Eight weeks down, twenty-two to go! Pretty fun, slightly lower volume week. There’s a nice symmetry to the way the days of the month fell so there were exactly four weeks of my program this month. The next four weeks each increase volume, intensity and ultimately, the number of workouts per week (in two weeks   Read More …

So February is over, and that means that Base Phase is almost over with, too.  February was about 20% more volume and duration than January. February consisted of: 1 day, 13 hours, 45 minutes, and 27 seconds of working out.  This means that I spent 1.68 minutes out of every 30 minutes this last month   Read More …

All things considered, this was a good week. It poured rain nearly every single day but I got all my workouts in, in their full durations, without any modification and with minimal bitching. This week looks better, although it still seems that next weekend might get sort of rainy and cold again. I turned to   Read More …

(cross posted from my workout pages since it touches on more than just the workout of the day) Transition Workouts are short, but that also makes them an opportunity to test out improvements in pace without exceeding assigned heart rate zones. I had to do my ride in driving winds and (at least in parts)   Read More …

Well, the up side of me being horribly negligent in updating the blog is that when I do post, I’ll actually have some interesting things to say. So, first off, the last week has been a leap up in volume, calories burned, and intensity, and was fun as hell. I’m actually less fatigued than I   Read More …

Week five was a nice week. As the rest of the country was pelted with snowstorms and blizzards, our unseasonably warm weather continues. I’m starting a slow build for the next few weeks again, and aside from some sore calves and a weird twinge in my core, I’m mostly none the worse for wear. Today   Read More …

My sister encouraged me to post my totals for January, so I had some fun looking at what all I did. I don’t quite match up to her totals for January, but I get fairly close in some cases. January was: 1 day, 6 hours, 37 minutes, and 34 seconds of working out.  This means   Read More …