stop... back up... it starts to blow away - i grab it and - DAMN a Ten spot! Sweet.
Riding home last night - things going well - had the story board all figured out, and i meet up with Marky D on the path. So we ride together, he asks how the battery is doing. Well, i had just charged it and was saying how the microprocessor controlled charger revived the old NiCad battery pack... and i look down and the beam is a dull yellow. FUCK... oh well, fortune smiles on me i guess. Mark was there with his lights. Nice 10W old vista light halogen set up with a big lead acid battery, and a couple back ups. So well, Mark's not slow, but the trailer and going fast are different. So i worked my ass off the whole length of the bike path heading home. Legs sore. This morning figuring to work on the story board and document how gorgeous the ride is with a brilliant sun in the morning. barely to riverside center, here's Marky D! So... my 10-11mph mellow ride in the cold was ramped up to 15-16. that's a pretty big power difference with the trailer. And to make it all that much more fun we were headed into a nice 20 mph steady wind from the NWN (gusts up above that). So, i'm again pushing it as hard as i can while he's just toddling along. Mind ya Marky D rides a good distance further than me, basically the length of the bike path, and with/out trailer. Trailer is pretty amazing. Maybe one of those hub power meter things will help figure out exactly how much extra it is.
That and i started wondering (later after marky d and i went our different ways) can a power tap differentiate between a very heavy wire bead tire and a super light clincher? I would think so. as there is a noticeably higher power requirement to get the wheel rolling with increased mass... but then maybe the flywheel affect would negate any average power differences.
And i also at some point, might have been last night or this morning in the shower, started thinking about how people are training in the off season. And there are people doing mellow LSD. Working on getting miles in, optimizing the fat metabolism pathway to fuel the fast twitch fibers, while others are working on power only, doing weights or core work out.
Speaking of core workout. Check the FRAZ strip today (and yesterday) its a riot.
And so, well i guess i'm falling into the latter with the riding this week. Long intervals. power. maybe i'll start the longer distance sometime in February.
Also does it seem like a good time to dig up the old wolverine cycling club early season training program? Maybe Yogurt boy should be the one to try it out with all is recently acquired fixies...
and yeah - i figure if i quote it at least once a year maybe some day i'll actually do it:
Michigan coaching legend Mike Walden kept his road racers on a 42/15 fixed gear at a heart rate never to exceed 65% of their maximum until they had logged 1000 miles for the season, and he claimed a single sprint would negate all the "capillary developing" of this phase
65% - where does that fall in relation to power output. But then if we are talking about this "phase" as specifically developing capillaries, then heart rate could be a better metric to follow as capillaries are sort of related to the heart.
Colin's cross results are cool. It shows 11 of the 12 cross races i did this year (southington not there... 'cause wade's officials were challenged). And it also shows my steady improvement ;) (switching from A masters to B masters helps) and it shows my total collapse at the end of the season, that coupled with the increased competition. Can't wait to get the head to head working to see how i stack up against Rob and Bob. Sure - we aint the fastest trio but we typically finish pretty close to each other.
CTodd's shit today is hysterical. If he can keep that entertainment level that high for the next 50 tod_Casts i'll be impressed.
Anyway - peace pimps...
Oh...
wait - yesterday found the top ten organic things ya should eat:
link
this is a brief run down of the list
- High-Pesticide Food: Strawberries
- High-Pesticide Food: Bell peppers
- High-Pesticide Food: Spinach
- High-Pesticide Food: Cherries
- High-Pesticide Food: Peaches
- High-Pesticide Food: Mexican cantaloupe
- High-Pesticide Food: Celery
- High-Pesticide Food: Apples
- High-Pesticide Food: Apricots
- High-Pesticide Food: Green beans
Don't eat them non-organic... shit'l poison a person - esp a kid...
be green, buy organic, smile at people...
G
3 comments:
What the hell are you talking about with the tire and power differences? The "flywheel effect" is no different than anything else -- of course it has an effect on power. Are you wondering if the thing is sensitive enough to measure tiny differences? I think they claim a couple of percentage points... Are the claims reality? Who knows? I hope you're not going to get excited by 5 watts one way or the other...
Gewilliesque - worrying about the tiny factors that make up 3 percent of the problem while ignoring the other 97%. Example - agonizing over chain lube while riding around with his nine foot tall bearded head sticking up like a parachute.
well the tires i was think'n about are those Serfas Vidas, in their 42cm wire bead, heavy treaded, puncture proof liner goodness, compared to say a nice 23c vittoria open CX or some other cotton/kevlar 'open' tubular type thing...
no worries about 5 watts here or there...
chain lube i can fix - the bearded head sticking up like a parachute is harder to change... in more ways than one...
THANKS! You just reminded me that in the pocket of those heavy duty pants in my laundry pile is a 10 euro bill I too found on the floor outside a store a few days ago! Thanks to reading your blog, i was able to save the bill that was about to turn into a fluffy paper ball.
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