Winter Gear to keep you outside
Over the past week, some folks have asked via email, Facebook, and Twitter what I am wearing when I get out on those cold weather training rides. Granted, I wore more while living and training in Iowa, it hasn't changed too much since I made the move here to Colorado a little over 2 years ago. In fact, a lot of the clothing I wore in Iowa has only seen the light of day here in Colorado a few times. It's just doesn't get that cold here...that of

Weekend Recap
SaturdaySaturday was a solo day. Spent roughly 4.5 hours on the road bike riding up to Estes Park via Drake and Glen Haven...as well as taking the longer route home. Legs felt great until the last hour, when the legs stopped putting power to the pedals. I burned a few too many matches riding up...and didn't fuel properly simply because I was so "in the zone' while climbing. I totally spaced it out. Roads where dry for the most part until up around Glen Haven, where the canyon walls had some snow still on the roads. 50F temps had that snow a slushy mess....and road bike looks like it.SundayAnother 4+ hour day. Plan today was a Zo

This one day back in early October
Back in the first week of October, I get an email from Dave asking if any of us were up for going out exploring on the mountain bike. He had a map of some land west of Gunnison that showed US Forest Service roads and trail. Dave stated that he had never heard of anyone mountain biking here. But in reality, why would anyone, when the mtb mecca's of Crested Butte and Gunnison were less than 50 miles away from where we would be riding. Well, there was trail there...and there was roads. The route was around 50 miles....but what the map did not show was the amount of hike-a-bike that we would encounter.

Mr. Banana's wild ride
Today's training ride had me doing a 90 minute solo tempo while holding a banana in one hand. OK, everything is true minus the banana part. Temps in the 50F's, no wind, and rolling terrain made for a good power file.

Tempo