Cycling Bear

The adventures of Cycling Bear

A couple of pics

It has been a while since i have posted any pics, mainly because i have been lazy but also the weather has been crap.

So to brighten up things a bit on the fromt page here are a couple of recent pictures. The pics are crap becasue were aken with my blackberry, but so what.. they stil have memory at least or me.

MY BIKE before today's race. notice my xmas present the new race wheels

I often like to take pictures of the bike leaning against things, but im still trying to find a good background! the new wheels were a christmas present form my fiance. They are Easton  EA90TT. very light and i think make the bike look good. I also added a new durace cassette and some continetal gp4000s tyres.  I really like how these wheels feel and definatly roll better than the shimano RS10 wheels that came with the bike.  One day i might actually write some more about the wheels.

Also below- here is a picture taken 2 weeks ago during a sunday recovery ride to williamstown and back… note the ride ending storm approaching! The pic was taken during a quick toilet break at willi beach.

Storm approaching Williamstown Beach

12/12/2009 Posted by cyclingbear | training | , , | No Comments Yet

Fifty

Today i went for a training ride. luckily the weather was a bit better and there was no rain!  this didnt exactly stop me getting wet, with some sill large puddles across the roads and path as well as a swollen creek which ment i had to make a bit of a detour.  Overall it was a good ride and i felt great once i got back, happy to get up over the 50km mark finally!

oh heres a map of where i went today

 

Tomorrow is a rest day and at the same time the bike goes in for its first service.

23/11/2009 Posted by cyclingbear | training | | No Comments Yet

Hot Days Ahead.

Ok, well it looks like the next few days are going to be pretty hot. Tomorrow morning is my planned swim which is ok, but I hope to race a Footscray Cycling Club crit race in the afternoon. I have been looking forward to this for while but maybe due to heat it will be cancelled. On top of the heat it looks like a very strong north wind will be blowing in the Afternoon. I guess all I can hope for is the weatherman is a lyer and tomorrow will be different to his predictions!!

Today’s Training ride went really good after a little bit of a false start. I woke up at 1 am wondering why I was so tired and it was still dark outside. When I realised it was 1am not 530, I went back to sleep, only to sleep through my alarm. Luckily after a hasty exit from bed I hit the road. Today’s training involved some Time trial work. 15 mins, with a 5 min recovery then 15 mins again. Awesome workout and defiantly worked up a good sweat. I felt really good after and certainly tired! Tomorrow is a swim then on Friday something very different for me, but I will explain more then.

18/11/2009 Posted by cyclingbear | training | | No Comments Yet

Good Day

Had a great ride this morning followed by a nice cappachino in werribee. Very happy, my weigtloss is continuing with furthor improvement in the last few days. I really felt stronger on the bike today which was good and really felt easier to hold a high cadence for a while.  Tonight im going to the state swimming centre for a swim just to relax the muscles.

Todays ride

todays Ride, Cadence and heart rate

15/11/2009 Posted by cyclingbear | training | , | No Comments Yet