2 hour trail ride

Jan 30-hardtail technical trail ride was painful but fast / 2 hrs 10 min / 1500cals / 16miles 

Max HR- 178

Summary post: Jan 25-29

wednesday: commute with extra hill intervals on the way home then core exercises at home (3 sets crunch/pushup/back arch)

-40mins, 9mi, 870ft climbing, 30mins core

thursday: tempo ride, half road with moderate hills and half fast trail, commute. snowing and 28deg. legs felt good, motivation OK.

-2hrs, 12.6mi, 1080ft climbing

friday: commute, rest up for weekend race-pace ride

Summary post: 1/19 to 1/25

Monday Jan 19: (back pain) commute

Tuesday Jan 20: (back pain) commute

Wednesday Jan 21: (back pain) commute

Thursday Jan 22: road/trail ride / 1h 24m / 1293 cals /14.5 miles

commute

Friday Jan 23: commute

Saturday Jan 24: trail ride / 2h 50m / 2100 cals / 15.75 miles

Sunday Jan 25: road ride /1h 45m / ?cals / 21 miles

Monday Jan 25: commute

Jan 25 2010

I'm starting this training blog to keep track of my training for XC races...

Goals for 2010: podium spot in Cat2 40-49 race in the H2H MTB series, preferably more than once!

posts format: date: description / duration / calories / miles / avg HR
NOTES: describe how I feel, body metrics