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I do know about Le Buzz. Breakfast there is awesome as well.
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@revchuck: Another nice place to sit and have a drink or food is TimeMarket near the U. Lots of cyclists to watch through the large street facing windows.
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@revchuck: Another nice place to sit and have a drink or food is TimeMarket near the U. Lots of cyclists to watch through the large street facing windows.
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Thanks, @robabeatle! The place I'm staying at is off of East Catalina, so Le Buzz is more convenient. How does it look for Saturday at the Shootout?
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I didn't know they had multiples. I'll probably be there for that one, no telling which I'll start with.
I climbed Kitt Peak today. I had my doubts about it, but did much better than last year. That said, I was moving at just over "all ducks pass on the left" speed. A young guy passed me on the way up going fast enough that I almost did the Wylie The Coyote spin when he was passed by the Roadrunner. I saw him at the top and we spoke for a few minutes, nice guy, in Tucson to train, from the Northeast.
As much as I loved the descent down Mt. Lemmon, I hated the descent from Kitt Peak. The road is in much worse shape, and the top few miles had apparently been sanded during last weekend's snow, so there were 30-40 mph corners with sand in random spots. I touched the brakes maybe three times coming down Mt. Lemmon, but descended today with my hands in the drops and my fingers on the brakes levers the whole way down.
~11k of climbing in two days, I think I'm tired.
I climbed Kitt Peak today. I had my doubts about it, but did much better than last year. That said, I was moving at just over "all ducks pass on the left" speed. A young guy passed me on the way up going fast enough that I almost did the Wylie The Coyote spin when he was passed by the Roadrunner. I saw him at the top and we spoke for a few minutes, nice guy, in Tucson to train, from the Northeast.
As much as I loved the descent down Mt. Lemmon, I hated the descent from Kitt Peak. The road is in much worse shape, and the top few miles had apparently been sanded during last weekend's snow, so there were 30-40 mph corners with sand in random spots. I touched the brakes maybe three times coming down Mt. Lemmon, but descended today with my hands in the drops and my fingers on the brakes levers the whole way down.
~11k of climbing in two days, I think I'm tired.
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There is the regular Shootout at 7:30: domestics, cat 1 &2s,+ other fast guys (lots of surges). The early or Old Man Shootout is always 15 minutes earlier: older racers, + other guys (fast but not as many surges).
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I'll definitely be there for the first one!
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I've been to the gym four times this week for strength, core and stretching. Today was the best I've felt so far. Coach has me doing one set rather than two of the exercises, and because my back can't handle impacts, I'm leaving some of the calisthenics out. However, I have added a whole series of planks and other core exercises to the quiver. My body tends towards being stiff, it is taking longer these days to loosen up, not just warm up. The best remedy for that is to keep moving, being sedentary just cements my whole body and I have to break through the menge to get moving again.
Yesterday I put in 30 minutes on the super nice spin bikes they have at the gym. The things generate metrics, and by RPE they're pretty accurate. They also have a bozillion adjustments so I can get the fit very close. I installed an app on my phone to capture the metrics. The bike transmits via bluetooth to a central computer in the room and displays the numbers as well as virtual rider, a-la Zwift, on a big screen in the room. The app grabbed it all, BUT, I discovered that it doesn't export what it's captured! Crap. I emailed the app developer, and they actually answered, saying they were coming out with an update that would enable export. They also asked what I would like to see on their app. Nice! I did give a few suggestions.
It rained here again this morning. So, the 30 minutes on the bike will wait until this afternoon, or it will be Zwift.
On another note, there is major flooding in San Jose along Coyote Creek. Hellyer Velodrome sits on Coyote Creek. I hope it doesn't wash away....
Yesterday I put in 30 minutes on the super nice spin bikes they have at the gym. The things generate metrics, and by RPE they're pretty accurate. They also have a bozillion adjustments so I can get the fit very close. I installed an app on my phone to capture the metrics. The bike transmits via bluetooth to a central computer in the room and displays the numbers as well as virtual rider, a-la Zwift, on a big screen in the room. The app grabbed it all, BUT, I discovered that it doesn't export what it's captured! Crap. I emailed the app developer, and they actually answered, saying they were coming out with an update that would enable export. They also asked what I would like to see on their app. Nice! I did give a few suggestions.
It rained here again this morning. So, the 30 minutes on the bike will wait until this afternoon, or it will be Zwift.
