Week of 9-5-10 through 9-19-10

Will start this blog with Sat. Sept. 4th

Rode 8 Hours of Labor with Anna as my partner. We each rode 1 lap and switched. Rode each lap at race pace, except for 1 where I saw a coyote and then was distracted looking for animals for the rest of the lap. We came in 1 min. and 30sec. short of getting in another lap for the race. I have never ridden my mt bike that far and so rode it anyway. We got 3rd overall as a team and Erik and Jared got 2nd. Homestake is a great place and we had fun drinking the keg that evening.

Sunday Sept 5th
Rode 1:30 on some trails around Homestake with Bill, Christy, Erik, and Sten. It started out raining but got nice. Really felt good going downhill fast on my mt bike. Also, felt good going uphill. Ended the day in the Jefferson hotsprings.

Sept. 6
Off-legs were pretty tired.

Sept. 7
Rode out to Bridger Canyon for the RR to volunteer. Did 3 10x10 CP sprints. Rode about an hour total. Ran at lunch and did 6 10 sec. uphill sprints. Ran 30 minutes total. Frustrating day. Too many errands not enough biking.

Sept. 8
Braved the rain and did 4x10 minute threshold intervals. Rode for about 2.5 hours. 3 on Story Hill. One on Peets Hill.

Sept. 9
In Missoula for a PQ thing. Day off

Sept. 10
Rode the Rattlesnake with Lisa and Anna. 2x20 minute sweet spot efforts. 6 foot down start sprints. Rode for 2.5 hours.

Sept. 11
Rode in Missoula with Lisa, Anna, and Lindsy Campbell. Went all over. Up Pattee and then over the interstate etc. Lots of zone 3 efforts and lots of fun technical downhill. Anna and Lisa bothed kicked my butt. A little nervous about racing!

Sept. 12
Travel to Boston and Woods Hole

Sept. 13
Run 30 minutes. 8x10 sec. high knees. No hills around

Sept. 14
Run about 1:40. Did 3x 10 min. threshold efforts.

Sept. 15
Swam in the ocean. Awesome!!!

Sept. 16
Travel home

Sept. 17
Sooo tired. Skipped todays workout.

Sept. 18th
Was supposed to be short ride. 1.5-2 hours. Did 5 min. blowout. 3x10 min. 15sec on 15sec off. and then a 20 min. z3 effort with an out of saddle sprint every 2 minutes. Rode up Gooch Hill, then Hyalite, up Moser over to Bozeman Creek. Came down trail at Bozeman Creek and rode home. Ended up takin almost 5 hours. Not sure why. We only stopped a couple of times to meet with Rich, and to eat.

Sept. 19th.
Sooo tired again. Only rode to store for groceries. Feel like I am getting sick. Have had a very busy couple of weeks.