Posting a little earlier today, why? I don't know, because I can. Got a problem with that, do you? sorry I think we got off on the wrong foot. Shorter ride today, and i have finished uploading, downloading, configuring all my polar and garmin stuff. I've been using the online garmin connect tool instead of the stock software, I find it a lot easier to deal with and has a lot more to it.
Just charging up the watch and ipod now, I've had this shuffle since November, 07 I remember just cause i won it at the superfly cross race at Albion. Probably the best most used prize i have ever received. I was thinking of replacing it with a new smaller model, but then i asked why? couldn't think of one, but now it seems to not be able to hold a charge for an entire ride or ski anymore. On the bright side, I get this good feeling when I ride something into the ground, to know that I used it to the bitter end. My 8 year old northwave road shoes are in the same boat, those things have i don't even want to know how many miles on them. The new shimano r..something something shoes are pretty sweet though, super comfy already and almost a pound lighter, and way stiffer. Who new there were shoe technology advances in the past 8 years?
Bottom line, I like using things till they are broken, except maybe on the race bike, that's a case of insurance, but day to day stuff if it aint broke...im a bad consumer, I'm sorry Canadian economy.
ride of the day was a tempo workout, first intentional one in a while. Choose the rolling ridge road, which although rough allows for a nice 45 min warm up to the stop sign at the 2nd and some undulations to keep the workout dynamic. Went well, started in the low end and built into each of the two intervals, riding the bucket so no power, just feel and hr, which lined up pretty well today. As long as they are on the shorter side I have enough confidence in feeling to do them, anything longer or harder threshold stuff I tend to use power if possible.
Roads were quiet which was nice, only downside was my bottles pretty completely freezing.
Good quality ride, it was chilly, but with the low miles and low volume, I will not be submitting this ride for consideration. By all appearances Tristan has the belt(or bragging rights) currently.
The new beast has been ordered and should be on the way, hopefully in time for my southland trip.
Haydn, if you've read this far, no worries your time is safe, it wasn't even a sub 2:10
k, getting a little long, tomorrow endurance with my Finnish friend, weather will decide what sport(s).
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
you win this round monday
Thing in the morning went long enough to be annoying and a complete waste of time (and tax payers dollars) but short enough I was able to saddle up and head to horseshoe for a ski.
arrived in good time and headed out, thinking tuesday wednesday thoughts, but I couldn't trick my legs, arms, and coordination, and was left a shattered man on the side of the trail, with a bunch of school kids passing me.
So the idea of making up some Saturday hours today failed, I put up the good fight hoping I just needed to warm up, but it was not to be.
Drove home with my head down, think i only clipped two cars.
Took the lapdog for a walk, now just getting ready for the crazy party at liz's place tonight, Jeremy and Tammy are still out of town so its going to be nuts.
There also appears to be little white crystal structures in the weeks forecast, kinda forget what its called.
random item of the day, looks like m night is at it again, hope he can make up for the horror that was ...I can't even remember what it was called, the one with marky mark.
There also appears to be some one up-manship in ride toughness/epicness, I have not been called out in the matter and think it may be better that way.......unless I pull off something that's worth throwing my hat in the ring. Awenda in February.....
ok, so, i think thats it, gotta get the barrie-midland map out,
"Hey Lisa, looks I have to go out and shovel 12 feet of global warming"
Homer (simpson, not the Iliad guy)
arrived in good time and headed out, thinking tuesday wednesday thoughts, but I couldn't trick my legs, arms, and coordination, and was left a shattered man on the side of the trail, with a bunch of school kids passing me.
So the idea of making up some Saturday hours today failed, I put up the good fight hoping I just needed to warm up, but it was not to be.
Drove home with my head down, think i only clipped two cars.
Took the lapdog for a walk, now just getting ready for the crazy party at liz's place tonight, Jeremy and Tammy are still out of town so its going to be nuts.
There also appears to be little white crystal structures in the weeks forecast, kinda forget what its called.
random item of the day, looks like m night is at it again, hope he can make up for the horror that was ...I can't even remember what it was called, the one with marky mark.
