Friday, May 25, 2007
Heres shooting for next time
What a joke.....I was excited about going under 40 mins, and then I saw what everyone else did. I hate getting beat. Its interesting looking at shawns numbers and seeing what 15 watts and 10 lbs will do. I can pretty much guarantee that by July 31st (next geiger HC) I will be in the sub 35min time frame.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Words cant describe how happy I am right now
so my picture will have to do
Thats right folks I buried that fucker.
GEIGER GRADE HILL CLIMB:
Duration: 38:48
Work: 691 kJ
TSS: 76.2 (intensity factor 1.085)
Norm Power: 304
VI: 1.02
Distance: 7.75 mi
Min Max Avg
Power: 87 613 297 watts
Heart rate: 63 227 181 bpm
Cadence: 31 126 80 rpm
Speed: 0 26.2 11.9 mph
Pace 2:18 0:00 5:03 min/mi
Hub Torque: 23 545 169 lb-in
Crank Torque: 85 913 317 lb-in
Monday, May 21, 2007
Geiger hill climb
Tomorrow is Geiger hill climb. Little birdies tell me bobby j is going to be there going for the record…..other birdies place him last night at a little ol’tavern knocking back 8-12 beers. Should be interesting……I don’t think the record will be broken. As for me I think my new personal best will be achieved. Looking back at the results in 2003 when I first started I managed a 45:17 and then in 2004 I got a 44:21 and in 2007 3?:?? I would be super happy if I got under 40mins.
Friday, May 11, 2007
I have inherited a new training toy. A friend of mind just got a set of powercranks from a guy on the UNR team who made these torturous contraptions himself. For some odd reason he gave them to me to use…..I think he’s using me as the guinea pig, which is fine by me.
With a flip of the wrist the cranks were on by 10pm. Its too bad there’s no light out to test theses bad boys. I feel like an anxious kid the night before Christmas. So what do I do……I take them for a spin a few times around the block.
Absolutely amazing, I must have looked like a freak show (more then usual). My pedaling was off the mark by a lot. I am persistent and soldier on. I eventually can get a rhythm going for a bout 20seconds and then the wheels fall off.
I have been researching physiology journals on the powercranks as well as googeling them. The people were definitely not kidding about only being able to ride for 5mins before complete muscle (non-existent muscle) failure sets in. I know it’s going to take some time to get use to the technique as well as time to build the muscles to ride long distance. My plan is to use the cranks on my cross bike and just commute to school and work. I plan on continuing to do my intervals on my normal set of cranks “BURYING IT” if you will. If your reading this mike, this is the phrase I say in my mind as I am doing hill repeats.
With a flip of the wrist the cranks were on by 10pm. Its too bad there’s no light out to test theses bad boys. I feel like an anxious kid the night before Christmas. So what do I do……I take them for a spin a few times around the block.
Absolutely amazing, I must have looked like a freak show (more then usual). My pedaling was off the mark by a lot. I am persistent and soldier on. I eventually can get a rhythm going for a bout 20seconds and then the wheels fall off.
I have been researching physiology journals on the powercranks as well as googeling them. The people were definitely not kidding about only being able to ride for 5mins before complete muscle (non-existent muscle) failure sets in. I know it’s going to take some time to get use to the technique as well as time to build the muscles to ride long distance. My plan is to use the cranks on my cross bike and just commute to school and work. I plan on continuing to do my intervals on my normal set of cranks “BURYING IT” if you will. If your reading this mike, this is the phrase I say in my mind as I am doing hill repeats.
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