On another note, there is major flooding in San Jose along Coyote Creek. Hellyer Velodrome sits on Coyote Creek. I hope it doesn't wash away....
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My training was going pretty well, my first race is next weekend, but i got a cold and i'm sitting here watching my blue line plummet. tried to ride the trainer yesterday but lungs hurt too much to do anything over z2.
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+1. Get well quickly! I recommend nap intervals.
Enjoying the heck out of being in Tucson. Did about 1:15 at recovery pace yesterday, two hours at endurance pace today. I'm about 300 feet short of the climbing I did here last year, and I've got two more days of riding still. Shootout tomorrow, ~four hours of riding somewhere (TBD) Sunday. I'll get home on Mardi Gras night.
Enjoying the heck out of being in Tucson. Did about 1:15 at recovery pace yesterday, two hours at endurance pace today. I'm about 300 feet short of the climbing I did here last year, and I've got two more days of riding still. Shootout tomorrow, ~four hours of riding somewhere (TBD) Sunday. I'll get home on Mardi Gras night.
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Thanks everyone. Feeling better today, did some tempo on Zwift. I think by race day I should be OK. I think i'm going race both the aero and the Merx cats, since i only get a few race days a year now, may as well maximize them. OTOH, never did i finish a TT and say "i wanna go again"
LAJ - keep dodging! When my husband came down with it, I pretty much knew i was doomed. we tried really hard, but tough to avoid passing it around.
revchuck, Tucson is such a great training vacation spot, glad you are getting to enjoy it.
LAJ - keep dodging! When my husband came down with it, I pretty much knew i was doomed. we tried really hard, but tough to avoid passing it around.
revchuck, Tucson is such a great training vacation spot, glad you are getting to enjoy it.
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Skintervals.
18k foot of vertical yesterday. 8k today. Amazing snow conditions. Legs are beat.
Bought some new boards (Nordica Enforcer 93's) as a birthday present to me, finally got to try them out yesterday. Stunning skis.
Flying to SoCal for the UCI Track Cup in a few hours.
18k foot of vertical yesterday. 8k today. Amazing snow conditions. Legs are beat.
Bought some new boards (Nordica Enforcer 93's) as a birthday present to me, finally got to try them out yesterday. Stunning skis.
Flying to SoCal for the UCI Track Cup in a few hours.
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I rode my bike on the trainer yesterday and today. Nothing hard. It was cold. Still, it was totally delicious.
I said up thread "no races until April" but I forgot I have a 40K TT a week from Sat. Should be fun, having been on the TT bike so little time of late...
Also: at some point I really need to step back on the scale. I kind of don't want to know.
I said up thread "no races until April" but I forgot I have a 40K TT a week from Sat. Should be fun, having been on the TT bike so little time of late...
Also: at some point I really need to step back on the scale. I kind of don't want to know.
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Did the Shootout yesterday, it did not go swimmingly. No problem with the rollout; when the pace kicked up to normal speed, at 14 minutes in I started to get serious pain, just this side of cramping, in my quads, and in spite of how hard it felt I was pushing on the pedals, I filtered out the back. I was bummed, to say the least. I was fortunate to have a couple of guys, one a coach for one of the local Juniors teams (El Grupo) and another a local Master's racer who cut his ride short due to a chest cold, shepherd me back in. I recovered enough to ride decently on the way back in.
3:14 at endurance pace today. I made no attempt to light any fireworks this morning though I did have to push up a couple of short, sharp climbs. I maintained good, steady power for the ride, so it was beneficial.
Totals for the week: ~ 19 hours, 301 miles, 18852 feet of climbing, TSS 1078, CTL 91 (that won't last), TSB -35. Most climbing and highest TSS to date, and I damned sure feel it!
3:14 at endurance pace today. I made no attempt to light any fireworks this morning though I did have to push up a couple of short, sharp climbs. I maintained good, steady power for the ride, so it was beneficial.
Totals for the week: ~ 19 hours, 301 miles, 18852 feet of climbing, TSS 1078, CTL 91 (that won't last), TSB -35. Most climbing and highest TSS to date, and I damned sure feel it!
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5 week long block of LT is finally done. Weights were cut off 2 weeks ago, but there was no rest for the wicked. Kind of smashed in right now.
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I've been doing easy stuff on the trainer on the road bike since my eye surgery a week ago. It has been all about cadence of late, might as well do something productive while I've got some sort-of down time. I think in yesterday's workout, I wound up doing something like 70 min with a cadence of 105 rpm. Not the mightiest power output, but its still hard to do. Getting easier though.
