My week “off” is coming to an end. It’ll be back to training soon enough – 2 days to be exact. I’m lounging downstairs and some where between reading my book, playing on the internet and packing my gear to go back to San Diego. I’m mentally preparing myself for cold commutes (yes, I know… Read More A Year of (Riding) Opportunities
It amazing how getting back to basics can not only improve performance, but open your eyes to some BAD habits. As many of you know, between now and Christmas – it’s all about strength. So yes, plenty of hills and a few weight training sessions this week (and oodles and oodles of patience). Overall,… Read More Back to Basics
That’s what I need to do. My week started off pretty good, in terms of riding – but then puttered out quickly. I’ll have to admit, I’m great at my weekend workouts – but my weekday workouts really suffer. After work I tend to just ‘punch out’ the workouts. That was certainly my Tuesday workout…… Read More Need to overcome weekday laziness
Yes. After every workout, I check my Strava account… checking to see if I did better today on a certain segment, what’s my placement, how many miles did I log, etc, etc… Now that I’m ‘focusing’ on my fitness – shouldn’t I have a goal? The coach in me tells me that my first goal… Read More Strava, Challenges and Goals
Traveling always puts a kink in my workout plans. If I get in 30 minutes of ‘something’, I consider it a win. And I have some strong opinions on hotels gyms. But without a doubt, I always come back a little worse for the wear and have a REALLY hard time getting motivated and back… Read More Finding Motivation
The Rambling Biker 