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Category Archives: Biking
Try Charleston Half Ironman Sat. April 30, 2011
Well, Saturday is the first Half Ironman of the year for many of my Tri Buddies in Charleston…the Try Charleston Half Ironman…1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, and 13.1 mile run…half because of course, it’s half the distance of a … Continue reading
Posted in Achieving Goals, Biking, Dad's Blog Posts, Racing, Training
Tagged Big training day, try charleston half ironman triathlon
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Bikes are a beautiful thing
As we sit on top of our ‘steeds’ for hours, up and down the highways and byways at speeds often relentlessly at 20 MPH, up and down rolling to steep hills at over double that, we sometimes forget just how … Continue reading
Bike Functional Threshold Power (FTP) test result: 263 Watts
Almost looks like I know what I’m doing 🙂 Test on the bike went very well today…new FTP number is 263 Watts…up from 249 Watts 3 months ago: https://irondaughterirondad.com/bike-functional-threshold-power-ftp-test-result-249-watts/ …and spot on my prediction/goal of 260-265W from yesterday …so cool! What it all … Continue reading
Posted in Achieving Goals, Biking, Cycling, Dad's Blog Posts, Racing, Testing
Tagged bike testing, FTP, ftp improvement
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Re-testing bike and run: my advance predictions
Bike and run re-test are scheduled for this week coming up…if I can get them in around my other ‘stuff’ this week So here’s where I think that I’m at. BIKE: Last test: 249 watts FTP: January 3, 2011 https://irondaughterirondad.com/bike-functional-threshold-power-ftp-test-result-249-watts/ … Continue reading
Posted in Achieving Goals, Biking, Cycling, Dad's Blog Posts, Racing, Running, Testing
Tagged fitness testing, FTP, vDOT
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Age group athletes vs. Mother Nature et al
On January 4, 2011, I wrote about my bike test and result of 249 Watts FTP https://irondaughterirondad.com/bike-functional-threshold-power-ftp-test-result-249-watts/ and on January 7, my run test result of 37 vDOT https://irondaughterirondad.com/5k-run-test-nailed-37-vdot/ So it’s coming up to that time to re-test, to see … Continue reading
Posted in Achieving Goals, Biking, Cycling, Dad's Blog Posts, Racing, Running, Testing
Tagged fitness gains aging, FTP, testing, vDOT
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Professional bike fit today…always a great idea
Taking my own advice…a few fitting links there as well to give you some ideas: https://irondaughterirondad.com/biking/bike-fit/ I updated my bike fit today with a ‘Retul’ bike fit with Bruce Guild in Mooresville, NC http://www.studiovelonc.com/ I decided to go to Bruce … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Cycling, Dad's Blog Posts, Racing
Tagged bike fit, Bruce Guild, retul, StudioVelo
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Urban Mountain Biking…cool!
who needs a mountain to go mountain biking?…urban mountain biking…looks like fun for a little change of pace…and a perfect sport for Iron Jane 🙂 Full Screen Mode for the full effect…click on the Full Screen rectangle in the lower right corner Vegan … Continue reading
First outside bike ride in 2 months!
Ah, good to be back on the bike outside, on a rare 60F winter day…beautiful! Decided that my mountain bike was the perfect vehicle for an outdoor spin in over 2 months…pumped up the tires, lubed the chain, and out the door for … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Cycling, Dad's Blog Posts, Exercise
Tagged being in shape, downhill mountain biking, mountain biking
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Blogging is cool…new friends in Spain!
Being the first blog that I’ve _ever_ been involved with, like most projects that I take on, I approach it with zeal…maybe you can tell by the almost daily posts for the past couple of months since we started this…come … Continue reading
I’m _really_ liking these bike workouts
I’m on a Short and Fast workout protocol in the ‘Off Season” (OS) so far, following the Endurance Nation workout schedule. I have to tell you…I’m _really_ liking the bike workouts…tweaked my hamstring on the run workouts…so it’ll be a few … Continue reading
Posted in Achieving Goals, Biking, Cycling, Dad's Blog Posts, Training
Tagged bike workouts, endurance nation, FTP, Short and Fast workouts
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Pulled hamstring…ouch!
It’s been an interesting exercise week for me. On my run last Sunday, on the first 1/2 mile acceleration of the workout I pulled my hamstring on my left leg…usual ‘pull’ thing…sudden sharp pain in the middle of the hamstring…ouch! … Continue reading
Calories burned on the bike…nobody knows
In a chat the other day with one of my Iron Buddies determined to lose quite a few pounds before racing starts this spring…and a cycling fanatic…I told her that I was working on this post…so here it is 🙂 Seems … Continue reading
Adjusting to snow and ice in the South
As another BIG snow and ice storm rolled through Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, North and South Carolina, I’m reminded that this is more than a little weird for the Southern triathlete…and it’s more disruptive than training in the more traditional snow belts, … Continue reading
Posted in Biking, Cycling, Dad's Blog Posts
Tagged bike indoors, Lake Worth group ride, winter training
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Cool bike graphic
To provide a break from some of my rather _heavy_ testing posts recently, here’s a cool bike graphic that came across my desk, with the component names in text…a very creative piece of work from Aaron Kuehn. More info about the … Continue reading
Bike Functional Threshold Power (FTP) test result: 249 Watts
My official FTP number is 249 Watts…pretty darn good…at least higher than I was expecting 🙂 Here’s how it looks on the PowerTap download graph…the actual 42 minute test is the highlighted section after warm-up…the scale on the left that has 189 as … Continue reading
Posted in Achieving Goals, Biking, Cycling, Dad's Blog Posts, Racing, Training
Tagged endurance nation, FTP bike test, Functional Threshold Power
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