Nike Booties $20

Last night went out for my first ride on my new set of wheels. What a rush. Felt lightning fast. However, i must share with you a small little investment. thanks to my friend Jeremy at the new Trek Cycle shop downtown, i purchased for $19.99 what i will refer to as pull over socks. They kept my feet warm and did the trick. Ok, so they're not exactly booties. Thanks Jeremy, love the Easton EATT 90's. Wow.

Annual General Meeting Sat March 29th

Interested in Triathlons? Live in Barrie or surrounding area? Make note the annual meeting is just around the corner Saturday March 29th. Meet Mark Harrison in person.
The Kempenfelt Tri Club Meeting starts @ 10am and will be held at the Holly Rec Centre on Mapleton (south end Barrie). Meeting is room # 2. Bring a friend.

36.1 km/hr = 200 Watts of Power

I've always wanted to know what my power to weight ratio is. Obviously, most of us do not have $700 to buy the device, so i wanted to know if there was a crude method of calculating by hand. In my investigation i found an informative German website www.kreuzotter.de/english. You fill in the appropriate boxes with bike, your height your weight and many various attributes that you can make asumptions on. Based on my physical attributes, i'm 5'-10" 173 lbs. to produce 400 Watts of power i need to maintain a speed of just 47.1 km/hr. Oh, is that all? Ok, let's bring it down a bit. To produce 300 Watts of power, i need to maintain a speed of 42.3 km/hr. At this point is when i said, "sheeeeit". One more time, to produce 200 Watts, i need to maintain an average speed of 36.1 km/hr. I welcome comments is you have found other methods of calculating watts?

Shawn P. Secrets

Yesterday, i had the privilege of training with Shawn P.
Normally, Shawn P. trains in isolation, to keep the latest training techniques top secret such as the "Sand Shark Start 401" done repeatedly over & over again in the Allandale Pool monday mornings. I caught up with Shawn P., "One thing, Shawn P., gives us one thing, to focus on. Shawn P took a deep breath & reluctantly, blurted out, "Hills". Do hill repeats. It not only builds the hamstrings & quads but it builds your spirit. Wow, I said. Shawn P. can you give us more. Shawn P., checked over his left shouldar and lowered his deep voice, "Ok, most runners & triathletes do hills, but the fatal mistake they make is they wear socks." Socks? Yes, they wear the incorrect socks. Shawn P, i'm not following you? What i like to do is fill my socks with pumpkin seeds. This way when i attack the hill there is that slippage action, making it harder. Shawn P. do you use wet or dry pumpkin seeds? Wet is better, but dry will do.

Peterborough 21.1

The Trent River was fresh & thundering, just like the representation from the Kempenfelt Tri Club. "Excuse me where you boys from?", asked a curious tall participate. "Kempenfelt", Tim eggs on. "Kempenfelt, is that in Quebec?" " Why yes, about 4 km from the Labrador border".
For Mark Harrison, Monsiour Hatch and yours truly, it was a glorious day. Sun, wind, temperature & scenery were, well,....perfect.

Let Levi Ride

Is it fair that Astana be singled out? I don't think so. The Tour de France 2008 will not be the same without Uncle Leipheimer. Join the Fight. I did. visit www.letleviride.com

Levi is in Sixth Place

Note to self: going to California next year at this time to watch the Tour de California. Uncle Leipheimer is in 6th place. Go Levi, you can DO IT! If Lemmy Kilmister were a cyclists he be riding for the new Rock Racing Team. You have to check out their threads. I think the word "golden" sums it up nicely. Tyler Hamilton is on the team that is sponsored by Rock & Republic of LA and the prestine Cadillac. Just Cadillac, not Cadillac Fairview.
For those of you who never been to this part of the country, you must add it to your Life "to do" list.