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Fantastic song. I was not as excited about the rest of the album.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Day Off
Took a day off the bike yesterday. Not a low TSS day, not even a recovery spin, but an entire day without sitting in the saddle. Have been pushing quite a bit lately and yesterday I was just totally beat.
Did a couple hours of tempo this morning and felt great. Tomorrow, back to the intervals.
Did a couple hours of tempo this morning and felt great. Tomorrow, back to the intervals.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Weight 3: Equipment
So if you are going to go through all the hard work of eating like a cyclist, you start to think about the weight of your equipment. These are expensive thoughts.
Weight 2
I have probably spent less time thinking about my body weight than 95% of “elite” cyclists. I have always been more focused on power. I have a pretty high metabolism, am lean with no jiggly sections, and always assumed that my power would suffer if I was to lose weight.
Some things that got me reconsidering…
Bradley Wiggins in this year’s Tour.
Little Contador beat Cancellara in a mostly flat TT. I would have never thought this possible.
A year ago, by a layperson’s standards, my diet was pretty poor. I constantly overate and consumed tons of pure garbage. For a cyclist, my diet was just abysmal.
I still have some leftover upper body “vanity muscle” from my weightlifting days.
I am one of the heaviest climber guys around.
For the past couple of months, I have really tried to watch my diet. I rarely eat to the point of feeling bloated/uncomfortable (remarkable restraint, huh?!?!?!) I seldom eat garbage (sugar, fast food, fried foods…) I am never hungry, but I do try to limit my calories. As a result, I weigh less than I ever have AND I am still able to do meaningful training.
Some things that got me reconsidering…
Bradley Wiggins in this year’s Tour.
Little Contador beat Cancellara in a mostly flat TT. I would have never thought this possible.
A year ago, by a layperson’s standards, my diet was pretty poor. I constantly overate and consumed tons of pure garbage. For a cyclist, my diet was just abysmal.
I still have some leftover upper body “vanity muscle” from my weightlifting days.
I am one of the heaviest climber guys around.
For the past couple of months, I have really tried to watch my diet. I rarely eat to the point of feeling bloated/uncomfortable (remarkable restraint, huh?!?!?!) I seldom eat garbage (sugar, fast food, fried foods…) I am never hungry, but I do try to limit my calories. As a result, I weigh less than I ever have AND I am still able to do meaningful training.
Weight
Been thinking A LOT about body weight lately.
Back in July, a fellow racer and I were talking about the previous weekend’s race.
Him: Man, that race was epic. It was a 2200 Kj day for me.
Me: Yep, I spent 3000 Kj.
Him: Holy hell! How much do you weigh?
Me: 165.
Him: Oh.
The “Oh” was delivered with such sincere sympathy. Dude felt sorry for the overweight 165-pounder. Only in cycling.
Back in July, a fellow racer and I were talking about the previous weekend’s race.
Him: Man, that race was epic. It was a 2200 Kj day for me.
Me: Yep, I spent 3000 Kj.
Him: Holy hell! How much do you weigh?
Me: 165.
Him: Oh.
The “Oh” was delivered with such sincere sympathy. Dude felt sorry for the overweight 165-pounder. Only in cycling.
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