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Pre-Race Meal

March 4, 2008

With race season quickly approaching I thought I’d link you too this great article Hammer Nutrition put out on what to eat on the day of the race.  You can find this article HERE.

Here is a summary of the article, however I HIGHLY encourage you to read the whole thing.

You work so hard throughout your training, making sure you tune your diet, supplement program, training, and recovery to exactly fit your personal needs. Following these steps regarding your pre-race meal will put the final touches on all of your hard work, giving you the best advantage for your important race.

  • Eat a pre-race meal of 200-400 calories at least three hours before exercise.
  • Focus on complex carbs, starches, and a little protein for your pre-race meal.
  • Avoid high fiber, simple sugars, and high fat in your pre-race meal.
  • If you must, consume a small amount of your supplemental fuel (Hammer Gel, etc.) about five minutes before exercise.
  • Make sure that you re-supply your muscle glycogen by eating a good recovery meal after your workouts.

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Nov. 5 Training Week: Race Period

November 5, 2007

Not sure what happened but missed some days last week.   Only got in about 3 hours of training.  On Saturday, I did go to the MSU/MI game so that took out that day.   Now I enter my race week.  I am going to tamper down my hourly goal to 4 hours.  Sounds minimal, but I’m feeling sore legs.  I need to get them recovered.

Monday:  Muscular Endurance:  M2: Cruise Intervals.  3 intervals at 15 minutes with 2 minute recover (last recovery is 5 minutes).  Then do 5 intervals at 10 minutes.  Cadence at 90-100 rpms.  HR Zone 4-5.

Tuesday: Off

Wednesday: Recovery ride. Weather permitting, I may do a night ride at Bass River.

Thursday:   A7: Time Trial Simulation.  Ride 30 minutes at 110-115 cadence.  HR Zone 4-5.   

Friday:   Off

Saturday:  ICEMAN RACE   www.iceman.com

Sunday:  Put Bike Away.

:) Wish me luck.  

Week of the 24th Training – Race Period

September 24, 2007

Pando Race in 6 days.

Monday: Off (woohoo)

Tuesday: Muscular Endurance: 1.5 hour intervals on the road. 

Workout #1:  Shifting Intervals.  3 intervals that are 10 minutes long.  Ride in a lower gear for 60 seconds in HR zone 4 then shift to a higher gear for 30 seconds, with HR in zone 5.  Repeat this pattern for entire interval.  The total workout should not exceed 30 minutes.  Recover 3 minutes between intervals. Use TT cadence and stay in aerodynamic position.

Workout #2:  Pyramid Intervals: 1-2-3-4-3-2-1.  HR Zone is high 5.  Recovery is same as interval duration. 

Wednesday: 30 minute recovery ride.

Thursday: Power Workouts: 1 hour on the road.

I want to do spin, but I am kind of burnt out on it right now.  Since I do spin all winter, it’s probable best I stay away from it for now.  Instead, here are my workouts:

Workout #1: Hill sprints.  Do early in a workout.  Find a 4-6% grade hill and do 12 sprints, each 10 seconds long.  Take 5 seconds to build speed before sprint starts by approaching standing on pedals, then apply maximum force at high cadence for 10 seconds, while standing.

Workout #2:  Jumps.  5 sets of 5 jumps, each jump is 15 seconds, standing on pedals.  Usually best done on a mountain bike, but will use my road bike.  High cadence.  HR is not important. Recovery is 1 minute between jumps and 5 minutes between sets. 

Friday: Easy ride at Robinettes MTB trail (if it’s still around).

Saturday:  Pre-ride Pando

Sunday:  Pando Race.

Four Days To Race Day

September 19, 2007

Well, I am four days from the Addison Oaks Race and I feel NO where near ready for it.  I’ve been thrown way out of my ‘groove’ these past three weeks.  Although I could really use some points from this race, I’m just going to treat it like a priority B race.  That should help take the pressure off a little. 

I am starting the four day load phase of Race Day Boost.   Once again I plea to Hammer Products that they either make this easier to mix or convert to a pill.  I really see results when I take this, but I really don’t like the loading process. 

I did 45 minutes of spin class Tuesday morning and that night I rode Yankee Springs, but it was a training specific ride like it should have been.  I was testing the two GPS units and I was playing around with my cleat position.  I am still have SERIOUS toe numbness in my right foot.  Left foot is just fine, but I can’t get the right foot fixed.  It’s painful type numbness too.  I will ride again Thursday, probable with the same two GPS units and will once again tweak the cleats to see if I can at least reduce the numbness.  Very frustrating.    I don’t expect Thursday to be a training specific ride either.  I guess when race day comes, I will be relying on the base I’ve built up during this racing season.

Oh, as for the GPS units, you can read the thread I started here:  Motion Based Forums 

I’ll upload new data after I ride again Thursday.