Monday Jul 31 |
 | Cycling warm up/down 35:00 [2] | |
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| Cycling intervals 40:00 [5] | |
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| 5 minutes on, 2.5 off times 6. |
Saturday Jul 29 |
| Cycling long 3:40:00 [3] 115 km (1:55 / km) | |
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| Long ride today. Road from my place up Isllington to Major Mac, then cut over to Weston Road. Weston Rd up to Highway 9, over to Jane and then home.
Also tried using Accelerade for the first time today. I didn't think I'd like this drink, but after reading some good reviews I'd have to agree. In the heat it definitely was easier to digest then E-load. |
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| C • drink 3 |
| Stretching 10:00 [1] | |
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Friday Jul 28 |
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| Had planned on going to the gym today. In fact I got all the way to the parking lot and then realized I hadn't brought any running shoes. Oh well. |
Thursday Jul 27 |
| Cycling warm up/down 30:00 [2] | |
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| Cycling race 40:00 [4] | |
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| Found out tonight that Dathan passed away on Monday. He was the head mechanic at Sport Swap and had been fighting cancer in his lungs for over a year now. This was a guy who just loved to ride. I think at one point he owned more then 10 bikes and could explain to you why he needed each and every one of them.
I owe a lot to Dathan because he's done a lot to help me out, either through the store, or on his own. Visitation is tonight and the Funeral is tomorrow.
The Toronto MTB community has lost one of its great riders. |
Wednesday Jul 26 |
| Cycling 1:15:00 [3] | |
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| Road up the Humber trail to weston road, then back along Royal York. |
| Orienteering 50:00 [4] | |
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| Good training last night in Sunnybrook. This is probably the only one I've been to where you don't end up running on trails the whole time. A few minor mistakes, but nothing to big. |
| Stretching 15:00 [1] | |
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Tuesday Jul 25 |
| Cycling warm up/down 40:00 [2] | |
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| Cycling intervals 45:00 [5] | |
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| 5 minutes on, 2.5 recovery times 6. |
Monday Jul 24 |
| Stretching 15:00 [1] | |
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| Pretty tired from the weekend, not so much the cycling as the all the drinking. Making today a rest day. |
Sunday Jul 23 |
| Cycling 3:30:00 [3] | |
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| Day 2 MS Bike Tour. A much lighter day today, rode the whole way with Pixie. Great weather for the day and finished it off with a BBQ. |
Saturday Jul 22 |
| Cycling 2:30:00 [4] | |
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| Day 1 of the MS Bike Tour. Pretty fun day riding with some old friends in London. Day 1 is always at a high temp as we race from Grand Bend to London. Highlight of the day had to be the 10 minutes I spent pulling a line of 7 riders ranging in pace from 36 to 40 km/h. |
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| C • Pulling the pace line 3 |
Friday Jul 21 |
| Cycling 1:30:00 [3] | |
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| Ride to work. Took a different route north and this was definitely a good idea. I got to climb a few larger hills and ride in the diamond lane most of the way, plus it saves my 15 minutes of time spent dinking around the don valley trails. |
Thursday Jul 20 |
| Cycling warm up/down 10:00 [2] | |
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| Warm up before the race, showed up late so I had to cut this a bit short. |
| Cycling race 40:00 [5] | |
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| Not bad, felt better then last week. |
Wednesday Jul 19 |
| Cycling 50:00 [3] | |
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| Morning ride. Tried going a different way today so I headed west along lakeshore then grabbed the waterfront trail. Ride ended early when I wasn't paying attention and the trail ended, decided to head home then. |
| Stretching 10:00 [1] | |
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Tuesday Jul 18 |
| Running warm up/down 22:00 [2] | |
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| Running intervals 36:00 [5] | |
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| 7 minutes on, 2 minutes recover, times 4. |
Monday Jul 17 |
| Cycling warm up/down 35:00 [2] | |
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| Cycling intervals 45:00 [5] | |
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| 6 by 4:50. |
| Weights 1:00:00 [2] | |
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Saturday Jul 15 |
| Cycling 1:15:00 [2] | |
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| Out for a ride with Pixie, my sister and one ball. Tried to go riding at Kelso, but they were closed because of all the rain. Apparently I missed all this so called rain.... Tried riding at Hilton Falls, but it was pretty much either walking the bike along the rock or rolling along double track with the girls. Definitely not the best thing to do with two wheels. Oh well, on the up side one ball is thinking of putting a team into the 24 hour race and we may all ride on it.
On a sad note I reallized why I've been having problems with my saddle. Apparently I've bent the bars on it. I keep telling Pixie I need to loose some weight so I can climb like the guys in the Tour. Guess this just helps that argument. 165 pounds here I come!!!! |
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| C • Guys in the Tour 2 |
Thursday Jul 13 |
| Cycling warm up/down 25:00 [2] | |
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| Warmup before the race. A bit longer as I had to go back and forth to setup the course markers. |
| Cycling race 42:00 [4] | |
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| No energy in the legs today. Just cruised in the single track. Still it was enough to hold off the second place guy in my category. Yeah for series points. |
Tuesday Jul 11 |
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| Just not feeling the motivation right now. I think partially because I don't have any big races coming up for the rest of the year. For me a big race has to be in the 24 hours range, or else mentally I just find it hard to prepare the same way. This probably has something to do with the fact that I just get killed in the shorter races. I think this week will be really light and then hopefully I can refocus for the rest of the year. |
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| C • Not Motivated 4 |
Monday Jul 10 |
| Running 1:30:00 [3] | |
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| Out for a nice run after work. |
Sunday Jul 9 |
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| OCUP #4, I think I'll also try a short track race for fun this weekend. |
| Cycling warm up/down 30:00 [2] | |
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| Cycling race 1:12:00 [4] | |
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| This one was pretty tough. Had a good race except for going down 3 times, having my chain come off and making a wrong turn at one point. Oh well, still a beautiful fast course. |
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| C • Ouch! 2 |
Saturday Jul 8 |
| Cycling 1:30:00 [3] | |
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| Preriding the OCUP course. |
Thursday Jul 6 |
| Cycling warm up/down 20:00 [2] | |
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| Cycling race 40:00 [5] | |
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| 2 person time trial night. |
Wednesday Jul 5 |
| Running 1:00:00 [2] | |
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| Light run along the waterfront. Just amazing this morning. Cool air from the lake and beautiful sun. |
| Stretching 15:00 [1] | |
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| Legs streches in the evening. |
Tuesday Jul 4 |
| Cycling 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Up the Humber and back. |
Monday Jul 3 |
| Stretching 15:00 [1] | |
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| Rest week/Race week.
Stretching out the legs. |
Sunday Jul 2 |
| Cycling 1:30:00 [2] | |
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| Easier ride with Kristen out to Cherry Beach and back in the evening. |
Saturday Jul 1 |
| Cycling long 3:45:00 [3] 110 km (2:03 / km) | |
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| Good road ride with some guys from the Sports Swap team. Finished it off by watching the Tour. |
| Stretching 15:00 [1] | |
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