I had another solid day of training and diet yesterday. I did intervals on the bike and did them standing again as I felt after doing them the other day that I was definitely lacking in that department. I'm going to start switch it up between seated and standing next week. After the intervals I did some core work. I did 3 sets of Kettlbell Windmills 17x5 26x5 26x5 which I had never done before and I definitely liked. I also did 3 sets of 10 hanging knee raises, and 2 sets of 10x10 weight lying leg pull ins. My core is pretty sore today especially my obliques which I'm sure is from the windmills. Really liked the windmills and I'm going to incorporate them more, I think they will help my turkish get up strength just because of the constant shoulder stability work.

I did go out last night, had 7 drinks over the course of the night. I did cheat on the food department last night, having not eaten since 7:30 PM when 3:00 AM came around I was so hungry and had a slice of pizza. Got like a Brooklyn style slice with no sauce, and sausage, potatoes, and onions on it with a light amount of cheese. I did cheat but preemptively thinking it would happen I cut out a couple small things here and there throughout the day, so my only extra calories came from the alcohol.

I woke up today and wasn't hung over but definitely tired. I didn't go to bed until 4 AM and got up at 10:30. I've been sleeping/doing homework on and off all day, and honestly not sure if I'm going to make it to the gym today. My body just feels cooked, I'm sore, tired, and not particularly motivated to go. I would say this is in part to going out last night, but also from a hard week of training. We shall see it's only 6 so I can still go in a few hours, but I think I'm just going to continue doing homework, and go tomorrow before work. We'll see. Cheers.

Another solid day yesterday. I cheated a bit on my diet unfortunately. I had 16oz of Coke so that is an extra 200 calories, and I had a beer, a Michelob Ultra to be exact, haha, so that's an exta 95 calories. Should have just drank water, about the same taste. Gym session was good, worked hard and really powered through the workout. My legs were definitely feeling tired though. When I was walking back and forth to class they were just feel a little drained so I wasn't expecting a ton out of my workout. I think part of it was from doing my intervals on Wednesday standing as my quads were really feeling a bit drained. I bumped the front squats up another 10lbs today, and despite the tired feeling my legs I was pleasantly surprised. I didn't get my last set for all the reps I wanted but I did 195x8 195x8 195x6. So I'm repping 5lbs more than my bodyweight in a front squat which I'm pretty pumped about, with all the rep just below parallel. Took a look in the mirror and I've never been this lean before. I am starting to see the outline of my abs so I think by the end of these 4 weeks I should be right where I want to be. As well I have yet to lose any strength and am still posting gains which is awesome. Cheers.

Another good day of training and nutrition today. Stuck exactly to my nutrition plan and consumed 1980 calories today. 4th week of Phase 2 in James workout plan, so the intervals got bumped up and additional interval today. Did the intervals on the bike today, but I did them standing. I typically do them seated, the two are definitely quite different. When seated I feel more of a burn in my hamstring and glutes, where standing the burn is more in the quads. I'm going to start alternating each session between standing and seated to get a good balance. After intervals I did a couple sets of Kettlebell Turkish Get Ups 35x3 45x3 per side, and then I felt like doing some deadlifts so I did a few sets 225x5 315x3 and 365x3. Overall a good day although I am damn hungry right now and I still have to read for school for a couple of hours so I'm going to have to drink some water. Unfortunately it's puking snow in Burlington right now, trails are still a ways a way, just got to keep my chin up and train hard until the white stuff is gone. Cheers.

I had another awesome day of training today. Workout was super tough and kicked my ass, but I pushed through it, and pushed the pace really working my cardio. Did the entire weight workout in about 40 minutes, so I wasn't taking any extra rest. That's 23 sets and some warm up stretching in just under 40 minutes which is pretty good I think. I redid my nutrition plan yesterday and was on it for the first time today. I'm about to go to bed and I feel great as far as my food intake, I ate exactly what's on the plan, nothing more nothing less. The nutrition plan is below.

