Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all! I have been taking it easy the last few weeks with minimal biking (or exercise for that matter). Lots of eating though.

Got back in the routine this morning with a vigorous 1 hour trainer ride. 10 min Zone 1, 30 min Zone 2 (200 watts) and then 5 x 30 second 400+ watt efforts with 30 second rest between. Then did 10 min cooldown followed by 2 x 7 pullups on the new pull up bar . I used to be able to bang out 15 or so at a time, but this is not too bad considering how much weight I am moving around:) Thanks to the Maruts for the inspiration.

Lots of trainer time the next few months as I try to get ready for the the NUE Series races:

Saturday, April 25: Cohutta 100 (Tennessee)
Saturday, May 30: Mohican 100 (Ohio)
Saturday, June 20: Lumberjack 100 (Michigan)
Saturday, July 18: Breckenridge 100 (Colorado)
Saturday, August 1: Wilderness 101 (Pennsylvania)
Saturday, August 15: Fool's Gold 100 (Georgia)
Sunday, September 6: Shenandoah Mountain 100 (Virginia)
Saturday, September 12: Tahoe-Sierra 100 (California)

At a minimum, I plan to race Cohutta, Mohican and Wilderness 101. If family and work schedules allow, I would like to squeeze in 1 more to get four races as that qualifies you for the overall series points. Cohutta is supposed to be a real ball buster with over 12k feet of climbing in 100 miles of service roads and single track. Hopefully, I can have some fitness by then.

Later,

BRD