The Heckler
You bring new meaning to the term SUCK
WELCOME
Well, after a rather successful CX season and a month and a half of hibernation it's starting again. The beard came off a week and a half ago, and I'm a new man.
In this shining new thread I will share the wonderful other 8 months of the year outside of cyclocross. I will cover mountain, road, life, nutrition, training, hobbies, adventures WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE.
Were do we stand? Early December I made an impulse purchase and picked up a power meter. I snagged a used Garmin and HRM so now I will have more data then I know what to do with.
I rode the trainer last night for a whole hour. This was my first run with the power meter, cadence and HRM. Super fun to look at the numbers the whole time. It only took a few minutes at my normal comfortable pace to rev my heart up to 180. Final average ended up at 175. Whatever that means. Seems high, but I expected that.
Goals for this month:
Ease into the trainer over a couple weeks. Hopefully gain some control of my HR, get my legs back into the motion. Stretch a lot. Don't over do anything.
I'm visiting my buddy in West Palm Beach 2/25-3/2. The bike is coming and I'm planning on a few longer days to really kick off the season.
I WILL BE HELPING OUT TOMORROW AT MARTY'S FAT 50(k)!
Look for me without the beard, I may have an orange megaphone and a camera. Say hi.
ON NUTRITION.
I know you all are wondering what I ate to make myself such a cat 3 cyclocross wizard. WELL I'm about to take you on a little adventure.
One word. Eggs. Eggs are my main protein. Why???? It's all about the bang per buck / convenience factor. I can get 4 meals worth of protein for 4.50 (I buy second to top shelf eggs), and they hold up for a few weeks. Super quick prep, cook time and clean up. One day I would like to own a few egg factories of my own.
Typical training season dinner: Half onion, half red pepper & broccoli cooked up in the pan and mixed with 3 eggs (1 yoke only) and prepared into one of several dishes including but not limited to omelettes, scrambles & frittatas. Add salsa if available. Serve. Recover.
BAM.
Here is last nights two egg mostly white w/ salsa and broccoli. Net cost? Innexpensive. NOT cheap.
Where do you put all that cash you just saved? Into your student loans, more bike crap, records and your saving account because you are trying to buy a new car of course.
Welcome to the new adventure, please buckle up this is going to be a wild ride.
.....if not wild the vehicle will still be moving, so buckle up anyway.
Well, after a rather successful CX season and a month and a half of hibernation it's starting again. The beard came off a week and a half ago, and I'm a new man.
In this shining new thread I will share the wonderful other 8 months of the year outside of cyclocross. I will cover mountain, road, life, nutrition, training, hobbies, adventures WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE.
Were do we stand? Early December I made an impulse purchase and picked up a power meter. I snagged a used Garmin and HRM so now I will have more data then I know what to do with.
I rode the trainer last night for a whole hour. This was my first run with the power meter, cadence and HRM. Super fun to look at the numbers the whole time. It only took a few minutes at my normal comfortable pace to rev my heart up to 180. Final average ended up at 175. Whatever that means. Seems high, but I expected that.
Goals for this month:
Ease into the trainer over a couple weeks. Hopefully gain some control of my HR, get my legs back into the motion. Stretch a lot. Don't over do anything.
I'm visiting my buddy in West Palm Beach 2/25-3/2. The bike is coming and I'm planning on a few longer days to really kick off the season.
I WILL BE HELPING OUT TOMORROW AT MARTY'S FAT 50(k)!
Look for me without the beard, I may have an orange megaphone and a camera. Say hi.
ON NUTRITION.
I know you all are wondering what I ate to make myself such a cat 3 cyclocross wizard. WELL I'm about to take you on a little adventure.
One word. Eggs. Eggs are my main protein. Why???? It's all about the bang per buck / convenience factor. I can get 4 meals worth of protein for 4.50 (I buy second to top shelf eggs), and they hold up for a few weeks. Super quick prep, cook time and clean up. One day I would like to own a few egg factories of my own.
Typical training season dinner: Half onion, half red pepper & broccoli cooked up in the pan and mixed with 3 eggs (1 yoke only) and prepared into one of several dishes including but not limited to omelettes, scrambles & frittatas. Add salsa if available. Serve. Recover.
BAM.
Here is last nights two egg mostly white w/ salsa and broccoli. Net cost? Innexpensive. NOT cheap.
Where do you put all that cash you just saved? Into your student loans, more bike crap, records and your saving account because you are trying to buy a new car of course.
Welcome to the new adventure, please buckle up this is going to be a wild ride.
.....if not wild the vehicle will still be moving, so buckle up anyway.