Saw my eye doc for my 1 week follow-up today. Everything is really good right now with the eyes. Right eye's vision is 20/20 and the left eye (the recently operated one) is lagging behind but coming along. Everything looks quiet in the eye, which is good and lenses look nice.
I mentioned to doc that I was planning on a 40K TT this Sat. He asked a few questions as to what that would be like and then said, "Um: No". Too much too soon, he'd like me to go a little easier on the TT bike for a few weeks.
But I am cleared to ride on the road. First road ride in a week is scheduled for 4:25am tomorrow, meeting a friend to ride and then get coffee. The whole plan sounds delicious to me.
Oh yeah and my weight is up, between going on vacation and eating/drinking too much and having a few weeks of light activity on the bike. So I've got to get on top of that, started a "diet" yesterday. Which isn't really a diet so much as being back to counting calories and making a point of just eating what is actually intended to eat and what is good for me. As opposed to all the stray calories that I tend to grab as the opportunity presents itself.
Overall though I feel like I'm almost all the way hacked through the jungle. And I still have some life left in my machete.
Saw my eye doc for my 1 week follow-up today. Everything is really good right now with the eyes. Right eye's vision is 20/20 and the left eye (the recently operated one) is lagging behind but coming along. Everything looks quiet in the eye, which is good and lenses look nice.
I mentioned to doc that I was planning on a 40K TT this Sat. He asked a few questions as to what that would be like and then said, "Um: No". Too much too soon, he'd like me to go a little easier on the TT bike for a few weeks.
But I am cleared to ride on the road. First road ride in a week is scheduled for 4:25am tomorrow, meeting a friend to ride and then get coffee. The whole plan sounds delicious to me.
Oh yeah and my weight is up, between going on vacation and eating/drinking too much and having a few weeks of light activity on the bike. So I've got to get on top of that, started a "diet" yesterday. Which isn't really a diet so much as being back to counting calories and making a point of just eating what is actually intended to eat and what is good for me. As opposed to all the stray calories that I tend to grab as the opportunity presents itself.
Overall though I feel like I'm almost all the way hacked through the jungle. And I still have some life left in my machete.
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I did just over an hour at recovery pace yesterday before I started the drive home, brought me to just over 19.5k feet for the trip. I've had weeks where I got less elevation here than on that recovery ride.
Home now, dog tired from the drive. The new Focus was great on the trip, but that car really needs either a stick or more choices than just "D" and "L" for forward gears. The high-end version comes with paddle shifters, I understand. Pushing down on the accelerator makes it drop two gears, going from 2,500 rpm to 5,000 (redline is ~6,500) when an intermediate gear would be just fine. Interestingly, on cruise control, it'll just drop down one gear at a time. And I-10's pavement in Texas is really loud in spots, had to crank the stereo somewhat just to hear the music.
1:30 at recovery pace tomorrow with fast pedal intervals. Good chance of rain tomorrow, so I'm going to ride the Ridley since it's already dirty from Tucson.
Home now, dog tired from the drive. The new Focus was great on the trip, but that car really needs either a stick or more choices than just "D" and "L" for forward gears. The high-end version comes with paddle shifters, I understand. Pushing down on the accelerator makes it drop two gears, going from 2,500 rpm to 5,000 (redline is ~6,500) when an intermediate gear would be just fine. Interestingly, on cruise control, it'll just drop down one gear at a time. And I-10's pavement in Texas is really loud in spots, had to crank the stereo somewhat just to hear the music.
1:30 at recovery pace tomorrow with fast pedal intervals. Good chance of rain tomorrow, so I'm going to ride the Ridley since it's already dirty from Tucson.
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Rode Zwift yesterday. @valygrl passed me, gave me the elbow, then dropped me.
Heading up to ski today. Racing Saturday with low expectations.
Heading up to ski today. Racing Saturday with low expectations.
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First ride back on the road this am, 25 miles with 1400 ft climbing and an average temp of 37F. Rode with a Nightcrawler friend, who wound up drawing me into a stronger-than-I-intended effort up the first very short hill. Felt good so I just rode all the hills right around threshold. I'm supposed to kind of go easy per eye doc but I think threshold efforts are fairly easy, right?
@valygrl dropping someone? Nah, she would never do something like that.
@valygrl dropping someone? Nah, she would never do something like that.
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