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Full Circle

2010-08-02T19:07:00.001-10:00

It's starts all over again just as how it started before, a one way ticket to hawaii a seabag and new adventure awaiting my arrival. It's crazy think I'm a few months short of the 4 year mark. The time has gone so quickly it's scary. Along the way I have had some amazing family and friends supporting me with all my endeavors in work and life. With out the support of these great people i surely wouldn't be where I'm at today.

To my great friends in Hawaii, Mike z, oshizzle, Ed k, ben Abney I give a great thank you to the wonderful times we had on our bikes and the coaching on life you bestowed on me on and off the bike.

Jon stone... Dude couldn't survive without you! You have always been the one great true friend that I can call up anytime and work out any problem I have. You are amazing listener and I highly value your input you give me.

To my parents, I know it's rough, I know you lose sleep, and I know you care more then anything else in the world. Your dedication to helping me is a true blessing! I love you guys more then anything else in the world.

As I stare out the window on my flight to hawaii, I prepare for the challenges, the adventure, and the chance of a life time to see the world.

Haze gray and underway!

Full Circle

2010-08-02T19:07:00.000-10:00

2009 Aloha State Games

2009-07-01T16:47:00.003-10:00

My first win! more to come later about the entire weekend.

Aloha State Games Results

Maui Trip

2009-01-09T21:58:00.003-10:00

All,

I'm planning on going to Maui on Thursday early Morning January 29th and coming back Sunday night February 1st. I will be going via the Super Ferry, and not taking a car, this will be a bike only trip. I'm trying to do this on the cheap, so will not be a frivolous trip. I'm putting it out there for all to join in on the trip!

Cost per person would be:
$180 super ferry (includes bike fee)
$50 x3 Nights hotel (2 person per room)
$food

The goal is to get in 4 solid days of training/riding, with doing the climb one of the days! I plan on doing this ride unsupported as crazy as this sounds. The following is the plan of rides.

Thursday 29th
Depart Oahu Via Ferry
West Side Maui ride

Friday 30th
Haleakala
or
East Side Maui Ride

Saturday 31st
Haleakala
or
East Side Maui Ride

Sunday 1st
West Side Maui ride
Depart Maui Via Ferry

Island Riding Finally

2008-10-04T16:41:00.004-10:00

Back to riding some good miles on the island after my great break in Idaho climbing in the trees and mountains.

I was awoken around 0300 this morning to Police sirens, Fire truck sirens, and of course the extremely bright lights that go along with both. A friendly MP decided to park his car with lights on right outside my window. Looking out and seeing the crazy amount of cops and other support personal I was thinking "crap this is going to be a health and comfort inspection". I debated throwing my bike gear on and getting out of there before anything happened. I ended up getting dressed just in case and laying back down in bed. Curiosity overwhelmed and I got up and started to walk around a bit to figure out what was going on. Looked towards the Smokers "pit" and discovered that was were the action was. Turns out some stupid person decided to get completely wasted, as most of the failed youth of the service do. Thank you irresponsible members of society, thank you for my lack of sleep.

The plan was to meet Mike Zagorski at the bottom of Kunia Rd around 0700 and head up Kunia Rd and go from there. We headed up Kunia, then down Snake Rd, then around Halewia then out towards Waimea Bay. Its cool, yet sorta weird how in under two hours on a bike you can be on the complete opisite side of the island. Turned around there and headed back the same way, Mike pulled off at the top of Pinapple Hill to head back to Millina as I headed back down Kunia Rd then onwards back to base. All and all was a good ride of 64 miles, legs felt good and ready for more.

SunValley To RedFish Lake

2008-09-28T11:15:00.004-10:00

Mt Harison

2008-09-17T16:15:00.003-10:00

Yesterday I decided I wanted to ride up Mt Harrison, it is one of my favorite rides near by. We headed out to Albion to drop me off about 4 miles from the start of the climb. The first little bit was fairly flat and I could tell my legs weren't firing on all cylinders. After I started up the legs felt a bit better but not fully to my abilities. I think the altitude is still getting to me a bit.

About 1/3 the way up I was greated by a heard of cows feeding on the side of the road. I'm no fan of cows, mind you are darn right hate cows. They are dumb animals that you never know what they are going to do. This one decided to give me the 100 yard stare and I was really thinking it was going to charge at me. I made it to Pomerelle Mountain Ski Resort, about 60% up the grade or about 7,800ft, and was starting to feel alot better. My legs take a large amount of time to warm up, generally 45 minutes, before they can ride well.

Me about 8,500 ft up starting to feel a bit of cold in the air. The views from up this far are amazing! You can see for miles around, even with the cloud cover. The leafy trees I passed earlier had started to change colors allready for fall, the colors were so bright it was neon.

Funny story about the water bottles. Seems my support crew decided they would wash my bottles out the previous nite in a attempt to get them sparkly clean for the next day. Well, hmm it is wise to wash out bottles fully before drinking from them, all i could taste was soap. I ended up riding up only on that single bottle of 16.9oz of water, not nearly enough.

Allmost to the top only about 1km to the top, the grade gets quite steep at the top.

Last push to the top, ended up out of the saddle in a atempt to really crank it up the final 200 meters.

Felt so good to finally reach the parking lot at the top!

Quick family photo, and then it was off the bottom of the hill. The way down was a quick little jaunt as it was starting to get cold on the top and I wanted to get down to Albion for a great dinner.

Trail Creek Time Trial

2008-09-13T12:38:00.000-10:00

First morning after arriving in Twin Falls at 1430, I was up at 0500 to get ready to head up to Sun Valley for the Trail Creek Time Trial. When getting to the late registration area we noticed no one around. We decided to ride up the road and even found the finish line, yet no people. on the way down the hill we found some people at a small turn off the road. Turns out the flier that stated 0800 start time was wrong, start time 0900. Registration was a tad bit un organized as the lady registering was not exactly sure of what was going on. Secondly it was BLOODY COLD! 45 degrees, Im used to 70 degree plus weather. I put on every item of clothing I had; tights, bibs, base layer, jersey, jacket and beanie. Yet I was still cold! Finally go to my start time and I decided to shed the jacket as the weather was warming up a tad.

Race was a down the hill turn around then back up past the start line. The start wasnt really down hill, more gently rolling downward. The start I was feeling pretty darn good getting right up to 28 mph and holding that for most of the first part to the turn around. The around was pretty tough as the road is fairly narrow.

The ride back to the start line I could start to feel the pain of my lungs and legs. I wasnt getting the oxygen, nor did i get the proper warmup i needed. The next little bit still inst much of a hill, however i could tell it wasnt going right. The last 1 mile is around a 15% grade all the way to the finish. By the top I had had it, my lungs wanted to explode, my legs ached, and I couldnt breathe. The ride down was sadding as I thought about how horiable of a race I had just had. I got caught by the rider behind and failed to catch my minute man. I dont know the place I got or my offical time. I have around 29 minutes, with a dismal avg of 19mph. What got me was the elavation, 36 hours before I was at 0 feet, then flew for 12 hours, and rode a race at 6,700 feet elavation. Abit from the race it was a nice trip up and some great scenery.

Woops where went August?

2008-09-11T23:51:00.001-10:00

O the month of august where did it go? All ready it is September 11th and im on a flight headed back towards the mainland, with my bike in tow. The month of August was not as strong training as I would have liked. My motivation and drive seemed to have vanished quickly and fast. The only saving grace was the adtion of a power meter mid month. Luckily this gave me enough motivation to continue on and try and get some miles in on the bike. I also have to thank my fellow team mates on Pac Velo, as the sunday rides gave me a reason get up in the morning.

So, the power meter I know many of asked me about it and how is it working. It has had only slight problems, all related to either the Garmin Edge 705 or the "wonderful" design of the megaxo bottom bracket. My problems with the Edge have slowly dissolved with the latest firmware updates, however there is some kinks to work out. I have had some strange missing data periods on the Edge, this can be extremely frustrating when your are trying to record every detail of your ride to be able to analyze later on. The greatest aspect of the power meter was at Dick Evans Road Race. During the Climb up Kunia road there was a crash that split the field right off the bat. I was in the second group towards the back. Knowing what my wattage limits were, what my "Burning a Match" wattage was I was able to make smart moves. In the beginning I knew I still had the ability to make some jumps and get out of the back of the chase pack and into the top 10 of the chase. I then was able to know when I could offer the group something by pulling and to what extent. Luckily, I was with a great group that organized quickly and we caught onto the lead pack. This turned out to be the best move of the day. All thanks to the Quarq Cinco.

Dick Evans, so we already know that I made the jump and caught on to the main train at the top of kunia. The next 30 miles nothing spectacular, I rode with my fellow teammate David Delong. He however had a mechanical (threw a spoke) and had to drop back. I knew this happened but didn't know when he was going to go back. I found out to late when he was gone and just then the pack picked up the pace. It was a crummy move on the groups part. Everyone in that field knew he had a mechanical and took advantage of it, really shady. Looking back on this event I wish I had known, or wish I would have acted on it by falling back and him back into the pack. Hindsight is 20/20. onwards the race went and I felt strong and was riding up in the main group. Then 25 miles to the finish after a long descent I shifted, my chain dropped as did my sprits. I tried and tried to get it back on to no luck. I had stop and put the chain on. This made me lose contact from the lead group. I tried to catch back on, but 1man against 20 that late in the race isn't going to happen. To my credit I did gain ground but not enough. Mile 99 disaster! I flatted going up a small out and back hill. Halfway up I knew I had flatted but said screw it and kept going to the top, by the top I was riding on the rim. At the top I said flat flat flat, yet the volunteers looked at me like they didn't know what a flat was. Great! no wheel support and no other ideas, glad I packed a spare tube and co2. 6 minutes later I carried on and headed to the finish. Going up Makapuu grade I darn near broke, I had just been passed by two team mates and was unable to hold on. Between the flat and the chain drop, the miles alone I was popped. I did finish the race and in a fairly good time.5 Hours 20 Minutes.... should have been 5 Hours 14 minutes without the flat. Then you think, well if i was with the group I could have gone faster, so realy what should have been my time? Next year next year!