1/2 Cup Raw Oats 150 calories 5 g protein

¼ Cup Skim Milk 20 calories 2g protein

1/8 Cup Raisins 65 calories 1g protein

Piece of Fruit 80 calories

 

Fiber One Bar 140 calories 2g protein

Piece of Fruit 80 calories

 

6oz Chicken Breast 180 calories 38g protein

2 cups frozen veggies 85 calories 4.5g protein

 

Pre Workout Shake

1 Scoop Whey 120 calories 24g protein

1 Scoopy Glycomiaze 140 calories

 

Post Workout Shake

2 Scoops Whey 240 calories 48g protein

2 Scoops Glycomaize 280 calories

 

2 Servings Spinach+Mozz Ravs 400 calories 18g protein

4oz 93/7 Ground Beef 200 cals 30g protein

½ Cup Marinara Sauce 60 calories 2g protein

My goal is to keep up with this plan for the next 4 weeks. Assuming I can I think I will be at my target bodyfat % goal. That will put me at the beginning of March, just around the corner from riding season. The above nutrition plan is what I eat on my weight training days as I feel those are the most physically demanding. On my interval days I cut out 1 scoop of glycomaize and whey post workout so I'm dropping 260 calories there. On Sunday my rest day, I cut out my pre and post workout shake completely and substitute it for just 2  scoops of whey protein which drops my caloric intake by 540 calories. I feel like it is a pretty sound plan, getting my fruits and veggies, fats, and protein from a few different sources. I enjoy everything I'm eating as well, but we'll see after 4 weeks of the same food everyday. Hopefully I can stick to it, just need to make sure the food is in the house and cooked and it shouldn't be a problem. Shoulder feels great today and I haven't noticed any pain. Looking forward to another solid day of training tomorrow. Cheers.

Well I certainly feel that my day off on Sunday was much needed. I didn't go out Saturday, and got to bed relatively earlier. I didn't set an alarm as I had nothing I needed to get up for and decided I would get up when my body was ready and I woke up by myself. Well after going to bed I woke up almost 12 hours later. I don't typically sleep long like that but I suppose my body was in need of a little extra rest after a hard week of training. Sunday's nutrition was good and kept everything in line.

Today is the start of the week and that meant back to the gym. I got to the gym and every piece of cardio equipment was taken so I decided to do my intervals weight based. I did 8 rounds with 1 minute of rest of 5 Barbell Burpee Clean and Presses (seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaNdxu7Owd0 same thing just with a press at the top) and 3 pull ups. Definitely shorter intervals than I've been doing but I still felt pretty worked after 8 rounds of that. After I did two rounds of James core stability circuit, one round of 30 seconds per position, and one round of 15 seconds per position. Overall a good workout.

A note my left shoulder was absolutely killing me yesterday. I've noticed it seems to become aggravated on Sunday nights. I manage a Italian restaurant and Sunday nights I make pizza's, I think something about the back and forth motion and constantly reaching above me for boxes aggravates my shoulder. It felt fine this morning, and seems to feel fine after my workout tonight to. I'm going to start making the shoulder dislocations a part of my daily routine as they are a little tough for my left shoulder.

Other than that I would say a solid two days. I just finished cooking my next 7 days worth of food so I should be all set and am looking forward to a solid week of training. Cheers.

Wow. Pretty much sat around the house all day reading and sleeping until I felt I was recovered enough from last night to go the gym. By the time I went to the gym I was feeling good, but wasn't expecting anything great just because of the drinking from last night. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised and had a great workout. I was really dreading doing the front squats as they were really tough last time, I had barely squeaked my reps out last time, and today I was planning on upping the weight. Well I upped the weight to 185lbs, 5lbs shy of my bodyweight, and hammered out all 3 sets for 8 reps, going just below parallel on every rep. Super pumped on that, and that really motivated me to power through the rest of my workout.  Have to say an awesome week, I feel great and don't feel drained even after 6 days of training. I'm really liking the set up of one intervals and weights back and forth, and it enables me to keep the workouts to around 45 minutes so I'm not dreading going to the gym. Pumped on a solid week, and more to come. Cheers.

After almost 2 weeks of a pretty strict diet I felt that I needed to get in a day with some extra calories. From my knowledge of dieting, it's good to overeat every 10 days or so, so that your metabolism doesn't slow down and begin storing the food you are taking in as fat. I ended up eating healthy throughout the day just I ate larger portions than normal. I did go out last night and ended up drinking a little more than I would have liked, but it was the day to do it as I was intending on having a high caloric intake day yesterday. I ended up having 10 drinks from about 8-2 so it was spread out over a long period of time. I'm feeling a little run down this morning from the drinking last night but not to bad, as I got a little food in before bed, plenty of water, an aspirin and a multivitamin. I still plan on training today but not until later in the day when my energy levels are feeling good, and I plan on jumping back on the diet today.

