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Coming to Life

Everything is starting to come together for the racing season.

On the bike front, I have this sweet Trek Madone 5.2SL sitting in my apartment right now--I promise, pictures will come soon. I even rode it outside this weekend (ahem...followed by a comprehensive cleaning job both days!) Anyways, it's candy red and very hot. Very flashy for a Trek bike, it rides sweet and feels as stiff as TWO Schwinn fastback bikes.

On top of the new bike, I have these sweet WHITE Sidi limited edition shoes.

They feel absolutely wonderful on the feet, and not to mention....they are white! Of course they are great shoes.

Alas--the first race of the season will not be collegiate for me. It turns out ABD is going to have a great training and racing camp down in St. Louis, MO at Josh Carter's place. As excited as I am about collegiate season, I can't pass up the opportunity to get to race and train with my teamates for 3 days. So, my first official MWCCC race will be Mizzou the first weekend of March. UW is still going to kick some ass, as Freddy, Freshie, Waite, Corey, Dallas, and Bean all plan to show up--So Milwaukee/Marian/IU, don't let your guard down...

Doh!

Hmmm. How much snow does mother nature want us to get? I guess it just makes up for the last 2.5 months being snow free...Madison WI is scheduled for 10-12+ inches of snow over the next 24 hours.

I pick the best recovery weeks, don't I?

It's going to be COLD COLD COLD for the next five days or so...glad I got 4.5 hours of easy spinning in so far this week at recovery pace. The rest of the week will be on the trainer.

I got my book Training and Racing With a Power Meter. Needless to say, my training plan has many "secret weapon intervals" that are about to be implemented over Base III and Build I. And best of all, they can be done on the trainer even if the snow is covering the roads. Bring it, mother nature--just bring it!

The plan for the rest of the week:

Thursday--Spin 1 hour on the trainer, take a nap, study for midterms
Friday--Spin 1.5 hours OUTSIDE on the trainer in Library Mall for the Freezing for Safety fundraiser for UW cycling. Booya!
Saturday--Day off
Sunday--LT TESTING! It's time to reevaluate my LT power. I'm hoping for some good results, and I know I'll get what I deserve.

Monday starts my first week of Base III, probably on the trainer for the first 3 days of the week due to the COLD weather. It's all for good through--I'm sure the temps will turn up by the begining of March for a great spring. Speaking of spring, Spring Break in NC is only 3.5 weeks away! Bring on the miles and the good times, I need a break!

I'm going to go stretch and "the stick" it up a bit. Then to bed, with dreams of a snow day dancing in my head...(yeah, I guess those don't exsist anymore in the real world, eh?)