Altima update - 1/28/08

Car new Aug 2007

Accident Dec 13 2007

STATUS : This is what car looks like today Jan 28 2008

Gary's Crit Win in VEGAS Sat 1/26/08

The roads in CT were wet + Icy today - So off to the woods I went instead of the trainer.

Mountain biking on Frozen Icy trails is a BLAST - with the right tires.......

Today I did a 2 hour solo Mtn bike ride and had some hill climbs with my heart rate up way high Mid 160's. I would say today was a TEMPO ride for sure with the 2 hour average @ 135.

Nokien Studded tires ROCK......

Training week 1/19/08 - 1/27/08

Number of Bike rides: 5 on road bike.
Riding time: 7.25 hours
Best ride of the week: Sat + Sunday trainer rides with the Guys.
Other: Stretched ( 7X ) times this week every day .
Notes: 5 fast paced walks this week 2.5 hours.
TOTAL EXERCISE THIS WEEK: 9 3/4 Hours

Back to Keith's house for another Trainer session

Except today is Keith's wedding day . Rob,(Keith's Brother), Keith + I did a two hour coach Troy SPIN class session and worked up a good 6:30 am sweat.

I was having a wierd time with my HR monitor till we figured I was picking up Rob's - OR my HEART was just going crazy high today?????????

Any how I'm back home all dressed up and ready to head to the wedding Pic's of that later or tomorrow.

ALSO of NOTE : My Son Gary who lives in Golita Calif is in VEGAS doing his first Road race weekend of the 2008 season, it's a three day stage race . He got 3rd in the Pro-12 class yesterday in the TT so I'm all psyched for him - today is the Crit - road race is Sunday. GO GARY !!!!!!

The SAT AM bike NUT's ..................

We need to do this at my house one of these weekends,!!!!!!!!!!

Soon to be my 2008 season Road bike

This should be mine in a matter of weeks I can't wait..

Hint hint hurry up....

We did the Trainer thing @ Keiths Again Jan 19+20

Sat it was Don Keith + I we did 2.5 hours Base Training pace ( zone 2) .

Sunday it was just Keith + I with 2 hour ride at zone 2 with HR in the 124-137 range. Except for my 10 Min TT test where I pushed as hard as I could not knowing if I would blow up or not . Keith was a good coach during the 10 Min's . It was fun and cool to push myself and try not to blow up - several times when I got to the low 160- to Mid 160's I had to back down to 158 ish to keep from crapping out. I averaged 163 for the short TT and hit a MAX of 171 on the final push to the finish line but I ran out of gas 15-20 seconds before the finish line. I was a bit amased as the ride went on keeping at a nice easy pace how the time went buy .. We did a ride in Arizona which was cool . We talked about a Blue Ridge Parkway ride in Virginia + North CArolina some day , we also talked about a visit to Calif to ride with Gary, and about how we all can't wait to get outside and do some nice rides, it was a good social time. The ourside stuff will have to wait a bit as the roads are full of water + Ice. I can deal with the sand but ICE is NO GOOD.

Training week 1/12/08 -- 1/18/08

Number of Bike rides: 5 -1 mtn bike - 4 road bike
Riding time: 5 hours
Best ride of the week: My twin son's - Mike + Jon did a short Mtn Bike ride together SAt 1/12 , then Jon + I did a road ride for another 1.5 hours. Very warm Jan winter day mid 50's
Other: Stretched ( 6X ) times this week almost every day - Good week. ALSO fantastic XC ski Tuesday night for 90 Mins.
Notes: 4 fast paced walks this week 2.5 hours .
TOTAL EXERCISE THIS WEEK: 8.5 Hours

Dinner Last Night -- Yum - Yum

Take a pile of fresh broccoli, some fresh mushrooms, cut up carrots + onions, a can of water chestnuts, And a pile of frozen shrimp defrosted for 15 min in cold water .

Chuck all the veggies in Hot wok with a few table spoons of olive oil. then add some Teriyaki sause. Flip stuff around for a few mins add the shrimp cook a few more mins . In a seperate pot cook some curry rice when everything is done EAT + ENJOY.

