Fall Training

By: Ryan, on September 5, 2009

After overcoming a bout of work and stress-related burnout I’m finally getting back on the bike regularly. I signed up to be on the RealCyclist sponsored cross team, and I asked them to pay the season entry for me. So I figure the least I can do is train and show up to race. Right now I’m concentrating on shorter, high intensity rides.

Today I did 10 by 1.38 mile interval laps at Sugarhouse Park. I felt great until I started to feel the lactic acid burn going into the last two laps. I managed to keep my speed up over 20mph, but was sucking serious wind on the 2 mile climb back to my apartment. But this is perfect training for cross, and something I can easily do for an hour before or after work.

On a side note, the foot traffic at Sugarhouse Park is intense. Despite having a 12 foot wide lane all to themselves, many joggers and walkers seem to feel it necessary to utilize the 5 foot wide bike lane. Seemingly regardless of the other traffic. There’s really nothing to do about it. I tried to give them a birth while remaining weary of the vehicle traffic in the other lane. I just wish they’d respect bikes the way most bikes try to respect them (I hope).

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