Category: Daily Ride

  • Active Rest and other oxymorons about training

    This is week 9 of 12 in my annual Base training program, but the program has been different this time. Why? Because for the first time in four years of doing this program every year, I’m following it exactly as planned, thanks to my new Zwift Hub trainer with a power meter. Using the Zwift…

  • Happy new year

    Twenty twenty four here we go! My goals for this year are not quite setup yet. Take this as a rough or first draft: Pretty generic at the moment but it’s 7:35am and I’m still waking up. What are your goals this year?

  • Super Zwift Brothers

    One thing to be said for Zwift is consistency. I have ridden for 8 1/2 half hours in the last week. That’s a lot of riding. The fact that I can just come into the basement, throw on my riding clothes, fire up Zwift, and start peddling makes it so easy. The gaming aspect of…

  • Acting Intelligent

    Back on track, up at 5:30 and on the bike a little after six, feeling good. Did a 10-minute HIIT workout just before the bike ride. It got me warmed up nicely and ready to ride for an hour. Today’s ride with Bernie went well. I’d say there were 30 or 40 people in the…

  • Take it easy

    Slept in again this morning. It’s becoming a bit of a habit. Need to go to bed earlier. The biggest hassle with an injury is that I have to slow down and let it heal. I like to push myself, and when I’m injured, it’s hard to slow down, but it’s something that I have…

  • Virtual doping

    Back to Zwift riding with the Bernie Robo Pacer today; not gonna say it’s easy, but it’s more manageable than the Miguel Robo Pacer. I slept in a couple of hours this morning, and it felt great. Usually, I get up at 5:30 AM, but with this hand injury, I really need to let it…

  • Spin the pedals

    I guess I felt rowdy this morning. I upped the pace to D.Miguel who rides at a 1.8 W per kilogram pace. I forgot that little bit at the beginning and wondered why I was working so hard just to try and keep up, but that explains it. There were 100 other riders with me…

  • Monday Notes

    My current exercise plan doesn’t have much of a plan. The problem I’m running into is that most plans have too many interval workouts for what I can do now. So I’m kind of just making it up as I go. Combination of some strength workout in the legs with many zone two to zone…

  • Not on my bingo card

    Not on my bingo card

    Sitting in the mud at mile 35 was not on my bingo card for the Telluride 50 mountain bike race. Yet here I was, holding onto my right hand, wondering if it was OK and trying to figure out how I would finish. Another rider I’d been riding with a few miles was nice enough…

  • Virtual Cycling Adventures: Exploring the World of Zwift from Your Living Room

    In the scorching heat of July, beneath the towering peaks of Telluride, fate dealt me a cruel hand—or rather, finger. The Telluride 50 mountain bike race, a thrilling event I had eagerly anticipated, took an unexpected turn. A tumble on a rocky descent left me nursing a broken finger and a bruised ego. Returning to…