| Day | Date | Route | Time (hrs) | Distance | Climbing | Intensity | Comments | Weight | Body Fat | Body Water | ||
| 01/07/06 | Pattee Canyon Road to Deer Creek to East Missoula. | 1.75 | 18 | 1,593 | E2 | Rode Pattee - Deer Creek - East Missoula in freezing rain and one flat tire. | ||||||
| 01/14/06 | Blackfoot River Run | 2.00 | 23 | 618 | E2 | Got wet, real wet! Really messy! | ||||||
| 01/28/06 | Turah Run (AT Test) | 1.50 | 28 | 200 | Test | 160 - 163 | ||||||
| 01/31/06 | Turah Run | 1.50 | 25 | 200 | S1 | A nice ride but got dark and scary. | ||||||
| 02/04/06 | Swartz Creek Run | 2.50 | 30 | 200 | M1 - Tempo | Ran into the most wicked snow storm and got home late. Dangerous! | ||||||
| 02/07/06 | Turah and Back | 2.00 | 27 | 200 | Low | Cold, bad form, bad attitude. Not my best ride. | ||||||
| 02/12/06 | Bonner and Back | 1.25 | 18 | 200 | M1 | Sore muscles, kept it easy although pushing the big ring. | ||||||
| 02/14/06 | East Missoula - Kim Williams | 1.25 | 12.8 | 746 | Fixed Gear | Fell on ice (Injury) | ||||||
| 02/18/06 | Turah Run | 1.50 | 22 | 400 | Test | 161 - 166 | ||||||
| 02/21/06 | Turah Run | 1.75 | 28 | 200 | M2 - Cruise Intervals | Did all intervals (5) but when turning around had real trouble getting back into town. I feel exhausted. | ||||||
| 02/21/06 | Turah Run | 1.50 | 28 | 200 | M2 - Cruise Intervals | Did all intervals (5) and after resting this week due to last Thursday's ride I feel much better. One of my best rides so far this year. | ||||||
| 02/25/06 | Blackfoot River Run | 3.00 | 48.6 | 1,365 | F1 - Hilly Endurance | Felt awesome. 3 hours constant heart rate 140+, was just a great ride | ||||||
| 02/26/06 | Swartz Creek Run | 2.25 | 38.6 | 1,364 | S1 - Spin Ups | Felt great but a little worn out since I just had back to back riding days this weekend. (120 bpm) | ||||||
| 02/28/06 | Turah Run | 1.00 | 15 | 200 | S1 - Spin Ups | The usual | ||||||
| 03/01/06 | Pattee Canyon | 1.50 | 17.3 | 1,847 | F2 - Big Ring Climbs | Great workout making me feel like a climber. Did notice an extreme fatigue at the end really bad. Feels like Ill need rest. | ||||||
| 03/08/06 | Turah Run | 1.00 | 15 | 200 | S1 - Spin Ups | The usual | ||||||
| 03/26/06 | Kim Williams to Deer to Pattee | 1.75 | 17.1 | 1,620 | E2 - Endurance | Been a while since I was on a bike. Getting back to it. Injury to upper chest from ski accident. Very muddy along the railroad tracks. | ||||||
| 03/26/06 | RACE: Devils Slide (Lewiston ID) | 3.00 | 30 | 3,500 | RACE w/ Pre-Ride | 4 Laps, 6 mile loop with 700 ft. climbing per lap. Felt decent considering my cycling break but at the end (last 2 laps) I died and felt really exhausted. I need to work on my climbing! 3rd place (1:45:30)! | ||||||
| 03/28/06 | Turah Run | 2.00 | 27 | 200 | S1 - Spin Ups | Recovery ride after the race. Feel remarkably well. | ||||||
| 03/30/06 | Pattee to Deer Creek to S. Miss. | 1.50 | 18.3 | 1,572 | E2 - Endurance | Another just for fun recovery ride. Had a big stressful day at work and was supposed to ride a bigger ride so this was a last minute get-out-and-ride type of ride. Felt good until some climbs near the end. | ||||||
| 04/01/06 | Broadway to Butler Creek Loop | 1.50 | 22.15 | 730 | M1 - Tempo | Got caught up in a huge storm with hail. Started out a refreshing recovery ride and turned into a race for life time trial. | ||||||
| 04/02/06 | Mullan to Rocky Mountain Roubeux | 4.00 | 67.6 | 1,544 | F1 - Hilly Endurance | Felt real good all the way to the 3 hour mark then started to dwindle. My joints felt bad, couldn’t stand very well. It was a good ride and the weather was great. Would be a bad ride with wind. | ||||||
| 04/04/06 | Swartz Creek Run | 2.75 | 45.4 | 1,200 | S - Spin Rec Ride | Felt pretty decent at the start and at the very end. In the middle felt sluggish and throughout my right knee started really hurting with spazims in the joint. My knee is presently real sore. | ||||||
