Solo 8 H, Round 2

Event:  Solo Single Speed Men


So I'm signed up for the 8H again in Hardwood as a Solo rider. Round 2.


After the first one failed so miserably, I had a lot of wind taken out of my sails. The flat had me spooked all race, the crank failing on me, well... yeah.

CDMBR was a lot of fun even though I really didn't know anyone else on the course. It was a pretty strong race for me as well, so I was kinda happy with how I performed. Minus the no water second lap, I think the race was pretty strong.

I've taken the last week or 2 to relax. I've spent some time on my CX bike just riding around, I haven't been on the SS in a while, like since CDMBR. Tonight I'm heading to Durham with Rob for a ride. I'm really looking forward to it.



I need more high cadence long distance rides. I find it exceptionally boring lately just pumping out a 2 hour ride on stuff. I think what I may do is start to ride to Durham on the CX bike, have a lunch, ride around, ride home day. I need some goals when I ride other then "just do it for 90 min". I also will have to spend some time on the indoor trainer during raining days, or days I don't head out. I'll try to get in 2 of these a week. Forcing myself to do 40km each ride. I'm going to start to get that time in now. I have over a month to really start piling on the KM.

I have the Tour De King after the 8H. I believe it'll be my last race of the season. I may volunteer for the Single Track Challenge as a Marshal but no more.

I need to swap out of biking for a while as a form of healthy activity. I'm going to start focusing on core and muscle development. I'm at the point where my body has adapted to biking, but as for muscular endurance, I'm lacking heavily. Its fatiguing my body faster then the actual biking is and the faster I'm pushing myself to go, the more I'm noticing I start to fall apart. It gets kinda dangerous as the day goes on, especially for endurance events.

Also the weight lifting and core exercises will give me a nice break from riding. Throw in some HIIT either hitting the bag or stair climbing and I think I should be ready to start training specifically for 8 hour+ races.

..... always nice to have a plan. Execution is what gives results right?

Edit: I also need to stop writing from work, hurried posts make me look like I fail at grammar badly... I promise I don't... or something.