Tired Legs

Rode out to Hesperus and back today (click on the image to see a better view on the stats). It’s a “nice” climb and then lots of downhill to finish off the ride. After the Bread ride yesterday, my legs were tired! I decided to top off the pain with the short steep up 8th [...]

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Good Pain

Two days of rest on the legs after the Temecula race on the singlespeed still wasn’t enough to avoid the leg pain from Palomar Mountain’s climb, but it was a good pain and a great ride! On our way from CA to AZ, we picked up a quick route near San Diego. Starting from Nate [...]

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Santa Fe Century

  Did the Santa Fe Century with Paige on Sunday. The morning started out beautiful. The temps were reasonable with partly cloudy skies most of the day. I got a short bit of rain, but nothing too bad.   This is a super fast century with only 4640 foot of elevation climbing. It was great [...]

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Fun in the Foothills

Got in a quick 3-hour ride with Matt today. Lot’s of fun working on building up the mitochondria. I got to end it with the climb to the blue tram tower. I made it further up the first face than I normally do, but still only to that 2nd sand bar on the last leg [...]

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Butterfield 2007

While the majority of our friends were riding the 24 Hours of the Old Pueblo (stats are already up!) representing FooMTB, Matt and I took a road trip to Anaheim, CA for the 2007 Butterfield Double Century (results here). This weekend great beautiful, minus the wind. The high was 88 degrees! What a nice change [...]

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To be a cyclist is to be a student of pain…

….at cycling’s core lies pain, hard and bitter as the pit inside a juicy peach. It doesn’t matter if you’re sprinting for an Olympic medal, a town sign, a trailhead, or the rest stop with the homemade brownies. If you never confront pain, you’re missing the essence of the sport. Without pain, there’s no adversity. [...]

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Chica Ride a la Road Bike

What a great day! The sun was out, the temps weren’t bad…no excuse to stay in side! So, Matt took off with the usual suspects in the enduro gang and they all went out toward Cabezon for some dirt road mud fun on the singlespeeds (well, most of them were on SS 29ers). Here’s more [...]

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1 Week Down…

Well, I’m one week into my training program and I’ve managed to stick it out this long. Only 27 or so more weeks left to go. Matt, Jens, Lenny and Nate decided to ride around in the snow. Those guys are nuts, but they had a blast!! Check out Matt’s blog for some great ride [...]

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Modified Conconi Test

I’m using Dr. Michael Ross’s training program for my “get in shape” plan. I’m using his book, Maximum Performance for Cyclists. Matt and I tested ourselves Wednesday morning on the trainer to get some stats. Unfortunately, my chart doesn’t have the nice “bends” in the curve to tell me what my aerobic and lactate threshold [...]

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The Time has Come…

Training officially starts tomorrow–with 2 consecutive rest days. I’ve been working hard this past week, waking up and riding the trainer before breakfast, and getting everything planned out for the hypertrophy phase. I figured out the appropriate weight I’ll be lifting in the gym on Saturday, and today, I tried out a mitochondrial biogenesis ride [...]

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Escaping the Snow

In hopes of getting in some road riding and escaping the cruddy roads in Albuquerque, Matt and I took off for Phoenix for the weekend. It was cool in Phoenix, only in the 60s for the highs, but a heck of a lot better than the Abq weather, and the roads were clean! Saturday was [...]

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Atalaya

This Thanksgiving break, I decided to pummel my leg muscles to their weakest state possible. It started out rather simple~~ Monday–lower body/abs weight lifting Tuesday–elliptical machine 1st thing in the morning before breakfast Wednesday–commute to work ~~and then it got much tougher~~ Thursday–Turkey Day Century Friday–hypertrophy for lower body and hip strengthening Saturday–ATALAYA!! The stats: [...]

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T-Day Century

Well, Matt is doing his best to get me in shape for the upcoming Death Valley Double Century–which is already sold out!! 300 rider limit…this thing is pretty popular. Anyway, to celebrate Thanksgiving, we decided to do a century around the area. Ride stats: 100.55 miles, 6:31 total time (2 pit stops, a snack break, [...]

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Quick Ride

Well, we decided to do house chores today, so we went out for one of those quick, hard rides where you get a lot of bang for your buck, but you are left very tired afterwards. We started from the house, climbed Cedar Hill to the top, then headed down to the Casino and back [...]

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Garmin Edge 305

The Garmin was a tool I thought I didn’t need. The cost is outrageous, and it seemed more gadgety than useful, but I broke down and bought it…Matt said I wouldn’t regret it, and he was right. I’m really starting to learn more about my biking and what my body is doing when I’m really [...]

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Not Too Bad of a Friday

I decided to commute to work today. Rolled into the office a little after 9 AM, and was sitting at my computer cleaned and changed by 9:30. Not too bad! It was a nice morning for a ride. I had put a vest on over the jersey to block the wind on my chest (not [...]

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My Surly Surely is Super!!

