THUNDERBIRDS-2 vs. HAWKS-19

Taylor Collins of Thunderbird Energetica and I rode our bicycles out to the Southeast towns around Austin to do a little bit of energy bar testing on the local Hawk population. They did not seem to be very interested in the brightly colored packaging or the unsatisfactory hawk and eagle calls coming from our meager human bodies.

The ride we did was fun, nonetheless. I had to do some steady state intervals after over an hour of riding, so we slugged those out together. Then, when I finished my last interval, I threw down a little sprint. Just as I had finished, I sat up and saw yet another hawk flying directly in front and above me. If you've never explored the world from the seat of a bike, you should.

Steady State Intervals after 600kj

The even-numbered laps are the intervals. I always end my last one with a sprint.

Started with Jawbreaker and ended with Pantera. Throw some Big Business and Slayer in there and you've got yourself a nice little workout.

1.5hr Endurance Ride

No music today, just a 29mph North wind and a bunch of West Austin hills.

Tempo Intervals After 500kj

Started the ride off with some doom metal, then rolled into some instrumental work before starting the first interval with some hip hop.

The last hour was fun racing the sun home with a nice tailwind.

Steady State

Steady state intervals today. 6 reps x 4 min, with 1 min between. Oh, and I couldn't start them until I hit 600kj.
My Garmin froze up on me twice today. It was a little frustrating.

TRAINER TIME :(

It was pretty cold outside and was getting late because I've been working so much lately, so I jumped on the trainer for a 60 minute recovery ride. No music, just a great documentary.

Source Endurance Tactics Clinic

Adam Mills of Source Endurance, Joseph LaFico, Colton Jarisch, and myself coached a fantastic group of cyclists out in Fayetteville, TX this past weekend.

Here is Saturday's AM session with what I will call Group 2.

Here is Saturday's PM session with Group 1.

Sunday, we rode out to a top secret sprint training area. Here is the data from my bike:

Recovery Ride After Test

LT & VO2 Max Test

I went up to UT, plugged an oxygen hose into my mouth and rode a stationary bike to failure. These are the results.

Recovery Rides After Leakey

New Year's Leakey Rides

Day 1: North from Leakey up RR 336. This is by far the most beautiful ride in the area.

Day 2: South from Leakey toward Garner State Park, then East to Utopia, North past Lost Maples State Park, back down to Vanderpool, then West back to Leakey.

Day 3: West from Leakey to Camp Wood, then South on SH 55 for a little while, then back.

Steady State 5x4min

Post Christmas Lime Creek Ride

Zero Music, 113 Miles

Music Is My Training Savior

30min warm-up, 4x5min tempo intervals w/1min between, 30min cool-down

New Data Geek Blog

DATA GEEKERY HERE

Since I don't really use this blog much anymore, I've decided to turn it into a training journal. I am coached by Adam Mills of Source Endurance, so I have prescribed workouts throughout the week. I create playlists for each workout so that I don't have to think about the length of the intervals and just to make it so much more enjoyable.

To kick off this nerdy data/music blog, I did 5 5min tempo intervals with 1min between each today.

We'll see if I actually stick to this throughout the rest of the season.

Pedaling Again!

After 3 weeks of trying to let my hamstring tendon heal by not doing anything but sit at my computer, Chandler Collins and I decided to come up with a new plan. I had one Prolotherapy session over at ProloAustin and have been riding the track bike on the rollers in the garage since. Every day I ride just a little longer. The biggest pain has been getting used to being on a saddle for that long. I'm hoping I'll have my new road bike built up soon so I can get out of the garage and enjoy this amazing weather we've been blessed with.

Alchemy Bicycles just tacked up my new frame for the 2010 racing season. The raw state and flat shape of the tubes reminds me of my first "real" bmx race bike; a high-polished aluminum PK Ripper.

Livestrong, old footy, new bike

Lots of craziness going on in my life these days...

However, lots of things turning for the better.

I did the Livestrong ride the other day on my track bike. I'm dealing with an injury right now so I wasn't able to do the 90 mile with all my bros or get to talk uni-baller-ness with Lance. There's always next year, though. The good news is I have passed the 5 year mark since I did chemo for testicular cancer. What does this mean, you ask... Well, I am officially "cured" of cancer. Yay! No more expensive CT Scans and nasty gallons of barium sulfate to drink.

Some other good news is that my website is pretty much up and running. Check it out here.

I'm pretty stoked to have a new road bike soon from our team's new bike sponsor, Alchemy Bicycles. I think I'm about due for a new fit, so hopefully Dave over at Durata Training can get me hooked up once my new whip is built up.

I was organizing my external hard drive recently and ran across some old footage of me riding bmx at the skatepark in Liberty Hill and racing my old race car in Port Isabel, Corpus, and San Antonio. I miss the sound of those 4 little Honda cylinders screaming at me for more.

I'm about to try some Prolo Therapy with Brad Fullerton over at ProloAustin followed by some chiropractic work with Dr. Chandler Collins. Hopefully, my 2010 season will start off well with these two guys on my side.


Soooo many riders this year. It was awesome!

I rode in honor of Jane Miller, a friend's Mom who is fighting Stage 4 Breast Cancer.

My poor track bike was missing its matching front wheel, a massive gear, and the banked walls of the velodrome. Yes, that is a seat bag on a track bike... DON'T LAUGH!



Jake Conard and I cruising through the Great Southwest Trails in Fort Worth in the Fall of 2004



Ramp Ranch Spring of 2004 on one of the first Liquor frames with my geometry



Ramp Ranch early Spring of 2004 on a Terrible One Barcode thanks to Joe Rich

Dad's winning, too!

My Dad won his heat race and the feature Saturday night in Kyle and I won the last two Driveway Crits. Rogers = winners!


Next weekend is the Tour of Austin. Come out and watch people pedal their butts off for a bunch of cash. It's way more fun when people are yelling from the sidelines.

Fitzhugh – Pedernales – Dripping Springs

I did a pretty awesome route the other day with some pretty awesome dudes. We kept a blistering pace out Fitzhugh to Pedernales State Park, then down to Dripping Springs and back up Bell Springs. I spent the rest of the weekend either laying down or in the water. This heat has got to go!