DIRT RAG came in the mail yesterday!
First issue of the subscription... just when Greg H said it would!
FREAKING WOOOOOOOOO
ya know...
it got me thinking...
i may actually...
try going back to more Mt Biking...
i like mt biking...
mt bike racing even (well i did in michigan... still to see if i like the racing scene here in NE)...
not to say i don't really enjoy riding on the road... and maybe that sort of is somewhat indicative of my passion and love of cyclocross....
mmm
cyclocross...
coffee time...
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Getting there... getting there
wishing i had some diverse content... nope... just me riding the bike into work... its a balmy 14°F out there this morning. Wind pretty mellow only around 6 mph.
Kept the cadence up around 100 pretty much the whole stretch on the bike path, except the hill. Did something different, kept the power closer to the 250 range or so heading up... it meant the cadence dropped down around 45-50... but its a change... go too hard everyday and that's not good.
Was thinking tho... ped'lin at 70 vs 100... 70=lower HR, less body heat generated, 100=higher HR more body heat...
more body heat means more "waste" energy? Or is it the same efficiency but at 70 rpm its easier for the body to thermally equilibrate?
That said, when i was at 80 it felt slow... nother couple weeks and i may just figure out how to efficiently spin these 180 cranks...
yeah... 180s... tall guys riding shorter cranks than that are sacrificing more than they realize... Yes... you can comfortably spin them at 100 rpm...
Well...
I really wanted to stop and get pictures of the Ice this morning. But no time... cutting it short... hopefully the coffee will finish brewing before students start showing up. Yeah... addicted to the pot of coffee... i did grab a Shift Energy Drink will give it a try heading into the marathon session this afternoon. And yogurt boy... get on those marketing web folks...
This Shift bottle has 4 grams of fat, and 2.5 grams of sat fat... sure only 35 fat calories out of 200... (5 grams of protien btw, 36 grams of carbs)... but...
fat free?
hardly...
12% juice ain't all that bad tho...
we'll see what its like...
peace my friends, peace be with you...
G
Kept the cadence up around 100 pretty much the whole stretch on the bike path, except the hill. Did something different, kept the power closer to the 250 range or so heading up... it meant the cadence dropped down around 45-50... but its a change... go too hard everyday and that's not good.
Was thinking tho... ped'lin at 70 vs 100... 70=lower HR, less body heat generated, 100=higher HR more body heat...
more body heat means more "waste" energy? Or is it the same efficiency but at 70 rpm its easier for the body to thermally equilibrate?
That said, when i was at 80 it felt slow... nother couple weeks and i may just figure out how to efficiently spin these 180 cranks...
yeah... 180s... tall guys riding shorter cranks than that are sacrificing more than they realize... Yes... you can comfortably spin them at 100 rpm...
Well...
I really wanted to stop and get pictures of the Ice this morning. But no time... cutting it short... hopefully the coffee will finish brewing before students start showing up. Yeah... addicted to the pot of coffee... i did grab a Shift Energy Drink will give it a try heading into the marathon session this afternoon. And yogurt boy... get on those marketing web folks...
This Shift bottle has 4 grams of fat, and 2.5 grams of sat fat... sure only 35 fat calories out of 200... (5 grams of protien btw, 36 grams of carbs)... but...
fat free?
hardly...
12% juice ain't all that bad tho...
we'll see what its like...
peace my friends, peace be with you...
G
Thoughts from last night...
So more numbers, of course just to make little pony (I’ll let solobreak call her “my little pony” maybe I should add the trademark acknowledging that it’s a product), jealous or bored silly…
MORE PICTURES… sort of.. does MIF accept graphs as pictures and not numbers? Granted there are numbers IN this picture.
And I think potentially this is more or less the ‘interval’ that solo was mentioning high cadence for almost 20 minutes. It was pretty much off the gun, no warm up – out the door with the trailer (empty, okay with my bag in it, the big one, the Timbuk2 monster size). On the middle right side of the “chart area” label on the bottom is where I stopped pedaling to clean the tires after riding over the bomb shell remains… granted I am fortunate to only have to deal with shrapnel from mollusks dropped by seagulls and not other type of roadside bombs. A rather sobering and humbling thought.
HR stayed pretty mellow during the ride… after the peak power output (tried wicked damn hard to keep the cadence above 80) I was in major recovery mode with one focus: keep the cadence high.
Kinda funny. This data sitting on the ‘tap while solo’s going on and on about his secret intervals ;) yeah I know – I need to keep that green line ABOVE 100… but time… shouldn’t take too long.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
milestones
Little ones...
like finishing a bottle of hot sauce...
a really good bottle of the stuff...
and more or less hard to find around here in the land of people who freak at the sight of the stuff...
34 ounces consumed in a month.
Of Valentina Salsa Picante Extra Hot
they had it in michigan, and they have it at the Safeway down at the In-Laws.
Even Wiki has an entry for the stuff.
it is the tastiest sauce i've ever found. Hot enough that you can make it too spicy without too much (unlike Frank's Red Hot, which is not hot), and not overwhelming in distinctive flavor like tabasco.
Only one other hot sauce have i found that i like more... and that is Screaming Hornets.
Heck i use the Chinese Food Truck guy's chili paste like ketchup... cause that stuff ain't spicy at all...
still i've got two bottles left... one per month? not bad... not to neglect that i seem to be dumping buckets of red pepper flakes on all my pasta lately too... capsicum... how I do love thee!!!
like finishing a bottle of hot sauce...
a really good bottle of the stuff...
and more or less hard to find around here in the land of people who freak at the sight of the stuff...
34 ounces consumed in a month.
Of Valentina Salsa Picante Extra Hot
they had it in michigan, and they have it at the Safeway down at the In-Laws.
Even Wiki has an entry for the stuff.
it is the tastiest sauce i've ever found. Hot enough that you can make it too spicy without too much (unlike Frank's Red Hot, which is not hot), and not overwhelming in distinctive flavor like tabasco.
Only one other hot sauce have i found that i like more... and that is Screaming Hornets.
Heck i use the Chinese Food Truck guy's chili paste like ketchup... cause that stuff ain't spicy at all...
still i've got two bottles left... one per month? not bad... not to neglect that i seem to be dumping buckets of red pepper flakes on all my pasta lately too... capsicum... how I do love thee!!!
ITT last night
It was dark, no reason to slow down... so i cranked...hit the bottom of the hill coming down from the parkway and drilled it - i could make out a blinky light up ahead and knew it was a fellow commuter, probably one of the slower ones...
So with a slight cross wind i gave it a bit, thinking not too hard - keep it in the threes, don't let it dip below 250... (i can see the display in the drops from the blinky light i have on the chest strap)... and i crank... keeping cadence around 90 for a while...
