Doing a VO2 Max cycling workout while watching Red 2. The snowy background was a pleasant addition to the training. I can get used to this view!
Hopefully it’ll snow more. My replacement mountain bike wheels are in transit. Can’t wait to get on the trails.
Just one year ago, I raced in my first Battenkill – known by cyclists as one of the toughest one day amateur races in the Northeast. Last year, I raced in Category 5 and came through with a top 10 finish. This year I raced in the Open Category 4 race and found myself finishing…
I’m back! It has been a hectic summer juggling a few MBA Accounting courses while working more at the shop and training more! The last two months have been focused on dialing in my 70.3 race performance. As I write up this, I am en route to Zell Am See via Lufthansa. My PFC Team…
What do you do when you have a track workout but the track is covered in 6 inches of snow? You shovel it. Thanks to the guys at Queens College, especially Joe & Max, we were able to clear out a full lane in just over two hours. Then I went ahead and did 2k…
Just like January, it was another freezing and snowy month of indoor training. February featured my first race of 2014, with a second place finish at the Old Bethpage 5K, followed by wattage tests on the trainer, resulting in a new Functional Threshold Power. Without a doubt, this month went very smoothly and according to…
I couldn’t think of a better way to end 2013 with a totally new experience! Cyclocross has always been on my list of things to dabble in during the offseason – and so I raced the Long Island Cyclocross event in Nissequogue State Park. This event is hosted by Kreb Cycle, one of the bike…
When the snow melts, so does the yucky rock salt (and sand) that is used to clear the roads. Long Island uses some sort of sand mixture in their snow clearing efforts. Thus, our Mineola Bicycle Club ride this past Saturday was an epic, non drafting, sandfest! Frank and I rode 75 miles, mostly on…