Born to Ride

On the road, early April 2008

Maybe that statement is a little bold, but man, do I feel at home on a bike. Things just grove like they should. It is a feeling of being alive like no other.

I was just crunching the numbers of my time spent doing the activities I call training. The 07/08 ski season is now in the bag and my results were a little funny considering it was a good snow year. I did put in nearly 2x the kilometers as the year before, but it could have been better. Looking at January alone, I rode my trainer as many times as I skied, mostly because of cold weather. I would have preferd to be out on the trail.

In spite of the cold it was a good ski season and it paid off. I suffered a bit of a training hiccup in March but I credit my time on skies for giving me the base to absorb the down time. Dry roads and daylight are now here and I'm making up for the March slack-time as fast as I can. I'm confident in my base and between now and the RAAM start line I'm going to focus on putting in the scheduled training time and trimming weight.

In other TSH news, all I can say is we are busy! The planning and logistics of our preparations is crazy. We all knew it would be like this, but man! it is nuts. As always we are looking for any help and support we can get. Punch in www.teamstrongheart.com and check out all the support options. We appreciate all the support we can get.


Thanks for checking in! JayT