Wattage Training Coaches Blog

Wow...

2008-05-07T01:02:00.000-06:00

That about killed me... The ride to rmr was dead headwind, solo. Took 10 extra minutes. Ran to registration line, lined up to race. 45 hard minutes of racing. Not above my level, could actually race - move around, move forward and back at will... Felt good. 22 mins in felt something weird going on with left foot. Decided to not stand up (at all) and not to contest the final without knowing

Test post from mac dashboard widget

2008-05-02T18:38:00.001-06:00

Test...Things didn't go as smoothly as the last post outlined.But functional again...see if this works.-g

So here is the plan...

2008-04-25T16:17:00.000-06:00

1) Connect to internet via the g network.2) Update mac and install bootcamp update3) Format hdd for vista partition4) Install/restore vista from full backup (fingers crossed on that one)5) Boot into windows.6) Strip backup of all apps I can install/replace with mac native versions.7) Boot into osx8) Install native apps9) Install parallels10) Test windows functionality11) Install time machine into

Still no mbp...

2008-04-24T08:50:00.000-06:00

...so posting from the bb instead of not posting.Might get it today, might not?So yesterday I started a project for consistancy that I have been dearly lacking.Following a recent similar idea via slowtwitch I thought I would try to do 100 rides in 100 days. No days off. Easy days, but no completely off bike days.Got out before dark after dinner last night as day 1, ride1.Day 2, ride 2 looks to

Looks good...

2008-04-03T15:18:00.000-06:00

Yeah, I know, two posts in one day. Guess that's 'cause racin' has started.Well, looks like the weather is going to cooperate this week.We had sun and crisp, dry. Today's tt, sun and 50.Saturday's roubaix style race?See the forecast below ;)"A chance of rain and snow in the morning...then a slight chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. North

Upcoming project

2008-04-03T07:52:00.000-06:00

I thought I would post this here since in searching the web, it seems noone else has done this before. Migrate an existing installation of windows to a boot camp partition. Yup, I ordered a macbook pro. Should be here sometime next week or so. And I intend to migrate my existing vista ultimate pc to a partition on the mbp. Here is what I think is a process that will work: > Take full backup

First week...

2008-04-02T17:26:00.000-06:00

Of racing (@ least for me). RMR last saturday. First mass start race for me in almost 2 years. Someone from Bountiful went down right in front of me about ten minutes in. Right up against the wall. He was on the ground, back to me, slowly sliding towards the wall and closing the gap. I sat there watching the gap close thinking "aw crap, two years off of road racing and 10mins back and I go

St. George

2008-03-22T10:35:00.000-06:00

4 days in the sunshine in St. George.Yesterday the drive, then a quick 1:20 in the glorious 75d sunshine.Today a late start to miss the group ride, so probably a solo ride into Gunlock or Snow Canyon.Was going to bring the ss mtb, but the srm was acting up, so threw the winter bike on at the last second.My skin hasn't been so happy to see sunshine in a while.:)-g

Test post...

2008-03-19T13:07:00.001-06:00

With code to kill sig line-g

Off I go...

2008-01-18T17:03:00.000-07:00

Headed to the sb training camp with the boys from TX.Late flight, early first ride tomorrow with not enough miles in my legs (did I mention I haven't ridden outdoors since christmas eve?).Should be fun.-ggreg steelewww.wattagetraining.comSent from my CrackBerry wireless handheld (please excuse typos)

CA training camp - again

2008-01-10T01:44:00.001-07:00

The boys from TX are going back and this time we are going for a week... Here are 6 of the 7 rides: -g

Happy 2008

2007-12-31T15:26:00.001-07:00

Not there yet for us. But to the three people reading this... Happy New Year. I hope you are successful in reaching your goals in '08. -g

Goals and 2008

2007-12-27T22:57:00.001-07:00

Every year i have laid out plans to do well at a big events... This year is different. I just wanna go fast. And race. last year i did about 6 tt's. That's it. No road races. No mtb xc races. No cx races. So this year KISS and just plan to race. Periodic local weekday stuff. Weekend races. Some picked where i hope to well. some just because i like them. But just do it again. The

Climbing into snow...

