Bike Sebring Misc 2007
All of the chain hotels withing 15 miles of the event were booked, but the little motels weren't. We stayed at the Sunset Beach Motel, which was a hole. I'd never stay there again. My mattress was cup shaped. The Bathroom door was coming apart and wouldn't close until I figured out just where to push...
I didn't have a long valve extender for my Zipp 404 Rear, so it was the Zipp Disc or a Mavic Open Pro on the rear. I found out late, that the 404 front had a slow leak, so I spent twenty minutes manhandling a tire onto the rim. I never got around to gluing it, but it held up fine during the 222 miles (of course I wasn't doing any crit turns).
Chris Hopkinson was there again and he was out front early on. Once again, he was a good sport shouting encouragement. There was a lotta love this year down at Sebring. There were people on the side of the road cheering during the long loop and the 12 mile loops. The recumbents always had a word of praise as they passed. And there were a ton of recumbents including a fully faired bright yellow "Barracuda". The volunteers at the race referred to him as "Banana Man".
Labels: 24 hour tt, Bike Sebring
Recovery Week
I celebrated my recovery week by doing absolutely nothing more strenuous than chasing my kids around. No Yoga, No easy spinning, nothing. That's not the best way to recover, so do as I say and not as I do.
I did spend some time getting caught up on work, planning for two fund raising events, and getting some things in order for RAAM (including filling out the application and paying the entry fee). Carolyn said they can use the picture of me from Monument Valley as my official picture. Its the one of me holding the three pieces of carbon fiber that used to be a Zipp 202 rim. Cool.
Its getting close to Bike Sebring. I'm really looking forward to it this year. David and Jakson, two members of my RAAM crew may join me there. My dad is coming down as well. In 2005, Sebring was on my list of "A" races meaning ones I train for and the main goal is results. In 2006, I used Sebring as a "C" race meaning it was more for training than racing and the results were secondary. This year it's an "A" race again. The next three weeks will be Lactate Threshold Intervals (right now I can do 10 minutes at a time, I'd like to be able to do 40 minutes) and I'll continue with the Maximum Strength phase in the weight room. I hope to put up some big numbers down there in Florida.
Labels: Bike Sebring, recovery, training, Zipp 202
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