Trials and Tribulations

I must have gotten in about 4 miles today riding with the team. Tiffany's bike is at the shop with fork issues. I let her borrow my Trek and I rode Mary. The hill repeats on the prairie were difficult, but I powered Mary up 8 times. I wasn't able to make it to the top of the Sadoff slope though. I watched as the team did 10 repeats there. Tiffany made it up at least five times. Must be the bike!

Total Accumulated Miles for 2009: 3023.73 (280 off road)

Recovery on the Rail Trail

Distance 16 miles

Rain ruined our plans to head up to Nordic Mt. today so we took it easy and spun down the Mascoutin Valley Trail. Picked things up a bit on the way back into town with some sprints to the "stop ahead" signs.

Total Accumulated Miles for 2009: 3019.73 (276 off road)

Monday Skunk Hollow Hill Repeats

Distance: 19.83 miles
Time: 1 hr. 21 min.
Ave. Speed: 15.13 mph

Took the Hawks up and down Skunk Hollow Road 12 times. About 3/4 mi. and 148 feet of climbing each time = 1,776 feet of climbing. Strong group. No complaints.

Total Accumulated Miles for 2009: 2993.73 (260 off road)

Saturday morning

Distance: 41.11 miles
Time: 2 hr. 05 min.
Ave. Speed: 19.79 mph

Ave. Heartrate: 150 bpm
Max. Heartrate: 179 bpm
Est. Kilocalories burned: 1470

Got up and got some miles of my own in before taking the Red Hawks to their first race at 12-Hours of Blue Mound (the 3-hour race).

Total Accumulated Miles for 2009: 2984.60 (260 off road)

Nordic Mt. Recon

Took the Hawks up to Nordic Mountain to explore the course and take care of a bit of trail maintenance. Great Day! Not a lot of mileage, but quality riding with the team.

Total Accumulated Miles for 2009: 2943.49 (260 off road)

Team time trials and hills

Had the team do some riding on the Prairie this afternoon. A 2-mile time trial to see where they're at, followed by some hill repeats, both on the prairie and the grassy slope by the tennis courts. Got a few attempts at Sadoff in as well. Interrupted by some heavy rain.

Total Accumulated Miles for 2009: 2938.49 (255 off road)

Red Hawk Adventure

Distance: Estimated at 15 miles
Time: About 2 hours

After participating in a high ropes challenge course at the Kohler Experiential Learning Center in the morning, I took some members of the Ripon College cycling team to Evergreen and JayCees parks in Sheboygan for our first offroad adventure of the 2009 season. We (at least I did, and I think they did as well) had a blast.

After our experience today, I'm even more excited about our prospects for 2009. It was a great day, and I'm looking forward to more this fall.

Total Accumulated Miles for 2009: 2933.49 (250 off road)