2007-12-21T00:28:00.001-07:00

All's good in the wet and cold. Too many days where the SRM says 25C (i.e. indoors). Rode to the gate @ Millcreek as the snow is deep now (and time for some skating!). Felt good going up as now down under 195. I added 10w to the FTP "estimate" and I say estimate as I haven't done any formal testing. But then proceeded to do 4x10s @ 260w and they hurt suffeciently so I suspect that my

Cardiac Drift (or why use power)

2007-12-14T09:54:00.001-07:00

Just downloaded my t6 data (not really interested in HR, but have been tracking EPOC to see how it scales with power for no-power-able rides). Now, if you read last nights post, you know I did 4x10 @ ftp ramp downs (starting @ the top of L4 and ramping to the bottom so the average is exactly FTP). Something you notice not so much in the power file but becomes obvious in the HR trace only is

Thursdays Workout

2007-12-14T01:39:00.001-07:00

BTW, yes I know the CSS is buggered on the blog and has a grey background when it is supposed to be white. Will get to it. Here is Thursday nights workout. Need the LT work, didn't think I could start at the 2x20 or 1x40-60 yet. So did ramps that start at top of L4 and ramp down to bottom... Finished it and had more to give. So, good start to structured training. Here is the

Winter riding here in full force...

2007-12-13T23:17:00.001-07:00

How can I tell? Laundry. Tonight I loaded the past weeks worth of riding clothing into the washer and here is what it consists of: 7 pairs of bibs 7 pairs of socks 4 sweatbands 4 headbands 7 hand towels Yeah. So in a comment about the fat falling off (under 196 now) Dave mentioned that I have the tools to do it. While the tool he mostly was referring to was the PMC (and I agree) I

Last night

2007-12-06T10:16:00.001-07:00

went well. 1.5hrs of SST on the CT. Didn't want to get off early or not finish the laps I had programmed in (4x the central park course). Which is a good start to the winter indoor game. Outperformed the planned TSS. I am addressing the supply side and the demand side at the same time right now. My supply side is way down (as mentioned in the post about my MAP test). And my demand side

Well that wasn't pretty

2007-12-04T23:51:00.001-07:00

Did the first MAP test in, well, I dunno how long it has been since I have done a personal ramp test. I only do them for those who aren't used to testing (new athletes) or those who have "detrained" such as my own situation. Well, the results aren't pretty and I know I could have done better: Might have to redo in short order (after the weekend) and see if I just wussed out... Guess

Saftey Warning...

2007-12-04T13:32:00.001-07:00

Do not ride rollers and watch Dust to Glory at the same time... you will try and drive the trophy trucks from the handlebars, and you will fall off the rollers. -g

Back up and running full speed ahead...

2007-12-03T14:45:00.001-07:00

So now it is December and with that the end of the UTCX season. The first time in a long time the CX season has come and gone with a single race for myself. Blame the granuloma for that one, but it seems to have resolved itself and this week I have ridden the rollers everyday since my last outdoor ride. Including twice yesterday. Ouch. The Computrainer will be fixed tomorrow when the

So...

2007-11-28T08:39:00.001-07:00

Instead of calling me about my laptop within 24hrs like they said, they shipped it back to me. Should be here thursday (so much for promised overnight shipping both directions - it went ground to them and came back 2-day to me).Any takers on weither it last past the 12hrs the last "fix" lasted?Now with a real pc (kinda sucks coaching from a balackberry), I can get back to it and some of my

Acer update...

2007-11-27T08:51:00.001-07:00

Is no update. They promised (saturday) to call within 24hrs with an update and figure out what the hell is going on. I finally got a tech to say that they might be able to call this a lemon and issue a new machine (with my hdd I hope!!!), but that it has to come from a supervisor. So here's hoping a supervisor calls me today. Maybe they can just send me my hdd and some $$$ and I can go to the

9/15

2007-11-24T10:52:00.001-07:00

Yup, sept 15th. That was the day I sent my laptop to acer in temple.Let's see, today is nov24th, so that makes monday going on 10 weeks.I call almost everyday now. Found out today that they ordered the motherboard on nov19th.Hmmm. Does that mean they ever received the second one and it showed up bad (again)?When are they going to cut their (and my) losses and call a lemon a lemon?-Ggreg

Acer update...