| 04/05/06 | Blackfoot River Run | 1.50 | 30 | 1,800 | M1 - Tempo | Could not keep heart rate in the upper 140s. I think we are on the edge pf pvertraining. I would say no more anaerobic workouts for the rest of the week. | ||||||
| 04/06/06 | Thursday Night Ride (Blue Mtn) | 3.00 | 27.6 | 4,109 | E2 - Endurance | Rode from work. We had record rain in Missoula and I found myself wet the entire night and hungry. Definitely end of the line and time for rest. | ||||||
| 04/09/06 | Lolo Pass Ride | 4.50 | 75 | 8,999 | F1 - Hilly Endurance | To say the least, well at least two big hills. Still felt a little raw at the beginning. After the turn around I found myself motivated. I had a spirited climb even though a week ago I would of hit a wall. I finished real strong. | ||||||
| 04/11/06 | Blackfoot River Run | 1.75 | 34 | 1,590 | S - Spin Rec Ride | It was windy so some of the ride felt sluggish while other parts felt real easy. It was cold but overall a good recovery ride. | ||||||
| 04/12/06 | Blackfoot River Run | 1.75 | 35 | 1,600 | E2 - Endurance | Yesterdays ride would have been great except the wind was extreme with gusts to over 30 MPH. Coming back to town may have fried me. | ||||||
| 04/13/06 | Thursday Night Ride (Treasure) | 1.00 | 7.6 | 1,998 | E1 – Recovery | Had a nice spin with the group but at the end crashed hard into a stump. A day later I am sore but not from exercise. | ||||||
| 04/16/06 | Chief Joseph Road Ride | 2.50 | 31.14 | 4,402 | E2 - Endurance | Reached the pass at 7,258 and had to turn around due to a snow storm. Almost froze and got hypothermia on the way back down. Very dangerous. | ||||||
| 04/18/06 | Schwartz Creek Run | 2.40 | 39 | 1,000 | S - Spin Rec Ride | Felt good and the form was also good. At the end harassed a road rider and got my heart rate to AT levels all the way from East Missoula including the hill. Went too hard. | ||||||
| 04/19/06 | Marshall Canyon Road | 1.75 | 22.37 | 2,517 | F2 - Big Ring Climbs | My form felt a little off although the sun was out and it felt great to be out climbing on the bike. About half way through the workout I really bogged down. I pushed through. | ||||||
| 04/20/06 | Thursday Night Ride (Marshall Grade) | 4.00 | 27.04 | 4,767 | E2 – Endurance | This ride went on too long and I slipped up and went out of zone 2 heart rate. | ||||||
| 04/22/06 | Pintler Road Ride | 5.25 | 82 | 7,046 | M1 - Tempo | Went to hard at the beginning but was cycling during a race and wanted to look good. Fell apart after hour 2 (Cliff Bar No Good). After choking down Otwalla Bars felt recovered after 45 minutes and lots of water. Finished real strong especially at the t | ||||||
| 04/23/06 | Deer Creek Sneak | 2.00 | 18.24 | 3,394 | E2 - Endurance | Rode with a group and we met after for ice cream. Felt pretty good and kept heart rate pretty reasonable although kept up with the leaders mostly. | ||||||
| 04/25/06 | Blackfoot River Run | 3.25 | 60 | 3,000 | S - Spin Rec Ride | Went pretty far and set a 1.5 hour record ... reason was the wind and had a terrible time getting home. May have over trained | ||||||
| 04/26/06 | Marshall Canyon Road | 1.50 | 22 | 2,500 | F2 - Big Ring Climbs | Felt real bad and form wasn't good. In the end I was able to climb fast but still feel over trained. | ||||||
| 04/27/06 | Thursday Night Ride (Rattlesnake) | 3.00 | 25 | 3,900 | E2 - Endurance | Felt over trained but tried to keep heart rate under 145. | ||||||
| 04/29/06 | Triple Divide Ride | 5.10 | 85 | 6,700 | M1 -Tempo | Went as anaerobic as I could. Climbs seemed way harder than usual and could t withstand bigger gears. Non the less went pretty fast. Definitely over trained Need to rest well this week. | ||||||
