5.16.10

* MTB Ride - Guana Reserve
Rode from home to Guana and met up with T.J. - we rolled down through Guana on the double track roads and hit some of the south trail as well. Some sections were really sandy. We popped out to refuel at the Gate Station and then decided to head back on the road. Tailwind on the way back! Pretty mellow pace throughout whole ride. Nothing really hard - good saddle time.

Ride time - 3 hrs / 47 miles

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5.15.10

* Sat AM Ride
Calf finally feels better - left the house around 7:45 - plan was to hook up with Lodge ride and then roll down to Gate Station for few extra miles. I got to the Lodge right at 8am and only 1 person was there, so I kept spinning and ended up rolling through to Nocatee. I turned around and caught on to group on Old Palm Valley Rd. Sat in for a few rotations. The ride was pretty mellow. We ramped up the pace at the turn around for spoke 1 on the second loop. Small group of us started putting in some efforts and stayed away for rest of ride. Turned around and headed to the Gate Station with S. Burke and T. Maniatis. Had a brutal headwind on way down but got a fast tailwind on way back. I put in a good long solo effort on PVB on way back.

Ride time - 3hr30min / 74miles

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5.14.10

*OFF* No training
Calf is better but still not great. One more day without riding - should feel better by Saturday.

5.13.10

*OFF* No training.
Took the day off from any riding - I think I pulled something in my calf muscle - very painful. Won't do any good to go ride.

5.12.10

* PM - EZ spin
Rode down to Mickler's and back. Mellow - very ez. Kept hr around 100 - 110.

Legs feeling achy sore and tired from Tues night ride.

Ride time = 1hr / 15 miles.

5.11.10

* PM - Group Ride
Did County Line Ride - put in some good efforts. Pushed REALLY hard at end of ride. Got in some nice work. Good ride and a lot of fun.

Ride time = 2hrs / ~ 40 miles

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5.9.10

* MTB ride - Guana River State Park

Rode from home down PV Blvd to 210 and then went into Guana River state park through the Roscoe entrance. It was about 11 miles from home to the entrance to the park - good warmup. Hit the 'trails' and kicked it up to solid enduro-pace. The trails are just double track dirt roads - mainly they're hardpack but there are some soft, sugar sand sections. Did a little exploring but mainly tried to keep a good effort going. At about 2hrs I popped out by the south entrance which is right next to the Gate Station convenience store - I refueled with some water and G-ade and then headed back in to the park to retrace route. I definitely picked up the pace on the way back - kept it in z4 or higher. It was a little windy in some open sections, but overall the trees did a good job of shielding me from the wind. I popped out at the 210 road gate and then headed back towards Jax Beach. The wind was tough on the Blvd going back but I spun down through PV, through Jax Bch and then turned around in Atlantic Bch and then back home.

Ride time = 4hrs 8min / 59 miles

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5.8.10

Sat a.m. ride -

* Did the Lodge group ride - super hot outside. Didn't feel all that great on the ride. Possible stomach virus / dehydration. Felt flat - no power and heart rate was VERY HIGH.



total time = 2:24 / 46 miles



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5.4.10 -- 5.7.10

* No training / riding from Tuesday thru Friday. Had some bad weather and other commitments (work related) -- decided to use as a recovery week.

5.3.10

PM - Recovery Ride
* Rode super ez mellow pace down to 1st entrance to Guana then back home. A little windy on the way out but had nice tailwind on way home.

ride time = 1:30

5.2.10

PM - mtb ride
* Rode to Hanna for a lap, then cruised back towards Jax Bch. Then I rode south through PV and went down to Solana Road to Roscoe Road... Did some road miles through Palm Valley and then did quick loop through Guana State Park. Then back down PV Blvd to home. Rode at 'enduro pace' -- fairly mellow - zone 2/3 stuff.

Total time = 3:19 / 46 miles

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5.1.10

State TT Championships - 2010

* Start time was around 10:15 for me so I got there around 9:30 - was able to get in a quick warm up (only about 15minutes) then lined up. The course was on Brandy Branch Road which runs North/South and is a pretty straight road with good pavement. There are two minor 'dips' which break some momentum up, but nothing to come out of the saddle for. The day was hot - around mid 80s. I decided to go out fairly conservative for the first 15 minutes -- as I wasn't completely warmed up yet. Knowing that the headwind on the way back was going to be tough - I decided to 'use' the tailwind on the way down, but stay within myself. I pushed it in a few spots - held between 27-31 fairly easily. I hit the turnaround at about 27minutes. As soon as I rounded the cone - the wind was like a brick wall. At first I could hold around 23-25 mph but my HR was high (188-190) - I knew I wouldn't be able to hold that... I felt like I could sit around 184 fairly comfortably, so I had to back it down a bit. I tried to keep in my position as much as possible but I did drink twice just because the heat was getting to me at around the 40min point. Occasionally, my speed would reach 25, but I saw it drop as low as 19 at one point. There was also a fair amount of vehicle traffic on the road - lots of big trucks that would cause some wind gusts when they flew by. At one point, I figured my sub-1hr goal was NOT going to happen. I tried to remain calm and just stay in my TT position and spin. I felt like I was going very slow. Finally, the last curve appeared and I rounded it and could see the finish line tent. There was also a rider up the road a bit, so this helped my psyche - by having a 'target' dangling in front of me. I figured it was about 1.5 miles out, so I shifted into a harder gear and went as hard as I could. My clock was around 57 minutes - so I was hoping my calculation was good and that would get me to the line around 59 minutes. The last 45 seconds hurt really bad, I could feel a slight twinge in my right calf as I was pushing and pulling with every bit of power I could find. The 'elusive sub 1-hr mark' was right in front of me and I wanted it BAD! I tried to look forward to help 'pull' myself toward the line -- and I didn't want to see how high my HR was! I crossed the line just under 59minutes (58:52) !! I was way stoked. This was good enough for 2nd place in cat 4. The guy who won went just over 56min! That's fast.

It was a good time - always fun to push it hard under racing conditions. After that me and Steph hit up the Cool Moose Cafe for some lunch and then went and saw Jeff & Andie's new little baby boy, Leighton. Overall a great day.

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4.30.10

*Off* - took the night off from riding - working on TT bike for State TT Championship tomorrow.

4.29.10

PM Ride - TT workout
* Did the County Line Group ride - rode my TT bike. I sat in for majority of ride but did a few 60-90 sec efforts. Felt really good.

Ride time = 1:35 / 35miles