2007-11-19T09:31:00.000-07:00

So they have another motherboard and supposed to install today. Maybe by the end of the week I can have my pc back. Or maybe I will have a mac by then.I have had some complications that have kept me off the bike for several weeks. Tried to ride a couple times, but any attempt has been both painful and have had to keep it under l2.Hopefully more to follow...-ggreg

Test post via email

2007-11-12T16:01:00.000-07:00

Laptop getting 2nd motherboard in as many weeks. They have had the damn thing for 2 months...More to follow if this posts.-Ggreg steelewww.wattagetraining.comSent from my CrackBerry wireless handheld (please excuse typos)

Horray!

2007-10-30T10:36:00.003-06:00

the lappie is back, fully functioning and runing on batteries! Acer had it for over a month, backordered a keyboard and motherboard, but itis here now and fully functioning on batteries! more to follow... but will finally be back fully online today. -g

New Old technology...

2007-08-28T01:26:00.001-06:00

The Utah Coaches Group met again for the second time.... A nice little round table. And now me with a presentation for the next meeting on the TrainingManager. Perhaps we can make this a dual meeting, one day for the group only covering the coaching aspects of the TrainingManager, and another open to the general public - perhaps starting a series of Utah Coaching Group clinics offered to

Which Helmet?

2007-08-27T01:00:00.001-06:00

would you choose? Probably find out @ Skull Valley. Last real TT of the season. -g

4 Device Ride

2007-06-27T09:25:00.001-06:00

Yesterday I hooked the kids to the trailer, and dragged it to and around Sugarhouse Park. It is more of a data collecting experiment for me (as I am about to take the SRM off the bike to test a crankset). The ibike wasn't calibrated to the trailer weight and costdown, but still did surpisingly well considering. The Ptap had some drop outs which I think are either the sharkfin is

Another Saltair.

2007-06-12T14:50:00.001-06:00

So either the position on the fixie sucks (doesn't measure that different) or something is wonky. Busted out a nice 290w for the last saltair and ran the fixie TT with a 54x15t. But went slow. Bogged down a bit and with some looking @ chainrings etc, I will take another go at it but swap the 54x15 for a 50x14. Should give a max speed close to some of my fastest times out there (50kph) but

A Ride with something to prove...

2007-06-05T09:53:00.001-06:00

After the dismal stateTT... I took a beautiful sunday off the bike. Yesterday, I rode chasing daylight (and probably would have had another half an hour if there weren't any cloud). Dunno why, but I was motivated and went pretty hard. Not TT hard, but jumping every chance, riding hard uphills etc. For example, Pave was only 228w, Pnorm was 285w (VI of 1.25!!!). I racked up 122 TSS in 1:05.

State TT recap...

2007-06-04T14:02:00.001-06:00

Well, again, my beliefs are confirmed. That I hate that course and apparently, it hates me. I am not one two cramp, but did it saturday. About halfway outbound. I held back on the starting climb, holding a little over 300w up it as in the past I have blown my whole race and been unable to recover from it. Got caught by my 30s man and didn't panic. Bombed the descent on the narrow bars

Tomorrow is the big day...

2007-06-01T16:58:00.001-06:00

State TT. One of my favorite races of the year. And at the course that hates me the most... Here is todays weather for pacing ideas... So this info goes into my pacing strategy (along with acutal measurements from the field when I get there). But looks like my start time of 10:33 isn't a bad time to go if the weather holds... -g

Torque Analysis, Rotor Rings, rear-set cleats and an SRM

2007-05-30T01:06:00.001-06:00

Finally spent some time tonight mucking around with my bike, my rings, my cleats etc. I have been riding with the speedplay cleat adaptor for about two weeks in the most rear-set position (allowing a setback 25mm behind where I was before under the ball of the foot). I have also been toying with the Rotor rings as well. Here are two plots from tonight (average of 30s pedaling on an erg):

SaltAir 5-24

2007-05-25T00:22:00.001-06:00

well, it was not my day in many ways... 1) the backwards cleat position has not helped my foot pain, but has dropped off some of the power. a month ago I ripped a solid 15:35 on training wheels @ ~290w. today I barely managed a 265w ave for the first run (and a measely 240w for the second. 2) I also ran two runs today and tried two sets of wheels. oh, and jason, I hope you don't

Mula de prueba

2007-05-18T23:53:00.001-06:00

Kyle asked about something that I have been running for a few months... hope this helps you Kyle... -g

Any takers?

