Category Archives: Biking
Taper ride
Today was a taper “brick” were we start to reduce the intensity of the workouts to allow our bodies (and minds!) time to recover for the Vineman race. Distance was scheduled to be 33 miles followed by a 5 mile … Continue reading
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Rainy North-county loop
The ride today was a 40 mile inland loop. As Coach Trent is focusing on brick workouts, we also had a 6+ mile run to do after the ride. The key is to train the body to do a long … Continue reading
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Spin out so Plan B
I was looking forward to spin tonight. After last week, I felt stronger for the Saturday ride and I wanted to keep building up the strength. However, spin wasn’t in the cards for me it would seem as I left … Continue reading
“Three hills” recovery ride
As this is a recovery week, the distances are shorter and the overall intensity is lower. The course was basically a loop from the coast, inland around Penasquitos canyon and back. Total distance was just over 26 miles, and climbing … Continue reading
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Strength spin. Weak swim.
Coach Trent had a strength spin on tap tonight, which I was ill prepared for. I was expecting the normal ILTs, cadence, and standing drills. Instead, we had some large gear drills, some standing, “bursts” and in the middle, we … Continue reading
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Elfin Forest Ride
Beautiful ride today through the Elfin Forest. 48 Miles in all with 2500′ of climbing, from Moonlight Beach in Encinitas, up to Carlsbad, inland through the Elfin Forest, then back to the coast. The weather was great overall and … Continue reading
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Practice Tri and Coast Ride
It is a week until Wildflower so we held a practice triathlon for the teams at La Jolla Shores. This is the opportunity for everyone to run through what race day is like and to nail down everything so they … Continue reading
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Another double-header: Spin and Swim!
Wednesday means spin and swim night. I missed last week, so I really needed to make it to this one. Coach Trent wasn’t available for spin and Mentor Alan filled in and ran the drills. 50 minutes later and I am … Continue reading
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“Epic Ride” aka Honey Springs Road
Coach Trent called this our “Epic” ride and it really was a great one. 37 miles for the Vineman team and 50 miles for the Wildflower Long course team. Wildflower team had long left before I arrived at the meet-up … Continue reading
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Transition Practice
Woke up to fairly gray skies and damp from a previous nights rain. Today was the transition practice for the team and we were gathering at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas. This was an important training session for the team! I … Continue reading
