Training Log 5/7/2017-5/13/2017

Weekly work commute: 90 miles
Fleche continuation on Sunday, 73miles
Indiana Randonneurs 300k, 187miles on Saturday. 
Weekly total by bike: 350miles
No energy to run this week. 

More from the IR300k to come. 

Ohio fleche 2017

Team name: Sagamores of the Wabash
Fleche information: wiki_fleche
2016 fleche write-up: 2016_fleche
247 miles in 24 hours. 

Fleche is a very fun form of randonneuring. I love the team aspect and look forward to another opportunity at a fleche in the future.  

This year's fleche was nothing compared to the 22hrs of constant rain, a couple mechanicals, and a spill on railroad tracks last year fed us.  This year was almost dream conditions.  We had great tailwinds for almost the entire route.  Cruising long straight roads for what seemed like hours keeping an easy pace of 20mph was stuff out of stories.  The bike gods were re-paying us for putting us through Malebolge last year.  It was such an event free ride there are no great stories to attribute to it. I ride without stories is just a ride.  

The Bike:

Gear:

Pics:

Love the bike Lineup

Into the Night

Detour

Training log: 4/30/2017-5/6/2017

Weekly commute to work: 72miles
Ohio Fleche Total miles 223, miles on Saturday 150.

Ohio fleche info to come.

By bike: 222miles.
By feet: 0miles. 

042017 Indiana Randonneurs 200k

126 miles

4,214 ft of climbing. 
Indianpolis-Story-Indianpolis

I rode to the start at Major Taylor Velodrome, about 25miles.  I left my house at around 5am, in thunderstorms.  I arrived at the start at around 6:40am, in thunderstorms.  It rained until about noon, a nice constant rain.  I had a puncture at about mile 40, of course in the thunderstorms. 

I would have posted some beautiful Indiana back country pictures, but my phone did get wet and began acting up.  The only picture during the ride I was able to take is below, which gives a feeling of the ride:

This ride was also the test of another version of my bike. All frame bags, no more handlebar bag.  

I have to say I like not having any extra weight on my handle bars, I believe this will assists my hand discomfort on rides of 600k and up.  

Gear:

Bike frame: 

1. Pump
2.  GPS
3. Front Light
4. Rear light
5. 2 water bottles
6. Revelate Designs Tangle bag
7. Seat tool bag
8. Revelate Tank bag

Tangle Bag:

1. 2x bread bags for feet
2. 2x spare tubes
3. Spare shift cable
4. Ziplock bag for brevet card/wallet/phone/pen/chapstick
5. Eye glasses (sun and clear)
6. 3x cheese sandwiches
7. Windbreaker/rain jacket

Tank Bag:

1. 4x larabars
2. cue sheet

Seat tool bag:

1. Rear light
2. allen wrenches
3. Multitool
4. spoke wrench
5. adjustable wrench
6. zipties
7. Hollowtech tool
8. chain popper

Body:

1. watch
2. cycling cap
3. helmet
4. cycling jersey
5. cycling shorts
6. base sock
7. teva shoes
8. High viz vest
9. ankle bands.  

I did get chilly, my windbreaker didn't keep me warm in the rain like my Frogg Toggs do.... this will be a decision between the two I will have to make before, what looks like a chilly rainy fleche this upcoming weekend.

I'm sure more adjustments will be made as my rides continue this season. 

Training log 4/23/2017-4/29/2017

Weekly bike commutes to work: 72miles
Indiana Randonneur's 200k plus the 25 mile ride to the start: 150miles
Sunday 4/23 Neighborhood run: 6miles. 

No unusual weather, no unusual gear needed for commutes to work. 

Indiana Randonneurs 200k info to come. 

Week by bike 230miles
Week by feet 6miles. 

Training log 4/16/2017-4/22/2017

Weekly commutes to work: 90miles
Errands and cruises around down: 2miles
Ptown - Wilbur - Ptown: 50 miles.  2600ft of climbing.  Windy windy ride. Only averaged 14.2mph, last week without wind I averaged 15.7mph. 

Chilly start, well not bad I guess.  44deg. 

Gear:

1. Balaclava and cotton cycling cap.  Removed balaclava at halfway point. 
2. Wool short sleeve shirt, windbreaker, and hiviz vest.  Unzipped windbreaker early on.  
3. Tights and cycling shorts.  
4.  Base sock and shoes.  

On bike:

1. Handle bar bag: Spare tube, socks, sunglasses (hopeful), larabar
2. Seat bag with tool kit. 
3. pump
4. gps

Sunday 4/16 I ran my weekly 6mile run.

By bike: 142miles
By feet: 6miles.  

Training log 4/09/2017-4/15/2017

Weekly commute to work consisted of 72 miles.  No more cold weather, no "special" gear needed. 

I went on my ride from ptown to Wilbur again.  This time I average 15.7mph for the entire 50 miles.  With 2,420 ft of climbing I am proud of that speed.  Not blazing for most people, but I am not a fast rider.  This means I'm getting stronger. 

Gear for the ride:

1. Cycling shirt
2. HiViz vest
3. Shorts
4. base sock and Teva cycling shoes.  
5. Cotton cycling cap
6. GPS
7. 1 lara bar
8. tool kit
9. 2 tubes
10. pump
11. handlebar bag

I'm considering another alteration to my brevet bike.  Ditching the handlebar bag, more to come if this gets done or not.

Also went my my regular 6mile run on Sunday morning.  This was after the 125mile bike ride on Saturday.  Man it was rough.  My legs still don't feel fully recovered. 

By bike: 122miles
by feet: 6miles.