2007-05-15T01:40:00.001-06:00

Which of these is faster? Which has a lower CdA? Which has wider elbows? no field test data yet, perhaps saturday. I have my suspicions based on the work of some friends... back profiles: we shall see if the intuitive answer is the correct one. Just goes to show, there are always gains to be had, even mid-season. -g

Another Saltair Windspeed Graph...

2007-05-11T12:38:00.001-06:00

I ran like crap last night as my stomach disapproved of the effort. But thought the 3 people reading this might want to see this (vs. the last one two weeks ago). Clearly there is a trend developing in start times and windspeed. More to follow as I hope to assemble a full database of data from this years saltair TTs... -g

Ride The Rockies...

2007-04-30T13:48:00.001-06:00

So this year I am repeating my Ride The Rockies with my dad and his buddies. I am looking forward to it. I worked it out to leave the truck in Eagle with some friends. And since dad and his buddies don't stay where everyone else does, I get some extra miles in: Day1: Day2: Day3: Day4: Day5: :D should be fit if I get to go to masters nats... -g

Saltair Wind Data 4/26/07

2007-04-30T13:36:00.001-06:00

more to follow... -g

Test post from Vista

2007-04-14T00:48:00.001-06:00

Just finishing up the install... -g

Three hours on the computrainer

2007-02-05T13:57:00.001-07:00

yesterday. ugly. need to go outside. -G

Santa Barbara Training Camp

2007-01-30T14:08:00.001-07:00

The rest of the photos from day one are here. Man was it great... I raised my own bar too: Day1 We rode in sunshine around the polo fields, up foothill and then the Gibraltar. This mother just kept on coming. Not the hardest climb I have ever done, but MAN, when does it end? The bad pavement at the top didn't help. Then down from the top to painted cave, dropping down

This evenings post brought to you by

2007-01-24T01:23:00.001-07:00

Free Sager thanks for the bands and getting them to me before Cali - I will share my thought on USAC soon... -G

Ugh....

2007-01-23T00:48:00.001-07:00

Illness isn't good for training... and illness in the family is about the same as having it yourself... Our littlest has it worse than I would wish it on Evil. Two and a half days off for me - changing diapers ever 15minutes. I tried to ride yesterday but in the afternoon I drop a ~20lb computer on my big toe. Today I lanced it and did a solid 1:30 on the CT (Np210, TSS110) and felt good

Going back to Cali...

2007-01-18T17:10:00.001-07:00

Yeah, that is loaded into the shuffle... as well as most of the Cali songs I can find in the 16k on my media server.... Here is the forecast in SLC: and in SB: You decide. Anyway, here is my PMC from today: and here is where I will be after next weekend: looks like fun :D -G

Why I didn't race last year

2007-01-17T10:59:00.001-07:00

or, at least not very much and not very well... 1.1.2006-12.31.2006 TSS: 13855 IF: .81 hrs: 199 kj: 118235 Pave: 169 MaxCTL: 85 MaxATL: 104.6 minTSB: -52.4 but I wasn't very diligent this year and raced ~6d -G

Since the last...

2007-01-17T08:34:00.001-07:00

two times I rode outside with Kevin didn't go so well because my 12 year old NR setup was dying a painful death. NR generally sucks in that they weren't willing to help with the old system and weren't really that helpful in upgrading to a new system either. You would think that someone that was an early adopter, who purchased TWO systems back in the day when they were probably happy to sell

Now this makes indoor riding...