The dip in the power/cadence is from cleaning tires... i paused in the pedaling for a few seconds, long enough to run a glove over the tire to brush off any shells from the "mine" field the flying sea rats have been making... and got back into it...
Started feeling a bit juiced but noticed i was gaining ground on the cyclist up ahead... shifted up a gear, kept speed up and just boosted cadence... this time i was shooting at keeping it around 100 or more... Then i made the ID on my target, two blinkies, one on each pannier, and one on the helment, casting a lot of lumens. It was MarkyD - the fast commuter (well there is another mark that commutes even faster but since separating his shoulder... he ain't riding as much).
Damn... no recovery once i catch him...
But i dug a bit deeper used a bit of power to boost the cadence up above 110 as i was coming in for the
Was a great ride home. Also without the trailer tho. So speed was higher by a big margin relative to riding w/o the trailer. I stuck an image of the whole ride up here too... it took a bit of time for the HR to recover but i kept the cadence and speed up... And really, while i can do these intervals w/o the 'tap... and i can and have gotten a good judge of the cadence w/o out it... and i can look at instant HR (if i replaced batteries) but... the way my stupid brain is wired... this thing really does help me. Maybe in a couple years i'll move on to other things... follow some egotistical know-it-all's advice (meaning a coach) and move on to other ways to train... Right now it really is helping... and i can see if potentially helping even more in race situations, based on some of the stuff mr garber has said in praise of riding/racing/training with power. While some folks get overwhelmed and bored with all the numbers... I think little pony girl is just jealous...
I salute and honor a friend today. Someone I feel extremely fortunate to call a friend, fortunate to have been given the opportunity to begin to get to know this individual. Thanks to all that you've done. You are an inspiration Sir!
Off the wire:
But promoter Kelly Cline dropped a bombshell when he quietly announced that his “Wissahickon Cyclocross” in Ludwig’s Corner Pennsylvania was stepping up to UCI C-1 status.
Sweet... C-1 status. That kicks ass... along with:
Last year’s race featured international racers from seven different countries, live music, free beer and free admission. Many, if not all, of those amenities are being planned for this year’s edition.
Wait...
did i read that right?
FREE BEER?
damn...
advertise that in the papers in Phili and you are FO SHO gonna boost attendance!!! N.F.W!
ah well...
Eco-cross was almost free beer. $3 ticket for all you can drink... pretty damn close if ya ask me...
With the beer flowing and the brains working... Cross can't come soon enough.
Although... it can...
Why can't the USA Mo Fo Promos keep the sh!t rolling in the USA? Eh? Frickin Europe even has cross races AFTER WORLDS.
We are so ass lame that the promoters would rather add dates in Fahkin SEPTEMBER for cross racing than January...
Oh and maybe the Woolly Bears were right!?
peace
G
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Il Brucie the Biker
Yeah - go check out Il Brucie the Blogger Biker...
Now Solobreak likes that old stuff... but don't bother watching Greg Lemond tick over a rediculously low cadence on TT victory... a pedestrian 80-90 rpms... oh so slow and its amazing he won pedaling so slow... imagine... if he had been able to ride at 120 rpms the whole TT, man he might have smoked Figheadonion by two minutes!
wait... maybe you should watch it... a great way to spend 9 minutes... cool as sh!t man... farking cool as sh!t... GO GREG... (i wonder what drugs he was on) (j/k)
Bruce the Biker... such a nice ring to it... LMAO
Well i think i've used up all my words actually talking today... Solobust went all "i'm so old" on us and i kinda went... damn i've been doing this a long time when giving the background on me to a group today "I've been training people how to use confocal microscopes since 1995 (maybe 96, but i think 95 irrc)" sure its only ten or eleven years... but... back then... think about the computer changes over that time... maybe not as striking as the changes from 1990 to 1995, but scientific equipment computer stuff was generally much behind the current PC market... and we were frustrated collecting images at 512x512, but limited by disk space and processor speed... now... we can easily collect 4096x4096 pixel images on the systems but routinely still use 512x512... with all the changes its pretty funny what things don't change... that and 10 years doing one thing... ya realize damn... that's a long time... but then not really looking at solo's 28...
my Sis-in-law stayed with us a bit ago for a spell while she worked a rotation in her med school progression... talking with a woman in her 80s at a nursing home about time and how fast it goes, my SIL commented that time seems to speed up as you get older. As a kid summers seemed like years, weeks seemed like months... highschool and time got faster, college, faster still, grad school another level, and the 80 woman's comment was, now three years go by like a month.
One thing about kids is that they can slow down the progression but at the same time speed things up. My wife's scary realization that our oldest is 1/3 the way through living in the house. I'm getting verklempt just thinking about that... they grow up...
it seems as if nothing really changes between 20 and 30 years of age... after that... freaking snowball... now that i can race masters level stuff i'm on the larger side of the snowball and while lacking the perspective solo has... it is still pretty damn amazing...
Time... It might have been CTodd that said recently he wants 36 hours in a day... no... i just want the days to last as long as they did growing up...
Like the difference between a TT on the bike and a leisurely pedal down the bike path... stopping to take pictures along the way, not worrying about meeting the time check points...
Life too often is like a TT. Sure getting across the finish line first is rewarding (ala Greg's '89 tour win vid above), but often it can be a lot more fulfilling taking a few extra minutes and savoring the view down the Champs, through Paris. No?
Something to think about...
I need a nap before riding home, at least that's how i'm feeling, another missed opportunity to test out the damn Shift stuff.
oh and about the shift - the web page was saying "FAT FREE" but the bottle says 2.5 grams sat fat (roughly iirc)... not quite "fat free" no? i think web marketing needs to be talking a bit more closely with the folks making the sh!t... I'd say product release for them is like a Fahked up TTT... ya got people coming across the line minutes and hours apart not all together... (take note yogurt boy)...
peace out... don't make your life a TT... get out of the aero tuck and appreciate what the hell's flying past you!
g
Now Solobreak likes that old stuff... but don't bother watching Greg Lemond tick over a rediculously low cadence on TT victory... a pedestrian 80-90 rpms... oh so slow and its amazing he won pedaling so slow... imagine... if he had been able to ride at 120 rpms the whole TT, man he might have smoked Figheadonion by two minutes!
wait... maybe you should watch it... a great way to spend 9 minutes... cool as sh!t man... farking cool as sh!t... GO GREG... (i wonder what drugs he was on) (j/k)
Bruce the Biker... such a nice ring to it... LMAO
Well i think i've used up all my words actually talking today... Solobust went all "i'm so old" on us and i kinda went... damn i've been doing this a long time when giving the background on me to a group today "I've been training people how to use confocal microscopes since 1995 (maybe 96, but i think 95 irrc)" sure its only ten or eleven years... but... back then... think about the computer changes over that time... maybe not as striking as the changes from 1990 to 1995, but scientific equipment computer stuff was generally much behind the current PC market... and we were frustrated collecting images at 512x512, but limited by disk space and processor speed... now... we can easily collect 4096x4096 pixel images on the systems but routinely still use 512x512... with all the changes its pretty funny what things don't change... that and 10 years doing one thing... ya realize damn... that's a long time... but then not really looking at solo's 28...
my Sis-in-law stayed with us a bit ago for a spell while she worked a rotation in her med school progression... talking with a woman in her 80s at a nursing home about time and how fast it goes, my SIL commented that time seems to speed up as you get older. As a kid summers seemed like years, weeks seemed like months... highschool and time got faster, college, faster still, grad school another level, and the 80 woman's comment was, now three years go by like a month.
