Ohio Cycling Disorder (OCD)

FTP Course for the past 3+ years in the CVNP. FTP, for those unfamiliar with this cycling acronym, stands for Functional Threshold Power . It is used by cyclists worldwide and represents one's ability to sustain the highest possible power output for 45 to 60 minutes whether you are a trained athlete or not. I have never performed a 45 to 60 minutes test and opt to take a 20-ish minute test on an 8-mile course with 5-miles of the flat-ish road followed by a 3-mile climb. To calculate the FTP value for my effort, 95% of the average power output over 20-minutes is used. I have taken this test many times and I always stress out about it. Why? I really don't know. It's not like this number makes me a better or worse person. It's just a number. Regardless, I tend to get worked up over it days before the test. I stress a lot over the little stuff. Something to work on I suppose. TrainingPeaks showing the week prior to the week of the test. I wasn't stoked to ...

El Capitan (Tony) watching over his new backyard playground. The last few years I have helped tow the line at the NUE season opener (mostly pulling up the slack at the back), the True Grit Epic 100 in Santa Clara, UT. This being my fourth time was extra special because several teammates came out to join the fun and wrap a bit of Rescue Racing Team camaraderie around the race. I rarely get to spend time with these shred-tastic individuals and was beyond stoked to get to hang out, race, and explore new trails. I had my bike shipped to Red Rock Bicycles (an awesome and rad bunch of folks!!) via BikeFlights.com  and flew to St. George on Tuesday before the race and, again, through the generosity of a truly great friend, training partner, and teammate, Dave Jolin, got to spend time relaxing at his place. I'd say we did a tad bit of riding over the span of the entire week. It pretty much looked like this: Tuesday : Shred some Zen Trail x2 (~12-miles w/ ~1900' of elev...