Now its September 11th and Im headed home! Its been 18 months since I have been home and its time to get a break. The plan while at home is to start back my riding and really get some base miles in. I have a race on Saturday the 13th. It is a 10 mile hill climb time trial. The following weekend I get to do the Twin Falls Triathlon. Mind you I haven't trained for a triathlon in over 2 years! Im looking forward to this race, it will be a trip back to the start, the twin falls Tri was my first triathlon. The rest of my time will be spent doing all my favorite hill climbs, and a trip through north-eastern Idaho. 18 days of biking bliss!

July is over, what comes next

2008-07-31T02:35:00.003-10:00

July is over and that means the cycling season for Hawaii is almost over as well. I choose not to do the Boca Stage Race in decision to get some miles in on the bike and get back in the grove of things. I was fortunate enough to have some time off of work and was able to enjoy the high life. Everyday for a week I woke up, road my bike, ate, took a rode my bike again, and went to bed. That was the best week of my life.

Soon my new training tool will be here and that has really energized me for a great performance at the Dick Evens Road Race. Soon after the Road Race I will be heading home to Idaho, for some quality relaxing time, and plenty of riding time. I have 2 races I will do while in Idaho but I'm looking at them more as fun little events then anything. The first is going to be 10.4 mile hill climb time trail. This race is a bit weird for a time trail and for a hill climb race, as you descend to start with, then turn around and continue up. Total elevation is only 850 feet so nothing to killer. The next event will be the Twin Falls Triathlon, this race I have a bit more hopes for and really want to rip up the swim and the bike course. It will be nice to go back and do a event that started me out on riding a bike. I will also get to see allot of my old cycling buddies and get to talk bike with them. During my time at home I plan on doing all of my favorite rides, most of which are hill climbs. I cant wait to go up to mnt Harrison, as it really is my favorite ride.

Quick Update

2008-07-26T09:32:00.003-10:00

Okay so I have been guilty of not updating the blog in quite some time, but really I have been trying to stay off the computer as much as possible. Im off this weekend and still off for a couple more days after that. I plan on taking the time and spending some good time on my bike and really nothing else. The only time I have even felt like going on the computer is to download my ride data, and really I dont even need to do that as I can now store a years worth of rides on my new shiny Edge 705.

Was able to use a new feature of the Edge 705 today, routes, and directions. I was out on a ride and needed to know that exact route of the rest of the ride. Considering I had allready riden the ride it was saved in the history. I was able to quickly turn on the mapping functions of the Edge. The Edge was really helpfull and saved me from making a couple of wrong turns.

Week in review

2008-07-13T17:54:00.001-10:00

Made in out on the bike late this week starting with Wednesday. Went out and did some loops with Ben and Dev on AMR. The ride was stated as 3 loops of AMR. The first loop started out really nice, Ben took some wicked sprint attacks up the Hill and of course I had to follow but by the top he had me. I got him on the downhill and pulled away, he was waiting for Dev. The next 2 laps I did solo, really feeling strong. I tried to kick it up as best as I could up the back hill of AMR trying to hammer it 53x15 and keep the speed up over 20. Was able to do this on the all of the hills! I stopped at burger king after the third loop and found Ben not looking so well. Seems he didn't get lunch and was not feeling to well. Dev came from his third loop a bit later looking to go for 1 more. I chased and caught up to him and of course had to pull away a bit. Dev is a more courageous descender then I. He was able to speed past me on the downhill. O the look on his face when I slammed on the pedals and went up the back hill at over 22mph! Once again I stopped at the burger king to not find Ben and Dev coming back saying one more, o goodie 5 climbs! Did the 5th climb and still no Ben. We ended up heading home and found out Ben had gone home. Sorry Ben, wish you would have felt better.

Thursday, started out bad yet ended great! Got up late and bagged my ride to Barbers Point instead headed to hickam to do some loops. At the second stop light (1 mile from home) I was shoved off the side of the road hit a metal plate and blew my front tire. Fixed that real quick and shoved off. 1 mile down the road hit something and pooof! Rear Blown, stopped threw some air in it and headed home on no pressure. Ended up going out later and did 2 tower loops and a quick jaunt out to lagoon drive. Had some crazy head wind that knocked me down hard on the speed. Stopped by Ben's on the way back to see Maya and found out there was a ride at 1715 (3 hours from then). Chilled out at Ben's house had some liquids and snacks and went out for another 20 miles with the guys. Did some good sprints with a guy on a Transition. Dang that thing is hard to draft! After the ride I called in my last Hail Marry to get Sunday off for the race and it paid off, Sunday off. To top off the night went out with Ben and Dev's family to ruby Tuesdays for the salad and quiche.

The State Crit, Long story short: I was feeling great, was exactly where I wanted to be and flatted on the 9th lap into the race. My spare wheel wasn't were it was suppose to be and I had to pull out. Was pretty upset so decided to ride home and get some more miles in. I hammered it home pretty hard trying to punish myself up every hill in 53X14.

Overall It was a typical week, I just hope at some point I can get back on a good training plan and get some good training in. Im in a slump!

Weekend in Review

2008-07-07T05:30:00.002-10:00

A small recap of the active past weekend:

Got off from work at 0530 Friday and headed start for Ben's house to start our longer weekend run. A couple of the guys whom were going to do the ride decided to snuggle up to the Dora doll a bit. We headed out towards the tower and the sun was shining and it was perfect weather for a morning run. Around mile 3 there was a drinking fountain that my fellow runner pointed out to me and gave me the signal to get a drink. I was thinking " He is watching out for me , making sure I drink" Well sorta. I hit the button and was shot right in the eye by a high pressure miss angled drinking fountain, o yes he was laughing. We carried on and kept going for the tower stopping at the beach for a bit of water. I finally got to the tower, amazed to be honest I had made it. The run back was uneventful, if you don't count the numerous "DORA" written wtih rocks on the roadway.... wonder who did that? After the run I ended up at Ben's house after the run and feel asleep on his couch later in the after noon. I had been up for 24 hours and ran a 10 1/2 mile run. Ben took this opportunity to take some pictures of me sleeping next to Maya (his puppy) and forwarded the pictures around.

That evening we headed over to Jeff's House for a BBQ and to watch the fireworks. We had some great food, especially the chili and shrimp! During the party my left knee started to hurt pretty darn bad and I ended up with a ice pack on my knee. The fireworks were nice, however Maya decided she didn't like them what so ever. I spent some time with her in the car calming her down a bit. we started saying out good byes after the fireworks and started off. Ben started to drive me home but that didn't work out to well as the base was a mess. You could only go one direction, off base. I ended up walking home, walking through a gaggle of drunk sailors on liberty.

Saturday morning was to be the 4 sisters ride. I woke up at 0500 in preparation to attend but as soon as I stepped out of bed I knew my knee was saying no. Sent a txt and headed back to bed. Woke up a bit later to hearing how great of a ride was had and asking how was my Dora doll. I got dressed and headed to the nex to get some new shoes as my POS Nike+ ones gave me some severe knee problems. I headed back to base and was picked up by Ben and Dev and headed to the bike shop for a bit of drool time, and Ben to pay the rent. On the way home I started feeling bad about not climbing in the morning and decided to head over to Tantalus for a bit of climbing. I went over to Hickam first to see if Ben would like to join. I then headed off base and started to go to Tantalus and thought "why go that far for climbing" and headed towards Aeia Heights. Long story short I got lost and really have no clue how I missed the turn for Aeia heights. I ending up going up Kaahumanu St. Climbed up t the top and headed down. As I went down I remembered that Royal sumit was around this area and found it. Did one climb up Royal Sumit and decided to climb up Kaahumanu St one last time before heading home via Kam Hwy.

Sunday was designed to be a easy spin/recovery ride, however we decided to turn it into a brick workout instead. We meet up at 0600 and did around 22 miles of biking with some descent little sprints now and then. We quickly headed back jumped in our running gear within 2-3 minutes and ran a 4.5 mile loop on base. Was a good effort and a good change of pace for a workout. Nothing like doing muscle confusion to really get the body going. Later that evening after doing all of my laundry, yes ALL. I had a bit of energy left and decided to jump on the treadmill in the barracks and did a extra 4 mile run just to get nice and tired before bed.

All in all it was a great weekend! Spent doing the things I love, and with my best friends!

Kalaeloa Hawaii State Championship Criterium

2008-07-03T20:46:00.002-10:00

I have made the decision today to not attend the Kalaeloa Hawaii State Championship Criterium. There is many circumstances leading me to arrive at this decision.

Road is in HORRIBLE condition: The course has not been maintained by the state in many years. The road is bumpy, and full of pot holes. The corners are chalk full of chunks of missing road. This is going to cause a dangerous situation when cornering with 30+ other riders.

10 year increments: It has been stated publicly now that the awards for state champions will be given in 10 year increments. This places me in the 20-29 year olds. For some reason every other state race has been done in 5 year increments, yet this one has chosen to change to ten. This plays against most riders but setups some other rider for great opportunities.... I will let you make the assumption.

Bit of running

2008-07-02T22:31:00.002-10:00

Woke up this morning and headed over to Hickam to meet Ben, Jeff, Dev for a morning run. The pace was lead by master jeff, a fast strong runner. My goal was to hang on his heels and pray I could keep up. I was able to stay with him the entire run! Jeff had me do three tempo run efforts during the run. It was great having someone coach me on what to do during the run to get the most out of it. Todays run was one of the first times in over 3 years I have had enjoyment out of running. With all the drama in the cycling world it was nice to get in a workout else where. Up next 11 mile run friday morning!

Why I ride

2008-06-27T23:37:00.002-10:00

Albert Einstein discovered the theory of relativity while bicycling. Ernest Hemingway said that, “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them.”

Recently I have given allot of thought to the reasons I ride. With the recent turmoil amongst the cycling community and the ever continuing sour taste cycling has given me, I really have thought why do I ride?

When I started riding it was tough it was painful and it gave me a great sense of accomplishment with my progress. Soon cycling became more then a workout, it became my outlet. Cycling turned into my escape, my zen time. Nothing was more relaxing then a 40 mile ride out and back to the south hills, or a 30 mile climb to the top of MT Harrison. When out on the bike I was whisked away to a world where nothing could hurt me, where nothing mattered but me and the bike, it was magical.

With the storm approaching, i let it in, I lost my zen. I lost the sensation of pure bliss of the pain from a hard ride and the magic sensation after a epic ride. All I could do was think of the storm and the damage it was creating, it sucked me in. I began to not ride, I began to not enjoy myself on rides, I lost who I was.

Now that I have turned away from the storm, I'm rebuilding. I'm starting out fresh re-building from the damage, and I will prevail.

