It’s a marvelous night for a moondance! It’s A Marvelous Night for a Supermoon Dance!
Jul 09
IMLP 2014-Week 21 Training Update-The Final Build
My final build week before Lake Placid was a fairly decent one. I took a rest day on Monday since I felt like I needed it. It was very hot and humid early in the week which upped the intensity a bit for my Tuesday night run. The weather later in the week did not …
Jul 06
IMLP 2014 Bike Course Preview-Cascade To Keene Descent – YouTube
IMLP 2014 Bike Course Preview-Cascade To Keene Descent – YouTube.
Jul 04
IMLP Bike Course 2014 Video Preview-Ski Jumps to Cascade
Here is some video I shot on a recent ride on NY RT 73’s new paving from the Ski Jump to Cascade Trailhead. This is the first part of the Ironman Lake Placid bike course and WAS one of the worst sections of the course.
Jun 30
IMLP 2014 Training Update-Week 20-Lake Placid Mini-Training Camp Week
The Week The week started off on a high note with some really good workouts early on. The effects of my prior recovery week have started show up. I banged out a nice 32 mile ride on Monday night in less than two hours,averaging about 17.7 MPH while still staying in a zone 2 heart …
Jun 23
IMLP 2014-Week 19 Training Update-Recovery Week Blues
My love-hate relationship with recovery weeks continues. I always look so forward to them, but then feel like crap most of the week. It is nice to have some extra time to do things I have been putting off though. I finished the week with almost 12 hours of training. While that probably still seems …
Jun 15
IMLP 2014-Week 18 Training Update-Ready to Recover
Week 18 concludes as the second build week before heading into a recovery week. I decided to change from 3 week builds to 2 weeks for a couple reasons: One, it fit my schedule and two, I was planning to up the intensity a bit and being able to recover more often would allow …
Jun 15
Round The Valley 2014 Century Ride Recap
I decided I needed to see some new territory on my long bike ride this week. This along with Longswamp Township decided to cover their entire road system in oil & chips, confirmed that I needed to get out of dodge. I searched around the internet for some century rides and came up with the Round …
Jun 13
Haute Route Day 13-Europahütte to Zermatt
I heard Denise’s watch alarm go off around 6am and I laid there until about 6:30am. We had shared the bunk room with another couple who slept on the bottom of the bunk and we were on top. They were a bit ricketty, so I was a bit self-conscious about moving around through the night, …