Training yesterday was good, when I got to the gym all of the stationary bikes were taken so I decided to do my intervals on the Concept 2 rowing machine my gym has. I really like the rowing machine as it is a great full body workout, but I don't use it much because the thing hurts my ass so much. After the 21 minutes of warm up and intervals on the thing my butt was in an incredible amount of pain. Either way my intervals were really good and I felt strong. After I did my core work as I have been doing all week. I cut the Turkish Get Ups shorts because my shoulders were toasted from Thursdays workout and when I went to do a set with the 45lb Kettlebell I was having trouble holding it up. I just did 2 sets 25x3 and 45x3/side, then I did 2 sets of decline plate twists (sit on a decline bench, I use a 45lb plate, hold the plate out about 8-10 inches in front of your chest, position yourself in the middle of a sit up, and holding that position twist from left to right), and finished with one round of the core stability work. Overall the workout was great, I felt strong and had lots of energy.

One a side not my glutes and hamstrings are incredibly sore from Thursday's workout. I really noticed it last night sitting at the bar I was ins some serious pain. Definitely going to have to do a good bit of stretching before I hit the weights today. Cheers.

Holy hell I feel like I just had the hardest workout of my life. Borderline puking the last 10 minutes or so. After a few weeks I think I finally realized why workout B is so much harder than A in the MTB Strength Program. Workout B seems to be more unilateral where workout A seems more bilateral. Effectively this means in workout A and B the amount of rest time is the same, but in B the amount of work time is considerably more. For instance workout in Phase 2 workout A has front squats where workout B has bulgarian split squats. The time to do one front squat and one bulgarian squat is effectively the same. In both instances I'm using the most weight I can for the given reps with correct form. In both cases since I am using the most possible weight in similar exercises I would say that I am really maxing out my cardio, but in workout B once I am done the first 8 reps I then have to switch to the other leg without any rest and with my cardiovascular level already working at a very high level and continue another 8 reps for the opposite leg. Not sure if that makes since, but I feel that is the reason because the A workout seem like cake compared to the B workouts.

Aside from that nutrition as been great all day and I've now got 4 solid day of training in a row. I really like doing the intervals on the separate days, and I think that is how I am going to restructure my workout plan. 3 days of intervals/core work and 3 days of weight alternating starting on Monday and ending Saturday giving me Sunday as my rest day. The plan is to keep that up through each phase for 4 weeks and then the 5 week instead of switching to the next phase continue on the same phase but cut the work in half for that week providing myself with some rest and then switching to the next phase the following week. I'm turning the Phases into 5 weeks instead of 4 with the 5th week as a working rest week. Anyway looking forward to the training, and since it is almost February that means only about 2.5 months until I can get on the bike. Cheers.

Good day today. Nutrition was in line, and despite feeling a little tired I motivated myself to get to the gym and had a great workout. I did intervals with a little core workout. Did James core stability routine and then some Kettlebell Turkish Get Ups for 35x3 45x3 45x3/side. Intervals were good and I was really getting a good burn in my legs. I'm enjoying doing the Turks again and am hoping they may help with my left shoulder pain/ache, as well as just making my entire body stronger and more powerful at the same time. Looking forward to another good day of training tomorrow. Cheers.

Another great day today. Held to my nutrition and got a good training session in. I worked out in between classes at 1:45 and although that is definitely later in the day I usually haven't eaten a ton at this point in the day. The majority of my caloric takes place after training no matter what time it is. In reference to yesterdays post, I shuffled my meals around and had a little extra something to eat before the gym today and I definitely think that I saw a difference. Pushed throughout the whole workout and felt strong. My front squats went up again, I did 3 sets of 175x8 past parallel which I was pumped about. Almost repping my body weight in a front squat which I think is pretty decent.

On another note I checked my weight this morning. Was sitting at 191 which was 2.5lbs lighter than yesterday, and .5lbs lighter than 2 weeks ago. Going to check myself once more tomorrow. Either way I feel good and definitely feel like I've stripped more than .5lbs of fat. Got to trust the mirror and not the scale right. Cheers.