There also appears to be some one up-manship in ride toughness/epicness, I have not been called out in the matter and think it may be better that way.......unless I pull off something that's worth throwing my hat in the ring. Awenda in February.....
ok, so, i think thats it, gotta get the barrie-midland map out,
"Hey Lisa, looks I have to go out and shovel 12 feet of global warming"
Homer (simpson, not the Iliad guy)
Sunday, February 7, 2010
i had a good title but i forget it now, just imagine something good here
Just relaxing after a long stretching session, k-9 unit has officially laid claim to the entire bed, I don't understand how an 80 pound dog can take up so much space.
Listening to queen latifah sing what is supposed to be the American national anthem. The coaches don't look impressed.
oh whoops, nevermind that wasn't the anthem, my bad. Oh here we go Carrie Underwood is singing it....
bah ok back to more pressing matters, another day of sunny skies, clear roads and little to no wind. You know what that means, after large intake of food, lots of high gluten carbs, and getting dressed for 20 minutes, I was out on a nice jaunt through essa, springwater and of course Oro. It was such a nice day I was able to share the road with every other resident of simcoe county as well, lots of waves and smiles, some of which weren't returned, or were returned with "what the frak is that guy doing" mostly from people with skis on there cars heading to snow valley. ...coin toss.....heads, anyway. Out of the three townships springwater wins the prize for cleanest roads. Essa and Oro a tie for pretty good, except for shady areas.
Coming back through town and there was some sort of waterfront festivities going on, got to see a chopper land and take off, and with some creative detours I was able to miss most of the congestion. Looks like Second Cup suffered a broken window in some saturday night festivities. Took the manly climb back home, which has become a testing ground of sorts, not bad, got up it, finished just shy of 4 hours. sorry, 240 minutes. Again the first hour was rough going, felt sluggish and then at about 70 minutes in it was like a switch turned on and my legs loosened up and the body was firing on all 3 in line cylinders. game on........some guys are throwing a ball around chasing it....thats all i see.
Tomorrow, thing in the morning depending on how long that goes possible ski in the afternoon, if not it will be rollers and pushups.
"All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him."
Sun Tzu, the Art of War
Listening to queen latifah sing what is supposed to be the American national anthem. The coaches don't look impressed.
oh whoops, nevermind that wasn't the anthem, my bad. Oh here we go Carrie Underwood is singing it....
bah ok back to more pressing matters, another day of sunny skies, clear roads and little to no wind. You know what that means, after large intake of food, lots of high gluten carbs, and getting dressed for 20 minutes, I was out on a nice jaunt through essa, springwater and of course Oro. It was such a nice day I was able to share the road with every other resident of simcoe county as well, lots of waves and smiles, some of which weren't returned, or were returned with "what the frak is that guy doing" mostly from people with skis on there cars heading to snow valley. ...coin toss.....heads, anyway. Out of the three townships springwater wins the prize for cleanest roads. Essa and Oro a tie for pretty good, except for shady areas.
Coming back through town and there was some sort of waterfront festivities going on, got to see a chopper land and take off, and with some creative detours I was able to miss most of the congestion. Looks like Second Cup suffered a broken window in some saturday night festivities. Took the manly climb back home, which has become a testing ground of sorts, not bad, got up it, finished just shy of 4 hours. sorry, 240 minutes. Again the first hour was rough going, felt sluggish and then at about 70 minutes in it was like a switch turned on and my legs loosened up and the body was firing on all 3 in line cylinders. game on........some guys are throwing a ball around chasing it....thats all i see.
Tomorrow, thing in the morning depending on how long that goes possible ski in the afternoon, if not it will be rollers and pushups.
"All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him."
Sun Tzu, the Art of War
Saturday, February 6, 2010
As promised
Going back a couple days now, but Wednesday was spent pedaling in smooth perfect(that was the goal at least) circles while going nowhere. Long stretch session after full toe touch now.