I'M A CYCLIST

I RIDE FOR ME!

Tuesday Lunch Ride

2008-06-24T22:40:00.003-10:00

First ride with HACC as a non member today not much different. Luckily many of the riders I have came to know don't care who I ride for nor do they care in getting caught up in the ever growing drama. A big thank you to those who don't care of my choice to race with a different team, and thank you for not bringing it up on a ride. It really doesn't matter who we race for, we all can ride together.

Was your typical perfect Tuesday ride! high winds, Fast breaks, and tons of sprints. Steve Steele was out on his new Fuji and rocking it up! He is a force to be reckoned with! Steve keep up the great work, your getting WICKED FAST!

A little side note and heads up for those who will continue to read my blog. I have always used my blog as personal place to voice my thoughts and opions. Yes, this has upset some in the past and I truly have not intended for this to happen. I have in the past pulled posts that have upset people either on requests or in respect to those involved. Recently with some of the actions of others I have decided I will no longer remove any post unless my personal views change. I will continue to try and avoid confrontation on the blog but will voice my opions and thoughts.

Pacific Velo

2008-06-22T21:00:00.000-10:00

Yes the rumor is true......

HACC Freedom Tower CRIT

2008-06-22T18:24:00.005-10:00

Hickam Criterium Results - click here

First crit, not my strong point. I did two races today, one the cat 4/5 45minutes + 1 lap and the Miss and out race. The 4/5 race was first and I didn't do as well as I had hoped. My goal for the race was to not get lapped or get pulled from the course. About 8ish laps in I started to fall off the main pack, it was over from that point on. My cornering abilities were plain old weak and I was timid into the turns letting riders pass me. After the pack left me I stayed on the course for as long as I could, occasionally getting pulled by the sambrano train. 27 laps in and 40 minutes later I was pulled from the course. outcome.... not sure.

The miss and out is a extra race at the end where anyone can jump in and start. After every lap they pull the last rider. Lots of tactics, don't do all the work, but don't sit in the back and get pulled. I felt allot better during the miss and out and was able to really hit my stride on cornering. I was hitting the corners with allot more speed and coming out of them pedaling like I should. I was able to do some fast pulls up at the front. The hardest part of this race was the interval like atmosphere. The straight stretch after turn 4 was a all out sprint to not be in the back. Thanks Ben for all the interval practice and random sprint attacks, it saved my but! I finally got pulled, but was able to get 10th place.

Pre-Anouncment

2008-06-18T13:06:00.002-10:00

I will be making a anoucment on June 29th, stay tuned.

Back to the Plants

2008-06-09T21:09:00.002-10:00

After some long thought and internal debate I have decided to go back to vegetarianism. I felt so much better and active while eating only fresh veggies and fruit.

Sorry Ben, Tonight was my last sushi.

Running..... yup I said running!

2008-06-05T00:01:00.003-10:00

Woke up at 0500 Wednesday morning to ride my bike over to Ben's house to start a whole new evolution of training. I arrived at Ben's around 0540, we then proceeded to head towards Jeff's house. I knew I was in trouble right off the bat. 1) I haven't ran in 8 months. 2) Jeff shows up with a runners belt loaded down with water. The run started off at a good pace and I felt as If I was going good. We started to head towards the Mobile Diving Unit and my legs started to feel the burn. All those comments about the age of my fellow cyclists were haunting me. We started rounding back towards Ben's house following the edge of the harbor, and knowing the end was coming soon I was able to finish with no stopping. Not to bad of a 4 mile run. Headed home and had to have some "HULK JUICE".

Next up:
Cycling(spinning) Thursday morning.
Running friday morning
Cycling Saturday morning
Cycling Race Preperation Suynday

State Time Trial Championships

2008-05-25T17:02:00.001-10:00

1st Place Men Cat 4/5 20-24 -- 1:00.50

....FAST....HARD....QUICK.....DIRTY.....WET

2008-05-02T13:20:00.002-10:00

Intervals this morning went well, I decided to do them as punishment for not getting a ride in during the early morning hours. I rode over to Ford Island to do 10 quick intervals. I did 2 intervals ever lap, for a total of 5 laps and 10 intervals. The wind was so nasty on the backstretch I couldn't muster anything over 27mph. About 6 intervals in it started to rain and made the whole experience just nasty. However it was a good workout!

Time To Diet!!

2008-05-01T11:56:00.002-10:00

Well, its time to get some serious action on the diet action plan. I did really well once I arrived in Hawaii I dropped over 25 pounds, however I have put on a few lately. Im back to 162lbs, and I really would like to be at 155lbs. So from now until I can eother A) manage to get to 155 or B) Dick Evens Road Race is over I will not be eating out at all, No deserests, And counting the calories.

Operation Portion/Calorie Control:
240-290 Calories and 25g Protein with hardly any carbs.

Road Rash

2008-04-28T15:42:00.002-10:00

Right arm, yes the same side I broke my wrist not 3 weeks ago

My right leg, it faired really well. The right thigh is banged up as well.

Metric HammerFest

2008-04-27T19:18:00.004-10:00

Went out for the Hawaii Metric century this morning, and it was well worth the time. The ride started out and we were riding at 26-27mph. We rode like this for about halfway to the turnaround. I spent most of the time avoiding riders and getting comfortable with riding in a group. Other then HACC rides I have never rode in a mixed fast paced group ride to this nature. As we got closer the the turnaround the paced had picked up a bit and I was in the top 25 riders. At the turnaround we stopped for maybe 3 minutes and we headed back out. Unfortunately the pace-line after the turn around got a bit interesting with some riders not doing there share of the work up front. I have to say I did my fair share, and feel I contributed to the group. Ben and Steve helped me alot and gave me shelter when I needed it. At this point we had around 15 riders riding hard as a group. We got to turtle bay and the pace just kept picking up. Im really glad my gps failed to stay on, I didn't need to see my heart rate or speed, I knew they both were high! Ben once again protected me after a pull and it saved my but big time. We started getting closer and riders were starting to get shelled off. By 12 miles left I was in the lead pack of only 10 riders. I ended up finishing tired as hell but in or around 5-7th. This wasn't a race so there is no official standings nor was it ever designed to be this fast of a ride. I will say I had the best time of my life riding today! It was fun to be in a lead pack of riders and pulling, and focusing on riding.

Thanks BEN!! Thanks Steve!!! you saved my butt with your awesome pulls!

Had my first real crash on sturday. I was out on Ford Island, we were doing some interval training for the 40k coming up. We had done about 2 warmup loops and were about to start our first interval. I had gone maybe 100ft and was shifting into the 11 and my chain jumped off the 53 and started to wrap up around my pedal. All the force I was putting on the pedal had no where to go and ended up throwing me out of control, I tried to save it but failed. I slid a good 20ft and got a bit of rod rash on my elbow, arm, knee, leg, thigh, and a nice one on my butt. I got right up and was able to walk, at the relief of ben, as he was saying "Please get up please get up". It feels good to know you have great friends who worry about you. Worst part was I damaged my front Cosmic Carbone, However There is hope in fixing it.

Hawaii State Team Time Trial

2008-04-21T15:33:00.005-10:00

HACC TEAM RESULTS:

HACC-a-lugi: 57:35:00 - Ben Sambrano, Steve Chirco, Steve Steele, Casey Tucker
1st Place - mens 4/5 72+ 2008 Hawaii State Champions

HACC 200: 1:00:57 - John Girmsey, Bryant Hafler, Scott Kimsey, Gil Loomis
2nd Place - men's 200+

HACCer Slacker's: 1:04:17 - Jeff Thomas, Spring Clegg, Stephen Bennett, Steve Lindsey
2nd Place - mixed 72+

BACC HACC - 1:09:17 - Marshall Bronston, Jim Phillips, Jeff Adkins, Jason Wolf
5th Place - men's 4/5 155+

HACC Chicks - 1:11:02 - Sheri Chirco, CJ Miller, Marlisa Elrod, Julie Anderson
1st Place women 72+, 2008 Hawaii State Champions

HACC Warriors - 1:14:05 - Dev Andrews, Jeff Soots, Shane Neal, Tony Waddell
5th place mens 4/5 72+

COMPLETE TEAM TIME TRIAL RESULTS: CLICK HERE

Glimpse at Speed & New Crank

2008-04-16T19:09:00.005-10:00

Disc is on ready to rock at the State TTT!!

The Real "HACC-A-LUGGI" POST

2008-04-12T21:13:00.006-10:00

Went out with my Team Time Trial today for what was a actual structured proper workout. We rode some strong hard intervals out to the tower and back. We rode all of these at race pace to get ready for the TTT, mind you it was tough but great fun. We had a fellow rider start before us up to 3 minutes ahead and out goal was to catch him as a team, we were successful in all but one attempt. I was at near failure many of times, and had a crazy heartbeat most of the time.

It workouts like this, they kill your muscles, break you down, and bring you to near failure. However they are something that we as a HACC fail to do ever. Unfortunately structured training rides are a uncommon thing and require external from the club rides. The real shame is we fail to train for the event, we just do the same thing over and over again. IT is a true shame that we fail to see the benefits in these rides and learn from them. Lucky for me I have some Team mates who see the advantage in proper training and want to train this way, just need to get everyone to train this way now.

Cast Off - New Crank - First NS

2008-04-09T19:14:00.003-10:00

First off, The cast has been taken off but not after more nonsense from Trippler Army Hospital. I went and had the cast cut off, however the core-man was unable to operate a cast cuter properly and left a nice gash in my thumb. I then went over to X-rays were they decide I broke my left wrist instead of my right. I finally saw the doctor and he had no record of me every getting a cast on. He accused me of lying, and getting the cast on at a non-military facility. I then proceeded to walk 8 miles in flip-flops back to base, this I found out later was a bad idea.

Rode saturday morning and found out the wrist was still a bit sore and my calf was extremely sore. The long walk in flip-flops caused me to wreck my calf, and I headed home after 14 easy miles on the bike. I then decided to get my first NS for a race, they however have me as a DNF. I decided early saturday that Tantalus just wasn't going to happen. The Team Time Trial and Individual TT are way more important as is my health.

I finally got my new crank in, a FSA K-Force! I hopefully will have it installed for the TTT.