| 04/30/06 | Larry Creek Loop to Lolo | 3.00 | 34.5 | 1,347 | E2 - Endurance | Started out as a recovery 1 hour ride and turned into a 3 hour spin. I felt pretty strong even though I had a wicked sun burn. Today is the 2nd day in a row I had to use Excedrin ... time for a break. | ||||||
| 05/04/06 | Thursday Night Ride (2-3 Larch) | 1.50 | 6 | 1,971 | E2 - Endurance | Used this session to do a AT test. Went hard for the initial climb. I got near 180 but feel like 168 to 173 may be my At | ||||||
| 05/06/06 | Big Hole Ride | 5.75 | 90 | 6,297 | A5 – Long Hill Reps | See blog for full description. Very hard ride, not a ride to start a new phase. | ||||||
| 05/07/06 | Calf Creek MTB Ride | 2.00 | 8 | 1,000 | E1 – Recovery | Didn't do the ride correctly and my annoyance at that sends me a message that I am over trained a bit. The Big Hole Haunts me. | ||||||
| 05/09/06 | New Bike Test Ride | 0.75 | 7 | 900 | A4 – Lactate Tol reps | Tested the new Leader Bike. It climbed like a deer although I think I pushed too hard. | ||||||
| 05/10/06 | Rattlesnake Corridor | 2.00 | 16 | 700 | E2 – Recovery | Ride didn't seem right as the seat was too low. Don't feel right or strong. I think stress is getting to me. Its my last day at work. | ||||||
| 05/11/06 | Thursday Night Ride (Sidewinder) | 1.50 | 8 | 1,200 | F2 - Big Ring Climbs | Went way too hard on the initial climb. I guess I was showing off. I felt really tired after the ride. Stress! | ||||||
| 05/13/06 | Coyote Creek | 1.75 | 8 | 1,500 | E1 – Recovery | Felt good to get out ans spin. I didn't push the envelope today and for the first time felt good on the bike. | ||||||
| 05/14/06 | Thompson's Pass Ride | 2.55 | 46 | 5,000 | Race Pace Ride | Climbed pretty strong although feeling worn for the last 5 miles. I went strong from the start and finished real strong. Pretty good effort. Did not feel comfortable on the bike though. | ||||||
| 05/16/06 | Treasure Ride | 1.60 | 11 | 2,000 | M3 – Hill Cruise Ints | Climbed in middle ring and third time was very difficult so I finished the treasure ride. | ||||||
| 05/17/06 | Bonner and Back | 1.15 | 17.5 | 300 | E1 – Recovery | Nice easy ride, stayed within limits. | ||||||
| 05/18/06 | Thursday Night Ride (Treasure & Sam Braxton) | 3.00 | 15.5 | 3,000 | P2 – Hill Sprints | Sprints went a little too long and also the distance and time were WAY too much. I just hope I didn't screw up the Billings Race. | ||||||
| 05/20/06 | Pre-Ride Billings Race | 1.00 | 5 | 50 | Pre-Ride | Very disappointed with the course and the cyclocross/crit style race plan. Feel pretty good! | ||||||
| 05/21/06 | RACE: Cow Pie Classique (Billings MT) | 2.00 | 26 | 100 | RACE | Felt good and finished strong considering the extreme heat during the race. I won my race and thought I done well only to find out later that I had not done as well as expected. Need a lot more training and weight loss. | ||||||
| 05/23/06 | 1.20 | 10 | 1,900 | E1 – Recovery | Tried to keep it all together and road the road up and the trails down. So much stress at work, something has got to give. | |||||||
| 05/24/06 | Blackfoot River Run | 1.00 | 19 | 400 | E1 – Recovery | Recovery spin, feel pretty decent. | ||||||
| 05/25/06 | Thursday Night Ride (Midtower) | 1.00 | 12.2 | 3,116 | E2 - Endurance | Only went over my HR plan on the steep climb between roads at the top. Otherwise a great spin. Ran all the creek crossings to the amusement of the others. | ||||||
| 05/27/06 | East Missoula MTB Loop | 1.50 | 12.6 | 1,500 | E2 - Endurance | Went on a tremendously wet ride with a friend. Rode the K2 and got near hypothermia Almost passed out in the shower. Something is wrong. | ||||||
| 05/28/06 | Skalkaho Pass Ride | 2.00 | 27.3 | 4,222 | Test | HR only reached 163, very low for this time of year. Will just go with 158 as At for now, maybe 3 weeks at a lower level will recuperate me. Something is wrong. | ||||||
| 05/29/06 | Hiking Lake Como | Staff Infection | ||||||||||
| 05/30/06 | Hiking University Ridge | Staff Infection | ||||||||||
