figure out some longer routes in the Stevens Point area for when I move back home for this secret training....
I am going to ride my bike indefinitely for the next oh...5 or 6 months....
Ciao ciao....
Waitey
19.5.08
Wheels On Willy and Other Info....
So I'll start off by saying I'm finally done with my 5th year of college. I'm so happy its over. It was a tough one, but I got through it pretty well I think. Only one more semester left...only 7 credits. So close....
Since school is done I've been riding my bike a lot more. I'm trying to get fast again I guess. This weekend was a good tester. I still need to get a little more confidence and move up in the field, but I now know I'm able to sprint all out in every corner in a 4 corner crit for 60 minutes and still hang on. Wheels On Willy was a good race. 107 starters and only 40-50 guys finished. It was pretty much every big name in the Midwest there. It was fast...it was single file most of the race. I was able to grab around 25th place. I'd say that's pretty good with the [little] amount of training I've had this year....
This week I'm just getting ready for the Tour de Leelanau. I'm going on a longer harder ride tomorrow and then I'm doing the 160 mile Bones ride on Wednesday. Thursday will be a couple sprints and then I'll be traveling to Michigan on Friday. I can't wait to see what a UCI 1.2 race is like. I just hope to hold on....
And then I think I may be moving back home to Point after TdL to do a lot of secret training this summer. It'll be nice to not have to pay rent if I'm going to be traveling alot this summer for races. But then I'll also ride down to Madison here and there, stay a couple days and then ride back home. That'll probably be on my more intense training weeks.
More to come later....
Ciao ciao....
Waitey
Since school is done I've been riding my bike a lot more. I'm trying to get fast again I guess. This weekend was a good tester. I still need to get a little more confidence and move up in the field, but I now know I'm able to sprint all out in every corner in a 4 corner crit for 60 minutes and still hang on. Wheels On Willy was a good race. 107 starters and only 40-50 guys finished. It was pretty much every big name in the Midwest there. It was fast...it was single file most of the race. I was able to grab around 25th place. I'd say that's pretty good with the [little] amount of training I've had this year....
This week I'm just getting ready for the Tour de Leelanau. I'm going on a longer harder ride tomorrow and then I'm doing the 160 mile Bones ride on Wednesday. Thursday will be a couple sprints and then I'll be traveling to Michigan on Friday. I can't wait to see what a UCI 1.2 race is like. I just hope to hold on....
And then I think I may be moving back home to Point after TdL to do a lot of secret training this summer. It'll be nice to not have to pay rent if I'm going to be traveling alot this summer for races. But then I'll also ride down to Madison here and there, stay a couple days and then ride back home. That'll probably be on my more intense training weeks.
More to come later....
Ciao ciao....
Waitey
9.5.08
Collegiate Road Nationals TTT....
So today was the Titty-T. It went alright. Our team finally got to practice as a whole 1 hr before we went off. So thats pretty sweet, eh? Well we were fully decked out in aero equipment and felt pretty good about it....
Our start time was 9:18am...we were 5th to last to go out of 21 teams. Some strong teams were going to be following us. We started off the line strong with the wind battering us from everywhere it seemed like. We were going at a pretty good clip...but my legs felt like shit (I don't think I've adapted to the higher altitude yet). They lost me a little ways later. If I was in too low of a gear I would spin too much...but if I clicked up one gear it would be too hard. Gah...well I was dropped and they went on. As a team we finished 6th with a time of 24:42. Not bad considering if you look at all the teams above us they are all teams that have mountains and altitude to train in (as well as well funded programs). We were the top placed flatland midwest team! So I would say thats pretty sweet.
Here's the link to the results for the D1 Men TTT:
https://www.usacycling.org/forms/08CollNatsTTT_Div1_Men.pdf
Well time to get back to studying for those stupid exams we still have. But I've been procrastinating by surfing the internet and buying my international UCI license, which I now need to send in a signed waiver and a photo copy of my birth certificate/passport...even though Freshie just bought his too and doesn't have to send in a photo copy of his BC/passport. Interesting stuff...so I emailed and asked about that...I guess I can also talk to one of the many officials all around me this weekend seeing that its Nationals and everything....
Ciao ciao....
Waitey
Our start time was 9:18am...we were 5th to last to go out of 21 teams. Some strong teams were going to be following us. We started off the line strong with the wind battering us from everywhere it seemed like. We were going at a pretty good clip...but my legs felt like shit (I don't think I've adapted to the higher altitude yet). They lost me a little ways later. If I was in too low of a gear I would spin too much...but if I clicked up one gear it would be too hard. Gah...well I was dropped and they went on. As a team we finished 6th with a time of 24:42. Not bad considering if you look at all the teams above us they are all teams that have mountains and altitude to train in (as well as well funded programs). We were the top placed flatland midwest team! So I would say thats pretty sweet.
Here's the link to the results for the D1 Men TTT:
https://www.usacycling.org/forms/08CollNatsTTT_Div1_Men.pdf
Well time to get back to studying for those stupid exams we still have. But I've been procrastinating by surfing the internet and buying my international UCI license, which I now need to send in a signed waiver and a photo copy of my birth certificate/passport...even though Freshie just bought his too and doesn't have to send in a photo copy of his BC/passport. Interesting stuff...so I emailed and asked about that...I guess I can also talk to one of the many officials all around me this weekend seeing that its Nationals and everything....
Ciao ciao....
Waitey
Collegiate Road Nationals 2008....
Well after a 14 hr car drive and a night in Lincoln, NE we are finally here in Fort Collins, CO! Lets just say that I-80 is the worst road in the world....that road is too fucking long....
I don't have too much to report. Tomorrow is the TTT and we go off at 9:18am. We all have aero equipment and the bikes are pretty much set to go. Our team is It's a 12 mile out and back with a 1.8% gradient uphill for 5 miles and then we turn around and go down that same gradient. Hopefully we place well.
We also pre-rode the RR course. Yeah thats going to be hard. As of right now I'm not in the RR, but we'll find out tomorrow if I'll be able to jump in as a 5th man for the team. I hope I'm able to...its a hard course, but its a fun one with some pretty steep climbs. Nothing that we haven't seen in Madison though...maybe just a little longer.
Its late and we are getting up early to be at the TTT course at about 7:30am. Time for bed. More updates later and probably some pics if this internet is fast enough....
Ciao ciao....
Waitey
I don't have too much to report. Tomorrow is the TTT and we go off at 9:18am. We all have aero equipment and the bikes are pretty much set to go. Our team is It's a 12 mile out and back with a 1.8% gradient uphill for 5 miles and then we turn around and go down that same gradient. Hopefully we place well.
We also pre-rode the RR course. Yeah thats going to be hard. As of right now I'm not in the RR, but we'll find out tomorrow if I'll be able to jump in as a 5th man for the team. I hope I'm able to...its a hard course, but its a fun one with some pretty steep climbs. Nothing that we haven't seen in Madison though...maybe just a little longer.
Its late and we are getting up early to be at the TTT course at about 7:30am. Time for bed. More updates later and probably some pics if this internet is fast enough....
Ciao ciao....
Waitey
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