One thing about kids is that they can slow down the progression but at the same time speed things up. My wife's scary realization that our oldest is 1/3 the way through living in the house. I'm getting verklempt just thinking about that... they grow up...
it seems as if nothing really changes between 20 and 30 years of age... after that... freaking snowball... now that i can race masters level stuff i'm on the larger side of the snowball and while lacking the perspective solo has... it is still pretty damn amazing...
Time... It might have been CTodd that said recently he wants 36 hours in a day... no... i just want the days to last as long as they did growing up...
Like the difference between a TT on the bike and a leisurely pedal down the bike path... stopping to take pictures along the way, not worrying about meeting the time check points...
Life too often is like a TT. Sure getting across the finish line first is rewarding (ala Greg's '89 tour win vid above), but often it can be a lot more fulfilling taking a few extra minutes and savoring the view down the Champs, through Paris. No?
Something to think about...
I need a nap before riding home, at least that's how i'm feeling, another missed opportunity to test out the damn Shift stuff.
oh and about the shift - the web page was saying "FAT FREE" but the bottle says 2.5 grams sat fat (roughly iirc)... not quite "fat free" no? i think web marketing needs to be talking a bit more closely with the folks making the sh!t... I'd say product release for them is like a Fahked up TTT... ya got people coming across the line minutes and hours apart not all together... (take note yogurt boy)...
peace out... don't make your life a TT... get out of the aero tuck and appreciate what the hell's flying past you!
g
twist the knife even harder
OUCH...
the little one got a knife long enough to spear me and solo...
would Coppi, Merckx, or Lemond have used a power meter if they could? I'd wager $5 that if they could they would have..
that's all
the little one got a knife long enough to spear me and solo...
would Coppi, Merckx, or Lemond have used a power meter if they could? I'd wager $5 that if they could they would have..
that's all
for shame or for better
didn't ride home last night... left the trusty Croll here and got a ride home. The wind screaming out of the west at close to 30 mph along the bike path might have been fun (cross winds often are) but... with the car passing so close and the timing working out perfectly... i gave in and had a nice few extra minutes with the family...
and same in the morning - saw a bunch of the fellow EBBP commuters headed in, all bundled up...
So... the rest probably isn't terribly bad right? Its building phase... work rest and recover while making gains in strength to be applied later in season. Right? Right?
And it wasn't even that cold this morning 13°F! West wind died down to a paltry 8 mph. My feet tho... farking freezing... it IS warmer to ride in...
Oh and go buy some gear from Big Jonny... or buy ME some gear from there... why buy me something? I dunno, cause i spent all my cash on a hub that magically gives me numbers telling me exactly HOW slow i am pedaling... which is good cause now that i KNOW i'm a freaking low rpm torque monster i can work on tuning the engine... DC gear would just make me look cool... or YOU cool... buy it for yourself... send some hard earned coin over to Big Jonny... Why buy it now? cause he's having a sale to mark the 6 months since he was nailed buy some moronic drunk sack of Sh!t that ran over him...
and mark the date for another reason... KL seems to have got the pub bug... might have to actually read it one of these days... right now its time to go play on our new cool half mil microscope
and same in the morning - saw a bunch of the fellow EBBP commuters headed in, all bundled up...
So... the rest probably isn't terribly bad right? Its building phase... work rest and recover while making gains in strength to be applied later in season. Right? Right?
And it wasn't even that cold this morning 13°F! West wind died down to a paltry 8 mph. My feet tho... farking freezing... it IS warmer to ride in...
Oh and go buy some gear from Big Jonny... or buy ME some gear from there... why buy me something? I dunno, cause i spent all my cash on a hub that magically gives me numbers telling me exactly HOW slow i am pedaling... which is good cause now that i KNOW i'm a freaking low rpm torque monster i can work on tuning the engine... DC gear would just make me look cool... or YOU cool... buy it for yourself... send some hard earned coin over to Big Jonny... Why buy it now? cause he's having a sale to mark the 6 months since he was nailed buy some moronic drunk sack of Sh!t that ran over him...
and mark the date for another reason... KL seems to have got the pub bug... might have to actually read it one of these days... right now its time to go play on our new cool half mil microscope
Monday, February 05, 2007
Pictures? You want PICTURES?
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE PICTURES
this one should make Brucie Cringe...
actually this one should too...
that's the power tap hub cone..
which i noticed this morning has loosened up a bit over last week...
i should really get a new cone...
and to add insult to injury, literally... i think it was too cold for the Fahking freehub, i was skipping and twice decided it didn't want to engage... nothing like pedaling with no resistance all of a sudden then engaging with a start... that kinda hurts the knees...
fun stuff
this one should make Brucie Cringe...
actually this one should too...
that's the power tap hub cone..
which i noticed this morning has loosened up a bit over last week...
i should really get a new cone...
and to add insult to injury, literally... i think it was too cold for the Fahking freehub, i was skipping and twice decided it didn't want to engage... nothing like pedaling with no resistance all of a sudden then engaging with a start... that kinda hurts the knees...
fun stuff
working on lecture?
mostly yes... but its busy work and has been driving me nuts...
osmium tetroxide reaction diagrams... glutaraldehye reaction diagrams...
and its time to eat lunch...
I like this passage from Flamme Rouge
mmm lunch...
nap time - i should have brought a shift with me to work... student came in and swipped (with my permission of course) some bean juice... i'm down a cup and not sure about making just one more but not sure if i can get through without my crutch...
Frazz that has me laughing out loud so much my stomach hurts... could be i'm tired...
osmium tetroxide reaction diagrams... glutaraldehye reaction diagrams...
and its time to eat lunch...
I like this passage from Flamme Rouge
The Message
Power measurement is the future. But it's not a replacement for heart rate monitoring. Using the two to complement each other gives exponential factors of benefit. What I mean to clumsily say is; "Even though a Heart Rate Monitor and a Power Meter represents 50 % each of the overall measuring equation, when you combine the information of the two you get more than twice the benefit".
