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04-13-16, 04:29 PM
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No riding today but I did pick up my new bike! I got a Giant TCR. Can't wait to ride it tomorrow!
04-13-16, 05:04 PM
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OMC
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Pics or it didn't happen! 
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Demain, on roule!
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Chuck
Demain, on roule!
04-13-16, 06:39 PM
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That feeling when you make a lasagna and then go on a fast group ride and come home really hungry and you forgot there was a lasagna and there's a lasagna!
04-13-16, 06:53 PM
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Did 2 hours easy-ish this morning and a moderately paced group ride this evening. 3.5 hrs total, 215 tss, 59 miles. Good day.
04-13-16, 07:15 PM
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tried to get in a quick 30min tonight with 5x3min @ 120%, got in 3 good ones and the 4th wasn't so good so I quit while I was ahead, considering I've done about zero vo2 work in months. gotta start somewhere
04-13-16, 07:49 PM
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The best part of the ride was watching TKP and my teammate, who obviously conned their (mutual) coach into letting them go on the ride by saying they were just going to sit in. There will be some explaining to do.
04-13-16, 07:55 PM
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Aside from the one pull on sand hill I don't think I'll face too much coach wrath, but given that teambro raced yesterday, he may be drawn and quartered.
Those mystery guys were definitely hammerheads!
Those mystery guys were definitely hammerheads!
04-13-16, 09:22 PM
#4586
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Another nice ride up the coast into work this morning, same route as last Wednesday. 60 miles, not too much climbing maybe 3000 feet. Stopped at Trouble for some toast and coffee in the Sunset before continuing into the city. Got 3, 8-10 minute efforts in along the way.
Probably should have done my other 3.5 hour route including 2x20, but it's not as fun!
Probably should have done my other 3.5 hour route including 2x20, but it's not as fun!
04-14-16, 08:13 AM
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Reading about ya'lls morning rides gives me motivation to ride in the morning... and then the alarm goes off and I snooze til work remembering i can still ride a few hours in the evening haha one of these days i'll get back into the morning routine.
Moderate ride tonight to loosen up the knee and some openers tomorrow. Weekend of crits ahead and then taking my Cat 3 upgrade!
Moderate ride tonight to loosen up the knee and some openers tomorrow. Weekend of crits ahead and then taking my Cat 3 upgrade!
04-14-16, 10:50 AM
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First ride on the new bike. 60 miles, 3000 feet climbing. I love it!
04-14-16, 11:08 AM
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looks sharp @rideaz!
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04-14-16, 11:09 AM
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Why is it that my Garmin only craps out on rides when I'm going really well?
04-14-16, 11:15 AM
#4591
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Finally got myself outside after about a month all indoors, felt good. 212 NP (0.87 IF) for 90mins. I had never noticed my outdoor power being all that much different from my indoor power in the past, but today, for whatever reason, it felt a lot easier sustaining 255-265w vs 240ish inside (at least as far as heart rate shooting up), although I don't have a long enough sample to know for sure. I feel slightly less inadequate though lol
04-14-16, 01:22 PM
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got on the rollers this morning to try and get some efforts in, just to feel like i did something this week. pretty much a total failure. definitely still feeling the effects of whatever sickness I had earlier this week. hoping this clears up by sunday.
04-14-16, 06:05 PM
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Recovery ride. One of those days where you find someone's wallet sitting on a sidewalk with everything still in it and turn it in to the police then a driver honks at you and yells out the window but he's yelling "nice bike!" instead of "get off the road" then you get a flat a mile from home and start walking because you don't want to use a co2 so close to your door and a team sponsor happens to be driving by in a pickup truck and gives you a ride the rest of the way.
04-14-16, 07:06 PM
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love those days.
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so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
04-14-16, 10:11 PM
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Wife recently discovered she likes spin class, so I joined her and a friend at Flywheel this evening. First time trying spin. Was really fun and a good workout.
They show everyone's "power" numbers (a mystery proprietary cumulative energy measurement) from time to time to make things competitive for those of us who like that sort of thing. Of course I "won" the class, but a couple of the other guys were dangerously close! There was a surprising number of guys there, maybe 30%.
They show everyone's "power" numbers (a mystery proprietary cumulative energy measurement) from time to time to make things competitive for those of us who like that sort of thing. Of course I "won" the class, but a couple of the other guys were dangerously close! There was a surprising number of guys there, maybe 30%.
04-15-16, 09:35 AM
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An hour each day this week. I think my BB bearings are shot.
04-15-16, 09:50 AM
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Openers through the park system on my way to work.
Side note: I was slightly worried when I bought the new commuter/pit bike that I would end up liking it better than my Ritchey Swiss Cross (my 'A' cyclocross bike). I needn't have worried. Such a delight to zip around on a race-ready Swiss Cross. It feels so frisky! That bike has some secret sauce or something. I love it.
Side note: I was slightly worried when I bought the new commuter/pit bike that I would end up liking it better than my Ritchey Swiss Cross (my 'A' cyclocross bike). I needn't have worried. Such a delight to zip around on a race-ready Swiss Cross. It feels so frisky! That bike has some secret sauce or something. I love it.