If cycling is about three things–speed, endurance, and strength–the place I lack most is strength, if strength is about climbing. There’s certainly a possibility lots of that is psychological. Since I started life as a cyclist weighing a lot more than I do now, I was an absolutely horrid climber for a long time. I’ve […]

I’ve got purpose. For the first time in awhile, my workouts seem to be falling into place, and even though I’m not getting everything done I want to, I think I’m getting enough done to be ready for my big ride next month. What’s my secret? I have none. Wake up early and work hard. […]

There’s a certain amount of heat I feel right now due to the coming century and the fact that I’ve not ridden as much as I want, but that’s not the kind of heat I’m talking about. I’m talking about the heat outside with the humidity and the sun bearing down. Last year during the […]

I’m inspired. Not that I haven’t been inspired before or there aren’t zillions of reasons to be inspired, but these past few weeks, Fat Cyclist and Team Fatty have been making me consider not just my personal fitness journey but also how to give back. Of course, Team Fatty is not the first or only […]

I did a fifty mile ride this morning. I’m not really where I want to be in terms of training yet but I’m more than okay. The route I did this morning has three significant hills–Mokapu, Keolu, and Makapu’u for those of you from the island. They’re not fun although they’re not the worst that […]

I have a goal every night of hitting the sack by 9:30 pm. I rarely make it. Keeping up this blog, for instance, or studying programming, or running, or cycling make it difficult to do so. This week I’ve yet to make a 9:30 am sleep time, and it’s not going to happen tonight either. […]

I’ve been talking for awhile about triple workout Thursday–my attempts on Thursdays to get in a cycling, swimming, and some other (sometimes running, sometimes weights) workout. This week I decided to change things up a bit on the weekend, going for quadruple workout Saturday. Two hours on the bike; one hour in the pool; a […]

It was Thursday night and I was hoping to get to bed in time for a Friday morning ride. I was looking at my bike and realized the rear wheel was a bit out of true, so I got out my spoke wrench and got to work. Two hours later I had broken and replaced […]

I’m finally feeling urgency. I have only a bit over a month until the century and I seriously have to get miles in–so I’m finally doing them. I wish I had done this before, but for whatever reason it wasn’t happening. But regular multi hour rides on the weekends are now the norm, and a […]