get your commute on...

here's a story I did on bike commuting...

http://www.active.com/story.cfm?story_id=14030&sidebar=21&category=cycling

it's a time-efficient way to train.

Grinding it out in Harriman

another mother's day, another Harriman road race. I guess i found the key to doing well. Set very low goals for yourself. With bad legs, I thought I'd be lucky to do three laps in the field. Not only did I do six and only got dropped my last time up the 2.5 mile hump to Lake Tiorati, but I also climbed the Tiorati Brook Road hill faster than ever before. Because of my seemingly bad state I rode ultra-conservative, and didn't go with even what appeared to be weak attacks. I instead paced the field, which lost riders off the back and front all day. I did enough to keep it going, but didn't attack unless someone attacked me. I would have been running for 42nd if I hadn't had a sleepy feeder who missed me as I was running out of water. When the legs were about to seize, I sat up, lost eight minutes to my group in the final 10 miles and rolled in 54th.

Doan was 37th in the 40+
Davic C was 43rd in the IIIs

all for karaoke

Had to skip Jiminy yesterday. I was signed up and ready to go and then realize the wedding I was slated to attend was at 6pm, not 7pm back in NYC. with 7pm, I had an hour cushion, 6, I had nothing. The estimated finish time was 2:09pm. If I got into a friend's car at 2:30 (21 minutes to jawjack and change) and then we did the drive in 2.5 hours, I"d get home at 5, allowing me 7 minutes to shower, 5 to get dressed, 2 to fill a bag with the NY Times, and then head for the train. The drive is about 150 miles or so, but the problem is the final 20 miles or so from Westchester back into the city. Too tight, and since the guy getting married is a racer, it would be hard to fool him. So I did the Gimbels on Saturday where I hurt the field on the climbs, but didn't win the sprints. so made the wedding on time, did Karaoke with the wedding from 10:30 to 2am, caught a fast train home. In bed by 2:45. Up at 9:19, then dressed and out the door by 10 for a 75 mile ride to Garrison, NY. I knew it would be slow with the wind and climbing, but five hours was longer than I expected. And yes, I did not have the fresh feeling. Good training. I hope.

JP