New bike alert

I have a new bike on the way. It won't be here for a couple weeks and I probably won't get to do my first race of the year on it but only time will tell.

Back riding indoors since being back from FL

It's been all indoors riding since getting back from FL last week. That's OK I guess it is still February after all. It's just hard to remember that after riding in 80 degrees for 2 weeks. First race of my season is in 2 weeks (4/14/09) in Reading, PA. With the new USAC policy on rankings by total number of points like what the UCI has done forever I need to do all of the TTs that I can fit into my schedule. Although this system sort of sucks for those of us who work some weekends and don't make it to as many races as we might like.

Just finished up with my last ride in FL before heading back to Mechanicsburg later today. It was a set 8 minute TT intervals with 2 minutes recovery between them and then a final 6 mile TT interval to finish it off. FL was fun but riding in PA is much better and less flat.

18 mile TT test

I did my first 18 mile all out effort of the year yesterday. The first 12 miles of it were into the wind and the final 6 was with the wind at my back. I'm not gonna lie, it hurt, alot. I don't know if I was fast or not but that wasn't really the point of this exercise. Just wanted to get that feel back. In the words of Greg Lemond, "It never hurts any less, you just go faster"

Greetings from sunny Florida!

Unlike the rest of my teammates who have been riding in the cold of winter and across frozen lakes and such I have spent the last 3 weeks in Southern Florida. I've been putting in some pretty big miles (by my standards, not Sam's) and I've finally got back on my TT bike. It seems to take a while after being off my TT bike for so long but things are finally starting to feel "right" again.It was really windy on my ride today and I got pretty beat up but considering it was also 74 degrees and sunny who am I to complain.
Been doing some cross training also................not really but I was forced to go so I figure I may as well make it sound like I was training. Don't worry, I rode 52 miles later that day when I got home

Sunny in Florida

Well, it may be sunny but it really isn't that warm. It's been as warm as 75 degrees on the cloudy/rainy day but today it is finally sunny and it's only 60 degrees. Oh well, it's nice to be outside riding again. I was on my TT bike yesterday, for the first time since Labor Day weekend, for a 50 mile cruise. It does feel strange after being off of it for so long. I'm glad I was on my TT bike because the wind was crazy.