Broken Wrist

2008-03-27T18:24:00.003-10:00

Was out on the Thursday HACC ride, we were heading out to Camp Smith to do some hill climbs. We had just left the rear gate of Pearl Harbor, stopped at the red light. I was clipped out on my left foot and ready to go for the green. All of a sudden I heard something before i could do anything I had a fellow rider falling on me. I tried to stop the fall with my hands but failed, I bent my wrist the wrong way and heard a pop. I go up and started looking at my bike. Bones will heal bike parts are pricey! My chain was all jacked up, and my rear deralier was scratched. I lifted my bike up top take to the side and noticed my wrist was hurting really bad. I ended up riding one loop of Camp Smith but couldnt bear the pain. I rode back to Base with the help of a fellow rider, I couldn't hold on with my hand. Got to medical, took x-rays. The first doctor didn't think it was broken, so i was really happy. However He said I had to go to Trippler the main hospital, and get a cast. Got to Trippler, and a a higher up doctor discovered 2 cracks! So now im stuck with a cast till April 8th, looks like ill be climbing Tantalus with a cast.

Bottom Bracket Woes

2008-03-23T18:25:00.003-10:00

The litespeed has been making some creaking/cracking/scratchy noises in the bottom bracket area lately. I was under the impression that some water had gotten in or some crude and it just needed to be cleaned up a bit. I took it all out and cleaned it up put some grease on and slid it in. Got to the point of putting on the non-drive side BB cup and noticed it wasn't spinning smooth, and i could feel something catching. Took everything back out and took a closer look. Seems at some point the bearings decided to crack open a bit, then some water went in and im assuming rusted them all up. In the picture below you can see the hairline crack on the bearings.

HACC 2008 Mt Haleakala Ride

2008-03-23T06:43:00.020-10:00

Ben Sambrano has created a amazing video of the HACC 2008 Mt Haleakala Ride
Click Here for larger version of video

Ride Report: Mt Haleakala

2008-03-21T20:14:00.004-10:00

Lessons Learned

2008-03-15T21:38:00.004-10:00

During the ride today there was some miscommunication and bad judgment amongst all of us. Unfortunately this is really sad coming from grown men, epically amongst our military forces. One would think we being brothers military service as well as teammates we would have high compassion for each other and comradely. I have no regrets for my actions or decision in the training ride in question. What I did was how I ride, and how I feel towards my teammates. It didn’t matter who it would have been fallen off the back I would have turned around and rode for hours to catch them back up and verify they are fine.

It is true we are all riders but of varying skill set levels. We all have done many of miles on all types of roads and terrain, however Let us all think of how it feels to be the one left behind and no one coming for you.

We all have been dropped from rides its happens to us all every day, I do agree its nothing to get pissed off at others. However, there is a difference from getting dropped because you were going to slow and getting dropped due to problems, or other situations. During these rides we need to look out for those behind us, if you are second to last and you see someone who is behind you and is falling back, do the right thing.

Now to the situation of Barbers Point Loops. After the first loop I stopped to make some more phone calls and see if I could get a hold of our rider or even contact some local sources to see if they had information regarding him. Yes, if your asking I did contact the HPD and ask if there had been any cyclist accidents. I was worried after seeing a ambulance and fire rescue on call. I waited near that park bench for over 25 minutes when to my surprise and delightment our lost rider came from the loop and we linked back up. We then proceeded to ride a bit then turned around and rode the loop backwards in hope of catching up with the group. As we all know this failed and we then proceeded to ride back to base using the bike path.

Looking back on all of this I think we all can see our failures and I believe we can learn so much from this. Hopefully we can learn as situations similar to this seem to be recurring. I’m not stating its the same people as on this ride, I’m saying its a HACC wide problem. I will be the first to admit, I’m not the angel of etiquette and have dropped people before and not even thought about it. The guidelines one rider sent to be are a good starting point. Most of us carry cell phones, and we all should have each others numbers incase emergency arises.

We all know we have a big ride coming up, 10,000' in a short 36 miles. I personally have never climbed this yet, however I have done many other climbs of similar distance and elevation gain. Keep in mind this is nothing one can do solo, you will depend on our teammates. Most importantly you will depend on the person in the sag wagon. When you are out of water and the nearest water is 2,000' ahead you will love the SAG guy. The SAG can bring you warmth, give you food, and most importantly can make or break your experience. We are all extremely lucky to have a great SAG driver this year. We all know who he is so there is no need to mention names. You never know when you will need the help, pay it forward and remember Karma. Personally I think we should put this to rest and move on, yes it was some bad mojo and yes its something that needs to be worked out. However for the sake of the team and fellow riders I think we all (me included) need to eat some crow and learn from our mistakes. Maybe its time to sit everyone down together and figure out some club rules mottos on to which we can live by.

HACC lets move on from this as a more powerful and stronger team.

Bike Gear: X-Lab Disc

2008-03-13T22:03:00.002-10:00

Finally bit the bullet a bought a disc wheel. Once again Ben came through and found a X-Lab Disc for sale on craigslist. The disc was a extremely good deal, so it was a quick e-mail away from becoming mine. Havent been able to ride on it just yet, due to needing a new tubular tire be glued on. I hope to be able to ride it within the next 2 weeks, I do plan on riding it on the Team TT, who ever that may be with. Seems all of HACC is getting new wheels. Steve bought some new fancy R28 SL3 wheels. However Ben has out trumped us all and bought a brand new Zipp 900 disc. Check out there sites for all the info.

Hawaii Cycling Cup Talk Story

2008-03-08T11:21:00.002-10:00

Both myself and my teammate Ben where asked to do a talk story for the Hawaii Cycling Cup. You can read them on the HCC website.

Ben Sambrano Talk Story

Casey Tucker Talk Story

Race Report: Castle To Hanauma Time Trial 2008 Results

2008-03-03T09:45:00.003-10:00

Was a bit interesting obtaining the time off from work to be able to enjoy this ride. I was denied leave, denied shift swaps. My last resort was to have some one stay late for me at work on sunday and I stay really late Saturday night. The plan was for me to work from 0530 till 2230 on saturday... yup a 17 hour work day! Luckily I have some great fellow co-workers who let me out on time and get some much needed rest before the race. Waking up on sunday at 0330 was not the funnest thing I have done but was needed. thankfully to bens wisdom we loaded most of the car up the night before, this saved tons of time in the morning. Riding over to the race I was starting to feel sick, and by the time we got out of the car at the race I was car sick. I walked around a bit when we got there and felt better. Warming up on the trainer was humid as can be, i was sweating immediately during the warmup. To be honest, I didn't feel ready while warming up and really thought this was going to be a cluster of a ride. Lucky for me something about my thoughts and feelings change when I put on my TT helmet. As soon as it goes on i feel extremely focused and ready to ride. The start I had the starter hold me, not sure how i feel about that, it worked but felt weird. The course is not a flat course by no means, the first mile there is a little uphill to worry about. I felt pretty good on the little uphill and was able to power up at a pretty descent pace. After the first hill we go back down to sea level and ride flat with some little rollers for a couple of miles. Then comes mile eight, the great steep hill after sea life park, those who ride on hawaii know how the hill feels. I made it up to the top and coasted down and a god speed, but should have pedaled, this bit me in the but later. The last hill is a kicker, the finish line is at the top of the hill right before Hanauma Bay. After the finish line i was broke, I had nothing left to give and was ready to ride home and be done. The ride back was long and painful but seemed to flush allot of lactic acid out of the tired legs. We rushed back to base, and I rushed back to work. Later that day I found out I got 2nd place, losing by only 27 seconds, sure wish i would have pushed it just a bit harder.

HACC Finishing Times
1. Casey Tucker 28:55
2. John Girmsey 29:49
3. Ben Sambrano 30:18
4. Stephen Lindsey 31:09
5. Stephen Steele 31:10
6. Greg Layton 33:02
7. Amy Thomas 33:41
8. Tony Waddell 35:12

Race Report: Makaha Beach Time Trial

2008-02-24T14:33:00.003-10:00

With the finish of Makaha Beach Time Trial the Hawaii Cycling season is officially on! We headed out to the start point from Hickam area around 0600. After arriving to the beach park the winds started to really roar. During trainer warmup time, many jokes and typical jostling around was a foot. Wind started to slow down a bit by the time it got closer to our start times, however a black wall of clouds was rolling in behind us. Ben, was set to start 1minute 30 seconds in front of me while Steve was 1minute in front of me. As we lined up the wall of black clouds came closer and closer, our dry race was no longer. The second bens wheel crossed the start line it began to rain. As my wheel crossed the start line it was getting harder, within 1/4 mile into the ride it was a complete downpour! As I started out I felt like I was going strong but worried of going out to quickly. a little bit before the turn around point which came extremely quickly I caught steve, knowing this i knew Ben wasn't to far ahead! On the way back I was giving it everything i had in a effort to try and just catch a glimpse of the master Yoda. The last few miles the storm once again let down a burst of rain and some wicked head and cross winds. Right at 1/4 of a mile left I found and caught ben. Rolling over the finish line I was beat, my legs were toast and I was cold. After get dressed and putting most of the gear away, we received the results. HACC really put out a great showing with four medals.

John Gimsey Golden Masters - 1st Place
Casey Tucker Cat 4-5 - 1st Place
Ben Sambrano Cat 4-5 - 2nd Place
John Girmsey, Hawaii Senior Olympics - 1st Place

A big thank you to those not racing but supporting the team, your efforts are what make HACC a amazing team to ride with.

Pre Race Report: Makaha Beach Time Trial 18KM

2008-02-23T19:34:00.002-10:00

February 24th @ 0806 PST The world will come to a stop for a brief moment in pure cycling beauty as I set forth on my first TT. Im extremely nervous to start my first race, more then I ever was during Triathlons, State Swim Meets, Regional Swim Meets, and Cross Country. Words cannot describe the feeling in my gut that switch from sheer crap your pants scared to extreme excitement to put down some rubber. I will be starting off at 0806 while Ben will be at 0804, and Steve will be at 0805. This gives me to amazing athletes to chase after, catching steve would be a amazing feat! However Catching Ben would be a cloud nine experience! My goal for the race would be to try and break the 30 minute mark, being this is a 18km course I would have to maintain a average pace of just over 24mph, can I do this? We will have to see! However to try and achieve maximum speed I have purchased more bike gear, however it is to only be reveled at tomorrows race.

