Count Down to Take Off

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The season is almost here! In 14 days, I will be in Rincon, Puerto Rico racing some of the best. USAC just announced a new athlete incentive program to get us out of the comfort of our quality US series and earn some points for the cause. "Project 6 shooter," that is my name for it. The best 3 men and 3 women will earn the # of Olympic spots for the US effort. That is not to say those same athletes get spots on the team though. It would be damn cool to bring a 6-member USA Team to the Games instead of just three, eh??

So, training has been pretty normal, Hunter is cracking the whip and I wince when I open the Training Peaks.com training manager. It is a cool diary thing, check it... I had this mother scratcher workout to pull off on Wednesday. It involved two workouts: an a.m. Max 5-mins climb up Hopkins Gap, which I had to warm up for with some high end, and 20 power-accelerations from 10 mph to 80 rpm in the 53, 13 ouch. Seated. Then, that afternoon ( get this) another beast! He wanted me to warm up at 250 watts for 15+ minutes and then do four 10-mins at 390w Whoa.. and then do a 20-minute climb at 340w with burst to 400w! For those of you without a power meter, that is enough work to power a small city for the day..

Hunter's new book is really cool, I was reading it a bit. Check out the link on my front page. I thought I would already know most of what's covered in it, but it's is a well presented grouping just about power, so it picks up where a lot of books left off. I am sure there will be a sequel.

So, the next week I am going to chill here and enjoy the time at home with Erin before the first 4-week travel stint. We have Team camp in Solvang, CA., March 17; Puerto Rico, the next week; Curacoa, the week after that, and then back to California for The Sea Slaughter. Also, in local happenings is the Baltimore screening of Off Road to Athens at the Charles Theatre. You should check it out.

The first stretch should be fun and a lot of work, but I am ready to go.


See ya at the races.

Jeremiah Bishop

posted by Jeremiah Bishop  # 9:58 AM

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