Training Week 1/5/08 - 1/11/08

Number of Bike rides: 2 - 1 Road ride and Rollers once .
Riding time: 2 hours
Best ride of the week: Lunch time road ride @ 60 degrees Jan 9
Other: Stretched 3x this week (better).
Notes: 1 - 30 min walk this week - Work is killing me still.
TOTAL EXERCISE THIS WEEK: 2.5 hours - must improve

Training Week 12/2907-1/4/08

Number of Bike rides: 2.
Riding time: 4 hours
Best ride of the week: Trainer ride @ Keith's ( Phil, Rob Keith + Me)
Other: Stretched 2x this week ( lame) .
Notes: No Walks this week - Work is killing me.
TOTAL EXERCISE THIS WEEK: 4 hours

Warm week in Conn. Jan 9-13 2008

Wed + Thurs we had high temps in the 60's . I went home Wed and did my first road ride of 2008, I rode out past Coventry Pizza + at the horse farm turned around then did the Whelling loop. Great ride almost one hour.

Then Sat Jon Mike + I did 45 min's on the rail trail until we hit a ICY section + turned around. Jon + I still wanted more ride time so we hit the road. We did about 1.5 hours no Idea how many miles but - out to Coventry , right on Bunker hill ( up the WALL) , back to route 6 to Long Hill, right on Bear Swamp road to Mike house - some killer Hills on Bear Swamp Road. Jon stayed @ Mikes house + I rode back to my house.

Sunday I did MY normal loop out again thru Coventry all the way to Willimantic right on Rt 6 and back to the house. It was I think about a 70 Min. ride. Of note I got my heart rate monitor working today and hit 161 on one of the rolling hills on Rt. 6 on a hard push. Now my theroticcal Max HR is 220-54=166. So 161 is close to my MAX ??? What does all this mean ????? I dunno know. But I will start using the HR monitor and track some data.

LUNCH with the GRANDKIDS 1/10/08

Ice climbing weekend Jan - 5+6 -08 - Day 2+3

Our 2nd climb on Sat Dracula.

Lower chute on Hobbit Coulior - 3rd and last climb Sat .


Jonathan on the CRUX - the ice is only 24-30" wide a bit overhanging and the bottom is mostly broken out . So getting you feet on the ice to get yourself up is very difficult. Jonathan resorted to the rock wall! Very cool strenous climb.

Steve - 1/3 of the way up Cinima Gully - Looking up at Party climbing above us - Crawford Notch Sunday .

1/3 way up looking down.

1/3 of the way up looking down the valley.

Two Guys working a new Mixed route on the bottom wicked overhanging left lower wall of Hitchcock upper Gully.


Upper Hitchcock Gully Sunday

Goofing off at the end of the day

Jonathan + I did two days in Crawford Notch this past weekend.

Sat: Standard route right up the center (2 pitches), then Dracula right side + Hobbit Couloir (crazy hard) .
Sunday: Cinema Gully (made 4 pitch climb into two - with free solo easy first pitch and simo climb last pitch), Upper Hitchcock Gully + East face Slabs Right.

It was warm yesterday - ICE is already melting a lot - I’m afraid what this warm week will do up north!! Stupid winter weather…

I’m Beat to Sh!t today – sore as hell it’s tough getting older…

I will put pic’s on BLOG at lunch or tonight.

Training Week 12/22 -- 12/28

Number of Bike rides: 2 - two Mtn bike rides / 1 ride on road bike /rollers.
Riding time: 4.0 hours
Best ride of the week: Ride 12/26 with Gary on Icy trails @ Case mtn with Studded tires
Other: Snow show Sat for 3-4 hours with Gary, Kristina+ Don, Hike Sunday for 2 hours, Gym Monday for 2 hours with Gary, Jon + Suzie.
Notes: Walked 2 times this week- 1 hours
TOTAL EXERCISE THIS WEEK: 12 hours - wow Gary must be in Town

Training Week 12/15/07 - 12/21/07

Number of Bike rides: 2 - two rides on road bike /rollers.
Riding time: 1.0 hours
Best ride of the week: none.
Other: 3.5 hour X/C Ski day SAT 12/15 in Fantastic Powder . It rained the next day and wrecked the snow !
Notes: Walked 4 times @ Lunch this week- 2 hours.
TOTAL EXERCISE THIS WEEK: 6.5 Hours