Yesterday was a day off, and I will say I cheated a little bit on the nutrition side yesterday. I had a big oatmeal chocolate chip cookie at work. Pretty sore both yesterday and today in my glutes and hamstrings. I had a very tough workout so that is probably part of it, but I also modified the way I was doing my kettlebell swings. After rewatching James video on swings I realized I was squating too much and not bending over enough with them. I changed this and definitely felt some more activation in my hamstring/glute area.

Seeing as I was still a bit sore today I decided to skip the weights today to give myself a little more recovery and just do some interval and core work. I did intervals on the bike, followed by a some kettlebell turkish get-ups where I did 35x3 35x3 45x3 per side, and I did this core circuit that James has created http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsVg5NRw_4k&feature=channel_page the only thing I did differently was that I did each position for 30 seconds.

Over the last week or so I've definitely noticed some ups and downs in my training. Tonight I realized they were based a lot on the time of day. I find that the my workouts at night are far better than the ones in the morning/mid afternoon. After thinking about it for a while I believe it has to do with the base of food in my body. The later in the day I go to the gym the more I have put through my body and it seems I generally have more drive and energy. I'm going to try and start training later in the day when possible, and if not possible I'm going to eat a little extra in the mornings when I know I will be working out earlier in the day.

Lastly my weight. My goal by the time race season rolls around was to definitely trim up a bit. I'm currently around 15-16% body fat and wanted to get down around 180lbs which would leave at about 10%. After some heavy drinking over the holidays, less training than normal, and poor diet I detoxed myself a couple of weeks ago just to clean my system out and see where I was at weight wise. The last two weeks I have been eating very healthy, and slightly below my daily caloric usage hoping to shed a little weight. I've been getting in around 150g of protein a day and the last two weeks I've trained 4 days a week, and my drinking has been way down. I've noticed a lot in my forearms and my stomach that I am visibly leaner. This morning after not stepping on the scale for two weeks and a lot of hard training and good diet I was surprised to see that I was 2lbs heavier. Now I certainly could just of had some excess content sitting in me, or James program may be adding muscle in some weird little places that are hard to notice. I would say the I have definitely lost some fat as my forearms certainly haven't gotten bigger and I have been packing muscle onto my abs, so it seems at this point that I may be doing the sought after gain muscle and lose fat at the same time. Maybe yes, maybe no, I'm going to hop on the scale again tomorrow morning to see where I am at, and to see if my weight today was just a fluke. Cheers.

Went out last night, but nothing crazy. Had 5 or 6 beers, but took it easy because I knew I wanted to be able to train today. When I got home last night I was starving as I hadn't eaten in 6 hours, shouldn't have eaten right before bed but I had some whole grain tortilla chips and mango salsa. Woke up feeling good today. Went to the gym and hits the weight. By the end I was absolutely floored, I couldn't bring myself to do the last set of weights or any intervals. I was completely toasted. Had a couple good sets of standing alternating dumbbell presses, doing 2 sets for 50x8. James workouts are certainly grueling and I am beginning to think that 2 days in a row of the weights might be a little taxing on my body. Starting next week I'm going to change up my schedule a little bit. I'm just going to hit the weights every other day, so week A I will lift 4 days and week B I will lift 3 days. On a 1 or 2 of the days off I think I am going to go in and just do some light spinning for 30 minutes, maybe some intervals. We'll see how that goes and hopefully I will have a little more gas in the tank on lifting days. Cheers.

Good day today. Went out last night did a little drinking. Considering I haven't really drank in over a week I got drunk pretty easily. So definitely some extra calories there but not the end of the world. Still got up early this morning for classes. Shoulder was feeling considerably better this morning so I decided to hit the gym this evening. I think the couple days off really helped with recovery. I powered right through the weight part of the workout and did intervals at the end. Feeling stronger to and my front squat has been getting better. I did 165x8 today past parallel for 3 sets which I felt pretty good about. So far the diet has been pretty much in line today and I feel great. Going to hit the weights tomorrow since I missed yesterday. Cheers.

