Starting over.....

Hey, ok, so this blog hasn't worked out the way I thought it would...even the whole "Staff Blogs" hasn't worked our the way I wanted. But here we go, perhaps a few of you will be interested in knowing what I'm actually doing "cycling wise" this winter.

I'm riding rollers pretty much every day right now, been doing it for just about a month now. I'm not entirely certain what my goals are for '09 right yet, there are quite a few possibilities....but what I am sure about is that I'm going to drop some weight over the winter and be rockin' when April gets here.

I've been riding 6 days a week for the last month, rarely less than an hour, and most days I've been getting in around two hours on a set of Kreitler 4.5" alloy rollers.

1st 3 weeks - The Alien I reviewed with a 46x16 at home .... ususllay watching a dvd on my lap top. Just riding easy, not specifically with any goals in wind other than to burn some calories. I went through a few Jackie Chan movies, Atonement, some others.
The last week - since we opened an actual store here in the building, I brought the rollers in, and I've been riding in the Mercado. I'll post some photos tomorrow perhaps. I've been dropping about a pound per week and right now I'm at 188+/-. The goal would be low 180's. When I raced in '00-'01 I was about 184, but I also know I needed to be lower than that back then. Who knows, ideal race weight for me is probably 175 or less, but at 63 I'd be really really hard pressed to get that low. We'll see what happens.

For now I'm going to keep up with the 1-2 hours a day and we'll see where it goes. Since I started riding in the Mercado last last week I've been riding the Milwaukee, first 49x16 and for the last few days with the 51x16. I'll also hook up the speedo, so I can give you all a better idea of speed, cadence, and likely power outputs.

For now, it's au revoir.

/dennis