Did a commute into work today with Matt. Wednesday, Denise bailed on the SS ride–tired legs. Can’t say I blame her, mine were tired too. So I just did some upper body weight lifting. Turned out that it rained anyway, so I didn’t miss much by not riding. The commute was nice and fast in [...]

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Interval Training

Well, woke up Tuesday morning and decided to ride before going into work. We’re moving into a new building, so all my stuff was in boxes…not much work to be done. I figured if I went in a little late, the boxes would be in the new place and then I could start unpacking! So, [...]

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I am a Singlespeeder!!

Note: If you are looking for info about periacetabular osteotomy recovery, scroll to the bottom of this page and click the “previous entry” link. Continue doing this at least 3 times or keep going until you get to the very last set of pages. These blog posts go from most recent to the past. This [...]

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I’m Back!!!

I rode 125 miles on the road bike at the Grand Tour in Malibu, CA! How about them apples?!? Matt’s shocked that I’m not more excited, but I guess I’m still in a state of shock. My longest ride since the surgery was 40 miles in Durango. I got the ride done in 11 hours, [...]

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Triple Lindy–Light

So I made another riding milestone today! It’s the most climbing than I’ve done in a concentrated period of time since the surgery. I took the Giant down to the Casino and climbed back up Tramway, then headed up the 2nd climb to the Tram and around that and headed back to Tramway. My 3rd [...]

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Wind and Sprinkles

It rained today! Unfortunately not enough to get us the moisture we really need, but I guess every bit counts. I had planned an after work road ride, so despite the wind, I decided to get out and do it. I attempted to head down Tramway Blvd. toward the Casino, but a side wind kept [...]

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It’s pronounced Floreeeda

I took Florida (don’t pronounce it like the state, or you’ll get funny looks from the locals) Road all the way out toward the reservoir, but decided to keep on chugging along toward Bayfield. I wanted to set a new goal–40 miles. I got in 43! I’m paying for it now though. My entire body [...]

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Faster than a Speeding Train!

As expected, Matt beat the train today. He took off at 8:15 AM from Durango, along with all the other riders in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Citizen’s Tour, with the challenge of beating the infamous train into Silverton. 2:56 I believe was his time; the train generally takes 3:30 to get to Silverton, so [...]

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Team MJ Inc

Got in a great road ride with Matt today! I took out the new Surly for a spin. Mike, from Bike World, gave me a ring right at 6:00 PM last night, 30 minutes before they close, so Matt and I went out immediately to the shop. I had to have my new bike!! It’s [...]

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The Manitoba Loop

Ouch! I can’t believe I’ve done it again. My strength and cardio far outweigh the ability of my hip. Today, after a day’s rest, I was feeling very strong and ready for a hard ride. I was planning on a short one, since I got home late from work, and generally, short rides are fast [...]

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Back at It

Well, I managed to take the 3 consecutive rest days in a row. The human body is a strange organism. Before the rest days, I was working out every day and craving more exercise. I did it until the hip couldn’t handle it. After 3 days of rest, my body is tired and I’m lethargic [...]

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Living the Sterotype

“I’m coloring the text, just like a karaoke screeen,” says Frank, with a big grin as he edits a script we are going through for an upcoming Asian Pacific American Annual Celebration. I wouldn’t have had a freaking clue what he was talking about had I not heard this ridiculous display of misfits (none Asian, [...]

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Mmmmmmm Beeeeeeer…….

I guess I should have said something like, Mmmmmmmm Wiiiiiiiiine for my title, since I can’t drink the beer at Il Vicino, my favorite watering hole, but the Homer quote sounds better. I’m allergic to the stuff! Guess it’s some Asian thing. Dr. David (Matt’s double century riding partner from CA) said it’s an Asian [...]

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Rollin’

Riding is becoming easier and easier! This recovery thing seems to be working! I went on another roadie ride with Paige on the paved Bosque. As usual, I seem to bring the wind along with me. Paige indicated that when she rides alone, she has better luck with the wind…hmmmmmm. Stats for the road ride [...]

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Road Toads

So, I don’t know if they were toads or not, but I saw 3 of them smashed on the road during my ride this evening. Poor toads…they really need to look both ways when crossing the road. They’re as bad as the suicidal bunnies running around on the mountain bike trails and the roads in [...]

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Biking in the Bosque

Got to go road biking along the Bosque today. It was another gorgeous NM day, providing absolutely no excuse for staying indoors. There were lots of people out enjoying the weather, but we had no issues with sharing the trail today. That was a pleasant surprise right there! Met Paige and Lisa in the Alameda [...]

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Bright Sunshine

Okay, so maybe I’m not quite at this pace yet. In fact, I’m probably more along the lines of this pace….. But it’s all riding and it’s all good. Today was an awesome day! The sun was out, temps were in the upper 60s to lower 70s during the ride, and the wind was light. [...]

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Riding the Paved Trail

Well, another new milestone has now been met. I got in my first road ride since the surgery on the Giant TCR1. I was ready to head out on my own, but Matt decided to warm up for his big ride with me. So we headed out on Tramway Blvd and then turned off toward [...]

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