From: Russon, Richard
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
7:44 AM
To: Bike_Training
Subject: Weekend Rides
I am trying to see
how complicated I can make the October ride schedule by giving you completely
different instructions every week - sometimes even twice a week if you are
lucky.
This weekend I will
be going back down to the Olympic Training Center to study Nutrition for
Endurance Athletes with my fellow coaches. This information will be
included in the Cycling Nutrition Seminar that I will be giving on December
6th.
Dan Shields will be
leading two rides this weekend.
Saturday - meet 9:45
am at the Littleton Park & Ride (Santa Fe and Mineral) for a 25-30 mile ride
down and around Chatfield Reservoir.
Sunday - meet 9:45
am at the Northglenn Park & Ride (104th and Huron) for a 25-30 mile ride to
Ft. Lupton and back. For those of you who have been cycling all season you
can do the 46 mile RMCC ride starting at the same time and location. Dan
will start the RMCC ride but stay with the novices.
THESE ARE THE
TRAINING RIDES - this is the lowest mileage and slowest speeds that we will be
doing during the season. Do not hesitate to come out because you are
afraid you will get dropped. The entire purpose of these rides is to get
the novices off to a good start for the year. Like I have mentioned
before, your conditioning progresses quite rapidly if you are doing the core
exercises and a few rides a week.
Dan and I discussed
the possiblity of even creating a few teams later in the year. While we
wouldn't actually race in events we would like to ride the actual Criterium and
Time Trial courses just for fun. And, I would like to see how much further
improvement we can gain by riding with other people, intentionally matched with
similar abilities, on a regular basis.
SELF-STUDY - here
are links to some papers that I wrote last season. I am way behind on my
writing but these are a good start for the novices.
Have a great
week,
Rick
Russon
Midlife Cycling,
LLC
A Full Circle
Lifestyle
303.281.9424 Phone
303.265.9643 Fax