Training in the US
Hey y'all,
Just thought i should check in for a weekly update! Check it out, i am on track to be pumping out regular updates, weekly! I am planning, and hoping, to keep it up throughout the season...
I have been kicking it in the Jittery Joe's kit for a while now, and here is a photo while training in Athens, GA (Georgia for the Aussies). This is however, last year's kit, and i am all excited about training camp on Wednesday, when we have "Christmas", and get all our 2007 gear!
Talk about changing weather! The above photo was taken on Thursday, while the below photos are from training in the hills on Wednesday! It feels weird to ride in full winter gear one day, only to shed it all the following day and work on the tan (well, not tan, but just enjoying the sun)!
John and Phil getting their photo taken in front of a cliff which has frozen over. We found this at the top of a climb called Hog Pen, a lazy 12 km climb. Actually, it wasn't lazy, it was more like the Wall times 3 - it is a 45-50 minute climb! I am glad we ascended the way we did, as we went down to the same height above sea level as we started at, down the other side, in just a 5 km descent, at about 95km/h!
What's this ice about?! I don't recognise it from any training rides up in the Dandenongs!
Fueling up at a service station, while on our "6 Gap" ride, we stocked up on lollies (candy), Powerbars, chocolate bars, coffee, energy drinks, and water! We found it worthy of a photo, and blog material!
John doesn't mind getting the front wheel in the air for a wheelie every now and then, and he pulled this one after ascending one of the 8km climbs we did. If you enlarge the photo, you may see the "steep descent" sign in the background. I have spend hours trying to get the wheelie happening, but i guess it just can't be done by someone with arms as big as mine - that's all i can gather from my hours of trying!
Here is my bike set up on the BT Advanced Training System. Man is this thing good for training! I have been getting on this bad boy for a few sessions, well, one so far, but i plan on doing a few throughout the year, in the build up to the big races. There is nothing all that exciting about this photo, but in a fairly uneventful week, i thought my first session on the ATS was worthy of a blog photo!
I also got off-road this week, finding some trails across the road, and took Keally along for her first off-road ride, so that was pretty cool. It was cold actually, maybe even to the point of freezing! It is so nice though, when it is so chilly, yet the sun is shining - i don't need Summer to come in any great hurry!
We raced on the weekend too, in a somewhat local race, even though it was interstate, in South Carolina. Greenville actually, the home of George Hincapie. It was cool to meet some more of my team mates, and nice to stretch the legs in a race too.
This week i am heading to San Diego for our training camp, where i will meet the whole team, our sponsors, and do a heap of training in the nearby hills. I am pretty excited, and it is going to be great preparation for our first race the following weekend.
That's all for now, hope everyone is well. Get the comments rolling!!!!
Laters...
Just thought i should check in for a weekly update! Check it out, i am on track to be pumping out regular updates, weekly! I am planning, and hoping, to keep it up throughout the season...
I have been kicking it in the Jittery Joe's kit for a while now, and here is a photo while training in Athens, GA (Georgia for the Aussies). This is however, last year's kit, and i am all excited about training camp on Wednesday, when we have "Christmas", and get all our 2007 gear!
Talk about changing weather! The above photo was taken on Thursday, while the below photos are from training in the hills on Wednesday! It feels weird to ride in full winter gear one day, only to shed it all the following day and work on the tan (well, not tan, but just enjoying the sun)!
John and Phil getting their photo taken in front of a cliff which has frozen over. We found this at the top of a climb called Hog Pen, a lazy 12 km climb. Actually, it wasn't lazy, it was more like the Wall times 3 - it is a 45-50 minute climb! I am glad we ascended the way we did, as we went down to the same height above sea level as we started at, down the other side, in just a 5 km descent, at about 95km/h!
What's this ice about?! I don't recognise it from any training rides up in the Dandenongs!
Fueling up at a service station, while on our "6 Gap" ride, we stocked up on lollies (candy), Powerbars, chocolate bars, coffee, energy drinks, and water! We found it worthy of a photo, and blog material!
John doesn't mind getting the front wheel in the air for a wheelie every now and then, and he pulled this one after ascending one of the 8km climbs we did. If you enlarge the photo, you may see the "steep descent" sign in the background. I have spend hours trying to get the wheelie happening, but i guess it just can't be done by someone with arms as big as mine - that's all i can gather from my hours of trying!
Here is my bike set up on the BT Advanced Training System. Man is this thing good for training! I have been getting on this bad boy for a few sessions, well, one so far, but i plan on doing a few throughout the year, in the build up to the big races. There is nothing all that exciting about this photo, but in a fairly uneventful week, i thought my first session on the ATS was worthy of a blog photo!
I also got off-road this week, finding some trails across the road, and took Keally along for her first off-road ride, so that was pretty cool. It was cold actually, maybe even to the point of freezing! It is so nice though, when it is so chilly, yet the sun is shining - i don't need Summer to come in any great hurry!We raced on the weekend too, in a somewhat local race, even though it was interstate, in South Carolina. Greenville actually, the home of George Hincapie. It was cool to meet some more of my team mates, and nice to stretch the legs in a race too.
This week i am heading to San Diego for our training camp, where i will meet the whole team, our sponsors, and do a heap of training in the nearby hills. I am pretty excited, and it is going to be great preparation for our first race the following weekend.
That's all for now, hope everyone is well. Get the comments rolling!!!!
Laters...
posted by Huck at 3:30 PM
10 Comments:
ill miss you while your gone! Who am I going to go on bike rides with? Have a great time at training camp~kick some ass in your races!
(you look good in orange)
XOXO
Keally
Good to see your pumping out the k's Huck! Whether looks entertain?!?! But you love that cold wet $hite!! Keep them pumping and say hey to the hop and wilo! LSD
p.s. Nae had another scan the other day and this kids got massively long legs dude!! hahaha
Hi mate, looks nice and cold over there. I've got the Otway classic this weekend so that should be fun! Having great success selling your gear....I'm using the Irish sales method (buy 1 get 1 free), and its going great guns. I might even have to go and buy some stuff to keep up with demand. Not having much success selling your tv and such, so I might have to lower the price. I'm sleeping in your room while the floor is being done, as I haven't yet had a good rental offer....but I think its only a matter of time. Not sure how you go riding that weapon on the dirt tracks though, Keally must be picking you up off the dirt a lot I reckon. Hope all training is going well, and the camp is worthwhile.
hey tom,
just reading through a few of your posts as uni has started again. bit of spare time on my hands again.
Just wondering if you get a cut for mentioning every sponsor you've got, and on the same subject, perhaps you should change your banner to something a little more orange.
It's a good photo but no longer your team.
Catch you soon, Michael
I will be changing that this week, as i now have new clothing, and will take the camera training! No bonus for the sponsor's mention, just that i get to use their great gear!
Hi mate. Also noticed that your old team mates seem to have moved with you. Looks like a major reconstruction of the blog!
I love you!!!
have fun at camp and we'll see you in fresno....
Nice meeting you at the Donaldson Center race last Saturday. I enjoyed reading your Dad's comments about selling your stuff. John has me shipping a lot of his ebay sales. Tell your Dad I haven't resorted to the "Irish Method" yet!
Regards, Jack Murphy, John's dad
Tom,
Great to read the update and hope it's good meeting the team and the sponsors. Hope there's a good vibe and team feeling as there'll be more chance of success.
Bunbury was so good and now Lisa, Sean and I are missing the baby cousins and Paul and Nic.
Loved coming home to the new floor which looks terrific.
Take care and go fast,
love Mum xxxx
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