Kush's semi-training thread

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kush

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Now is the time to lay the Don’t Call it a Comeback to rest. That thread started with a comeback from an MCL tear that had me out for about 8 weeks... well, more like 3 weeks before I got back on the bike for some towpath with the kids, and lots of swimming endless laps for about 6 weeks to keep the endurance up. I didn’t hit all my goals, but I did ok considering the time off from racing and training. Results are up on my bio page. All the more so that it hasn’t been a full two years since I bought my first ever MTB, and it has been less than a year since I bought my first road bike.

Fresh start, new year. I can’t train with total science like some of these other yahoos, even though I’m big on science and numbers, considering that’s a big part of my job. But I can put in some miles, I have good power and endurance, and I have a solid launch point from about 340 hours in the saddle in 2009. Who knows, maybe I will develop a structured ATP and will follow it. I’m skeptical I can though, because ...

I have a family with two boys 5 and 6yo, a (so far supportive) wife, and a more than a full-time career. Those are priorities. There is also ice hockey, which is a fixture for 1-2 nights per week. So that leaves limited time to train with structure, even though somehow I managed to pull down 4200 miles last year. And doesn’t leave a lot of time to post, but I’ll give it a shot. So this thread is about balancing life’s priorities while bordering on maintaining a serious training regimen.

My two first big races are the Michaux Mash in March, and the Tour of Battenkill on April 10th. I'm more anxious about the Battenkill, as that is my first road race, and "It looks like we'll exceed 2000 racers for the event in April, making it (we think) the largest sanctioned road race in the world!".

I think I need some kind of a hobby while I build base, and the cliff bar thing's been done.

(Hi Spence! :) )

Here's the breakdown of my 2009 -

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I guess I find it interesting that the max hr for the year was indoors.
 
Norm said:
That just means he doesn't race hard enough!
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right. It could also be a glitch in the HR monitor which is not uncommon. I would also think that your highest HR should come in cross where the effort is of shorter duration.
 
And you are not impressed by my max MTB speed of 87 mph?

All that data is probably 90% right. There's garbage in there, I don't have time to clean. That indoor max HR session was actually when my wife used my garmin on the spinner, her real max HR is probably 195 or so.
 
Slug Time

I have read two books on training in 2009 and it came down to, I will never have a structured training regimen. Like Kush there are just entirely too many demands on me between the kids, wife and of course work. My wife has sent numerous subliminal messages that my balance is off. So for 2010 I am keeping it simple. Structured riding is defined as so- hours, number of commutes, effort, and sleep. That is the best I can do. My ultimate goal is to make riding not so much of an event in my wife's eyes. I like the tone of this thread already. It brings freshness to the board.:)
 
I don't hit my max HR in races either, I was just having some fun. I usually max out on the crapper.
 
Spencer the Kalmyk said:
My ultimate goal is to make riding not so much of an event in my wife's eyes.
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this is exactly what i've been trying to do. now that she's getting more and more into running, she's starting to get it a bit.

rlb said:
I didn't think the porn would render so well on an iphone
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actually, porn is way ahead of the curve when it comes to mobile. in fact, just like w/ VHS and BlueRay, porn is setting the standard for what is considered a...uh...good mobile experience?

hi kush!
 
But he is riding the hours. He's just not calling it a plan. Stan.
 
kush said:
Who knows, maybe I will develop a structured ATP and will follow it. I’m skeptical I can though, because ...
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You have much more opportunity than most. All you have to do is realize it and take advantage of it. That being said, you fall into the "I'm just getting started and have no clue what to do" group. Simply ride your bike. When the opportunity comes, ride longer, if it doesn't, ride faster.

Hi everyone else! :p
 
bonefishjake said:
hi kush!
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Hi Jake!

stb222 said:
Glad to see you are back!
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Thanks Kev! I was on vacation. Will get around to posting some stuff from that later.

Norm said:
But he is riding the hours. He's just not calling it a plan. Stan.
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BiknBen said:
You have much more opportunity than most. All you have to do is realize it and take advantage of it. That being said, you fall into the "I'm just getting started and have no clue what to do" group. Simply ride your bike. When the opportunity comes, ride longer, if it doesn't, ride faster.
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I think we're getting deep into semantics.

For everyone that has read Friel, Coogan, etc (and I have) knows that there is a lot of science to maintaining a proper plan. In order for this to make any sense, you have to have first of all a structured plan, predictable and adequate volume, you have to monitor with some precision, you have to maintain proper nutrition, have the right environment and so on. I'm sure you can add another 12 things to the have-to's.

The only thing I'm up to doing right now is riding my bike. I don't think Ben that I'm in that group, I simply don't see the value of doing a lot of this work if I cannot maintain the discipline of ALL of this. Do you?

There's lots of room in between just riding a bike and doing what Vreeland does. I'm just saying that I'm somewhere in between. I don't have aspirations to turn Pro, I do aspire to upgrade to Cat 1 in short order, and be slightly better than mid-pack there.

Bottom line is that I think a 350 hour pace is probably good enough for me to get to that simple goal without investing a lot of effort into a lot of science. Again, who the f knows, I may get into it. Then again, I may only wind up monitoring my HR on the crapper.
 
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