I took this image with my iPhone during my long ride on Sunday. I had brought the Sigma DP1 with me once or twice and the Nikon P5000 once or twice, but I’m generally pretty hard to stop when I’m out riding.
The Geolocation by cell phone tower is quite a bit off, showing the image about a mile south of where it actually was shot (It was near the intersection of Carroll and Glencoe Roads, not off of Papermill Road.). But not bad for the iPhone.
My training season is moving along according to plan. As school let out and vacations started, I’ve been able to put in several higher milage weeks. During the March to June period, I tend to be limited by time, so it made sense to push intensity more and more in an early build. But now that I have more time, I’ve lowered the intensity and upped the time. Once September comes back around, I’ll go back to higher intensity shorter rides as time permits.
Joe Friel in his Cyclist’s Triaining Bible shows an example of a “summer base”. He recently talked about it on his blog:
Joe Friel’s Blog: Summer Base: “I’m doing an organized ride this week – the Bicycle Tour of Colorado. 400+ miles in 6 days and all in the mountains. I’ve noticed several competitive riders and teams doing the tour. A few triathletes, also. What a great way to rebuild base fitness after the first (or second) A-priority race of the season. Lots of climbing to re-establish force and lots of zone 2, aerobic, steady state. Perfect.”
For me, a week of 150 miles in the rolling hills of Baltimore County is a very big week (and almost 12 hours of riding). I feel like these high milage weeks get me to an endurance place that I just can’t achieve with shorter intervals.