Unfortunately not everyone understands how to get the best from their heart rate monitor. I can see that from the amount of people I test that are "unsure" of their maximum heart rate. They all have a heart monitor but have no idea of their lactate training zone, VO2max training zones or even the normal WCPP training zones.
So just fitting a power meter will not make you a faster rider. Fitting a power meter will give you the extra dimension to your training that will help you realize your potential. And that's what this site is all about. helping others realize their potential.
Before you splash out on a new set of wheels ask yourself this question; "Will they make me a better rider?" The answer is definitely no. Now if you were to ask the same question about a power meter, the answer would definitely be yes, if you used it correctly.
mmm lunch...
nap time - i should have brought a shift with me to work... student came in and swipped (with my permission of course) some bean juice... i'm down a cup and not sure about making just one more but not sure if i can get through without my crutch...
Frazz that has me laughing out loud so much my stomach hurts... could be i'm tired...
to make me feel better
Q: Why was Bush so bad as a baseball executive?
A: He thought that fielding more players would solve his team's problems.
A: He thought that fielding more players would solve his team's problems.
its gone
an entry...
i'm sunk...
lots of good stuff...
the ride in - being sweating and all even tho its 10 degrees
the ride home on friday - bonked and crappy
cadence and poking back at foley
a chart showing data that i'm not always at 70
riding in - slowly with too many layers
portland cyclist dead, helmet?
Colts winning
43,443 motorists dead in '05
finding the shift drink at wholefoods
riding in loaded down with the laptop
being overwhelmed with what will happen this week
musings on power, cadence, rpm and torque
tractor pull vs drag race
muddy cross race vs dry fast crit
me vs others
*sigh*
all cause i hit 'save as draft' and walked away for a second...
i'm sunk...
faahhhhhkkk'n poop
expand each of those lines by a couple paragraphs and you have it - i'm sure anyone who actually reads this other than me will not feel the same loss... oh well... it hurts - i'm moving on
peace
g
i'm sunk...
lots of good stuff...
the ride in - being sweating and all even tho its 10 degrees
the ride home on friday - bonked and crappy
cadence and poking back at foley
a chart showing data that i'm not always at 70
riding in - slowly with too many layers
portland cyclist dead, helmet?
Colts winning
43,443 motorists dead in '05
finding the shift drink at wholefoods
riding in loaded down with the laptop
being overwhelmed with what will happen this week
musings on power, cadence, rpm and torque
tractor pull vs drag race
muddy cross race vs dry fast crit
me vs others
*sigh*
all cause i hit 'save as draft' and walked away for a second...
i'm sunk...
faahhhhhkkk'n poop
expand each of those lines by a couple paragraphs and you have it - i'm sure anyone who actually reads this other than me will not feel the same loss... oh well... it hurts - i'm moving on
peace
g
Friday, February 02, 2007
Power reading...
well sort of...
check out Flamme Rouge if you aren't a regular reader over there...
seems interesting... not the first time i've heard about consuming baking soda either...
And Molly Ivins. What politically turned blogger has not commented about her passing. Those "conservatives" who feel that liberals are an embodiment of everything that is wrong with the United States today are cheering, some quietly, others rather obviously and in your face like. Have some respect for the dead.
But of all them I like Racing Union's take. Pretty simple with two great quotes. I like quotes. I like them alot.
link: http://www.racingunion.org/PermaLink,guid,f0f2364e-b6ca-49fe-8cd2-34baed05dee6.aspx
and also from the 'seen around the web' file Flatman's picked up on a fantasy cycling league...
coool
and whadda ya know Fatmarc is BACK! WHOOOT
oh and if ya got a good link to sort out lactate threshold that's different than the Bike Doc one from Velonews i'd be curious...
Sounds like ya need a lab to do this for real tho... at least from Flammer ouge
hmmm...
oh well...
I'm just doing this racing thing for fun anyway... right?
Of course i could just buy my own Lactate tester and do the test myself...
Ah bike racing... way more work than freaking car racing... there you can just bolt sh!t on and make ya faster... bike racing motor tuning is hard fahking work...
peace out my sistahs and bros
G
PS
I ate that last ProBar... the original one... Fruit and Nuts ground up and smashed together... not much different taste than the others... so ontop of a packed full quart of peanut sauce on noodles i had three ProBars and one massively large Fuji Apple... I need some Packzis to balance all this good for you food...
PPS
Pemmican Bars... i finally remembered to search them...
Used to LOVE eating them from the whole foods (they had the name long before wholefoods did, fwir) in gig harbor back in the day... might have to see if this wholefoods up here stocks the bear valley products and the Pemmican bars in particular...
PPPS
Link to Pemmican Bars
check out Flamme Rouge if you aren't a regular reader over there...
seems interesting... not the first time i've heard about consuming baking soda either...
And Molly Ivins. What politically turned blogger has not commented about her passing. Those "conservatives" who feel that liberals are an embodiment of everything that is wrong with the United States today are cheering, some quietly, others rather obviously and in your face like. Have some respect for the dead.
But of all them I like Racing Union's take. Pretty simple with two great quotes. I like quotes. I like them alot.
link: http://www.racingunion.org/PermaLink,guid,f0f2364e-b6ca-49fe-8cd2-34baed05dee6.aspx
Some great women have Texas roots. Barbara Jordan. Ann Richards. Sadly, neither of these great politicians are with us today. Now, another one of my favorite Texans has been lost to us. I was so saddened to see in the obits this morning that Molly Ivins has died from breast cancer. A few quotes to remember her by:
"Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful."
"The first rule of holes: when you're in one, stop digging."
-posted by Chris
and also from the 'seen around the web' file Flatman's picked up on a fantasy cycling league...
coool
and whadda ya know Fatmarc is BACK! WHOOOT
oh and if ya got a good link to sort out lactate threshold that's different than the Bike Doc one from Velonews i'd be curious...
Finding your LT
• Find a flat or slightly uphill stretch of road (avoid undulations or hills)- you may also use a trainer (but this is mentally tough)
• Warm up for at least 10-15 minutes
• Ride a thirty-minute time trial with your best possible time
• If using a heart rate (HR) monitor, record the last twenty minutes of your ride. - Your average heart rate over this period will estimate your HR at LT
• If using a power meter, record the last twenty minutes of your ride - Your average power over this period will estimate your power output at LT.
Sounds like ya need a lab to do this for real tho... at least from Flammer ouge
hmmm...
oh well...
I'm just doing this racing thing for fun anyway... right?
Of course i could just buy my own Lactate tester and do the test myself...
Ah bike racing... way more work than freaking car racing... there you can just bolt sh!t on and make ya faster... bike racing motor tuning is hard fahking work...
peace out my sistahs and bros
G
PS
I ate that last ProBar... the original one... Fruit and Nuts ground up and smashed together... not much different taste than the others... so ontop of a packed full quart of peanut sauce on noodles i had three ProBars and one massively large Fuji Apple... I need some Packzis to balance all this good for you food...