Unfortunately I didn't make it into the gym yesterday or today. I don't know how but I seem to have screwed my shoulder/tricep up. I've felt this pain before but it has never been this bad. Definitely muscular/tendon pain that starts in my middle deltoid area and goes all the way down to my elbow. I'm hoping by tomorrow I'll be able to get back into the gym. In some cases when I've had minor injuries getting back into the gym and working the muscles a bit has helped the pain so that is the plan for tomorrow unless it is really bad. Diet has been good the last two days, switched some foods up a little but stayed in the 2200-2500 calorie range. Only real cheat that I've had the last two days was a glass of coca-cola yesterday and two today. When it's in the house I can't stop from drinking, hence why I don't by it but one of the roommates did. Got my new seatpost and saddle in the mail today. Have never had an I-Beam setup before, but it seems sick and looks really sleek. Hoping to feel better tomorrow and be able to hit the gym. Cheers.

Another good day of training today. Strayed a little from my nutrition plan. Didn't feel like cooking the weeks food so I cruised down to the grocery store and got a couple trays of sushi instead of my normal dinner. Aside from that I stayed inline except for two glass of red wine this evening. Training was good today, although I skipped the intervals as I was exhausted. I haven't been this sore in a while. The deadlifts killed me yesterday, the back of my body from the waist up is ungodly sore. Tomorrow is a day off from "hard" training, but I may go in and do a little low intensity spinning. Cheers.

Had my first day of class today. Super pumped to be back in school, I really do enjoy it, and it helps me get into a good routine of keeping busy and training. Psyched that I pretty much held to my diet all of the last 7 days. Only wavered on Saturday when I had a big sandwich, but I skipped a couple of my other smaller meals, so I probably wasn't over my caloric intake too much.

Worked out today. I've been following James Wilson mtbstrengthcoach.com training plan for about 6 weeks now. Having followed bodybuilding based workouts for the last couple of years I have been a bit skeptical of the program just because the first few phases don't have many heavy power moves in them. I hadn't done deadlifts in about 4 weeks and there were some beef cake meat heads at the gym today bouncing the barbell of their chests when bench pressing so I decided I would show them what really weight is. My deadlift has always been strong but since I haven't done them in a while I wasn't sure what I would be able to pull. I have to say I now have full faith in James workout plan now, as I pulled 415x1 at a body-weight of 190lbs. New personal record for me so I'm pumped considering I haven't even been training my deadlift specifically.  Other than that I followed my prescribed weight routine from James, and did intervals after the weights. Feel great, stronger, more powerful, and leaner by the day. Cheers.

Friday Night

Woke up this morning and was super pumped with myself for last night. May not seem like a big deal but as a college kid Friday night is always get wasted night. I kept it much lower than usual last night had like 7 drinks instead of 12-15, and kept myself from getting pizza on the way home which I am psyched about. Came home and had some turkey and crackers instead. Might not seem like a big deal to some but to wake up this morning not hung over and know I didn't spend a bunch of money and eat a bunch of crap last night was huge. Anytime I thought about really starting to drink hard and get food I just thought about racing, and excelling, and being the fastest that I can be. Cheers.

This Week's Training

After some on/off training over the holidays it was good to get back in the gym this week and get some consistent training in. Got my diet off to a good start this week as well. Got all my food for the week cooked at the beginning of the week. After 5 days I'm feeling healthy and leaner already. Training thus far this week was the following.

Monday: Weights and Intervals

Tuesday: Weights and Intervals

Wednesday: 1.5 hr Hike in the Woods.  Was checking out some property for trail use next year.

Thursday: Weights and Intervals

Friday: Weights

Gear

Seeing as it's been a couple years off I had to buy at least one new fresh kit, haha. I didn't blow a ton of money on it as there are other things that the money can be spent on, but I had to get one. As well I got myself a new upper body armor suit. I was only using elbow guards in 2006, and god damn I don't know what the hell I was thinking. After riding the lift one day this past summer on my trail bike I felt naked with just the elbow pads on. It also seems that neck braces are the new rage, more specifically the Leatt. It makes complete sense and I can't believe there wasn't anything like this before. I'm hopping on the bandwagon and plan on buying one of those bad boys as soon as I have the bucks. Can't begin to say how pumped I am to race again, it's all I think about. Cheers.

2006 Season to Now

I can't remember the exact date, but the last time I raced was the end of August 2006. I would say that overall my season went well, at least as well as it could have for the amount of work I put in. My biggest accomplishment was finishing 47th (maybe 48th) at the US Open. Only 60 qualified and I believe the Pro field had about 150 or people at qualifying so I was super pumped on that. I'd like to say thanks to Iron Horse, Todd Seplavey and Alex Lehman specifically who helped me get a Sunday. I think this was the first real DH bike that I had that was sized and set up properly.

