F*#KYEAHWEEKEND

Ever have an epic-ly great series of days?

Friday- rode and fixed bikes in the morning, then I started cleaning the shop.
I realized that the floor was coated in years of grease, tire sealant, and dirt. It took a bottle of White Lightning Clean Streak, a scrub brush, and 5 water changes in the mop bucket, but by the time I was finished, the floor was freakin’ gorgeous. I went to Wal-Mart for a new trash can (the old one looked like a bike shop had puked in it). Once I was back, we didn’t have much of a chance to sit around and stare at the awesomeness of the clean shop because a young couple came in looking for two mountain bikes. They left with a Cannondale Trail Sl Women’s bike and the last of our Gary Fishers- the (carbon) Superfly Singlespeed. Somewhere along the way, the UPS guy delivered my missing rear brake. Hell. Yes.

After work, Ryan and I met up with some friends at Half Shell- The Warthogs. WTF is a Warthog? Quick history lesson:
I asked the same thing more than 5 years ago when I saw people in “Warthog” running jerseys at a local trail run. Then, I was introduced to the friendliest group of people you could possibly imagine. They were great company on the trail, and would eventually invite me out on my first bike ride. With their encouragement, I kept at it, and, well, the rest is, for the most part, in the pages of this blog. They’re the type of people that, no matter what you do with your life, they’re always happy to hang out and catch up over a couple of beers.

Saturday- The “implied consent” 2-a-day.
I could not make up my mind as to which workout to do, so I did both. The first was trainer/circuit insanity, much like the previous one, but this time, 100Kj intervals and no rest. After a shower and 2nd breakfast, I put the rear brake on A9C#2 and headed for a couple of hot laps at Herb Parson’s Lake.  I rode a little with co-worker Kenny and a couple of his friends, but had to put the pedal down a few miles into the first lap. The geared bike is a freaking ROCKET. I made it around 2x in exactly 90 minutes.
On the trip back, my mom called. She was making tacos for dinner, and Ryan & I were invited. Hell. Yes. (again) Nothing like not having to cook after a hard day of training… especially when you can fall asleep at the table, only to be awakened by the thump of a bowl of strawberry shortcake next to your head.

Also, I hit 7,000 blog views for the month of January- a new record. At the time of this posting, I’m at 7,103.

Sunday- 4 hours of endurance.
I wasn’t sure how the ride would go after the previous day’s rides, but it was spot-on. Ryan and I made 76 miles (he actually detoured near the end for a few extra miles/intensity) in a little over 4 hours. Power numbers for my endurance rides are steadily increasing. I’m starting to feel like it’s going to be a good season. Hell. Yes. x 11ty billion

9 thoughts on “F*#KYEAHWEEKEND

  1. 6000 of those views were from me, I’m hoping you will post a picture of your new hair “style”!

  2. BTW can you blog how you do your workouts by having a running total of KJs?
    My indoor trainer measures power but I’m not sure how to show a running total.

  3. I’ll get a hair photo up eventually- posed photos are never good, so I’ll post the first one that happens naturally.
    The Kj display is available on my Garmin (500) when I’m using it with my Quarq powermeter.

  4. I’m sad the Superfly singlespeed frameset sold. What am I going to drool over when I come into the store if not that? It was my size and would be my ideal frame (if not for the fact that I love steel frames).

  5. Been meaning to reply in more detail about my “WTF” but got busy then forgot :)

    Not knowing what your body burns (and how fast it burns) how does your coach know what KJ to assign per workout? Also how do you measure during a workout seeing that KJ dosent scale with IF or PE in any way that im aware and HR monitors/power are a general guess at best of KJ burned. Not doubting the method, just wanting to understand the concept.

  6. Don’t over-think it- the goal isn’t really to burn an exact number of calories, it’s to make an interval workout on the trainer more interesting. I don’t know about you, but I find myself a lot more likely to push for a better time on a 200Kj interval than to just grind for a set wattage/time.

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