| 06/05/06 | Hiking Mount Jumbo | Staff Infection | ||||||||||
| 06/06/06 | Hiking University Ridge | Staff Infection | ||||||||||
| 06/07/06 | Deer Creek Sneak | 1.25 | 16.3 | 2,519 | Unmonitored | A ride to see if I can start riding again. I felt very uncomfortable but I think I did no damage. Starting antibiotics tonight. | ||||||
| 06/08/06 | Thursday Night Ride (Hayes Point) | 2.50 | 10.25 | 1,754 | Monitored Free Ride | I got the HR to 172 so that is good news. Still very uncomfortable and also felt the fork was not set up properly and almost caused accidents. It was a really muddy day. | ||||||
| 06/10/06 | Miller Peak Epic Ride | 4.75 | 50 | 9,762 | Endurance Hard | Started out keeping the HR around 145 but as the ride grew on and it became more difficult I was keeping it around 163 for quite a bit of time even maxing out at 170 at times. | ||||||
| 06/11/06 | Warm Springs MTB Ride | 4.00 | 12.12 | 1,955 | Intervals | Went hard for real short periods of times. Mostly this ride was a technical one which increased bike handling skills on the new bike. | ||||||
| 06/13/06 | Blackfoot River Run (Road Bike) | 1.35 | 25 | 772 | E1 – Recovery | The knee is a pain and when I went into the headwind I got a knee cramp. I got very frustrated with the wind last night but my shorts are so uncomfortable I almost ripped them off to ride home naked. The shorts are messing up my season by creating sores on my bottom. | ||||||
| 06/14/06 | Rattlesnake Corridor (MTN Bike) | 1.50 | 16 | 700 | Spins | Felt nice to get out and spin. Still uncomfortable on the bike | ||||||
| 06/15/06 | Thursday Night Ride (Rattlesnake) | 1.00 | 6.75 | 1,200 | E1 – Recovery | Well ... not recovery. I rode the K2 due to extreme rain and paid the price on the climb. I got my heart rate up for at least 20 minutes solid. Bad Bay! | ||||||
| 06/16/06 | Georgetown Lake | 0.75 | 5 | 300 | Spin | After the trip there needed to get out and pump some blood through the legs. I have a bad rash or hives. Uncomfortable riding. | ||||||
| 06/17/06 | Pre-Ride Anaconda Race | 3.00 | 16 | 1,500 | Pre-Ride | Felt good and ready to go fast. The bottom bracket in my bike may come out. | ||||||
| 06/18/06 | RACE: (Anaconda MT) | 2.00 | 22 | 3,000 | RACE | Blew up 5 minutes after a terrific start. Don't feel right. The race was weak and I felt terrible Definitely a bad race. Lots of re-training to do. | ||||||
| 06/19/06 | Off | Day Off | Too busy and stressed to even hike. Too many things going wrong. | |||||||||
| 06/20/06 | Hiking Jumbo | Day Off Hike | Did a 2 and a half hour hike with dog. Went a little quickly ... was more of a workout. | |||||||||
| 06/21/06 | Lolo Ride – Rte 12 | 2.45 | 44 | 800 | E2 - Endurance | Rode real hard but could not get heart rate up to 145 and keep it there ... very disappointed Over trained ??? Why? | ||||||
| 06/22/06 | Thursday Night Ride (Woody) | 3.50 | 11.77 | 3,527 | F1 - Hilly Endurance | Rode pretty gently. I feel real good in the saddle and the middle ring. Heart rate stayed in a good range although a sprint produced some difficulty. Not back yet! | ||||||
| 06/23/06 | Hiking Sentinel | Rest Day | ||||||||||
| 06/24/06 | Mormon Peak Ride | 3.50 | 13 | 4,133 | Race Pace Ride | Came out of my slow shell and in to a real fast shell. Climbed comfortably in a middle chain ring A powerful and fast climb. Fell very good! | ||||||
| 06/25/06 | Coyote Coolie | 1.75 | 8 | 1,500 | E1 – Recovery | Felt great stayed in middle ring and felt real comfortable. Technical skills are dialed in as well. | ||||||
| 06/26/06 | Hiking Jumbo | Rest Day | ||||||||||
| 06/27/06 | Rainy Day Solution | 1.90 | 21.18 | 3,376 | P3 – Power | Did not do too many power ints. Got caught up in the ride and went all out on the descents Was no place to pedal all out. | ||||||