Thursday road ride, sunny, warm, nice......yeah sunny skies clear roads = road ride. Its tough sometimes as it also makes for some great skate skiing too. But if i can ride i will. Also as much as I love skiing and x training, nothing passes the time like a bike ride through the country side. Energy level was good on the ride, no bonking on this ride, but the legs were feeling heavy from days before. I kept the rpm higher to try and kept in at bay.
Which changed my plans for friday, was going to get out for a ride, but just did a short spin on the rollers, and hike with the k-9. A short rest and we were in the barrie-joyride official shuttle bus. Tristan, Matt and I opted for evening visit this time around. Rolled in for 7 and had 3 hours of anything and everything. I got into the spirit lowered my saddle and just played around. The foam pit is where I spent a lot of my time. Perfecting my seat grab, and getting darn close to sticking a 360. Then onto some skinnies, where I saw an xtr rear derailleur get destroyed, it was a sad sight.
Did a hot lap of the xc loop, time is confidential pending drug test. Still not bored of that place, Could have stayed till midnight but something about employees wanting to go home to bed.
On the way home we stopped at a tims, and were genuinely entertained by the service and other patrons,highlights include a story of a 12 year girl not wanting to run laps in gym class and wanting her lawyer to sue her gym teacher, again I could have stayed there all night but they left so we also hit the road.
Today I hit the snowshoes in the bluffs, nothing to exciting just keeping the hr in the zone and going up an down as many hills as possible in the time prescribed.
Backs a little sore, something about landing in weird position's in the foam pit.
I know i am forgetting stuff, but thats what I have for you at the moment.
Thursday road ride, sunny, warm, nice......yeah sunny skies clear roads = road ride. Its tough sometimes as it also makes for some great skate skiing too. But if i can ride i will. Also as much as I love skiing and x training, nothing passes the time like a bike ride through the country side. Energy level was good on the ride, no bonking on this ride, but the legs were feeling heavy from days before. I kept the rpm higher to try and kept in at bay.
Which changed my plans for friday, was going to get out for a ride, but just did a short spin on the rollers, and hike with the k-9. A short rest and we were in the barrie-joyride official shuttle bus. Tristan, Matt and I opted for evening visit this time around. Rolled in for 7 and had 3 hours of anything and everything. I got into the spirit lowered my saddle and just played around. The foam pit is where I spent a lot of my time. Perfecting my seat grab, and getting darn close to sticking a 360. Then onto some skinnies, where I saw an xtr rear derailleur get destroyed, it was a sad sight.
Did a hot lap of the xc loop, time is confidential pending drug test. Still not bored of that place, Could have stayed till midnight but something about employees wanting to go home to bed.
On the way home we stopped at a tims, and were genuinely entertained by the service and other patrons,highlights include a story of a 12 year girl not wanting to run laps in gym class and wanting her lawyer to sue her gym teacher, again I could have stayed there all night but they left so we also hit the road.
Today I hit the snowshoes in the bluffs, nothing to exciting just keeping the hr in the zone and going up an down as many hills as possible in the time prescribed.
Backs a little sore, something about landing in weird position's in the foam pit.
I know i am forgetting stuff, but thats what I have for you at the moment.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
need to clear something up
The last paragraph at the bottom of my last post was the quote of the day, this caused much confusion when I didn't say that, my apologizes.
Back to other things, another day in paradise, well Oro. My alarm clock, was apparently turned off so i ended up sleeping a little later than planned but, no matter, intake of calories, packed and I was off again to the motherland that is the Horseshoe valley. I had a car full of toys, but started off with the classic skis, for a tour north to the highway then looping back via the ganny hiking trail back to the groomed trails. I found the best conditions for the waxless wonders today, man-made trackset, -3 and there was probably a humidity factor which i don't know, but they were hooking up as well as a nice pair of small blocks.
