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Thursday, February 08, 2007

New Jersey Race Series and Local AMBC/Norba Races
Race 1: 05.06.2007 - Wawayanda Spring Cleaning, Wawayanda State Park, Hewitt, NJ
www.blackbearcycling.com
Race 2: 06.24.2007 - 12th Annual Bulldog Rump (NJSC/AMBC races), Kittatinny State Park, Andover, NJ
www.teambulldog.com
Race 3: 07.08.2007 - Darkhorse Gallop, Presented by Darkhorse Cycle - Stewart State Forest, NY
www.darkhorsecycles.com
Race 4: 07.15.2007 - Lewis Morris Challenge, Lewis Morris Park, Mendham, NJ www.martysreliable.com
Race 5: 09.09.2007 - The Chain Stretcher, Blue Mountain, Peekskill, NY - promoted by www.wmba.org
Race 6: 09.23.2007 - Helen Back Hidden Valley, Hidden Valley Ski Area, Vernon, NJ - promoted by
www.towncycle.com
Race 7: 09.30.2007 - Tymor Park Challenge, Tymor Park, LaGrangeville, NY - promoted by
www.bikeway.com
Race 8: 10.14.2007 - H2H Finals - Ringwood Fall Classic, Ringwood State Park, Ringwood, NJ - promoted by www.rvccmtb.com

AMBC
12th Annual Bulldog Rump (NJSC and AMBC sanctioned):
06.24.2007 - Kittatinny Valley State Park (Andover, NJ)

Norba
July 19 - July 22, 2007
USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships
Mount Snow Resort West Dover, Vermont

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Friday, February 02, 2007

Don't let the weather stop your from getting in a Training ride

The Ride Inside:
Sunday I needed to get in some base miles So I was Planning on a 4 hour Ride on the road however at 8:00 AM it was 32 Outside.
So I decided to Ride on the trainer indoors - Armed with my 2003 Tour DVD's, a Gallon of Water, a Cliff Bar, and 2 Honeystinger Gels I started my ride.
I had a bit of a structured workout scheduled for the 1st hour I would ride at the high end of my aerobic zone with 2 Fast Pedal Intervals of 2 min Each. The 2nd Hour would be a Tempo of 30 Minutes. 3rd Hour I would do some SS and Time trials. 4th Hour was back to High end Aerobic Ride with Another Fast Pedal and a cool Down.
This helped to Break up the monotony of riding inside.
2003 was a very good tour the early stages had some spectacular crashes Tyler Hamilton Broke his Collar Bone and Continued to Ride and one rider from Euskatel Managed to Hop his bike over 2 downed riders and stay upright (That was more impressive Bike Handling to me than Lance veering off the road into an open Field (to Avoid Joseba Beloki when he Crashed an Broke his hip)then Run Across the Field Jump over a drainage ditch and get back ino the race (Wait that was pretty cool) The Early Mountain stages had Alpe d'Huez and Constant attacks on Lance. My ride Finished at the end of Stage 7 DVD 2 in the Extended Coverage.
The Ride was long but not too bad.
The Bottom Line: If you have to ride inside (or it seems more resonable to ride inside) have some stuff to eat and drink on hand, a varied workout, and something interesting and/or motivational to watch and the hours will go by quickly.

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