My Baby

2008-02-20T19:17:00.001-10:00

Sick Days

2008-02-19T19:53:00.002-10:00

Was having a great run of great rides and then I get sick. The biggest problem is I have the Makaha TT this sunday only five days away. Took the next two days off work so that I have a week off before the time trial, this came in really well due to the illness. Luckily im starting to feel better and should have this beaten soon. I got back on the bike today twice, just two very short workouts but enough to know I should be fine by sunday. The new wheels are amazing, they rev up quickly and hold speed. Now all that is left is my free thai dinner ;-).

Wheels they make the world go round

2008-02-10T21:10:00.000-10:00

Due to some recent changes in my "collection" of wheels and a fellow cyclist friends blog on his wheels I present you with the history of Tucker's Wheels.

It all started with Rolf wheels that came stock with my 2001 Lemond Zurich. These wheels have put on thousand of miles and have finally just been put into retirement as trainer wheels only.

The next wheels are the ALex 320 wheels that came with my Broken Felt S22, the year and millage is unknown on these wheels. They are still pretty descent and are what the lemond rolls on while on the road.

I then became aware of a extremly good deal on Mavic Kysrium ES wheels. These wheels, of which I own three are bullet proof. I currently have one campy rear, one shimano rear, and a front. These wheels are great climbing wheels and roll and roll.

My most recent purchase is a used set of Mavic Cosmic Carbones. These wheels will be used entirely for TT's/Crits/etc. These are no training wheels these are race day only.

Ride Report: Saturday Speed Work

2008-02-09T12:16:00.000-10:00

Went out on the saturday ride, thanks to ben and his generosity to transport me. Soon as we left the base ben put on a show of pure power, the only thing to do was to follow. I nearly cracked, and if ben would have continued his attack or attacked again I would have fallen off and blown up. Luckily he chilled down a bit and told me to "go go go" I took this as charge forth and ride like the wind, this really was his way of saying "take a pull". O well ;-) Got out to the stretch of road before dillingham airport and we did a all out sprint to the beach park, and then another. Was able to maintain some pretty descent speeds.

Update

2008-01-27T20:51:00.000-10:00

Has been a long couple of days, very long. Seems not much has gone right or gone the way I needed.

Lets start with the Litespeed, all was going well but it was not staying in tune at all. The shifting was all off. Ben tried to tune it up however after 30 minutes we were getting no where. We went ahead and went to the thursday ride with it still being out o whack. On the ride up I could feel it bouncing a bit and not being able to shift properly. The worst was on the downhills, I was unable to shift from the 39 to the 53, this killed me as I was unable to get the speed I normally do. Heading back to ben's we took a closer look and found the problem. The cassette valve body housing was not seated correctly to the axle. This comes down to a bad wheel ;-(.

I called Nashbar and paid for a second wheel to be sent out. I will return the defective wheel for a refund. Saturday I noticed that I had not seen the money for the wheel come out of my account, quick call to Nashbar discovered the payment had not cleared they put the wrong billing address and this caused the order to stall. Took care of the mix up, however the wheel wont ship till monday morning.

Friday I took off from riding as I didnt feel all that well, and decided to take a day of to rest for a great weekend of riding. This feel through horribly, woke up saturday morning ready to ride and felt like $#!T. Threw up a bit, sent out a e-mail advising my absence and went back to bed. I spent all day saturday laying in bed and getting tons of rest. I decided I would be able to ride Sunday, however I was wrong again. Sunday morning I felt a bit better but not enough to go out even for the recovery ride. Due to this I was only able to get in a little over 110 miles.

Was however finally able to spend some time to decide on water bottle cages. PZ Racing CR 2.1 Monocoque Carbon Fiber Bottle Cages.

Material: Monocoque Carbon Fiber
Weight: 33 grams

However it seems the great Yoda has ordered some ahead of me. Im still following the great Yoda as I'm his jedi.

Yoda Drafting off the Young Jedi?

Ride Report: Five Sisters

2008-01-16T19:59:00.000-10:00

Was able to take out the new bike today and it was one heck of a ride to do for a first ride. Myself , ben, and Steve did the five sisters climb ride. Basically it is 5 large climbs all around the pearl/hickam area. Total elevation gain 4,200'. A little info on the bike, it is a beast! it climbs incredible and can whip up to speed extremely quickly.Yup thats ben, he is climbing and kicking some major but!

Weekly Report: 01/07/08 - 01/13/08

2008-01-13T14:14:00.000-10:00

Great week! Was able to get in 8 rides this week, and that was with 2 days off. Almost squeaked in 300 miles, 22 miles short.

Litespeed Siena

2008-01-11T18:07:00.000-10:00

I would like to introduce a new member to the bike family. The new bike is a Litespeed Siena and is going to be built up from parts. The group set is all Campy Chorus, the bike is going to be a super fast, super light, and a beast!

Ride Data: Tuesday Ride

2008-01-08T12:37:00.000-10:00

Was a great ride! We had a avg speed for the ride of 22mph and a time of 00:48.50 this is one of the first few times I have seen us break the 50 minute line for our tuesday ride.

Ride Report: Tantalus x3

2008-01-07T14:44:00.000-10:00

Woke up knowing I was going to ride Tantalus and knew I wanted to do two climbs up as I hadnt done much climbing lately. Got done with the second climb up and just decided on the spot to head back done for another round of fun. 4550' total feet of fun!

Ride Report: Thursday Turned Tuesday

2008-01-03T12:40:00.000-10:00

Due to some rain in the hills thursday was canceled and we turned it into a tuesday. Wind was extremely strong and the riders fierce. Was again though it was a crazy hammerfest with some crazy mad all out sprints.

Ride Report: Hickam Loops x 5

2008-01-02T18:47:00.000-10:00

Hard ride today, loads of wind and tons of sprints. 5 laps on hickam really makes the body sore.

2008 Hawaii Cycling Results

2008-01-01T18:11:00.003-10:00

Makaha Time Trial - results
Castle to Hanauma Time Trial - results
Tantalus Time Trial - results
Hawaii State Team Time Trial - results
Big Island Stage Race - results
Hawaii State Time Trial - results
HACC Freedom Tower Criterium - results
Hawaii State Road Race - results
Hawaii State Criterium - results
Boca Stage Race - results
Cycle to the Sun
Dick Evans Memorial Road Race - results

Personal Race Results 2008

2008-01-01T10:22:00.010-10:00

Personal results for the 2008 Hawaii racing season.

Makaha Time Trial
1st Cat 4/5
? Overall
24:40/24.5mph

Castle to Hanauma Time Trial:
2nd Cat 4/5
14th Overall
28:55/25.1mph

Hawaii State Team Time Trial Championship
HACC-a-lugi: 57:35:00 - 1st Place - mens 4/5 72+ 2008 Hawaii State Champions

Hawaii State Individual Time Trial Championship
1st place 4/5 20-24 - 1:00.50

HACC Freedom Tower Crit
13th Cat 4/5
10th Miss and Out

Hawaii State Road Race
4th Cat 4/5 Sr. Men
? Overall

Hawaii State Criterium
DNF - flatted lap 9

Evans Memorial Road Race
38th - 5:20:20.15 21.0mph

Weekly Report: 12/24/07 - 12/30/07

2007-12-30T12:04:00.000-10:00

Was able to get in another good week of milage, even with taking off 2 days I was able to put in 191 miles. The coming week I work 5 days out of the seven, so it will be allot of trainer time for me. I still would like to try and squeeze in around 150 miles this week.

Ride Report: Saturday

2007-12-29T12:09:00.000-10:00

Great ride! Those who didn't show up missed a great ride. IT was cold at the start, it was raining and windy. The rain made pineapple hill a mess, by the time we had climbed it twice myself and bike bike looked like we had done a cyclecross race. Even though it was tough ride it was extremely fun. A god character building ride, if you can ride well in that, you have some thing to pull from during a race.

Ride Report: HACC Morn Ride

2007-12-26T09:14:00.000-10:00

Dang was it windy today, seemed like you were always climbing! yet it was a perfectly flat course. Headed out from Hickam Gym and did a out to the tower. The way there was brutal, the wid was howling. the way back was better due to the great tailwind. We then headed out to Lagoona drive. the ride to the ended of lagona was awesome, a great tail wind pushed up to 35mph with hardly any effort. THe way back was a different story, working our buts of for 18-20mph. Final part of the ride was two loops on Ford Island, once again we had wind.

Ride Report: Tantalus Christmas 2007

2007-12-25T17:24:00.000-10:00

Rode up to Tantalus, and down the back side via round top drive. Round top dr. has been closed for some time and I have never been able to ride on it. Its a great little climb and has some great views. It seems crazy to be able to go for a ride on christmas day, but it sure is nice.

Ride Report: Christmas Eve Hammer Fest!

2007-12-24T09:06:00.000-10:00

It starts with a e-mail, a nice little e-mail announcing a friendly group ride. The e-mail states 60-70%, so by no means a all out attack, more of a calm lovely little morning ride. Then it happens ATTACK, and then another. This quickly turns into the one of the greatest things of biking HAMMER FEST!!!!

The ride indeed was a hammer fest, however I always enjoy these rides so much. The ride was to be 3 loops of tower to traffic circle, and it was. The first lap we all hammered out to the tower and took it a bit slower on the way back at first. On the way to the traffic circle the attacks began, I believe I counted 4 attacks one after the other. On the second lap It was Mono o Mono. Trying to hold off and break away from another rider with a 15mph head wind and holding a 23+mph pace. I tried all the tricks swinging out wide, acting tired and surging. Nothing was working finally my fellow HACCer felt some mercy and let me draft for a bit. On the last lap I rode alone and was doing my best to not get caught. I didnt get caught but i noticed Ben swung back early and was in front of me. I started riding harder trying to catch him. I pushed hard and couldn't catch him, and finally lost sight of him. Getting to the last lap I finally got it, i was tricked! He had turned off. Average pace 20mph!!!!!

After the ride we headed over to ben's house as he had some Christmas gifts to hand out. getting home I opened the gift and noticed it was a jersey. Not just any jersey, a Casey jersey. Ben the great guy he is got me a Casey Auto group cycling jersey. The coolest jersey I have!
Ben, thank you so much. You are a amazing friend!

I feel so blessed to be stationed in Hawaii. I have been blessed to be with what I belive to be the best group of bikers/friends. Every one of the group would do anything to help out the others. HACCers, I wish you a merry Christmas! Thank you HACC, im truly blessed to be a part of such a wonderful4 group.

