30/1 Just the commute today, but managed head winds both ways 43min
31/1 Fast commute today 37min
55min KB class
Had a nice challenge set out for today, but with 2 newbies & one other who hadn't been shown correct technique, I ended up running a technique session for them & wrote the challenge up for the others.
Today's Challenge
21, 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, 3 reps es
OA Swings
Snatch
Goblet Squat
Cleans
Jerks
One leg Deadlift
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
25/1 Commute 38min
45min KB class
First time I've taken this class for about 5 months, so I made them all go a bit heavier, I had a play with the 24kg. been over 2 months since I last picked it up & it made me pay for that lack of attention.
Around body pass 3 x 10ew
OA Swings 6 x 10es
Cleans 4 x 10es
Jerks 3 x 5es
OALCCJ 3 x 5es
1 Arm leg deadlift 3 x 10es
27/1 Commute 38min
45min KB Class 16kg
Around body pass 3 x 20ew
OA Swings 200, changing hand every 20
Cleans 200, Changing hands every 20
Snatch 100, changing hand every 10
Jerks 100, changing hand every 10
1 Arm/Leg deadlift 80, changing hand every 20
After tea I headed out to the You Yangs for the Friday night race. Tonight was a short track of 750m raced 1 grade at a time, We were down for 6 Laps of fun. Gearing of 33 x 16 on this course was not going to be pretty. Got a good start & was 8th into the single track with not real stops to pass until it got to the top of the course which for me gave me a 15m section to get around any riders. Managed to hold it together for almost 5 laps until the high cadence got the better of me & I could no longer attach. In the end I was passed by 2 riders, while I passed 7 riders during the race for a 4th place. Average cadence while pedalling was 150rpm for an average speed of 28kph for 9:35min, ave HR 172bpm. Ended up with 1:26hrs of riding this evening.
After the race we went out & had a look at next Fridays 3hr course. Looks like it's going to be a lot more high cadence spinning for me, what fun.
45min KB class
First time I've taken this class for about 5 months, so I made them all go a bit heavier, I had a play with the 24kg. been over 2 months since I last picked it up & it made me pay for that lack of attention.
Around body pass 3 x 10ew
OA Swings 6 x 10es
Cleans 4 x 10es
Jerks 3 x 5es
OALCCJ 3 x 5es
1 Arm leg deadlift 3 x 10es
27/1 Commute 38min
45min KB Class 16kg
Around body pass 3 x 20ew
OA Swings 200, changing hand every 20
Cleans 200, Changing hands every 20
Snatch 100, changing hand every 10
Jerks 100, changing hand every 10
1 Arm/Leg deadlift 80, changing hand every 20
After tea I headed out to the You Yangs for the Friday night race. Tonight was a short track of 750m raced 1 grade at a time, We were down for 6 Laps of fun. Gearing of 33 x 16 on this course was not going to be pretty. Got a good start & was 8th into the single track with not real stops to pass until it got to the top of the course which for me gave me a 15m section to get around any riders. Managed to hold it together for almost 5 laps until the high cadence got the better of me & I could no longer attach. In the end I was passed by 2 riders, while I passed 7 riders during the race for a 4th place. Average cadence while pedalling was 150rpm for an average speed of 28kph for 9:35min, ave HR 172bpm. Ended up with 1:26hrs of riding this evening.
After the race we went out & had a look at next Fridays 3hr course. Looks like it's going to be a lot more high cadence spinning for me, what fun.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
22/1 Only had time for a short ride, so I headed out to the climb that goes from Highton towards Ceres & did 3 repeats. 50min with 365m climbing
24/1 Fast commute 37min keeping a nice high cadence on the SS
KB class 60min
OA Swings 5 x 20es
Cleans 4 x 20es
Jerks 20, 15, 10, 5, 20 & 15reps es. We had to do the 20's & 15's again because Ben got confused & didn't listen, so did LCCJ instead.
One Arm/Leg deadlift 3 x 25es
24/1 Fast commute 37min keeping a nice high cadence on the SS
KB class 60min
OA Swings 5 x 20es
Cleans 4 x 20es
Jerks 20, 15, 10, 5, 20 & 15reps es. We had to do the 20's & 15's again because Ben got confused & didn't listen, so did LCCJ instead.
One Arm/Leg deadlift 3 x 25es
Friday, January 20, 2012
1/1/2012 Red Carpet race at Forest.
Headed out to the race with Alex. We decided to get there early & get some extra riding in before the race started. We ended up riding for a bit over 1hr before we headed to registration. Got to ergo only to find start time had been moved up, so it was a hard effort to the top of the hill to the start line. We made it for Alex's start with about 40sec to spare. My first run was good with me passing the 2 riders that started before me & kept everything together. Soon as I reached the bottom we headed up to the top for the next run.
Run 2 was seeded & I found myself as rider No. 2, so the pressure was on. All was going great until I hit the nice new crushed rock section & decided to let it all hang out, which was fine until I got air & came down on the edge of the crushed rock that was off camber & down I went, managing to rip the front tyre off in the process. Pity as I was almost a minute up on the first run at that point. Fixed the tyre & cruised to the finish.
Now I was getting hot & tired, so I took the soft option & caught the bus to the top of the climb. For run 3 I took it easier, as there was enough of my blood already on the trail & was 30sec down on my first run.
