Monday, July 21, 2014

2014 Cannondale F29 5, 1st new bike in a decade

It's nice to have a new bike to hit the trails. This is my 1st Cannondale and Lefty. Now with about 50 miles on it and really enjoing the ride. The stiffness and responsiveness of the Lefty is amazing. Prior to this I tried out a Scott Scale 710. A full carbon 27.5" hard tail. l feel the 29er is the way to go. Felt more in control and stable on this platform. Plus my riding consists of laps at Harbison. This is a 29er kind of trail., flatish, wide, and fast. Then I find myself exploring the dirt roads of Lexington County. With miles of sandy dirt roads just waiting for a 29er to take control.

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Green Diamond 10x10

Lately I do not speak too much about what I do for exercise. Just that I am trying to stay in shape. So when a workout comes up that excites me like this I have to mention it. Now back up to March when I began trying some Crossift type workouts at home. Mostly body weight dynamic movements and higher intensity efforts. The sporadic nature and diversity of the movements helps fight off boredom. Now onto the excitement part.
I came up with this workout while suffering through another 5:30am workout at North Side Middle Ball Fields. The Green Diamond 10x10 is the name. It goes like this. Four stations, six movements, and two sprint intervals. Starting in the outfield by the foul pole (yellow pole in pic), 10 push-ups.
 

Then perform lunges toward 1st base to next station. Roughly 100' in length. Station 2 is burpees, 10 of them. Then run (sprint 70%) on a diagonal across the the filed to the foul pole in left field. Now 3rd station, 10 air squats then bear craw up the foul line towards 3rd base (about 100') to the fourth station. Here at station 4 you knock out 10 situps, then sprint to the start. Now repeat 9 more times. WOW! Totaling out with 100 push-ups, 100+ lunges, 100 air squats, 1000' bear craws, 100 sit-ups, and 20 sprints in 49 minutes. I am happy with this an will try to improve on the time.



Monday, June 16, 2014

An Ole' Friend: 32x19

It's been a real longtime, oh yes it has. As it hung in the garage for over three years. I just could not bring myself to clean the caked on Pisgah soil from it's last adventure at PMBAR. So the time has come to dust the ole' Rig off! Happy Father's Day to me with a ride around Harbison. It's been bitter sweet this year for many reasons but we have to move on. Sometimes it just takes an old friend to help clear your head.

Monday, March 24, 2014

It's been a long long time.....

  First ride completed over 30mi since May 2011. Wow has it been that long since I've graced the roads of Lexington County with my presence.
New Years Day Ride 2009


Epic 24 22013
  My my where has the time gone? Well it's been a few years of trail running mostly. Looking forward to seeing more saddle time in 2014.