Training Ride 3/31/12

Last ride of March and I made it count.  My favorite route, with perfect weather.  I couldn't ask for a better way to close out a month than a grueling metric century in the hills of Lake County.  Rides like this are what cycling is all about.  Probably one of the hardest metrics you can do in Florida, I imagine.

Training Ride 3/29/12

Last weekday morning ride of the week AND the month.  So I did a somewhat special route that I usually do on evenings down to Ft. Pierce and back.  Nothing much to complain about, except the garbage road surface quality in St. Lucie County on A1A.  But the fresh tarmac when you hit IRC makes up for that.  Tomorrow is an off day and then I will close out the month in Clermont Saturday.

Training Ride 3/28/12

Didn't sleep well last night but I was still full of energy for my ride this morning somehow.  I'm sure I'll pay for that at work today.  This was a fun ride, warm temperatures seem to be back for good and I am stoked about that.  Looking forward to Clermont this Saturday.

Training Ride 3/27/12

Hit my monthly mileage goal today.  Wasn't sure if it would happen at all due to the illness I had for a week plus some sketchy weather, but it's done and the rest is icing on the cake towards my 10,000 mile annual goal.  Today's ride was great except the roads by the airport got a bit of rain and for about 10 minutes I was in rather uncomfortably wet conditions.

My Stable: 2009 Specialize Tarmac Pro SL

2009 Specialized Tarmac Pro SL

Frame / Size / Year:

Specialized Tarmac Pro SL / 58cm / 2009

Handlebars / Stem:

Ritchey PRO Butted Aluminum Ergo Bar / Ritchey PRO Aluminum 1.125 inch steerer

Fork / Headset:

Specialized Pro FACT carbon / FSA IS2 Sealed Bearing Threadless Headset

Front Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:

SOUL S4.0 / Continental Grand Prix 4000 S Tire

Rear Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:

SOUL S4.0 / Continental Grand Prix 4000 S Tire

Crankset / Bottom Bracket:

Ultegra 6700 Compact Crank

Saddle / Seat Post:

SMP Glider / Specialized S-Works Carbon Seatpost

Pedals / Chain:

Shimano 105 Pedals / Shimano CN6700 Ultegra 10spd Chain

Shifters / Derailers:

Shimano Ultegra 6700 10 Speed STI / Shimano Ultegra 6700 10 Speed

Brakes / Brake Levers:

Cane Creek SCR3

This is my road bike.  I do about 90% of my rides on this bad boy.  It's everything a racing bike should be: light, fast, and pretty.  It's love in carbon fiber.

Training Ride 3/25/12

When I left the house I planned on doing 45-50 miles.  Once I hit 50 I felt like I wanted to keep going, so I did some more.  Once I hit 60 I figured I'm so close that I should just get a metric century, and thus it was.  Hard rice, good weekend of cycling.  I think I did almost 150.  Gonna close the month out strong.

Training Ride 3/24/12

Longest ride of 2012 so far.  I could easily have done a 20mph century, which is a goal for me before the year ends.  I'm super spent though, this was a hard, hard ride.