carothers's blog
Posted November 28th, 2007 by carothers
volume vs. intensity
Right before Thanksgiving I had the opportunity to have my LT tested. There are two local Docs (one is an ex WebCor rider) that have formed a company in which you can have your LT, Vo2 Max, Body fat, etc. tested. I have never focused a huge amount of energy towards understanding why or how my body works, quite frankly I have mostly trained on feel and past results. But as the old story goes...my time spent training has gone from 20 - 25 hours a week to 8 - 12 hours a week. With this said I really felt like I needed to get an idea of how to gain the most of my time on the bike.
Posted November 8th, 2007 by carothers
Chicago cyclocross
Just got back from racing a cyclocross in Chicago. I have been racing (multi, cycling, running) on and off for the past 15 years and this was my first attempt to race my bike outside the Western States (CA., NV., AZ.,UT., WA.). Needless to say I learned ALOT. First, my stress level of packing my new wheel set / new bike in a "soft case" which I borrowed from my local shop was very high. I usually pride myself in being a low stress guy, but after flying 4 hours thinking about my bike being tossed around like a "buck ten" guy in a mosh pit, I was freaked. The bike made it safe & sound, but I blame my stress level in the decision to re-assemble late that night. This decision would prove to my downfall.
