Steven’s View Point

My wife gave me Robbie V’s video “Race Day” for Christmas. This morning I set up my rollers and settled in to watch the video. WOW did I have fun following Robbie around the course. I easily match his intensity levels for the whole 40 minutes, but…….. and a big but it is……… is the [...]

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I was looking for a dvd to watch while riding today and my son pulled the move “Wind” off the shelf. Today was supposed to be a 20 minute warm up, 40 minutes at 270 watts, and 30 minute cool down. During the sailing scenes I kept finding myself at 300+ watts. What movies, tv [...]

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My friend Paul sent me a link to a great article about aerodynamics. http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=tech/2008/features/jeffs_need_for_speed08

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Ok, it snowed the roads are ice and the temperature outside is to cold to ride. Your following a base building plan and getting the hours in, but the WKO+ Performance manager chart is not showing any improvement and the  CTL and TSB are just a flat line. It does not look like the “difficulty” [...]

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I didn’t get to ride on the roads this weekend. Snow flurries on Saturday and the forecast of snow on Sunday. I did do 2 hours of spin over the weekend. Saturday’s class was a strength ride and I turned Sunday’s ride in to a Anaerobic Endurance session. The upcoming week calls for 8 hours [...]

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Did spin class this morning, 50 minutes of pain. I burned 985 calories, according to my trusty Polar HR monitor. Today’s ride was a strength ride. We listened to some great music. The class was pretty close to full, 13 riders today.

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