That’s been the story as of late. I’ve been training with some seriousness once again and I love to feel that internal propulsion driving me forward on the bike. I’ve been riding 20-23 hours a week this month and the only rides at a mellow pace have been the short recovery rides; everything else contains some efforts of sorts. Some serious rest and recovery will be the goal of the coming week. A calm before the next storm perhaps…

Off the bike, Momentum Endurance has been doing well, thus I’ve been able to help out some others with the starts of their own seasons. It’s awesome to share in everyone’s enthusiasm for the coming season. Knowing how disciplined my clients are only helps me out there on some of the tougher rides. Let me know if you might be interested in pulling together the loose ends this season and perhaps I can help you out with some coaching or a training plan.

And if training and coaching weren’t enough I’ve picked up some extra hours at Arizona Cyclist as this seems to be a busy time of the year for cycling here in Tucson. It’s been fun to spend some time in a shop once again and only good things can come from the connections I make there. The picture of sponsors and supporters is vaguely coming together for ’07, but there is little news to report and I’ll once again be riding self supported this year. I’d love to have more to report on this front, but that isn’t the case. None the less I’m as motivated as ever to get to the races and go for it once again. Some changes are in the works for this website too. A version 2.0 is in the works…

Thanks for checking in and I hope your new year has gotten off to an excellent start. For those of you training, remember that you have to do more than your body’s currently adapted to in order to further improve. It sounds simple enough, but many of us fail to push the envelope and really go for it.

Keeping it Real, -TJ