Switched off after 75 minutes to the skates, and headed south out of the valley to meadow-lands...sorry I mean the farm loop. The sun was shining I probably got a sunburn, it was crowded like meadow-lands use to be that's for sure. People coming out of the woodwork it seemed. I could have stayed up there till closing time but my h20 based drink was running low so I headed back to the car for a feed, before doing the west trails, and to my pleasant surprise they added a new 700m loop and it looks like another trail or two may be going in. Finished up with 150 minutes of skating, and was able to keep my Finnish friend from yelling too much.
Home, checked the oscar nods, 10 pictures nominated for best film. I have very unpopular views of the who will win so ill keep most of my comments to myself, as long as Waltz wins for best supporting male, then all is not lost.
Plans for tomorrow will be weather dependent, if the weatherman is right then it will be another snow day, if not.....
Also looks like another assault on the park will happen before weeks end.
todays quote of the day, best response i heard asking if Thomson seatposts are as good as sliced bread.
"The Egyptian pharoahs were buried with all of their treasures, to use in the afterlife. I'm getting buried with my Thomson posts...just in case the great LBS in the sky doesn't carry them." Pizza Royale
Back to other things, another day in paradise, well Oro. My alarm clock, was apparently turned off so i ended up sleeping a little later than planned but, no matter, intake of calories, packed and I was off again to the motherland that is the Horseshoe valley. I had a car full of toys, but started off with the classic skis, for a tour north to the highway then looping back via the ganny hiking trail back to the groomed trails. I found the best conditions for the waxless wonders today, man-made trackset, -3 and there was probably a humidity factor which i don't know, but they were hooking up as well as a nice pair of small blocks.
Switched off after 75 minutes to the skates, and headed south out of the valley to meadow-lands...sorry I mean the farm loop. The sun was shining I probably got a sunburn, it was crowded like meadow-lands use to be that's for sure. People coming out of the woodwork it seemed. I could have stayed up there till closing time but my h20 based drink was running low so I headed back to the car for a feed, before doing the west trails, and to my pleasant surprise they added a new 700m loop and it looks like another trail or two may be going in. Finished up with 150 minutes of skating, and was able to keep my Finnish friend from yelling too much.
Home, checked the oscar nods, 10 pictures nominated for best film. I have very unpopular views of the who will win so ill keep most of my comments to myself, as long as Waltz wins for best supporting male, then all is not lost.
Plans for tomorrow will be weather dependent, if the weatherman is right then it will be another snow day, if not.....
Also looks like another assault on the park will happen before weeks end.
todays quote of the day, best response i heard asking if Thomson seatposts are as good as sliced bread.
"The Egyptian pharoahs were buried with all of their treasures, to use in the afterlife. I'm getting buried with my Thomson posts...just in case the great LBS in the sky doesn't carry them." Pizza Royale
Monday, February 1, 2010
Does anyone have a chain in their car
First on the docket was a roller workout in the am, to get the legs going, spin ups for a warmup followed by a fastpedal then into some single leg intervals. Legs didn't feel half bad after the hilly snowshoe the day before. Maybe I'm getting back into shape? But it is a monday and to do to much on a monday is a cyclists version of eating meat on a friday(you know what i mean)
Though I did do a solid hour of stretching and contorting my body in uncomfortable ways. I can almost touch my toes, those hamstrings are getting loose.
After multiple calorie intake sessions I was off to meet up with the true MNS brethren none of this sunday afternoon business. Apparently it is becoming the MNS no tech gear allowed something, Jacob matched my plaid jacket and raised me jeans. damn.
This is about when things started sliding sideways, Tristan roles in and drives straight into a snowbank. I had flashbacks of the new mazda almost being smoked by a certain pontiac on a monday night, I really think im going to start parking somewhere else and hiking to the start point.
Then new addition roles by and im like "Hey there's Krista.....and she's stuck in the ditch". Utilizing snowshoes, a toy shovel(don't ask), a chain(don't ask) we had her out in no time. Blame was naturally dished out to Tammy and Jeremy.
