Jason reminded me that we have never really done the Tuesday/Thursday training rides this late in the year. I think it was just last year when the Day Lights Savings Time Change to a new date. So what this gave us was almost a month more of training rides. Great for cycling, bad for the [...]

If you didn’t already know, I love podcasting.  Listening, watching, creating.  On todays long run, I made sure my iPhone was up to date with my subscription of podcast.  Looking at going around 10 miles, I knew exactly how many podcast I would need.
I started out with the Competitor Radio Show.  Bob Babbitt and Paul [...]

No Jason tonight. I headed out and got a good 10 miles in before heading to Bike Tek, to meet up with the team mackers. The crowd was barely 10 strong, but that was more than enough to hall ass.
An hour of daylight was all we had. To the bridge [...]

I headed out for a 10 mile run to the park, with my iPhone. I recently updated iTunes to version 8 which includes Apple’s new “Genius” playlist. Genius is one smart playlist. You pick a song on your iPod and click the Genius button. Boom, you have a playlist of songs [...]

Two days off after the Monster and I was still having trouble walking.  So what better remedy then a Tuesday Night Training Race?
The group met up at Bike Tek and left at 6 sharp.  It was a good crowd of 16+.  Even Jeff NIL8 Williams, the 40+ ABR National Road Race Champion graced us with [...]

More than a month ago I enlisted my Nemesis, Andy Peterson, to fill in Jason on my annual trek to the Monster Adventure Race in Quincy, IL.  I wasn’t sure what to expect from him, but I knew he was strong on the bike and run.  Andy also possessed great mountain bike skills and strength. 

I [...]

I was browsing through Runners World and came upon a short article about enduring pain.  A woman was riding her bike to a half marathon.  On the way there, she crashed, fracturing both arms.  Not knowing the extent of here injury, she got back on the bike and headed to the race.  She completed the [...]

Jason and I started the Tuesday night training ride a litter early it get in a few more miles before heading to BikeTek.  People actually showed up, for this late season ride.  I was surprise to see a good dozen riders.  With the shorter days the rides are getting faster.  Gary wants to cover the [...]

One more day in Madison.  I was able to hook up with Otis & Christa for dinner.   Before dinner, I explored some neighborhoods along the lake and them headed to the trails.  I felt rather strong but held back on the way out.  The way back in i stepped up the pace with a tail [...]

IT Conference up in Madison Wi, today.  I had a good size lunch hour and decided to skip the provided lunch and head out for a exploratory run.  Madison is covered in bike/running paths and I was right in the middle of it.
Downtown Madison reminds me of downtown Denver, and has the same type of [...]

I headed out on my normal path today.  Repetition gets boring, so today I turned right on a street that I normally pass by.  I have gone by this neighbor hood several time, but have never went in.    I guess you could live in a town your whole life and only know 10% of it.  [...]

After a long Saturday night, it took some time to muster up a run.  It was 4:00 and I laced up my shoes.  I set no targets for todays run.  I ran how I felt.  30 minutes out and I turned around.  I landed back at home in exactly 1 hour.  It was one of those [...]

Jason and I headed out of Springfield around 6:30 for the Polka Pace Race.  It is a small town 5k in Havana, IL.
The fog was terrible, almost complete white out conditions.  We took it pretty easy on the way over.  I was surprised to see so many cars out that early.  I think we got stuck behind [...]

My run has really been suffering do to a constant drift.  Maybe you can relate?  You start running and next thing you know, your pace has slowed by a minute and you are in La-La Land.  Thinking about everything under the sun.
I suppose this is probably a good thing for your mind to do, but [...]

Jason and I headed out to Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Park (Site-M) for a true trail run, in prep for some of our up and coming events.    The goal was to do a half marathon.  We didn’t make it there until about 9:30 in the A.M.  I was hoping to get out there earlier but [...]

Today I dusted off the tt bike and headed out for a sprint sized brick.  The Midwest Monster Adventure is just two weeks away and a bike-run workout is key.  Walking around the neighborhood with a 40# bag of sand would probably help too, but I will have to pass on that.
Just getting the legs turning [...]

A three day weekend for most in the observation of Labor Day.  What is Labor day?  Does it really matter as long as I get a day off of work?  So what is Labor Day?
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and [...]

Tonight was a short ride. With low turnout and low motivation the ride ended just short of 20 miles. The clouds rolled in and the weather to the north did not look favorable. I think I played it smart by tuning around early with Dungan an Lister.
I should have plenty of time to train this [...]

The noon track workout: 1×1600, 1×3200, 2×800.  Two words: tough.  That wasn’t enough.  I had to join Jason for is welcome back workout at the Tuesday Night Training Ride.  The minute I got on the bike I could hear my legs crying “uncle.”  It was not going to be a pleasant ride.  I started thinking to myself how [...]

Like a Jimmy John’s “#1 no mayo, no cheese, add dijon, hot peppers and sauce,” it is the meat in the middle that makes a sandwich.  So with a brick on Saturday and Pizza & Beer that night.   I had nothing left to do but put in a long recovery run (to recover from the beer [...]