vivalasvegans

why?

Wow, you look great, and it seems like you're having fun! So cool!

Go Rob.

It seemed like an infomercial to me, the way she kept holding up the product and saying the name... weirdness!

thanks for posting this.

awesome

Do you know of any good out of the way hikes close by? I wish your PMs were turned on. We need to talk

"There is no doubt riding long hours on your bike consistently for months straight will strike a righteous fitness profit in your legs. But, let us not forget: training is not only about your legs. Training must primarily be about the mental connection between you and your legs. " - dan harm

working on it.

it's gonna be a good summer.

saturday: repeated a ride that killed me last year. no problem

sunday: rest day, super fun hike

monday: 30 miles

tuesday: 1 hr trainer ride, chill with a few intervals. bench press sucked, i was weak, probably lack of iron. happy with myself for not pushing past where i should have pushed. i loaded up the bar, asked for a spot, and could not put it up. next time for sure!

hey mary! hope you are healing up!

monday:35 miles

tuesday: extra rest day, due to 7 days of sore quads in a row

wednesday: 35 miles quads still sore

thursday: 2 mile run, commute around town, quads better

friday: 35 mile ride, starting to feel my legs again

sunday 30 mile ride, 3 mile walk.

i thought i was just being really tired but apparently i did a fair amount of climbing so that's good!

aha! squatting, i see! very nice.

yes, john, i'll take it easy for sure! not going for upper body muscles at this point, mostly core strength, but it's nice to know i could get past a sticking point i've had for a long time!

well i learned a lot this week. my main lesson:

a rest week is supposed to be an actual week of rest, not an excuse to work hard in different ways.

i learned that the hard way. thursday i went for a short 2 mile run, and by the end of it, was really really feeling it in my quads, which were still sore from tuesday's workout. by the time thursday night rolled around, i could barely sit. went for a consult with coachiepoo on friday and caught shit for it but i didn;t need to. i already learned my lesson. so i will take this next week relatively easy i also am probably done with serious weight training legs for now. only very light and plyo if i can manage it. i also need a rest day, because the bike fit i had yesterday saw me pedaling a fair bit, not for long though, but my quads are still sore, so i do need some recovery time.

thursday:

2 mile run

commute

friday:

random trainer stuff

saturday:

2 hour ride

fifty c&p on both sides per set? that's a lot but i guess it's alternating, so not as much as it sounds? i'm very curious about if you end up sore tonight or tomorrow. and how much weight you used?

is your injury all better?

also!!! no stair stepper?!?!?! wtf?!?!?!

ooh, stair stepper, that's new eh? how do you like it?

2/29

1/4 cup oatmeal/9 raisins/hemp

1/4 cup oatmeal/11 raisins, celery, lunabar, protein/water

cookie, larabar

WORKOUT

protein//water

beans, lettuce, 1 tbs olive oil

raisins

workout:

85 min trainer ride, mostly spin ups

lats, bench, balance, stability

so today i was able to increase weights on lats for the first time since my injury. big day!!!

monday

38 miles

tuesday

1 hr spin with cadence drills and 1-legs

circuits: split squats/overhead tris/ bench

seated leg press

i was gonna train lats but something gross got on my gloves and lats/back stuff hurts my hands

i think i overdid it considering this is theoretically supposed to be a rest week

wow that's a crazy schedule.

do you think that on those 12-14 hour days you could manifest some kind of maintenance program? like make sure to take the stairs, body weight sumo squats during breaks, etc?

Thanks Rob! All better now! It was a very fun weekend

Friday I did do a little climbing, but it started to hail so I came back so I didn't make my sick worse. Saturday I went out to do a bit of gentle riding and some openers, but I got hailed on again, so I came back frozen but I did get a little work done in the ~25 miles I did get to ride. Sunday's race went well all things considered, it ended up being an exercise in psychological determination with all the stuff that went wonky that morning. I didn't even get to warm up before the race!

saturday night food:

tofu/kale/carrots/yeast cookie a little fruit/yogurt

sunday morning food:

1/4 cup dry oatmeal w hemp and raisins

1/4 cup dry oatmeal w/ raisins, shot of chocolate gel

Thanks Rob and Karen, for the get will wishes. Thanks you also very much again for the prize package, I feel super double thankful for everything!

John you are right, as usual. These folks are pretty great.

2/24

I think I'm over the hump of this stomach thingy.

Yesterday after a discussion with my coachy team mate who talked me down from trying to train through it, i just rode my bike to and from work, slow slow sloooooooooooow slow. Which was against advice. But whatever. Came home, ate a probar out of my prize package, kept it down, and passed straight out for the night.

Gonna try and train a little today, will prob end up taking it easy, but I will try to climb at least a little. Taking the black bike out for the first time this season. Sun's out, pavement's dry, and I am psyched!

Woo look at that time!

Happy Birthday, Speedy! You're going to set the streets on fire this year!

I put some Health Force Green in my oatmeal this morning. So. Good!

What to eat before and after exercise

http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/?page=article_information_2

This article is has so much useful, detailed info for a number of different workout needs, which is why I really appreciate it. We can all maximize our efforts by supporting our activities with the right kind of nutrition!

thursday 2/23

its sunny out and today was supposed to be a looooooong hard ride day, tomorrow rest day, saturday easy ride, sunday competition.

but im sick today. i think it might be a stomach bug. so i kind of dont know how to rearrange this. also superstressed from work stuff. and not having enough work. so glad i got my prize package today, it totally cheered me up and kept me from giving up. i'll report back later.

Thank you so much!

It just arrived, and it is absolutely phenomenal.

The tote bags are really cool and the supplement package, oh my goodness, is huge!

Please pass my gratitude along to all the sponsors for their generosity, and thank you, VBBF for holding this event. It has really helped me focus on my goals.

2/18 ride

2/19 rest day

2/2 30 mile ride

2/21 80 minutes trainer, bench press, lats, tris, squats

2/22 30 mile ride

3x70x 6