Didn't waste any time and we were hitting the hills beside hardwoods hills. I always get crazy turned around in there but luckily some of us have the ability to navigate at night. After some good tree tipping, we arrived back at the cars for usual smack talk.
"I saw a guy in the middle of the road walking in circles.As I got closer I saw his car on it's roof in a swamp, road up to him asked if he was alright he said ya and was on the phone to someone so I continued on my way after all I didn't want my heart rate to drop."
Though I did do a solid hour of stretching and contorting my body in uncomfortable ways. I can almost touch my toes, those hamstrings are getting loose.
After multiple calorie intake sessions I was off to meet up with the true MNS brethren none of this sunday afternoon business. Apparently it is becoming the MNS no tech gear allowed something, Jacob matched my plaid jacket and raised me jeans. damn.
This is about when things started sliding sideways, Tristan roles in and drives straight into a snowbank. I had flashbacks of the new mazda almost being smoked by a certain pontiac on a monday night, I really think im going to start parking somewhere else and hiking to the start point.
Then new addition roles by and im like "Hey there's Krista.....and she's stuck in the ditch". Utilizing snowshoes, a toy shovel(don't ask), a chain(don't ask) we had her out in no time. Blame was naturally dished out to Tammy and Jeremy.
Didn't waste any time and we were hitting the hills beside hardwoods hills. I always get crazy turned around in there but luckily some of us have the ability to navigate at night. After some good tree tipping, we arrived back at the cars for usual smack talk.
"I saw a guy in the middle of the road walking in circles.As I got closer I saw his car on it's roof in a swamp, road up to him asked if he was alright he said ya and was on the phone to someone so I continued on my way after all I didn't want my heart rate to drop."
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Its a road on google maps
I can't say much more than the title as it would give away the top secret meeting spot. Which caused a few to be late. I would have been on time if the drive thru at Tims wasn't so long. (for the record I purchased hot chocolate not their "coffee")
Matt and new MNS addition were there all ready to go, Tammy, Jer arrived shortly thereafter. Then into the woods for 3 hours of touring around trying to see how much climbing we could do, we didn't want to make Heather mad. Though not sure if Peter would be impressed, I guess you just can't please all the coaches. I was also under the impression the pace would be mellow and under control, I tried my best to stay out front, but new addition just kept charging to the front and kept the pace up, I think we need to draft an MNS constitution, or by-laws, or have people sign pacing agreements.
In the end we covered about half the distance of my snowshoe a couple days ago, but climbed 3x as much.
5th line "summit"
The Rescue of Tammy from the jerk bushes she tried to walk through
TRAIN !!!!!!!!
Was super tempted to hit Tara up after but I knew I had to get some fixins for dinner and when I walked in the door I got the "I know you where just with Molly for 3 hours and I was stuck in here watching figure skating all day" look. So I took the pup for a brisk off leasher through the bluffs.
Gonna sleep well tonight, first good solid structured week was good, got all the workouts in I had planned, with some creative scheduling. More the same this week,
Matt and new MNS addition were there all ready to go, Tammy, Jer arrived shortly thereafter. Then into the woods for 3 hours of touring around trying to see how much climbing we could do, we didn't want to make Heather mad. Though not sure if Peter would be impressed, I guess you just can't please all the coaches. I was also under the impression the pace would be mellow and under control, I tried my best to stay out front, but new addition just kept charging to the front and kept the pace up, I think we need to draft an MNS constitution, or by-laws, or have people sign pacing agreements.
In the end we covered about half the distance of my snowshoe a couple days ago, but climbed 3x as much.
5th line "summit"
The Rescue of Tammy from the jerk bushes she tried to walk through
TRAIN !!!!!!!!
Was super tempted to hit Tara up after but I knew I had to get some fixins for dinner and when I walked in the door I got the "I know you where just with Molly for 3 hours and I was stuck in here watching figure skating all day" look. So I took the pup for a brisk off leasher through the bluffs.
Gonna sleep well tonight, first good solid structured week was good, got all the workouts in I had planned, with some creative scheduling. More the same this week,
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