2007-01-15T13:39:00.001-07:00

(yup, still on that horse - 21 days and no outside riding) .. bearable. I got it hung last night and for the first time in a long time on the CT, didn't want a DVD/cycling video/music thanks again to my lovely wife for getting this for me for xmas... thing of beauty... -g

More detail on "training camp" in SB

2007-01-14T12:16:00.001-07:00

I am so excited about this one... It quote Jason: " In summary: Day 1 - 14K ft gain @ 66mi, (Gibraltar Rd., Andy Hampsten's favorite US road climb) Day 2 - 17K ft gain @ 94mi, ( Hwy 101 & Figueroa Mtn, Discovery's "hardest valley ride") Day 3 - 15K ft gain @ 47mi, (The TjK special. San Marcos & Painted Cave & Stage Coach & Le Cumbre, if you have any climbing legs left, this will break them) "

Here I come...

2007-01-10T14:02:00.001-07:00

With Valley coming up, I wish I were going but we have a conflict with Lori's work. So I am parlaying that trip into the training "camp" weekend at the Osbornes... I haven't seen anything this nice in a while: man, I am getting excited about this. -g

new blogger migration...

2007-01-10T11:29:00.001-07:00

hope this works... -g

I think I am going to rename the blog...

2007-01-09T00:14:00.000-07:00

to "confessions of an indoor cyclist" I haven't ridden outside since xmas vacation in TX (and it makes me miss two hour rides in the rain @ 70 degrees!). Tonight - quasiSST: And with an invite to Cali, that is going to be hard to pass up. Hason has been talking about Gibralter for as long as he has been living there, and despite several trips into his hood, not one of them did I have a

More skating, more soreness, rollers and fun...

2007-01-08T01:02:00.000-07:00

Skated with good Jess today. kicked my butt... those aren't recoveries... those are our lessons. Then an hour on the rollers later this evening... leaves me @ 50.0 CTL and upward sloping... Followed by some late night coaching. As an aside, I have been using the Tacx indoor training tires (since for the last three months baring the xmas rides I have been inside) and they rule..

Upward...

2007-01-04T20:35:00.000-07:00

and on the continuing path definitely the right direction. Reminds me of Road to Paris quote...to paraphrase "the hardest part isn't pushing the envelope, it is just getting back to where you were before" So true as 250w last night could have been 500w. And in the past, I have done 300 and felt great. Clearly for me it is time to get to CS work. I am having difficulty making it work in 3d

Clients left to their own devices...

2007-01-04T12:45:00.000-07:00

Always good to see what a client will do when given the opportunity to plan their own workout... Here is an example. Client "A" was left with a day or two without workouts planned, primarily to see what he would do with the time. His CTL is hovering in the 77-82 range and still ramping up towards his first "A" race in Feb. He reads Uhl's post here and is inspired to try the same thing to

Updates...

2007-01-02T09:20:00.000-07:00

Let's see... Without metabloic testing... Powerpedals. Don't feel anything - never feel the clutch engaging, can't even make it engage if trying. myabe I spin circles or something but man, I can't get these to "work". Side Mount Pedals - they are on the trainer bike right now (Thanks Steve @ SMp). Excellent build quality, interesting idea. I am undecided as of yet (and do plan to cart

The comback trail...

2006-12-18T01:46:00.000-07:00

is a long steep climb... after a non-season and some time off the bike, here is the rolling fourteen day "picture": ain't there yet, but Wednesday through Monday should rack up the score and put me significantly over the 50 mark. leaving me 7 weeks to add 50ish point if I am to be ready for VOS... hmmm....7 CTL per week seems doable... g

Gettin there...

2006-12-13T09:50:00.000-07:00

14days, 13 rides and only 2 outside. Guess this is why I try to find whatever stimulation I can (CT, TA, SRMonline - I actually like all three running simultaneously)...plus a TV or PC running cycling content and now (potentially) the new hillSimulator (more on that later)... I think I found a solution for my on-ride TA problem here and I will hopefully be riding outside like a full dork with

First REAL ride on the ibike...