PPS
Pemmican Bars... i finally remembered to search them...
Used to LOVE eating them from the whole foods (they had the name long before wholefoods did, fwir) in gig harbor back in the day... might have to see if this wholefoods up here stocks the bear valley products and the Pemmican bars in particular...
PPPS
Link to Pemmican Bars
Shift confusion
so Zoo says do your research...
so i do...
hit google with Acai...
wiki has a nice article that would seem to contradict one of the Shift claims of being fat free:
Lots of fatty acids (good ones) in Acai... no?
Yes- no seem to be any caffine... Zoo is safe...
So does Yogurt boy's company remove all the fat from the Acai extract before making the smoothie? And are they using the freeze dried stuff?
The anti-inflammatory part of it sounds good...
Will be interesting to see if it has any more affect than plain old Emergen-C...
so i do...
hit google with Acai...
wiki has a nice article that would seem to contradict one of the Shift claims of being fat free:
Açaà is particularly rich in fatty acids, feeling oily to the touch. It contains high levels of the desirable monounsaturated fatty acid oleic acid (56.2% of total fats). It is also rich in palmitic acid (24.1% of total fats, an undesirable saturated fat) and the polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid linoleic acid (12.5% of total fats). (Schauss et al. 2006a). β-sitosterol (beta-sitosterol), a phytosterol that competes with dietary cholesterol for absorption and so may reduce blood cholesterol levels, is also unusually rich (78-91% of total sterols) (Lubrano, 1994; Schauss 2006a).
Lots of fatty acids (good ones) in Acai... no?
Yes- no seem to be any caffine... Zoo is safe...
So does Yogurt boy's company remove all the fat from the Acai extract before making the smoothie? And are they using the freeze dried stuff?
The anti-inflammatory part of it sounds good...
Will be interesting to see if it has any more affect than plain old Emergen-C...
Okay review time
Products to be reviewed (if time)
eBags cycling bag (part of RIPTA package...)
First off its a right shoulder thing only... no left shoulder. That's not what i'm used to. It has some nice compartments and pretty functional all around. No cross stabilizing strap, but for the most part stays in place. It still feels pretty weird putting it on the right shoulder. Can't find the same bag on their web page tho... the different pockets are nice, flat tire stuff have their own compartment. nice internal one and then a few other things... no where near the space of my monstrous timbuk2 but... after this week i'll switch back to the old bag and decide which to go with on a more permanent basis...
Bell Image Pro Helment circa 1992 (or '94)
This was a big step up from my Vetta wonder helmet back in the day. BUT, compared to the normal supermoto it sucks. Bounces all around, doesn't stay in place the same way. But the vents are completely taped up, and its covered in reflective material (custom addition by me), and there is room in there to stuff extra layers (but they aren't really needed with the lack of ventilation).
Bottom line, temps in the teens or lower it comes out. Other than that it stays on the helmet tree at home.
Pro Bar (market had em for 50% off... i bought a lot of em)
So... flavors tried. Koka Moka, Nutty Banana Boom, and Whole Berry Blast. I have left to try Original.
First off - calories - a nice 400.
Easy to eat. Package opens pretty easily (but i have only opened off the bike in street clothes).
Flavor. I'd be hard pressed to tell the difference. The banana one didn't taste especially banana like and the berry really didn't seem much different in flavor than the banana. Ate on at 9:15 and the other at 10:30. They are a nice change from some of the other bars but not a huge departure from the Odwalla bars i've been eating (they go on sale for $1 each quite often).
Christine Vadaros is sponsored by them, figured i'd give them a try. But the regular price of $2.89 each is too high for me to be a regular purchaser of them. 50% off tho and they are certainly in the appropriate range. And yes, even before i tried one i bought pretty much all the ones they had there in the store.
there ya go...
and i KNEW Ryan wasn't riding an Easton post there at Cyclocross Nationals this year... Looked almost Thompsonish...
Cyclingnews has the "bikes of the cyclocross worlds"
And here's the description of Ryan's:
See'n as he's busted so many Easton posts that was probably a good move... although i'm sure he's kicking himself with that performance... as are lots of people... Nys, Wellens, Varadros, Trebon, Wicks, a pretty solid group of crossers with lower than normal results... that's tough... i feel for them... when everything boils down to one race or one game sorting out the champ can often be more luck than anything else... and that kinda sucks.
Sort of like looking at peak power and saying hey look at my numbers.
I heard that Mario Cipo used to turn out 1800 watts when sprinting... and that most of the sprinters now drop 1200 watts usually.
Yes you may be saying hey gewilli hit ~1300, yup i did... but those 1200 kids are weighing in around 72kg or 16.7w/kg and i only was at 14.8w/kg that's a big difference... 2w/kg... maybe i can hit that, but then again, most of those guys have a whole team dragging their ass around a race... gewilli is content with draggin his own ass around...
If ya look at landis's stuff... from stage 17:
(click on it for the source)
324 watts seems pretty human ya know? Not that i can sustain that level of intensity over 5 hours... or at all :-P
But... they are them... i am gewilli... gewilli needs to get a good baseline down (maybe one more week of just riding without specific goals) then start looking at riding at specific power levels for potentially gaining power and speed. Commuting probably won't be the best way to get the endurance... gonna have to maybe get back into a long ride on the weekends again...
Just ran across this from a review
Averaging 150 watts? makes me feel a wee bit better ;) more confident... maybe i've got the engine... freaking ECU connected to the engine is probably the biggest handicap in races... but then that review probably weighs 140 pounds... i'm big and heavy... (smacks head for trying to compare numbers)
Oh and if any companies want to send me products to review... they gotta be approved first - no more high fructose corn syrup stuff gonna even bother being reviewed...
speaking of such, i need some Canadian Coke for racing and what not... better yet a box of the syrup for a machine... Sucrose and glucose with caffine... concentrated without bubbles... Sounds like energy gel! WOOOOOOT... that is unless canada has gone down the path of High fructose corn syrup too... that'd suck...
Well peeps and pimps and people without such distinction... peace and waffles (I need to make some waffles soon, maybe tomorrow morning)...
G
eBags cycling bag (part of RIPTA package...)
First off its a right shoulder thing only... no left shoulder. That's not what i'm used to. It has some nice compartments and pretty functional all around. No cross stabilizing strap, but for the most part stays in place. It still feels pretty weird putting it on the right shoulder. Can't find the same bag on their web page tho... the different pockets are nice, flat tire stuff have their own compartment. nice internal one and then a few other things... no where near the space of my monstrous timbuk2 but... after this week i'll switch back to the old bag and decide which to go with on a more permanent basis...
