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Tests and More Tests

I’m confident there is a correlation between how many carbs I’m eating vs. how often I post. The more carbs, the more I post and vice versa. As you can imagine, I haven’t been eating that many carbs. Either way, a very exciting time for me recently: I got some hard core data! I went to my training center and took a running VO2 max test and a 20 minute power test on the bike. Continue Reading

Coaching Consultation

Yesterday I had my initial consultation with my coach. I like him. I’ve known him a little bit as we’ve been doing our Wednesday night sprints at Franklin Field together. He has really pushed me to get faster this fall.  His background is in track and field where he ran at Michigan but after so many stress fractures he predominately races bikes now.

We basically went over race goals, Continue Reading