2006-12-09T20:45:00.000-07:00

I played with it one day outside before. But didn't really calibrate it well (didn't weight bike+rider+kit). Today, almost two weeks later weather, babysitters and fate finally conviened for me to ride outside with it again. This time I paid attention to the calibration. I had a great ride with Jess, then dropped him off and set off on the cotton bottom/wasatch loop again. Ran into Kevin

Force-Velocity testing with a SRM + Torque Analysis

2006-12-06T00:50:00.000-07:00

I have posted here before aboutTA, but this seems like an interesting application... Andy posted this today: Coming full circle... And so I jumped right in. I thought the TA would also provide some insight (see plot above of my fourth and best run). Justin went first and did well (with a peak of 1097w). I now had a target and did my runs. I hit a nice 1215w (the best I have ever

Adding Altitude data to an SRM file...

2006-12-05T14:00:00.000-07:00

This is something I have wanted to do for some time. I have begged Uli to add it, I have tracked it myself with other devices,but just now spent some time getting this to work. Now, understand, this isn't a realtime recording of altitude within the SRM, but the ability to track, record and display in for rides within WKO+. First, you will need a altitude device. This could be Topo! software

Un-friggin-believable...

2006-12-05T00:27:00.000-07:00

Really... all for a ringtone no more tonight after reading that... g

More to come today...

2006-12-04T12:35:00.000-07:00

I have spent some time working on an idea lately, I will post more tonight about it... This weekend sucked as it was freezing a$$ cold and I chose not to ride outside. Sat was CT/Powercranks day (did I just admit to riding those?). First ride on the PC for the year and I busted out a full hour. If you have ever tried them, you would know that is difficult. I am still not convienced of the

Coming soon....

2006-11-09T21:50:00.000-07:00

http://motorsport.wattagetraining.com/

Ok...

2006-11-09T19:17:00.000-07:00

So I finally entered a new era... Next season I qualify as 35+ Weird considering I turned 34 on Tuesday. :/ Anyway... I have the most awesome wife in the world... Life is HD goodnes... g

Been a while...

2006-11-07T00:14:00.000-07:00

since I was hangin around here... Thanks to Dave for the following: (not that I asked, I "borrowed") to which I have to say... DAMN!I look FAT... not phat, but the other kind. with Valley 15 weeks away,guess I will go against my own advice of 1# per week and look to almost 1.5-2 per. Guess I will be hungry for a while. Thanks to Sandy and Guardie for the great (and positive!)

2006-10-10T22:19:00.000-06:00

just republished with a out the box template as my archives were hosed...also turned on comments. so feel free to share.will bring it back inline soon...g

Fun with TA...

2006-09-21T01:27:00.000-06:00

Not wanting to stick to my plan (due to catching my kids colds and loosing the temporary crown I have) I thought I would play some more with the TA now that I have it working. One of the first things I did was run three cycles with the erg set to 100, 200 and 300 watts. Here is what it looks like: Here is how the data is gathered: Dunno if it is really useful yet or not... but

More diligent than ever before...

2006-09-18T01:40:00.000-06:00

well, I have been... and the TM is coming along to reflect it.. and that chart takes me out to CX State Champs... am I going to be state champ? Hell's no, not with the A and A+ fields combined this year... but I sure would like to be competitive. And it wouldn't hurt my chances @ VOS to roll into Nov (!) with CTL hovering @ the 100 mark and power @ 310w (and w/kg of 3.75)

An excellent weekend...

2006-09-11T10:01:00.000-06:00

after a crappy thrusday/friday of crashing (not physically, but I was cashed from a CTL of 66 and topping it off with MB)... Sat was a great ride with the good Jess up to Snowbird for Octoberfest. Now I remember why I don't ride LCC very often... because it is HARD! Totally consistant non-stop climbing. But the Octoberfest Black Beir was SO worth it... Sunday Lori and I got out together

Prepping for Cyclocross

2006-09-01T13:16:00.000-06:00

I have said it before, but cyclocross is about my favorite time of the year. While I haven't raced much (3 whole TTs) this season, and I haven't really trained much either, I am getting excited about the possibility of CX season. So here is what I have been doing to prepare (and as a corralary, prep for VOS): CTL is breaking 60 after today's ride and rapidly headed for the 100 mark..

Using a new posting tool...