Overall had a great time and managed 3:04hrs with 1230m of climbing 49km with an ave temp of 35C on the Single Speed
6/1 Apollo Bay holiday time
Got out for a nice ride up Killala Rd. It's a great climb on the single speed. Just the right gradient to virtually stay seated all the way. A nice 1:48hrs with 571m of climbing over 40km. The climb to the top was 2min faster than on the old Anthem. The down side is the decent wasn't steep enough.
8/1 Tuxion Rd climb today. On paper this looked like a good climb to try, so I road over and did the 5km climb twice. The first 3km was the best part of the climb. 1:18hrs with 650m of climbing.
9/1 Today ride was to do 1 new climb & an old favourite.
First off was up to Marriners Lookout. Not a long climb but with 205m climbed in 1.8km it was brutal on the Single speed. Max gradient hit was 20% & that wasn't 33 x 16 gear ratio friendly.
Next it was up Wild dog Rd onto Busty Rd & the highest point on that Rd (Hard climb that now didn't seem as hard anymore). Rode for 1:19hr with 607m of climbing.
14/1 Today was an out & back, up Wild dog Rd onto Busty Rd & back onto Wild dog Rd to Skenes Creek Rd and back. 1:55hrs with 780m climbing.
Had a great break with the family, got a bit of riding in & the Deck Squats fell in a heap. will need to start again.
16/1 Commute 41min
17/1 Commute 39min & 45min KB class
10min OALCCJ 16kg 148 Reps
2 x 10:30min Circuit no rest
19/1 Commute 42min
20/1 GMBC Friday night race at the You Yangs. First time I've done this race, so wasn't sure about what to expect. They had over 60 riders on a 3.5km flat loop. 33x16 turned out to be under geared for this course, but it's the gear I'll use on the Otway 50km, so I need to get some hard racing using it. Newbies started right at the back which meant trying to get past as many riders as possible in the 250m before we hit single track. Got a good start for me & just rode hard for 47min. Need to do more of this as it felt like I just couldn't push hard, felt like I could have done another 2hrs +. Hopefully doing some more of these with bring the speed back up. It was a fun ride & the people were great.
Headed out to the race with Alex. We decided to get there early & get some extra riding in before the race started. We ended up riding for a bit over 1hr before we headed to registration. Got to ergo only to find start time had been moved up, so it was a hard effort to the top of the hill to the start line. We made it for Alex's start with about 40sec to spare. My first run was good with me passing the 2 riders that started before me & kept everything together. Soon as I reached the bottom we headed up to the top for the next run.
Run 2 was seeded & I found myself as rider No. 2, so the pressure was on. All was going great until I hit the nice new crushed rock section & decided to let it all hang out, which was fine until I got air & came down on the edge of the crushed rock that was off camber & down I went, managing to rip the front tyre off in the process. Pity as I was almost a minute up on the first run at that point. Fixed the tyre & cruised to the finish.
Now I was getting hot & tired, so I took the soft option & caught the bus to the top of the climb. For run 3 I took it easier, as there was enough of my blood already on the trail & was 30sec down on my first run.
Overall had a great time and managed 3:04hrs with 1230m of climbing 49km with an ave temp of 35C on the Single Speed
6/1 Apollo Bay holiday time
Got out for a nice ride up Killala Rd. It's a great climb on the single speed. Just the right gradient to virtually stay seated all the way. A nice 1:48hrs with 571m of climbing over 40km. The climb to the top was 2min faster than on the old Anthem. The down side is the decent wasn't steep enough.
8/1 Tuxion Rd climb today. On paper this looked like a good climb to try, so I road over and did the 5km climb twice. The first 3km was the best part of the climb. 1:18hrs with 650m of climbing.
9/1 Today ride was to do 1 new climb & an old favourite.
First off was up to Marriners Lookout. Not a long climb but with 205m climbed in 1.8km it was brutal on the Single speed. Max gradient hit was 20% & that wasn't 33 x 16 gear ratio friendly.
Next it was up Wild dog Rd onto Busty Rd & the highest point on that Rd (Hard climb that now didn't seem as hard anymore). Rode for 1:19hr with 607m of climbing.
14/1 Today was an out & back, up Wild dog Rd onto Busty Rd & back onto Wild dog Rd to Skenes Creek Rd and back. 1:55hrs with 780m climbing.
Had a great break with the family, got a bit of riding in & the Deck Squats fell in a heap. will need to start again.
16/1 Commute 41min
17/1 Commute 39min & 45min KB class
10min OALCCJ 16kg 148 Reps
2 x 10:30min Circuit no rest19/1 Commute 42min
20/1 GMBC Friday night race at the You Yangs. First time I've done this race, so wasn't sure about what to expect. They had over 60 riders on a 3.5km flat loop. 33x16 turned out to be under geared for this course, but it's the gear I'll use on the Otway 50km, so I need to get some hard racing using it. Newbies started right at the back which meant trying to get past as many riders as possible in the 250m before we hit single track. Got a good start for me & just rode hard for 47min. Need to do more of this as it felt like I just couldn't push hard, felt like I could have done another 2hrs +. Hopefully doing some more of these with bring the speed back up. It was a fun ride & the people were great.
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