Bell Image Pro Helment circa 1992 (or '94)
This was a big step up from my Vetta wonder helmet back in the day. BUT, compared to the normal supermoto it sucks. Bounces all around, doesn't stay in place the same way. But the vents are completely taped up, and its covered in reflective material (custom addition by me), and there is room in there to stuff extra layers (but they aren't really needed with the lack of ventilation).
Bottom line, temps in the teens or lower it comes out. Other than that it stays on the helmet tree at home.
Pro Bar (market had em for 50% off... i bought a lot of em)
So... flavors tried. Koka Moka, Nutty Banana Boom, and Whole Berry Blast. I have left to try Original.
First off - calories - a nice 400.
Easy to eat. Package opens pretty easily (but i have only opened off the bike in street clothes).
Flavor. I'd be hard pressed to tell the difference. The banana one didn't taste especially banana like and the berry really didn't seem much different in flavor than the banana. Ate on at 9:15 and the other at 10:30. They are a nice change from some of the other bars but not a huge departure from the Odwalla bars i've been eating (they go on sale for $1 each quite often).
Christine Vadaros is sponsored by them, figured i'd give them a try. But the regular price of $2.89 each is too high for me to be a regular purchaser of them. 50% off tho and they are certainly in the appropriate range. And yes, even before i tried one i bought pretty much all the ones they had there in the store.
there ya go...
and i KNEW Ryan wasn't riding an Easton post there at Cyclocross Nationals this year... Looked almost Thompsonish...
Cyclingnews has the "bikes of the cyclocross worlds"
And here's the description of Ryan's:
Ryan Trebon's Kona Major Jake
Ryan Trebon's Kona Jake the Snake spare bike
Photo ©: Ben Atkins (Click for larger image)
Standing out (literally!) in the middle of the United States pit area were the Kona Jake the Snakes belonging to US Champion Ryan Trebon. At 1.96m (6'5") Trebon is easily among the tallest racers on the circuit (perhaps the tallest) and as a result, his bikes are among the largest as well.
Trebon's Major Jake frame is made from TIG-welded Easton Ultralite Race aluminium tubing, and is nearly identical to Barry Wicks' bike as featured in last year's Pro Bike section.
Despite the large frame - highlighted by the very long head tube - Trebon still needs an incredibly long FSA seatpost to get his position just right. Most of Trebon's groupset is standard Shimano Dura-Ace - the most notable exception being the FSA chainrings (46/38 for this course).
Like many riders, Trebonn was using full carbon deep section rims because of their stiffness and light weight - like the other Kona riders, these are Easton Tempest II Carbons, shod with 32mm Dugast tubulars. As with the majority of racers he selected Dugast’s shallower tread with speed in mind in anticipation of the course being only modestly slippery.
See'n as he's busted so many Easton posts that was probably a good move... although i'm sure he's kicking himself with that performance... as are lots of people... Nys, Wellens, Varadros, Trebon, Wicks, a pretty solid group of crossers with lower than normal results... that's tough... i feel for them... when everything boils down to one race or one game sorting out the champ can often be more luck than anything else... and that kinda sucks.
Sort of like looking at peak power and saying hey look at my numbers.
I heard that Mario Cipo used to turn out 1800 watts when sprinting... and that most of the sprinters now drop 1200 watts usually.
Yes you may be saying hey gewilli hit ~1300, yup i did... but those 1200 kids are weighing in around 72kg or 16.7w/kg and i only was at 14.8w/kg that's a big difference... 2w/kg... maybe i can hit that, but then again, most of those guys have a whole team dragging their ass around a race... gewilli is content with draggin his own ass around...
If ya look at landis's stuff... from stage 17:
- 5 hours 23 minutes and 36 seconds.
- Covering 200.5 kilometers (130 km alone in the wind).
- At a speed of 37.175 km/hr.
- Averaging 281 watts when moving for the whole ride and 318 watts over the last two hours.
- Averaging 324 watts while pedaling for the whole ride and 364 watts over the last 2 hours.
- At an average cadence of 89 rpm.
- Transferring 5,456 Kjoules of energy to his Cycleops PowerTap.
- Taking, no joke, a total of 70 water bottles (480 ml each) from the car to keep himself cool and hydrated.
- Attacking about a quarter of the way up the Col des Saisies for 30 seconds at 544 watts, which settled into a 5-minute peak of 451 watts, which continued for 10 minutes at an average of power of 431 watts, and left everyone in his dust after 30 minutes at an average power of 401 watts.
- Spending 13.2% of his time or 43 minutes coasting like a rocket on the descents and another 60% between 4 to 7 watts per kilogram of body weight (aka, the pain cave).
- Holding onto 373 watts over the Col de Joux-Plane.
- Hitting a max speed of 83.7 km/hr (51.9 mph) and flying like a Phoenix on his way to the most incredible moment in sports I have ever witnessed.
(click on it for the source)
324 watts seems pretty human ya know? Not that i can sustain that level of intensity over 5 hours... or at all :-P
But... they are them... i am gewilli... gewilli needs to get a good baseline down (maybe one more week of just riding without specific goals) then start looking at riding at specific power levels for potentially gaining power and speed. Commuting probably won't be the best way to get the endurance... gonna have to maybe get back into a long ride on the weekends again...
Just ran across this from a review
The PowerTap is really beyond my level of riding. I averaged around 150 watts of power. Compare that with the 280 watts that Landis averaged during his controversial Stage 17 ride in the Tour, including an astounding 544 watts in the first 30 seconds of his initial acceleration away from the pack. To be fair, I got only a few weeks of training with PowerTap. I'm sure that, after several more weeks of dedicated use, I would start to crank up the power. But it requires hard-core training to move the needle.
Averaging 150 watts? makes me feel a wee bit better ;) more confident... maybe i've got the engine... freaking ECU connected to the engine is probably the biggest handicap in races... but then that review probably weighs 140 pounds... i'm big and heavy... (smacks head for trying to compare numbers)
Oh and if any companies want to send me products to review... they gotta be approved first - no more high fructose corn syrup stuff gonna even bother being reviewed...
speaking of such, i need some Canadian Coke for racing and what not... better yet a box of the syrup for a machine... Sucrose and glucose with caffine... concentrated without bubbles... Sounds like energy gel! WOOOOOOT... that is unless canada has gone down the path of High fructose corn syrup too... that'd suck...
Well peeps and pimps and people without such distinction... peace and waffles (I need to make some waffles soon, maybe tomorrow morning)...
G
products... reviews and numbers (of course)
in the 30 seconds i have to get this out...
Products to be reviewed (if time)
eBags cycling bag (part of RIPTA package...)
Bell Image Pro Helment circa 1992 (or '94)
Pro Bar (market had em for 50% off... i bought a lot of em)
numbers
Watts: 8.25 max 2.4 avg (w/kg)
Speed... pretty much the same
Cadence... stopped to talk to Curtis and it stopped picking up, maybe water it no like...
