Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Training and more training

I really only have 2 weeks of training time before shipping off to Montana to start the Great Divide ride June 15th. I will be busy packing and getting there days before and need to taper off at the end to be rested and ready to start June 15th. I have been cranking out 2 hour rides in the morning before work, often pedaling by 7am. Mixing mt bike rides up and through Tilden Park in the Berkeley hills and road rides to Orinda and back. Hoping to do a long ride 50 miles + with Greg this Friday before shipping out to Denver for a Union convention Saturday. Bringing the Richey Breakaway with me to continue training when not smoozing and sitting in meetings. There is bound to be plenty of good road riding from down town Denver to access. I don't think my schedule will allow me to do a few things I wanted to try before finishing my training routine. My 5th 100 miler of the year does not look possible due to work-family schedule. I completed 4 centuries, 3 in a six week period. I do not have time to do a two day "shakedown" ride with Greg. We were going to load up our bikes with all gear, food etc. and ride all day, camp, then ride the next day to test out tents, pads, stove, etc. There simply isn't the time. I did start a new job a few weeks ago as Director of large Bay are trade union, yes, slightly demanding of my time...But, I train when I can, most of the quality training is already done( really have ben prepping for this since last year) and in the legs anyway. I must start riding more with the bags loaded on my bike, that I can do. I plan on dropping the 29r off at Missing Link here in Berkeley and get my new XT drive train installed so I can do a few test rides and tweak/adjust it before setting out for Montana. all is fine considering, my legs feel good, I'm staying in the heart rate zone while riding and my physical being seems balanced. I could rest more, have less stress and I have strayed from the training diet in the last week or so, but all in all so far so good. 23 days.....

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