As my second year as a licensed Semi-Pro and racing in the Pro class at local races I can't say 2006 brought me any results that I was really happy about except for the US Open. Like every year I raced I would maybe ride once a week, and then go race on the weekends. By the time September rolled around and classes started I wanted nothing to do with my DH bike. In fact I didn't touch it for the rest of the season and sold it as soon as I found a buyer. I was honestly really burnt out from racing, and was walking away every weekend unhappy with my results. When I look back now I think I had the tools to podium at most of the races I attended but I had to refine them and really make them work for me. In the 10 or so years I have raced I have always done relatively well, and feel that I am a talented rider but I never put the effort into to making the physical part of racing part of my game plan. In short I didn't train, and relied solely on my "skill" to race. Unfortunately it took me until this summer to really figure that out.

In the previous years that I raced I wasn't very fit, and certainly wasn't strong, in fact I was a bit fatty and more or less weak, yet I still did reasonably well, and as a Junior was one of the top racers in the North East. This summer I went up to the Bromont World Cup to spectate as it had been quite some time since I had been to a race and couldn't pass up the opportunity as it was  so close. What a great time I had and while I really enjoyed watching, something struck me up on the mountain while I was watching the racers come down. Now not to sound cocky, but as I watched the back 40 or so qualifiers come down I really wasn't impressed by how fast they were going, and felt that if I got back on the bike and started racing again that I could get to, at the very least, the speed of those riders. I felt and feel that I have the skill but just needed to refine the tools that I have.

Back again now to 2006. I was burnt out on racing, and didn't feel fit. I started some minor weight lifting in the fall of 2006 in order to become stronger but mainly to look better and be more fit. In November of 2006 myself, my Dad, and Brother stumbled upon a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu gym. I did Kempo Karate for 5 years or so when I was young, but martial arts pretty much left my mind and I hadn't had much interest in it since then. I started training at the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu school and was immediately hooked. From November of 2006 to the end of August of 2008, besides school work, and work, this is where my time was devoted to. I began doing Muay Thai as well, and getting more into the MMA side of things. I didn't really have any desire to actually fight, but I did enjoy  learning and becoming more skilled just for personal use. The summer of 2007 and 2008 were my first summers in 10 or so years that I wasn't racing every weekend, and boy was it awesome. At the end of the 2006 season I did hold onto my trail bike, I used it once in 2007, and sold it in June of 2008 only to buy a new trail bike shortly after and start riding again. The one thing that the BJJ really did for me was show me how to train. Over the past 2 years I have taken nutrition classes, and engrossed myself in books learning about weight lifting, power lifting, and kettlebell work. The two years off from cycling really taught me a lot, and I really learned about dedicating time both to training and to school work.

This past summer after purchasing a new trail bike and riding again I realized how much I loved mountain biking. This is certainly a sport that will always have my heart. But after going to the World Cup, I knew that I had both the mental and physical aspects now to become a much faster racer than I used to be. Now weighing roughly 10lbs less than I did when I last raced, but with 20lbs more muscle I have much more power over the bike. As well I completely believe that I can become one of the top racers in the US, and I think mental stability is a huge part of becoming successful in any sport. I learned this very much from my BJJ training and competing. In BJJ tournament you have to walk in knowing you can win, if not your losing before you have even started.

So that is a brief overview of what I have been getting into these last two years after I stopped racing. Thanks to my student loan I have a new DH bike and am looking forward to the 2009 race season greatly. My training is currently in full swing and I am working with James Wilson over at mtbstrengthcoach.com In addition to my training I am trying to get my nutrition in better line so that I can chop off a few more pounds come race season. Lastly I will be working part time for the Fellowship of the Wheel (FOTW) next season as a trail builder, so this will afford me great opportunities to always be able to get a ride in and train.

The plan is to try and update this daily or at least every few days with training notes now, and riding and racing notes come the season. I'm super pumped for the up coming season, both to be back on the bike and to see old faces at the races again. Cheers.

First Post

Just created this blog!!! I plan on using this blog to document my return to bike racing,  my training, bike riding, and whatever else happens in my cycling life. I hope this will help keep me on track and bring to a new level of bike racing.