Energy: 602
regular vs occasional: blinky brigade = occasional, commuter = regular... tourist = occasional, local = regular...
nice little pace line didn't respond to me dipping the headlight out of their eyes (mine's normally lighting the road up pretty far ahead)... so i dip, leave it down for a while, tip it back up for a second, then dip it down... as approach is eminent they may no motion of dimming, blocking, covering or anything of their nice bright light pointed in my eyes... so i un-dim mine... it made me gruuuuuumpy... i hope they got the message... but prolly not... those occasional folks...
Goofy ladies running on the side of the BLVD... two abreast in the road running towards me... I couldn't help but say "You know there's a really good running path right over there!" (stupid bitches - no i didn't say that - just thought it)...
I don't get it? I can't ride on the path down the BLVD but these folks think its better for some reason to run ON the road? Even with a sidewalk AND a really nice wide open SAFE path that is right there?
Passed them on the way home... running the other way just kinda gave them the whats up palm to the sky hand gesture...
people... whadda ya do with them...
Nice ride in in the snow. Damn seaguls dropping quahogs and mussles added some nice traction on the path but gave me a fahking flat tire... damn shells...
damn birds... flatted even through the nice FPS on those tires... on the rear... never seems to be on the front... generally i can hear something sticking in there and brush it out before it works all the way through... snow on the path kept it muffled... until after climbing up to the parkway... and i started to notice it was a bit squishy... then more flat and more flat...
damnit...
oh well...
product review over lunch maybe
Peace
G
oh and since yogurt boy is pushing this product like crack, via email at least... i'll toss a link up...
SHIFT ENERGY
yall give it a try eh?
Products to be reviewed (if time)
eBags cycling bag (part of RIPTA package...)
Bell Image Pro Helment circa 1992 (or '94)
Pro Bar (market had em for 50% off... i bought a lot of em)
numbers
Watts: 8.25 max 2.4 avg (w/kg)
Speed... pretty much the same
Cadence... stopped to talk to Curtis and it stopped picking up, maybe water it no like...
Energy: 602
regular vs occasional: blinky brigade = occasional, commuter = regular... tourist = occasional, local = regular...
nice little pace line didn't respond to me dipping the headlight out of their eyes (mine's normally lighting the road up pretty far ahead)... so i dip, leave it down for a while, tip it back up for a second, then dip it down... as approach is eminent they may no motion of dimming, blocking, covering or anything of their nice bright light pointed in my eyes... so i un-dim mine... it made me gruuuuuumpy... i hope they got the message... but prolly not... those occasional folks...
Goofy ladies running on the side of the BLVD... two abreast in the road running towards me... I couldn't help but say "You know there's a really good running path right over there!" (stupid bitches - no i didn't say that - just thought it)...
I don't get it? I can't ride on the path down the BLVD but these folks think its better for some reason to run ON the road? Even with a sidewalk AND a really nice wide open SAFE path that is right there?
Passed them on the way home... running the other way just kinda gave them the whats up palm to the sky hand gesture...
people... whadda ya do with them...
Nice ride in in the snow. Damn seaguls dropping quahogs and mussles added some nice traction on the path but gave me a fahking flat tire... damn shells...
damn birds... flatted even through the nice FPS on those tires... on the rear... never seems to be on the front... generally i can hear something sticking in there and brush it out before it works all the way through... snow on the path kept it muffled... until after climbing up to the parkway... and i started to notice it was a bit squishy... then more flat and more flat...
damnit...
oh well...
product review over lunch maybe
Peace
G
oh and since yogurt boy is pushing this product like crack, via email at least... i'll toss a link up...
SHIFT ENERGY
yall give it a try eh?
Thursday, February 01, 2007
oh yeah
i remember...
i booked out early last night to take advantage of teh Market at Cutler Mills reorganization clearance (50% off everything in the store... its a grocery store with killer kick ass cheeses and other natural and normal stuff... like coffee, organic free trade coffee freshly roasted for $5/pound...)
leaving here at 4:30 was great... didn't really need the lights till just before hitting the bike path and it was more to be seen than to see... bike path needed a touch of illumination but it was a nice feeling...
watching weather this morning i couldn't help but have a nice jump of joy that finally sunset broke into the 5pm hour (5:01 per Channel 10), and even cooler but less consequence that the sunrise cracked into the 6am hour (6:58)...
Thanks Rich... its was the trigger i needed to remember! Its NICE riding without the need for lights... well at least having 75% of the riding during the day looking good. Won't be lucky enough to leave early i don't think... we'll see
Oh and a "from the email" segment that happens, generally when VikF sends me something really good...
i like dogs... cats are cool, but dogs... always been a dog person... and won't be a cat person as long as my wife's allergies are in place (couple of kittens almost made it home with us, but as a test E decided to play with them for a couple hours... more or less was unable to breath for the rest of the day... inhaler needed)... so much to the dismay of the oldest (who was little then), no kitties...
anyway...
peace
g
i booked out early last night to take advantage of teh Market at Cutler Mills reorganization clearance (50% off everything in the store... its a grocery store with killer kick ass cheeses and other natural and normal stuff... like coffee, organic free trade coffee freshly roasted for $5/pound...)
leaving here at 4:30 was great... didn't really need the lights till just before hitting the bike path and it was more to be seen than to see... bike path needed a touch of illumination but it was a nice feeling...
watching weather this morning i couldn't help but have a nice jump of joy that finally sunset broke into the 5pm hour (5:01 per Channel 10), and even cooler but less consequence that the sunrise cracked into the 6am hour (6:58)...
Thanks Rich... its was the trigger i needed to remember! Its NICE riding without the need for lights... well at least having 75% of the riding during the day looking good. Won't be lucky enough to leave early i don't think... we'll see
Oh and a "from the email" segment that happens, generally when VikF sends me something really good...
Excerpts from a Dog's Daily Diary
8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am-A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing
12:00 pm - Lunch! My favorite thing!
1:00 pm - Placed in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 pm - Milk bones! My favorite thing!>
7:00 pm - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 pm - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!
Excerpts from a Cat's Daily Diary
Day 683 of my captivity:
My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects.
They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates
and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt
for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order
to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of
escape. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the floor.
Today, I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet.
I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly
demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending
comments about what a "good little hunter" I am. The audacity! There was
some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in
solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear
the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to
the power of "allergies." I must learn what this means, and how to use it
to my advantage. Today, I was almost successful in an attempt to
assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was
walking. I must try this again tomorrow -- but at the top of the stairs. I
am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The
dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released -and seems to be
more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded! The bird has got to
be an informant. I observe him communicate with the guards regularly. I am
certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective
custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe.....
