Gearing up for the weekend

Oh what fun rollas are...it's easy to talk about it today, the day after the torture took place and another ride has replaced the foul memories of the 1.5 hrs that was prescribed by coach...the ride was going to be done outside but temps and late work hours force it me inside, or at least the garage! I had to warm up for 45 min then a nice z3 20 min tempo at 95-105 rpm...nailed it! Got a good sweat on too...at this time of year and training are at a premium, cool temps and low efforts keep the sweat at bay for the most part...tonight was a nice on fo sho!

A little side shot of the garage and my bike haven at my house...i love biking! How do you like the jersey...it reminds me of some good ole times before kids and a real job...road trip to kaliforna form the berg was off the hizzy fo reazza fo shizzy!

Today's workout was to be 1.5 hrs with 10x spin ups to 120 rpm in the smallest gear...not my favorite type ride fo sho but it, done...and the weather today was fabulous! It got up to about 74 today and nuttin but sunshine...made for a great way to end the day! I rode on the trace today which was very quite and perfect for the plan today!

Tuesday the 2 a day

Today was my true second 2 a day...i love saying that! It makes me feel so goal oriented and professional...cause why else would someone who does this training and racing thing on the side just for fun be already putting in 2 a days in November 08 for races that aren't happening until March 09 at the earliest...it's like my boy wesson and i were talking about...I just love training! Call me crazy but i love the structure it provides and I just love to ride and workout so it works???

This morning was my 1st attempt to getting up early to do 1 of the workouts planned today...I set the alarm for 6a...after 2 swats at the snooze I pulled myself out of bed around 6:20 and by 6:30 I was out the door for a 10 minute jog to warm up then back to the garage to do my 50 minutes of strength training...it went well! Starting to get stronger already!

Tonight's ride was short and very controlled! Only 1:10 rt scheduled but structured out the arse...10x 1 min max cadence sets, 8x 2 min spin ups, and 8x 3 min 1 leg drills...it went really smooth until the last few sets of the 1 legged drills...i could barely finish them...the hips were done...the felt just helpless after a while...good stuff!

I got very cold towards the end of the ride...only about 50 degrees but i was under dressed and brought the wrong gloves...my hands were frozen...hey i'm from south MS i don't do cold weather...i'll need to make a mental note to bring back up cloths in the car!

last few days

The weekend was fun. They're always too short but always fun! There was very little planned in the dabbs household for the weekend except for 2 rides(not very long), R and R, and FOOTBALL...i know, I like to participate in sports with spandex but i love to watch big dudes try and decapitate each other...i love the primal instinct that FB has inside the game...plus the battle in the trenches is the best!

Saturday was suppose to be 2.45 hrs on the mtb and had planned to meet with B Rad in Jackson to ride Ridgeland...but rain on Friday killed that for me...so at about 11a i got going...with winds in the 25+mph range and temps around 50 I headed out on the road. It was a pleasant 50 miler with not much activity happening...just spinning in z2 and putting some miles in...good times!

Sunday was not much more eventful...I love cooking breakfast for the family on the weekends, actually starting to do it more than just weekends...I figure mom cooks dinner and likes to sleep in so I can lend a hand here and there... ;-)
I got out on the road around 11:30a to get my 2.15 hrs in. I was to include 2x 10 min tempos at a slow cadence up a small hill...since the HR wasn't working i had to guesstimate the effort i was using but i think i got it pretty close...the cadence stayed around 65 rpm which was right on...could feel the burn in the hips and quads...

Monday was back to work and a pretty laxed day as far as training was concerned...just an hour of yoga...um, what? I am about as flexible as metal pole...the ole power lifter in me just don't bend in strange positions...but i'm always up for a challenge...i think.?. I warmed up for about 5-8 minutes then went into a series of flexibility positions...some felt good, some were easy, some sucked and hurt...i didn;t do those to long...like not at all. Ended up with about 35 minutes of pure yoga...i think i will monitor this and might start incorporating Pilate's and stretching to help out with hot spots...

So far so good...I'll post later o Tuesday's workout!

easy friday...i guess

i was enjoying today off from work...i love not working!

yesterday's workout was very interesting...i have never done one legged drills before so it was new and fun...

plan was 1 hours with 7 sets of...30 sec R, 30 sec L, 1 minute both...increasing rpm by 5 each set...and that's what i did...last set was hard...found lots of dead spots in the pedal stroke at 115 rpm with one leg...hamstrings were tight afterwards...but nice sweat as i did the workout on rollers.

today...was another two a day...with an hour of strength training and 30 minutes on the rollers afterwards...the strength workout was suppose to be an hour but even with 3 sets of the planned workout it only took me 40/45 minutes...but i did ride for 40 minutes by mistake...

another good day but only 5 days down out of 13 weeks...got a ways to go!!!

weekends planned rides should give me another 5 hours on the bike...my favorite!!!!!