2017 Training Plan Part 1 – Transition & Planning

Training for Season 2017 started in November, 2016 but now seems a good time to outline what my plan was at the offset, and how I've modified it as I go. Transition & Stamina Week 2016 My transition out of Season 2016 began after a disappointing Whistler GranFondo race, where a local show-off passed me on the … Continue reading 2017 Training Plan Part 1 – Transition & Planning →

Race Report: Tour of Walla Walla 2016

The first of the Washington Stage Races, ToWW is a four event stage race over three days. Last year this was my first-ever Cat 3 race and it was an eye-opening experience into the fitness necessary to compete with the US field. My primary target was the Saturday Crit. Having finished top-10 last year I knew I … Continue reading Race Report: Tour of Walla Walla 2016 →

Race Report: Spring Series Weekend #2

River Road RR and Wix Brown RR, Cat 3 This is a late race report from March 5th & 6th races Course & Conditions River Road Road Race: 90km over 14 laps, another 4-corner, nearly-flat course with a lumpy false flat and a narrow road coming into the finish. Forecast was for sun and 14°C so I splurged andswapped … Continue reading Race Report: Spring Series Weekend #2 →

2016 Early Season Kick-off

I just realized, this blog was intended to be a training & racing diary of my own progression through the 2016 season, but I haven't posted anything personal about my current status. Consider this a quick correction to that. Our local Spring Series road races kicks off this coming weekend, with some positive and negative changes … Continue reading 2016 Early Season Kick-off →

Acting on Cadence Data

Just a quick addendum to my last post on Inertia and Cadence, I wanted to go over a process I've used for assessing my race cadence and using that to inform training. I took most of this info from Allan & Coggan's Training and Racing with a Power Meter, chapter 6: Interpreting the Data. Cadence vs. Power Allan & … Continue reading Acting on Cadence Data →