It's almost racing time!

As the season approaches (only 11 days until the first race of the season in Kenosha), I will also be posting more. While I have spent an average of 3 days a week at Emery's training with Brent, I do not have many interesting things to write about. One positive thing of note is that we seem to have around 8-10 people showing up on Tuesday nights. Who knows if that will continue once we hit the streets in about 7 weeks, but it is pretty cool for now. I am sure that there will be more interesting things to write about and discuss while the outdoor miles start to rack up.

For now, I have a few things that I would like to share. This past Saturday (Thursday for Kari), we completed our second power test. This power test was 15 minutes long in contrast to the 10 minutes we completed for the baseline session. First off, Kari did awesome! She went for 4.90 miles in the 15 minutes for an average of 19.6 mph on the CompuTrainer! What's even more awesome is that she went for 1.81 miles in the final 5 minutes for an average of 21.72 mph! She definitely did not try hard enough for the first 10 minutes! I truly believe that she will shock people come race season as long as she picks up on the mental aspect of the sport. As for my power test results, my goal was at least 6 miles in the 15 minutes; however, I was only able to get 5.75 miles for an average right around 23 mph. I was also watching my average power and it looked like I was averaging around 290 watts for the duration. While I do not have a fancy power meter like Chris to gauge all of my data, it is nice to see my data during my power tests. I am definitely looking forward to growing up and owning a fancy power meter some day!

Finally, for those interested, a preliminary race calendar and results from 2011 are posted. Keep checking back to see more races added and results posted! Also, if any of our readers are part of the team, please send me your race schedule so I can add them to the calendar and capture your results.

Happy Training!