Weekly Report: 12/17/07 - 12/23/07

2007-12-23T17:44:00.000-10:00

Another week is over, and the year is almost over! Was able to get out quite a bit this week and got in some great training rides. Milage for this week was 180 miles, with a fairly descent average pace. Wasnt able to get in as much climbing as i wanted, however was able to work on sprints a bit and get some overall good base miles in.

The coming week I want to try and get some good climbing in, and try to squeeze in around 200 miles. The plan is to do tantalus 3 times and each time do the climb twice. This should give me some much needed training on the hills to work on my climbing skills. I also would like to go for Aiea Hieghts at least once during the week.

Ride Report: Saturday Hickam Ride

2007-12-22T16:22:00.000-10:00

Rode from Hickam Gym this morning. It was a test of motivation to get to the ride. Once I got off work at 0530 from 12 hours of work, I only had 1 hour till the ride started. I sat down on my bed and thought, I cant lay down or ill be out. I finally did make it out the door only to have it sprinkled on me for a little bit. This was the hardest, I think I mentally turned around 5-6 times. THe group did a loop to the tower then out to lagoon drive. I called it quits after lagoon drive, as I was feeling the pain of no sleep and a large base of miles for the week.

Ride Report: Early Morn Loops

2007-12-21T13:06:00.000-10:00

Riding in hawaii is always nice but there are two perfect times to ride. One of them being the evening rides where you get to see the sun kiss the horizon good night and see the most amazing sunset of colors ever. The second being the morning when the morning calm and fresh air surround you to jolt your body up into another day in paradise.

Rode with ben for a a nice little 30 miler. We held a great pace the entire time and ben even threw in some 30+ mph sprints to liven up the day. While riding we saw many HACC members. Most of them seemed to be out burning calories, however we discovered some were secretly eating. Once again another great ride!

Ride Report: Tantalus + Hickam Loops

2007-12-19T18:55:00.000-10:00

Rode up to tantalus this afternoon again. It felt pretty darn good, once again i was fast on the flats but my legs just refused to climb with the same effort they normally do. O well it shall come back. Headed back down to meet the group and do some loops on Hickam. Riding at dusk in hawaii has to be the best riding anywhere.

Lost Motavation, found it!

2007-12-18T13:13:00.000-10:00

Over the last 2 weeks I have put in some extremely lethargic efforts towards the bike. I can tell that I have been off the bike for way to long, and I have begun to start feeling like crap and extremely warn down. I really believe this is in part to the viscous cycle I have entered. I dont ride because im tired, then I feel bad because I haven't ridden, I then dont ride because I feel sick. Its a horrible cycle to get into and I cant wait to get out of it. I plan on riding some good miles tomorow and trying to break free of my lost motivation.

**Update**
Not to long after posting this I finally had a urge of wanting to jump on the bike. I havent had that urge for a couple of weeks so I jumped on and headed for Tantalus. Ended up making extremelly good times on the flats but the hills seemed to give me a bit of trouble. This is due to the problems with my rear deraliuer failing to keep in the 25 or 23 gear. Im just glad I have found my desire again and it seems renewed!

Weekly Report: 12/03/07 - 12/09/07

2007-12-09T15:27:00.000-10:00

Was able to squeeze in two rides during this week, just wasn't enough. The two rides I did killed me due to the amount of time I have spent off the bike. Total milage was around 66 miles. The next week should settle down and start feeling like the normal workout schedule for me. I should be able to make it to most if not all my rides and get in a fair amount of miles.

Health Report:

2007-12-07T10:26:00.000-10:00

The body/health outlook is looking a bit grim at the time due to some foreseen and unforeseen situations. Seems Hawaii wants to have some nasty weather currently that has taken away almost all of my planned rides. The lack of rides has seemed to make me a bit irritable and I can tell I need to ride and release some stress. Secondly effecting my health is visiting family, I have been really good on eating healthy and eating a proper balanced diet and proper caloric intake to reach my goal of weight for race season. However due to eating out on a almost every meal I have experienced some weight gain. Stepping on to the scales last night was a bit disheartening. Looks like its time to really crack down on the diet, and hit the indoor trainer.

Sorry no graphs, was going to put my weight graph up but its to depressing currently.

Ride Report: Camp Smith

2007-11-29T13:31:00.001-10:00

Switch of venue for the HACC thursday ride, 3 climbs Camp Smith. Feels good to have a bit of a change now and then. Felt pretty good on the climbs but had to try and catch back up as I dropped my chain on the first climb right at the beginning. After the ride I felt like a bit of extra miles so did a nice easy loop out and back to the tower.

Due to popular vote here is the graph ;-)

Bike Report: New Wheels

2007-11-28T12:31:00.000-10:00

Got up this morning extremely excited to check out how the new wheels would handle the climbs and some flats. Woke up ate my oatmeal started to get dressed and noticed it was still dark outside. Seems another nice rain storm decided to head over us. Called in for a weather forecast from my father, and the outlook didn't look good. Decided to do a quick load of laundry while I waited to see. The entire time I was doing laundry I was itching to ride just itching. Called in for a weather outlook and still it wasn't looking good, but screw it I wanted to ride! Headed out to Tantalus one of my favorite rides, and of course the rain started to downpour, luckily I went under the aqueduct on nimitz and by the time I shot out It had slowed down. First thing I noticed with the wheels is once you get them up to speed they don't wanna stop, they just wanna roll for days. They seem a bit reluctant off the line in the 2-10mph range but after that they rocket. The climb up tantalus was a bit interesting as I was unable to utilize the 25 or 23 cog on my rear gears. I was stuck in either 27 or 21. So I was either to low or just one higher then I would have liked. Regardless I was able to pound up the hill and did a pretty darn good time up the hill. the ride back was uneventful, and gave me more proof of the ability of the wheels. They roll so so smooth and cut through the wind.

Bike Report: New Wheels

2007-11-24T13:04:00.000-10:00

Was able to get a great deal on some 2007 Mavic Ksyrium ES, all Thanks to a Performancebike closeout and a 20% off thanksgiving sell.

The Mavic Ksyrium ES commemorates the 10 year anniversary of the release of the first lightweight climbing specific wheel, the world famous Mavic Helium. In fact, the rear hub and the aluminum walls of the front hub, as well as a single red spoke per wheel are Helium red in tribute to the ground breaking wheel set.

The new Ksyrium "Edition Speciale" takes all the technical advantages of the Ksyrium SL, and sets a new bar for climbing performance. One of the ways Mavic did this was to lower the front rims profile to 22mm deep. This makes it a lighter wheel than the SL, and has the side benefit of making it a more stable in cross winds. The rear rim remains 25mm to retain it's flex resistant characteristics.

Spoke count: front 18, rear 20
Lacing pattern: front radial, rear Isopulse lacing concept
M7 aluminum nipples with locking rings
Rim profile height: front 22mm, rear 25mm
weight: front 645g, rear 840g

Weekly Report: 11/212/07 - 11/18/07

2007-11-18T10:38:00.000-10:00

Seems this week the schedule just clicked with rides, was able to ride everyday but wednesday. Ended up at 233 miles for the week, and I can tell. My body is fairly tired, however I need to start getting in a bit more miles per week. 200+ a week is a good number.

Plan for the week: I have a class mon/tuesday, might be able to ride mid afternoon on my own. Will be able to do the HACC thursday ride, and the HACC sunday morning ride. Im hoping for 150 miles this week. Wouldn't mind taking this week a bit easy.

Ride report: HACC Saturday Ride

2007-11-17T12:52:00.000-10:00

Ride: HACC Saturday Ride
Time: 3:42:19
Distance: 70.22 miles
AVG Speed: 18.9 mph
MAX Speed: 43 mph
AVG Cadence: 77 rpm
AVG BPM: 136 bpm
MAX BPM: 174 bpm
MAX Grade: 8.8 %
Elevation Gain: 1736 ft

Once again another great saturday ride with HACC. Headed out to Dillingham Airfield, and started heading back when the idea was thrown out to go out to turtle bay. 5 riders choose to go out and it was a blast. Ben's cousin decided that ben's bike needed to be upgraded and cracked the frame, well wasn't his fault it just seems the bike decided to break. Decided to pull out of the Tadewind tri for tomorow and just do the sunday recovery ride with HACC, its been a tough week and I need the recovery ride.This is a image from a new piece of software that I have found. It gives some really cool 3D elevation maps.

Bike Report: Wheels

2007-11-15T18:51:00.000-10:00

Rode today with HACC on the weekly thursday ride. Woke up a bit late in the morning and didn't have time to switch out the wheels to the A-Class Felt wheels. Started out the ride and everything felt okay but the upper and lower gears were making some strange noise and failing to shift cleanly. Thought I had wacked the rear derailur and it was out of whack, well it wasn't. Started to think about it and its the darn rear cassette. The bike with a different cassette works perfectly fine. This makes sense as the cassette is 7 years old! Rode on the ride and was getting some weird, really powerful vibrations on the downhill, when i was hitting speeds of 35+ I was really thinking I was going to go down. Because of this it has came to be that I must buy a new set of wheels.

Ride Report: HACC Veterans Day Ride

2007-11-12T14:17:00.000-10:00

Rode with HACC today for the Veterans Day Ride. We meet at Hickam Gym at 0600 and departed at 0630. Headed out to Punch Bowl, we used a semi awkward route to get there, seems John-John our gps system needs some updated maps. We arvied at the gate to punch bowl all to find out it didn't open for 30 minutes. Well seeing we were at the base of tantalus, seemed like a great option. Luckily the question was raised to go to the top. Luckily the decision was made to go to the top. The plan was to ride up at your own pace, first person up would turn around and head down. As the leader passed you going down you were to turn around right there and head down. I immediately was thinking "I have to be the first to the top, I just have to". Every time i got to a switch back I looked back to see how close the next person was, each time I saw no one. This gave me even more motivation to really pound the gears. I rode up fast, I averaged about 1-2mph faster throughout the course. I got to the top and turned around, took 3 switch back before I found the first person. Looks like my training on tantalus is paying off for me. We re-grouped at the entrance to the memorial, and were greeted by a friendly guard advising us we couldn't ride into the memorial. Hmmm, that great. We read the sign we knew there was a penal code but we went for it. What they going to do arrest 20 military members at a federal memorial? We went ahead and go our picture of us all in our HACC jerseys and headed off to coffee. Coffee was the main reason some riders came, good reason. We once again took a great route the coffee shop, really the route wasn't bad, the traffic lights were. We hit about every light red, or we ended up splitting the group because some were dragging behind. Finally we got to the coffee shop and had some great coffee, great scones, and great conversation. After the coffee we headed around diamond head, and then headed back to the base. Distance was around 42 miles and the time was almost 3 hours, was by no means a fast ride, but was great fun.

