C'mon Spring!

I did a power test last week and it went a little better than expected. I am very pleased with that. I went skate skiing last Saturday at Zillmer. I had my personal record so far. I am still looking to improve, but not sure how many more times I will be going out. I do plan on skiing on Saturday again if the conditions are good. Sunday I might venture out on the road. No, not with the new bike, I will ride the older one till the salt is washed away.
Monday I will be going to P3 to do a practice TTT for a fundraising event on the 15th. The team consists of Brian P., Ryan P., Todd S. and myself. Other than that, nothing new here.
With daylight savings coming this weekend all I need now is for the weather to cooperate. Looking forward to see all my cycling friends again.

More Pictures

Here are a few more pictures of the new bike.  I have swapped out the crank with my power meter and put the Bontrager 7 wheels on. These pictures show the metal flakes in the green.  There is also metal flakes in the black but isn't visible in the pictures.
I have lowered the stem a little more. I rode it yesterday on the trainer and I will be riding it again today. I now have extra motivation for going on the trainer.
I should have gone skiing yesterday.  Instead I put the power magnet on, the other wheels and took some pictures.  I love my new bicycle and can't wait to ride outside.
I have a recovery/power test week coming up. I am currently at the same point as last year and hopefully I will be able to keep that trend going. If so I should be in good shape.
Unfortunately with the winter that we are having makes it seem that I won't be riding outside any time soon.

New Bike

Here is a picture of my new Trek Malone 7 series project one.  I picked it up last night.  I need to change the crank out with my Quarq and of course put pedals on.  I will take more pictures when that is done.  I will also take a picture with the Bontrager 7 wheels. I can't wait to ride this thing outside.
Otherwise my training is going okay. I'm still enjoying skate skiing.  With the long winter we have been having, it is at least getting me outside and off the trainer one day a week.

Skate Skiing

My bicycle training has been much of the same as December.  The only thing that is different is that I am doing a little more time.  I also added a little more intensity.
I have been skate skiing one day a week on the weekends.  I am going to try to keep that going as long as the conditions are good.  I am having a great time doing it and I can't believe I haven't started doing it a long time ago. I have been improving a little each time so far.  I can't wait to go next weekend. I have been going to Zillmer.

Season Stats

Hours: 354.5
Mileage: 6,278.75

Wow, no wonder why my wife gets mad at me. She is jealous of all the attention my bike gets.

Hello!

I know it has been a long long time since my last post. Lets reflect a little on the past. My 2013 season was okay and turned out the way I thought it would have, results wise. I wish I would have done a little more racing though. It is hard to balance everything out (racing, wife, and life). In the fall I took some time off the bike and was working part time on a farm after work and on Saturdays. I only worked when they were short handed with dump truck drivers. Except they did have me "roll" fields for short time when they were running behind and it needed to get done. I really enjoyed it, and I liked the extra money too and so did my wife. She didn't like the fact that I was gone so much though. I was hoping that with the extra money I would be able to get a new bike.
I started my training again November 1st. Some might say why so soon? Well, November is my "Base 1". There are many months of training and "Base 1" is not very hard. I started weight lifting one day a week. This is a full body deal and is done on Mondays. I really enjoy it and I am going to do more of it next fall. I am going to stick with weight training one day a week as long as I am having fun. The end of November I was suppose to do a power test. I had such a great weight training session before the test day that my muscle were way to sore to properly test. I am currently just using my same FTP and seems to be okay. I will make sure that I can do the test here at the end of December.
December is my "Base 2" month of training. Base 2 requires a little more time and I added one more day of training. This added day has a little tempo riding. This is nice, endurance pace is so boring on the trainer. I envy bicycle riders in warmer winter climates that can ride outside.
I ordered a new bike today. Not sure when it will be in. My best guess would be late January or sometime in February. It is a Project One Madone 7 series with manual Ultergra. I ordered it with Bontrager D3 3's wheels. Paint will be Starry Night and Liquid Green, both colors are metallic and will look really cool in the sunlight. This is what the new bike will look like.

 

 

I will be changing my Bontrager D3 7's to 11 speed. My other Madone will have the stock 10 speed wheels. I am really excited and super happy that my wife is letting me get this sweet new ride.

Mobile upload testing

I have a new smartphone and I thought it would be great if I could post from the phone. My last phone was a pain to post from.
I am trying something out and maybe I should start posting again.  I do have some new things happening that I could write about.
I am wanting to upload photos from my phone.
Sorry it has been so long.