Training Plan

I have been reading a few of Joe Friel's books on endurance cycling/triathlons in order to understand how to make my training plan for the next 5 months. I got most of it down, just need to decided which races I am really planning on doing.

The are five different categories, swim, bike, run, yoga, and strength. I have tempo, Muscular Endurance, bricks (for example, a 90 minutes swim followed by a 60 minute bike), and block, build, and peak stages. Still working on it today and tomorrow, but should have it posted soon.

Picacho Peak

It's Sunday, so it was time for my long ride on the road bike. After a few eggs and toast, I headed out with a banana, clif bar, a bottle of HEED, and 3 hammer gels at 1ish.. The 4 hour ride was at tempo, just fast enough to get back before the sun started to set. I love long, solo tempo rides; I'll probably will start road biking a little more as the weather warms up in the next few months.

The frontage road west bound had very little traffic, maybe 10-15 cars passed me. I stopped at the Dairy Queen (nudging my way around 20 people in the DQ line) below Picacho Peak and headed back to my parent's house, then back to mine to cook some rice, veggies, and orange chicken.

Mileage: 64.2 miles
Time: 4 hours

Shot of the frontage road


I'll be doing my road rides this week in order to increase my base miles every week.

Today's playlist: Format, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cheville, and 311

SSAZ 2008

Hands were hurting a little after descending La Milagrosa, but besides that, the ride went very well. I met few ss'ers on the way up and at the aid station. This race was a c-race, mostly just wanted to get out and have some fun with some ss'ers. I was a little surprised in my legs while descending Bellota, not sure if it was the weight training this week, but they were a little sore.

APC and the Quad are next week, two rides I have been dreaming about for months now. I had some nice conversations along the way, including Rudi, who gave me some great insight about endurance cycling. Rudi did the GDR on a fixed ss befre bailing after 900 miles. He also gave me some great tips about doing my 24-solo in February.

Summing up what he said, "it is not about coming out hard and riding hard, it is about going the distance and finding your inner self. When you are doing your 24 hours, you need to go steady until the last 8 hours where you can put the hammer down."

After I heard that, I slowed down a bit more yesterday in order to attempt to ride a pace I could handle for hours and hours.

La Milagrosa...... ahhhhhhhh

The route.... mtn lemon highway-molino-bellota-Italian trap-AZT-la milagrosa, 48 miles with 6400 feet of climbing.

Jumping back on the road bike tomorrow for a long, easy ride, probably in the neighborhood of 3-4 hours.

Trader Joe's Vintage Ale

Vintage Ale is back in stock at Trader Joe's here in Tucson! I bought them as prizes for my next 3 rides of 10+ hours. That said, I think I am cutting back on my beer consumption for the next month in order to prep for the 24HOTOP.

Schedule

I had two weeks off before Christmas and a week of snowboarding last week. It was a rest that my body needed, although to be honest, I was reluctant to do.

Today, I decided it was time to hit the pool and bike again, and hit it real hard. Did about 1 hour strength pool workout and 1.5 of strength. I decided that this year, unlike previous years, I am going to start to make a real workout plan. We will see how long this lasts, but my hope is to curtail unnecessary workouts, focus on strength and endurance, and really get organized with all my escapades.

With my first solo 24 hour race in less than a month, I will be focusing mostly on biking, although I still plan on swimming M, W, and F and doing yoga M and F. Hope to

Topos AZSF

Milagrosa
TMP
50-Year Trail
SoMo (1 of 2)
SoMo (2 of 2)

BCTSedona

Spring Fling Maps

Area Maps for all Rides (click on the link to view the trail map or the picture map to see driving directions and start times)
Hawes
Mt Lemmon/Milagrosa

Bars on Bikes Meeting Location


TMP Night Ride Meeting Location



SoMo

SoMo Party Map


BCT
TMP
Sedona Map
Sedona Parking Map
Sedona Camping
Directions to Sedona Camping: North on AZ 179, to forest road 120. I have not been there for a few years, but here above is the approximate point. If you plan on camping, there is a group of us that should be there on Friday night (unless plans change). Come talk with me at the SoMo party if you want more details.

Sedona Party at BikenBean