Trans Iowa Training Log

Week: Goal/Actual - Notes
Week 1 : 150/181 - Very Nice Weather!, and a Group Metric
Week 2 : 150/188 -Still Warm, a 70 Miler with Nick 80 mile Pugs ride in the 60 degrees...then single digits
Week 3 : 100/93 - Overnights all week 58 miles on sunday morning before a night shift!, Sick on Friday
Week 4 : 150/142 -75 miles on wed, 3/30min
Week 5 : 200/169 - 103 on tuesday, big snow storm saturday
Week 6 : 150/35 - bad week for taining
Week 7 : 150/130 - not bad
Week 8 150/245 - Cirrem!
Week 9 150/52 - Fail
Week 10 200/200 - 133 miles long ride and started riding on my luch hours too
Week 11 200/190 115 gravel/road and lunch rides
Week 12 200/210 - Good Week!
Week 13 200/213
Week 14 300/241

Sunday, January 17, 2010

First Metric Gravel ride for '10




Saturday 12 of us started out around 9am for a 62 miles gravel ride. It was around 20 degrees and a fresh powder coating of snow on the ground. I took the knife for a challenge and I wasn't planning on any super fast riding. We took the north loop out through woodward and back into west des moines stopped at a couple caseys stores for food and to warm up a little. I did ride the last 28 miles without a stop. At the end of the gravel (59 miles) there were 2 of us left me and Steve Fuller. Everyone that turned off early missed a good muddy ride at the end.
Dirty Bike

This Dog ran with us for 3 miles or so at 12-15mph so he is Gravel Dog.


Sun Dogs in the morning