2006-09-01T12:44:00.000-06:00

Here's hoping that it works out ok... BRB with more TA and PMC fun... g

2006-08-28T22:38:00.000-06:00

Success!After much time and frustration, my SRM Torque Analysis is fully functional!I say much time and frustration as I have spent some time in getting this to work. So a little background.Some time ago I sold my SRM Pro to get a one off FSA SRM in Science spec (thanks again Uli!). But not wanting to run said unit for CX and a few other conditions, I was on the lookout for another Pro unit. I

2006-08-28T12:23:00.000-06:00

so I have been consistant, but not here...past three days with three climbs - millcreek friday, emmigration solo on sat and with Jess sunday.still slow and heavy (192#s today) but with 25 weeks to VOS, hopefully w/kg will go from 2.99 today to 4.59 by then...with a nice 3.96 at the tail end of CX season...oh, yeah, cx is coming. running (ugh) and cx bike riding. I fixed up the cx bike so far,

2006-08-06T20:20:00.000-06:00

Milestones...100TSS rolling 7d average. Crossed today. Feels good. Means fitness is coming, now for that whole kg thing...The TM for is at the left...Need to plan beyond the next two weeks... and after the 3 days of zeros, the running begins (my only dislike about cross - the damn cross training!)...So can I GOVSS score the run and equate a GOVSS to a TSS number? Anyone?gP.S. Still behind on

2006-08-02T09:56:00.000-06:00

progress...well, while not posting every day, I have gotten better. No photo today, but the TM is looking good. I am still a bit behind because of a few unplanned days off, but perhaps if Michael comes out this weekend, we can pop some 200-300TSS rides out and get ahead of the curve.FWIW, I did 2x~20s tuesday outside for the first time in a LONG time (be on the erg for so muchtime). It felt

2006-07-30T10:56:00.000-06:00

while my posting hasn't been consistant, at least my riding has...I am a little behind the planning curve due to the two weeks with my wife travelling, but I can make it up a bit and get back inline this week (and by hitting my 300 points planned today (ON THE TRAINER!)Also will do the next 2-3 weeks of planning tonight. That should be fun... I really need to write a tool to do it more automated

2006-07-25T20:06:00.000-06:00

Consistency...Yes, I lack it. In my personal life and as an athlete.I preach it as a coach, and consider it to be the one defining needs of most clients to start reaching their goals.And so from now on, I plan to take a little of my own medicine...I have been using the TrainingManager (tm'd yet AC?) with my clients for some time now, but it was only recently that I started toying with it for

2005-12-12T14:25:00.000-07:00

Ah, Winter is here if full force...I dunno if we have even broken freezing this week!And what a joy to the bike it is... even with fenders...At least climbing up the new climb to wasatch by the construction with running snowmelt and mud makes you feel like a hardman.And you have to kind of ask yourself, should I be riding this new $5200 SRM in it?But then again, what better way to test it out?

2005-12-12T14:19:00.000-07:00

It's here...http://wattagetraining.com/gallery/fsaSRMenjoy (weight photo included)...and a couple of things I have noticed already:1) there is a highlighted note in the cut sheet that came with it that the new head unit now has a polar HR chip in is and they recommend the t61 CODED strap to be used with the unit.2) the new spider design is nice, and is a significant design change from the old.

Re: [Wattage] NP and 'Cross

2005-10-28T01:15:00.000-06:00

Yes, Sorry for the delay...Couple of thoughts...First, above is a four race files in a single Quadrant Analysis from me from last year...I was going much faster last year at this time so this is more valuablethan this year's files I have been generating.Also, all of my race files from last year can be found here:wattagetraining.com/cross/ (as mentioned here before).As to the analysis Andy was

Solution...

2005-08-25T11:02:00.000-06:00

Almost a year ago, I moved to my crackberry - and can never go back.But there are a few things that I used to do on the ol' palm that are unsupported on the BB.One that I use the most is my diet tool balancelog.Well, I hate to haul 2 devices around, but I think I have the solution:abacusWatchesShould be here soon,Will update then.Gsent wirelessly via my CrackBerry...greg

UT State Crit

2005-06-12T00:09:00.000-06:00

Has been good to WattageTraining Clients and RMCC (rmcconline.com) as well.Curt Doman was within a half a wheel of doubling his Utah State ChampionStatus, taking second in the cat5s.Colgan with 13th and Klonizos with 15th in the cat4s.Kelly Jones with 8th in the Masters35+.And David Blades, just off the podium with 4th in the cat3s.Tomorrow's TT should be as producive...g

We've been busy...