Got done with the ride from HACC and didn't feel like I was ready to go home. Made a quick decision to do Aiea Heights and Camp Smith hill climb. Aiea is pretty tough I have only done it a couple of times. There is a spot that is 15% grade.

Mid-Week Report:

2007-11-08T20:08:00.000-10:00

Going ahead and going to dispense from all the technical data for this post as it really comes down to how I feel. Started this week out on the wrong foot, didn't ride at all on Monday or Tuesday. Got home after work both of thesse nights and just felt like crap. I think I came down with the start of a cold/chest congestion. Hit it hard with massive amounts of medicine and vitamins. It has helped and I was feeling about 80% by wednesday morning, however Wednesday's ride killed me. During the thursday ride I cracked and cracked hard, I felt as I was near death. I did manage to PR on the first loop, how I freakin dont know? The other two laps were right on with what I allways do. Technically it was good ride but physically to my body it was a hard hit. I had planned on doing tantalus afterwards but threw that out the window and headed to do a loop of lagoona drive. Walked to the commissary and picked up some food, that was the most dificult walk ever. MY body just feels drained. Not to sure how the weekend will play out I hope to do some spinning, but we shall see

Ride Report: Tantalus + AMR

2007-11-07T13:09:00.000-10:00

Ride: Tantalus + AMR
Time: 2:40:19
Distance: 40.73 miles
AVG Speed: 15.2 mph
MAX Speed: 34.9 mph
AVG Cadence: 68 rpm
AVG BPM: 149 bpm
MAX BPM: 181 bpm
MAX Grade: 11.3 %
Elevation Gain: 3400 ft

Did 2 loops of tantalus then headed over for one lap of AMR to do a bit of recon for the thursday HACC ride. There had been some words that the road could possibally be in rough shape due to the weather. The little elevation bump and the end is AMR.

Weekly Report: 10/29/07 - 11/04/07

2007-11-05T05:29:00.000-10:00

It seems its harder and harder for me to get in the milage that I would like to put in. I ended up taking to many days off, and to many days of work. Luck for me I'm back to days this week, even though I have to work 5 days out of the week. Was able to get in two good rides this past week. The first was the tuesday ride, I was able to maintain a extremely good pace and kick up some great sprints and maintain them for a good distance. I can really tell im coming into the best form I have ever been in. The second good ride was saturday with HACC up at Schofield Barracks. Great ride, had everything you could dream for, sprints & climbing. There was suppose to be a sunday race but well that was canceled as I stated.

Hoping to get in some really good time in on the bike this week, I think I will be doing alot of spinning this week. Due to work I have come to grips with this. Going to try and do around 1 to 1.5 hours in the trainer every night after work. This should get me around 100+ miles for the week just in trainer time. Wednesday I plan on doing a couple of hill climbs of Tantalus bearing the weather cooperates. Wednesday night I plan on going to the wednesday night recovery ride. Thursday , will be HACC hill climb day. Over all this should put me at about 150+ miles for the week, unfortunately most of this time will be spent on the trainer. The following week I plan on doing some longer distance rides.

Race Report: TradeWinds Tri [CANCELED]

2007-11-05T05:28:00.000-10:00

Rented a car and a hotel room for the tradewinds tri on K-Bay MCB. Saturday I drove to the base and settled in by checking in for the tri, getting some food, and checking into the hotel. Spent the reminder of the night relaxing in my room watching the food network. Woke up at 4:30am went out side and its down pouring rain. Packed up got everything in the car and drove over to the start of the tri. On the way over there was pools of water so deep I thought the van was going to get stuck. I got over to the T1 area and it was being taken down by a horde of marines. Drove over to the finish line area and it as well was being torn down. Hmm, guess its being canceled. In all honesty I'm glad it was, because I wasn't feeling up to riding and running in a downpour. Went back to the hotel room and tried to catch some more sleep but that wasn't happening. Jumped back into the car and headed back to pearl harbor. While listening to the radio I found out that the entire island is on flash-flood warning for the next 24 hours.
Im pretty much pissed off at the whole situation. I know its not there fault for the weather but damn I spent allot of money on doing the tri and renting the car, and getting a hotel room. The only high point was being able to go to the saturday HACC ride. From now on im not signing up for little events of this nature, and will from now on just drive over in the early morning no more hotel rooms.

Ride Report: HACC Saturday

2007-11-03T15:42:00.000-10:00

Ride: HACC Saturday
Time: 2:47:19
Distance: 47.85 miles
AVG Speed: 17.2 mph
MAX Speed: 38.9 mph
AVG Cadence: 69 rpm
AVG BPM: 136 bpm
MAX BPM: 182 bpm
MAX Grade: 11.3 %
Elevation Gain: 1900 ft

Was able to ride with HACC for a saturday ride, dang would it be nice to be able to do this every week. Great ride, Great friends!

Weekly Report: 10/22/07 - 10/28/07

2007-10-29T19:20:00.000-10:00

Was my long week at work and wasn't able to get in as much training as I would have liked. Not much really to say, just a long week of work

Goals for the coming week are not based on millage, this week is going to be tailored towards my race on sunday. Goal for the race is around 1 hour 10 minutes or under.

Tantalus Photo Shoot

2007-10-26T10:45:00.000-10:00

I rode up to Tantalus this morning, nothing to special of a ride, due to the wind and the rain. I did decide to bring along the camera this morning to capture the amazing views. The views are even more impressive during sunrise and sunset.

Ride Report: AMR Loops

2007-10-25T13:33:00.000-10:00

Ride: AMR
Time: 0:56:19
Distance: 16.09 miles
AVG Speed: 17.1 mph
MAX Speed: 36.1 mph
AVG Cadence: 66 rpm
AVG BPM: 156 bpm
MAX BPM: 186 bpm
MAX Grade: 11.8 %
Elevation Gain: 1350 ft

I achieved a PR today, Completely killed on the hill climbs today. Doing tantalus training rides is really paying off. I was able to power up the second hill on the loop at over 16mph. Previous best lap time was 9:29, well today I did a 8:49!

Lap times:

8:49 (PR)
9:24
9:33

"Pain is a big fat creature riding on your back. The farther you pedal, the heavier he feels. The harder you push, the tighter he squeezes your chest. The steeper the climb, the deeper he digs his jagged, sharp claws into your muscles." — Scott Martin

Weekly Report: 10/15/07 - 10/21/07

2007-10-21T16:38:00.000-10:00

Wow another week has gone by! This week I was closer to hitting my goals, I still didn't run nor swim, but I reached my goal of mileage on the bike. I was weighed in at work a Bi-anual thing including a 1.5 mile run, push up , and sit up test. I have already done the weigh in, and good news abound. When checking in I weighed in at a grossly 183lbs, at weigh in with clothes on I hit the scales at 158. I personally have myself at 156 on my home scale wearing a bit less clothing. Needless to say this goes down as a happy moment for my training progress. 25lbs lost in roughly 6 months. Now time for the weekly totals!

Goals: Im not sure what type of goals to set for the week. Im on 2 weeks of midshifts and this week is my heavy work week. I work a total of 5x12hr shifts this week. I would like to hit around 150 miles this week. Im not to sure how realistic this is.

"It never gets easier, you just go faster." -Greg Lemond

Ride Report: K-Bay

2007-10-20T13:52:00.000-10:00

Ride: K-Bay
Time: 4:50:38
AVG Speed: 17.6 mph
MAX Speed: 38.1 mph
AVG Cadence: 83 rpm
AVG BPM: 148 bpm
MAX BPM: 182 bpm
MAX Grade: 8.6 %
Elevation Gain: 2312 ft

Rode out to K-Bay this morning to meet up with a fellow cyclist and ride back to base. He was doing the Splash & Dash at K-Bay. The ride out I wanted to try something new so I went out on the highway and instead of going on HawiaKia I went out along the ocean to Hanauma Bay. It was worth it due to the views, however it is only safe riding east. Riding west you would be going uphill and will have no room on the side of the rode. Ride home was long as the wind seemed to shift direction and create a headwind home as well. Hawaii wind seems to always be a headwind.

Ride Report: Spin Power

2007-10-17T20:44:00.000-10:00

Ride: Spinning
Time: 1:31:26
AVG Speed: 20.6 mph
MAX Speed: 33.4 mph
AVG Cadence: 94 rpm
AVG BPM: 135 bpm
MAX BPM: 164 bpm
MAX Grade: N/A
Elevation Gain: N/A

Normally I wouldn't blog about spinning but I really feel tonight was a good indication of how I'm coming along on my performance. I was able to spin for 1 1/2 hours, keeping the heart rate low, rpms high, and in a high gear.

Ride Report: Hickam Tower Loops

2007-10-16T13:02:00.000-10:00

Ride: Hickam Tower Loops
Time: 0:52:36
AVG Speed: 20.6 mph
MAX Speed: 33.4 mph
AVG Cadence: NO SENSOR
AVG BPM: 157.7 bpm
MAX BPM: 191 bpm
MAX Grade: Flat
Elevation Gain: 0 feet

Ride Report: Tantalus Redux

2007-10-15T18:29:00.000-10:00

Ride: Tantalus
Time: 2:26.00
AVG Speed: 14.8 mph
MAX Speed: 35.1 mph
AVG Cadence: 71 rpm
AVG BPM: 147.7 bpm
MAX Grade: 11.7%
Elevation Gain: 3199.7 feet

Did the hill climb of Tantalus twice today. One time just isnt enough for me it seems the hills call back to me to conquer them again.

Weekly Report: 10/08/07 - 10/14/07

2007-10-14T19:01:00.000-10:00

Laying in bed tonight I feel a bit down. Im tired beyond belief and I ate a ton of food. I ended up taking 3 days off this week! I didn't swim, and I didn't run! Because of this im feeling pretty bummed out posting my totals for the week.

Only work days this week, I hope to reach around 200 miles on the bike this week. Once again I will try and swim and run some as well.