| 06/28/06 | Lolo Ride – Rte 12 | 2.50 | 47 | 800 | E2 - Endurance | Had a headwind and felt pretty raw but handles the heart rate (148) beautifully. | ||||||
| 06/29/06 | Thursday Night Ride (Trail of Tears) | 3.25 | 22.45 | 4,970 | M5 – Muscular Endurance | Great workout. Felt apprehensive but all 4 sprints were brutal just the way they should be. I even got my heart rate into the 176s ... outstanding! | ||||||
| 06/30/06 | E1 hike | Jumbo | ||||||||||
| Sat | 07/01/06 | Stewart Peak Trail | 2.00 | 16.5 | 4,152 | A6 – Race Simulation | Got to near passing out and had a mini-blow-up. Recovered well and finished strong on top. Killer downhill as my quads were cramping. | |||||
| Sun | 07/02/06 | Blue Point Ride | 3.80 | 30.86 | 7,841 | E2 - Endurance | Well ... supposed to be a endurance / recovery ride. Endurance it was as I did go anaerobic on some of the toughest climbs. Id not plan on going this far and went overtime. In all felt good and had fun. | |||||
| Mon | 07/03/06 | Day off hike! | University Ridge! | |||||||||
| Tue | 07/04/06 | Treasure Ride | 1.60 | 5.11 | 1,891 | E1 – Recovery | Can you believe it? Yea, up the climb out of town in a recovery pace although the sun may have fried me. This may have been a bad choice of rides but I needed to get a quick one in. This entire week has been about overage. | |||||
| Wed | 07/05/06 | Grant Creek Road Ride | 1.60 | 11.6 | 134 | S4 – Form Sprints | Went easy and had a good ride out to Grant Creek. | |||||
| Thu | 07/06/06 | Thursday Night Ride (Snow Bowl) | 1.50 | 3 | 1,502 | E1 – Recovery | Pouring rain and use that as an excuse to quit after an hour. Got real wet and trashed the bike. Kept the heart rate in rest mode except for the beginning where peer presure got me riled up for about 20 minutes. | |||||
| Fri | 07/07/06 | Day Off | ||||||||||
| Sat | 07/08/06 | RACE: (Bozeman MT) | 3.00 | 24 | 4,000 | RACE | 40K in 1:30 (they mis-timed me). I felt like this was a good race keeping my hr out of the 170+ range for periods longer than a minute or two. I felt like I done well although the results showed that I did really bad at almost 30 minutes behind (they might have mis-timmed me). I was 5th in my age group and 11th overall. | |||||
| Sun | 07/09/06 | Sam Braxton Ride | 2.00 | 16 | 2,400 | E1 – Recovery | Kept it in the smallest front chain ring and kept it all easy going. Felt pretty good for a day after a race. Found out today that they mis-timed me. | |||||
| Mon | 07/10/06 | Day Off | ||||||||||
| Tue | 07/11/06 | Blue Mountain Ride | 1.50 | 14.5 | 984 | E2 - Endurance | Went exploring and rode at a reduced recovery pace. | |||||
| Wed | 07/12/06 | Day Off | Staff Infection | |||||||||
| Thu | 07/13/06 | Thursday Night Ride (Wallman) | 2.00 | 4.43 | 1,714 | A5 – Long Hill Reps | Stood the entire ride due to the infection! Went totally anaerobic on the climbs going to 179 bpm. | |||||
| Fri | 07/14/06 | Day Off | Staff Infection | |||||||||
| Sat | 07/15/06 | Day Off | Staff Infection | |||||||||
| Sun | 07/16/06 | RACE: (Butte MT) | 2.00 | 22 | 3,000 | RACE | Had a good race considering the condition of my health. Finished real strong. Passed 3 riders at the finish. | |||||
| Mon | 07/17/06 | Day Off | Took Marcy for a 30 minute walk at jumbo | |||||||||
| Tue | 07/18/06 | Rattlesnake Corridor | 1.75 | 23 | 717 | A1 – Anaerobic Endurance | Sprints, did 4 of them for 5 minutes. Couldn't get my heart rate up. | |||||
| Wed | 07/19/06 | Lolo Ride – Rte 12 | 1.00 | 18 | 100 | E1 – Recovery | Rode under 120 to 130 bpm. Nice little spin. One note of importance. I need to get rid of that saddle. It really irritated my bum. | |||||
| Thu | 07/20/06 | Thursday Night Ride (Blue Point Trail) | 3.00 | 12 | 3,269 | P2 – Hill Sprints | Kind of long for a sprint work-out but it was a group ride. I hope I didnt screw up this weekend. | |||||
| Fri | 07/21/06 | Day Off | ||||||||||
| Sat | 07/22/06 | Pre-Ride Showdown Race | 1.00 | 4 |