2005-06-08T02:20:00.000-06:00

But we will be more active starting now...We have had a great year so far, including having our juniors win a NRC crit, a New Utah State Champion, a cat3 track upgrade and it is only June.More great things to come,Greg

New Years Eve

2005-01-01T01:51:00.000-07:00

This is my first email post, let's hope I don't have to correct it.Well, it is new years by about 1.25hrs. I just got off the trainer. Didn't notice that it had come and gone. Hurting in the middle of some threshold and threshold with bursts intervals.And it looks like the weather will be providing more trainer time for tomorrow.Ouch.

2004-12-05T22:20:00.000-07:00

Two great rides today... Late afternoon ride in -2 degrees C alone. Felt great to 1) be on my road bike again (on the cross since oct) and 2) be on the road (no the trianer). Then another 30 mins on the ol' rollers. A little Saliva "wear dark glasses like the cops in Texas", then this and off to bed.

2004-12-04T22:18:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I am an idiot. Got up, ate right, cleaned bike, loaded up and drove to the last cross race of the season. Well, actually drove to what I thought was going to be the last cross race of the season. It would have, if I had driven to the right venue that is. Too late and not enough time to get there I sulk home with my tail between my legs.

2004-11-27T22:11:00.000-07:00

Race Ten, second to last. Ran the first half lap feeling good, came onto the pavement in 6th and help on to the pack. Right hand turn down a hill, onto dirt. Too hot, on the brakes and BAM! down I go, everyone else passes me. I continue on, but fall there two more times. Thanks to my wife and her father for coming out, as well as the team (Michael, Dave, Ryan and family)! More info here.

2004-11-21T13:07:00.000-07:00

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS - 35 starters. Finished 16th. Could have gone harder, cold, snow, wet. For the first time all season, they started all racers (A's and A+, plus there was a 35+ field too) at the same DAMN time. It was mayhem, no parade lap like two weeks prior, just 100m then BAM! singletrack. I tried to let most of th A+'s through as I could, but still entered the singletrack fairly well

2004-11-07T13:05:00.000-07:00

Started great, drifted back in first half of first lap, but felt so go (like I was going @ 65%) that I moved up before the singeltrack on lap 2. Went in the single in ~5th. Was rolling good and the pack was breaking up with a gap opening after 6th place. Then rolled front tire (first time EVER). End of race. File is here.

2004-11-06T13:04:00.000-07:00

Felt horrible, spent first 3 laps trying to hold breakfast down. Finished race as a training excercise. File can be found here.

2004-11-03T23:30:00.000-07:00

check the date...yeah, I know, it says 04, but today, 05 started in ernest. riding a trianer, in the garage @ 10:00 @ night. that kind of in ernest. goals for this week/month? record data for 21 (the requirement for habit forming)... that includes food in, weight, %fat, morning HR, # of steps per day, and workout with descriptions. Call it an early New Years resolution... The beginning of a

2004-10-24T11:59:00.000-06:00

First CX race of the season for me (there had been four before, but @ sunny and 80°F, didn't seem like cross to me). I got my butt whipped, felt bad, but wasn't last! The day prior I had the SRM on board, but batt died 10m into the race. The file can be found here.

2003-09-16T11:31:00.000-06:00

so I was riding today... early morning toodle. it's getting cold in the mornings, I had to come back and pic up my vest cause I was too cold, even with arm warmers on... and after running down to cotton bottom, and starting to climb up to wasatch by hog's wallow, I looked down. I guess I have been living here in the mountains for a while now... it really is starting to change me. My legs

2003-09-15T11:29:00.000-06:00

this is a new post... thanks, g

2003-09-11T12:01:00.001-06:00

this is a test 2

2003-09-11T12:01:00.000-06:00

this is a test