Ride Report: Tantalus

2007-10-11T19:50:00.000-10:00

Ride: Tantalus
Time: 2:16.00
AVG Speed: 13.8 mph
MAX Speed: 28.8 mph
AVG Cadence: 71 rpm
MAX Grade: 11.7%
Elevation Gain: 1906 feet

Ride Report: AMR Loops

2007-10-11T12:54:00.000-10:00

Ride: AMR Loops
Time: 1:10:00
AVG Speed: 16.1 mph
MAX Speed: 39.8 mph
AVG Cadence: 72 rpm
MAX Grade: 9.21%
Elevation Gain: 1391 feet

Weekly Report: 10/01/07 - 10/07/07

2007-10-07T19:14:00.001-10:00

First of my weekly training reports, these will be posted once a week generally on sunday late night or monday.

This was the first week of the new training plan and data capturing, this being the case there is hardly any data for this week. However below is this weeks data.

This coming week: Plan on doing some swimming, I also plan on running or spinning nightly. Stand by for thursday as I will have my first hill climb ride with gps data!

Ride Report: Data Overload!

2007-10-06T19:42:00.000-10:00

Did my first ride with the new cycle computer, wow data overload. Best thing is all of this data is recorded on the fly and is able to be downloaded to a computer for analysis. This makes it impossible to lie to your self or to others, no fudging the ride data, no boosting my stature. The real test will be tomorrow when I go out on the road and see the real capabilities of the new unit. However to tied me and all other data junkies over I present you with a 50 minute spin ride data.

PURPLE = Cadence GREEN = Speed RED = Heart Rate

As you can tell there was 2 points that I stopped. The first was to adjust the volume on my computer, the second decided to stop and drink/wipe sweet off. One little high intensity effort at the end and a nice little spin down to finish it off.

CYCLE 2008

2007-10-06T16:32:00.000-10:00

There comes a time when we have to push out the old and bring in the new to have a fresh start err restart of life. October marks the start of the training season for most if not all yearly sports. That being the case its time to look back on the last year of activity and begin strive for the up and coming year. This year I plan on accomplishing many new feats in cycling, and in triathlons. Knowing this its time to get dedicated and serious about my training. Looking at the logs and data from fellow cyclists (Bolder in Boulder) & (Mike Zagorski) it has become evident on the need to start charting out my data and really taking a hard look at it to find strengths, and those ever so lingering weakness. I have switched training logging software so that im able to create charts that will enable me to quickly and efficiently look over this data. I will also be posting more often with these charts to enable others to see what is going with my training. I look forward to and ask all whom see the data to comment on it and to point out anything you may be able to help out with. 2008 I'm ready for you!

2008 Races:

Mokuleia Time Trial
Castle-Hanauma Time Trial
Tantalus TT (Hillclimb)
Hawaii State Team Time Trial
Hawaii State Time Trial
Honolulu Triathlon
Ford Ironman 70.3 Hawaii Traithlon
BOCA Stage Race
Dick Evans Memorial Road Race

2008 Goals:

Top 5 placing in age group
Finish Half Ironman
Become the rider of my dreams!

New Blog Format/Entries
Starting this month I will be creating the following log entries to better keep myself motivated. There is nothing more satisfying and motavating then the desire to put up great results.

Ride Report: (for key rides)

Summary of ride & Pictures
Distance
Time
Avg Speed
Max Speed
Cadence (Avg)
HR (Avg/Max)
Ride Data Chart

Race Report:

Summary of ride & Pictures
Place
Distance
Time
Avg Speed
Max Speed
Cadence (Avg)
HR (Avg/Max)
Ride Data Chart

Weekly Report

Summary of week activities
Weight & BMI
Chart of Weekly activity

Monthly Report

Summary of month activities
Goals for next month
VO2 Max Calculation
Weight & BMI (charted over month)
Chart of Monthly activity

Yearly Report

Summary of yearly activities
Goals for next year
VO2 Max Calculation
Weight & BMI (charted over year)
Chart of yearly activity

Weight

2007-09-04T13:23:00.000-10:00

When I arrived at Pearl Harbor I weighed in at 180lbs, through the miracle of a extremely healthy diet and hard workouts I have lost about 20 pounds. I currently weigh 160.8 pounds.

Get your own graph at skinnyr

Project Velocità - Update

2007-08-16T20:25:00.000-10:00

Took out the new bike for the first real ride with HACC. Very small attendance for the ride only 5 others, however most were the big boys. All noticed the bike and were all excited to see it. Many questions were asked about the bike and the whole story regarding how the bike came to be. Seems the fellow who bought a Cervelo P2-SL was going to buy the 2007 S22 bike, however they didn't have it in his size. Wow! my bike compares to a cervelo bike?! Looking into it really does, component level and everything maches up really well. One thing the Cervelo is 400 dollars more. Makes my feelings of the bike even more beautiful.

So the ride today: Turns out a TT bike is not designed for hills, well we all know that but it became a great truth quite quickly. However its great on the straights and flats. We arrived back at Pearl Harbor, now there is about 2 miles of flat un-used road. The talk amongst the group comments were made that this is what by bike was made for. I started to gun it for a bit of attack, I then realized i was blowing up. I got so far ahead of the group i was amazed. By the end he group caught up as we have to slow down to 15 mph when we get back onto hickam air force base. They all advised me they were shocked at my explosive speed, and ability to maintain the speed.

All and all the name holds true.
Velocità = Speed

Project Velocità - Complete

2007-08-11T21:09:00.000-10:00

After much hassle and problems with the bike shop I finally have my new project bike ready to ride. I was able to ride it home, however there was to much traffic and a huge backpack on my back. I plan on taking it out tomorrow and putting it through its passes to see how it handles.

Splash!

2007-08-08T12:57:00.000-10:00

Well, My new workout schedule had me set for a swim today. After doing some research to were I was actually able to swim at I found 2 places. Hickam Pool: Close by, 10 bucks a month! Charging me to swim in a military pool?! Or Richardson Pool: over mile away, FREE!, only open 11am-1pm.

Richardson Pool it was. It felt so good to hit the water again and feel the cool water rushing over my body. Was able to crank out 3000 Meters in just under 1 hour. Swam 200 at a time and took tiny 20 second breaks.

Workout Schedule

2007-08-07T22:55:00.000-10:00

Time to put it in writing my schedule for training. I really need to have it out on paper so I really hit the ground charging. The schedule may be a bit ambitious for now but Im sure I can work into it nicely. Work is based on a 4 week rotation, Yellow is time for sleep, while black is work.


MID	MON	TUE	WED	THUR	FRI	SAT	SUN
0400
0500	SLEEP	SLEEP	SLEEP	SLEEP	SLEEP	RUN	RUN
0600						SLEEP	SLEEP
0700
0800				RUN
0900
1000
1100	SWIM	HACC	SWIM	HACC	SWIM
1200
1300	SPIN		BIKE		SPIN	SPIN	SPIN
1400
1500	NAP	NAP			NAP	NAP	NAP
1600
1700			RUN	RUN
1800
1900
2000
2100			SLEEP	SLEEP
2200


2300
2400

MID	MON	TUE	WED	THUR	FRI	SAT	SUN
0400
0500
0600						BIKE	BIKE
0700
0800
0900
1000
1100	SWIM	HACC	SWIM	HACC	SWIM
1200
1300
1400			SPIN
1500			NAP	NAP
1600
1700	RUN	RUN			RUN	RUN	RUN
1800
1900


2000	SPIN	SPIN			SPIN
2100
2200
2300
2400

DAY	MON	TUE	WED	THUR	FRI	SAT	SUN
0400
0500
0600
0700
0800			RUN	RUN
900
1000
1100			SWIM	HACC
1200
1300
1400
1500
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IRONMAN 70.3

2007-08-06T23:49:00.000-10:00

Im officially putting it out there, I will be doing the 2008 Ford Half Ironman on May 31st 2008.

FORD IRONMAN 70.3 HAWAII COURSE

Swim 1.2 Miles
The swim is an elongated rectangle that parallels the shoreline, in a clockwise direction. All buoys will be right hand turns except for the last one.

Bike 56-Miles:
Riding towards the mountains, turn left on the access road then immediately right towards Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway (Hwy 19) Turn right (south) on Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway (Hwy 19) and ride about 4.3 miles to Mauna Lani Drive. Turn around only where indicated by course officials, head north on Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway (Hwy 19) about 6 miles to the Kawaihae junction. Turn left at the junction, towards Kawaihae Harbor, for about 1 mile. Turn right (north) onto Akoni Pule Highway (Hwy 270) to Hawi. The bike turnaround is near Hawi, at the Upolu Airport Road sign. Return by the same route. Head south on Akoni Pule Highway (Hwy 270). Turn left at Kawaihae Harbor. Turn right (south) onto Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway (Hwy 19). Pass Hapuna Beach State Park, continue to Mauna Lani Resort.Turn right on Mauna Lani Drive. Heads towards the ocean, staying on Mauna Lani Drive through the "round about" intersection and left into the second transition area in the hotel parking lot. There will be five aid stations on the bikes course, ranging from 8 to 12 miles apart. There will be timing check points at the turnarounds. Follow directions by course officials.

Run 13.1-Miles
The scenic but challenging run course will travel throughout the Mauna Lani Resort, around residential areas and the golf courses, along the shoreline in front of the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel, by The Fairmont Orchid Hotel, past Petroglyph fields, and ancient fishponds. The run will be entirely within the Mauna Lani Resort and will cover paved roads, cart paths and grass on several out-and-back segments. The run course will be hot, sunny, and over rolling hills and will be well marked and monitored by course guides. The run will finish on the second hole of the Francis H I'i Brown Golf Course.

Project Velocità - Waiting

2007-08-02T18:32:00.000-10:00

I rode down to IT&B Last night and dropped off all the parts for the new bike, including the frame. I was able to get a 20% discount on the frame because felt has a "crash discount". I know that technically I didn't crash but hey, the bike was hit by a car and I do own it. The trip to the store was interesting. Imagine this, A huge multi-day hiking backpack crammed full of bike parts, then tied to the outside of the bag a frame. I had quite the interesting looks as I rolled through the wiaki area. Some Japanese tourist had a hay day with me and took pictures of me. I got disoriented once, and had to make a quick phone call to "On-star" aka The parents. Finally reached the store and dropped off the parts. It seems we have no idea on the exact date of completion but it's coming soon, I believe it will be ready next week.