....... for now...
i like dogs... cats are cool, but dogs... always been a dog person... and won't be a cat person as long as my wife's allergies are in place (couple of kittens almost made it home with us, but as a test E decided to play with them for a couple hours... more or less was unable to breath for the rest of the day... inhaler needed)... so much to the dismay of the oldest (who was little then), no kitties...
anyway...
peace
g
a decent night sleep and coffee
make a difference...
felt much more alive on the bike...
the power avg up to the end of the bike path was245 2.8W/kg cadence average was 90. much better... kinda put the cadence back with the power... felt good... i did bring the link but might not have time to d/l and graph... we'll see, RPMs maybe not higher than zolojawbreak but they were not uncomfortably high...
The calm winds made a difference, and the temps seemed pretty damn balmy - i was over dressed in other words.
Yeah...
boring shizzle about the commute... make everyone fall asleep and never wanna come back and check in here ;)
like olden times
but when you commute and its 24°F out there and ya feel its balmy? With a few exceptions that's not so common.
I had something churning in my head that i wanted to get out... to unleash... but i'll be damned if i can remember it right now...
but if you have time to spare check Flatman's list of youtube videos... that's some training footage for those with 'net near the bike...
and then i reccomend this: the film looks like it'd be good to get a hold of...
http://www.bikeliker.com/bejbike.html
and then there is this distraction...
http://www.pixagogo.nl/1804724101/
Mmmm Daphny... I hope the US world cup potential event includes the woman... that'd be mmm sooooo cool...
okay - peace
g
felt much more alive on the bike...
the power avg up to the end of the bike path was
The calm winds made a difference, and the temps seemed pretty damn balmy - i was over dressed in other words.
Yeah...
boring shizzle about the commute... make everyone fall asleep and never wanna come back and check in here ;)
like olden times
but when you commute and its 24°F out there and ya feel its balmy? With a few exceptions that's not so common.
I had something churning in my head that i wanted to get out... to unleash... but i'll be damned if i can remember it right now...
but if you have time to spare check Flatman's list of youtube videos... that's some training footage for those with 'net near the bike...
and then i reccomend this: the film looks like it'd be good to get a hold of...
http://www.bikeliker.com/bejbike.html
and then there is this distraction...
http://www.pixagogo.nl/1804724101/
Mmmm Daphny... I hope the US world cup potential event includes the woman... that'd be mmm sooooo cool...
okay - peace
g
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
random bits
enegry value summary kinda sounds a bit like verbatim out of the powertap handbook...
worlds video is up!!! WOOOOOO
maybe some day i'll get to watch it...
oh and speaking of videos...
HJ's got the Woman's preview of Day#2 at G'ster.
If you watch the start ya can see some freak in an orange jumpsuit and short blond hair walking around
And as the director here says in his dutch accent "Its really something right now" ala cah-ray-zeeee
The ride back up the hill was fun, gotta look at the data to see what it was but numbers were at least up to just under 11w/kg for part of the steeper section... climbing in the 38x25...
I'm liking numbers...
and while not obsessing - they are cool, when i feel tired i can see the numbers drop, when i start off and see how much i'm dumping to the legs i can say 'dude what are you doing' and cut back to more reasonable numbers... for instance cruising along at 5w/kg knowing i should really stay down below 3.5w/kg till i'm warmed up a bit more...
Also the long open stretch this morning before heading up the hill following the dude, i was ticking over just under and around the 3w/kg range which made it possible i think to unload the sustained 8w/kg up the hill...
I keep reminding myself that, these numbers only mean something to me... sure you can be relative to others, and reality is such that watts/kg are better to use when writing them down. And nice thing is the kg is based on your nekkid weight... meaning how much cloths you wear or how full the trailer is has no bearing on your potential or recorded output.
okay with all that said...
power is freaking cool...
and damn... i'm one slow mo fo
peace
-g
worlds video is up!!! WOOOOOO
maybe some day i'll get to watch it...
oh and speaking of videos...
HJ's got the Woman's preview of Day#2 at G'ster.
If you watch the start ya can see some freak in an orange jumpsuit and short blond hair walking around
And as the director here says in his dutch accent "Its really something right now" ala cah-ray-zeeee
The ride back up the hill was fun, gotta look at the data to see what it was but numbers were at least up to just under 11w/kg for part of the steeper section... climbing in the 38x25...
I'm liking numbers...
and while not obsessing - they are cool, when i feel tired i can see the numbers drop, when i start off and see how much i'm dumping to the legs i can say 'dude what are you doing' and cut back to more reasonable numbers... for instance cruising along at 5w/kg knowing i should really stay down below 3.5w/kg till i'm warmed up a bit more...
Also the long open stretch this morning before heading up the hill following the dude, i was ticking over just under and around the 3w/kg range which made it possible i think to unload the sustained 8w/kg up the hill...
I keep reminding myself that, these numbers only mean something to me... sure you can be relative to others, and reality is such that watts/kg are better to use when writing them down. And nice thing is the kg is based on your nekkid weight... meaning how much cloths you wear or how full the trailer is has no bearing on your potential or recorded output.
okay with all that said...
power is freaking cool...
and damn... i'm one slow mo fo
peace
-g
ugh
head hurts - sleep was like i didn't sleep - tired - so tired... no coffee at home rode in on dead legs...
fixed the cadence pick up tho - getting consistent readings... managed to keep it above 80 pretty easily all day... wattage not much different... okay - i was tired... and slow... but got passed just before climbing the hill up to the Vet and hung with the guy climbing like zoo... i was ticking out over 500 watts all the way up from the glances i had. In my stupor leaving i decided not to take the case with the link and didn't erase yesterday's data before leaving, or after i DL'd it. Me feeling silly.
just trying to suck down as much coffee as possible... before heading down to the other facility. The trip back up might be the first chance to check out how much power it takes to haul my fat ass up college hill road what ever it is called...
So i sign off - in caloric and sleep debt... hoping the brief jaunt sans trailer through the city at 27°F (its warmed up a bit) wakes me up enough to talk coherently for 2 hours straight.
fixed the cadence pick up tho - getting consistent readings... managed to keep it above 80 pretty easily all day... wattage not much different... okay - i was tired... and slow... but got passed just before climbing the hill up to the Vet and hung with the guy climbing like zoo... i was ticking out over 500 watts all the way up from the glances i had. In my stupor leaving i decided not to take the case with the link and didn't erase yesterday's data before leaving, or after i DL'd it. Me feeling silly.
just trying to suck down as much coffee as possible... before heading down to the other facility. The trip back up might be the first chance to check out how much power it takes to haul my fat ass up college hill road what ever it is called...
So i sign off - in caloric and sleep debt... hoping the brief jaunt sans trailer through the city at 27°F (its warmed up a bit) wakes me up enough to talk coherently for 2 hours straight.
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