PMC-2005 -"Close your eyes, the music is all around you"

Pan Mass Challenge-2005

READY FOR NEXT YEAR

THE FINISH AT LAST

WITH A VETERAN PMCER- 17TH EVENT

posted by Trance Addict @ 9:34 PM 0 comments

Pan Mass Challenge-2005

SO.. pushing myself to 50 miles today made me realize that the PMC ride is going to require not only physical conditioning but mental as well.. On many of the steep climbs today, my brain was telling me that I should take a break and get off the bike...Not so...Creeping up the hills at 4-6 mph in the climbing gears brought me close to collapse several times... My plan this week will be to ride atleast 4 times to keep my quads in the threshold of current performance...I also need to work on increasing that threshold next week. I will also be adjusting my diet starting today....Increase carbs some more and add creatine along with protein in my water drinks...I'll take all the help I can get!!

Lance's Time trial win today was so fitting... It makes me want to buy that carbon bike even more:-)) I like to believe and tell my self that it would make a big difference but I am not at a caliber of riding to justify a full carbon frame. Perhaps next year!! The good old Trek 1220 going on 9 years of age is not a bad bike to train on.

Tomorrow I plan on doing this 37 mile bike loop around Amherst, Hadley and Granby.
Lets see how I hold up!!

posted by Trance Addict @ 7:26 PM 0 comments

Pan Mass Challenge-2005

Just returned from a business trip from Louisiana and boy was it hot down there...Too tired to psyche myself into getting on the bike this evening... Okay, the gym it is instead... My quads are slowly getting used to producing Lactic Acid at much higher heart rates.. I decided to skip the aerobics and go for the weights instead... I need to build strength for the hill climbs...That's where squats and leg curls come in handy. By the way, the discovery team won today's stage in Tour de France...
It was amazing to see these guys sprint at the last 2 KM...After having climbed uphill about 60 KM, it is mind bogling to see somebody pull out energy from somewhere to sprint in the last 5 minutes to win the stage. These guys were clocking 40-45 KM/h on the slow downhills and flats... Just amazing.. My fitness level is no where near what these guys are but seeing someone go for it like these guys do just leaves me in awe about how far the human body can be pushed...
Anyways, back to reality...
Todays Gym Schedule:
3 sets of leg curls @ 90 lbs, 180 lbs and 270 lbs respectively
2 sets of inclined squats @ 180 lbs
3 sets of leg presses @ 180 lbs

Starting to feel my legs cramp, I decided to stretch while watching the Yankees score 4 runs against Texas... Bad bad... But the Red Sox are back in first position.
Okay. finish off by doing 100 situps and I am outta here...
16 days and counting... Its crunch time..!!

posted by Trance Addict @ 9:53 PM 0 comments

Pan Mass Challenge-2005

The training is going slower than expected.... Getting engaged to my fiance in the summer certainly threw my focus off for a while :-) But this sort of distraction I can deal with ...Starting next week, I will start to venture outside the BlackStone area. So far I have been doing this 20 mile loop for several weeks... Its a reasonable challenge... Not too difficult... The days I want to add a little more flavor to my ride, I have been going up Purgatory Chasm... The 2 mile hill climb is a good reminder that the 75 mile days of PMC do require adequate training... Usually my legs are about ready to explode at the top of the hill. With no more power left in the engine room, one is eventually rewarded by the steep decline off of Central Turnpike... I have gone as fast as 48 mph coming down hill...A scary thought really, because at that speed you have no time for a reaction to any unforseen incident. Note to self: Read up on the Concept of Self Preservation... Besides, my fiance may change her mind, if I decide to leave majority of my skin on the road.

posted by Trance Addict @ 10:05 PM 0 comments

Pan Mass Challenge-2005

Okay, change that to 151 miles....Unfortunately I was unable to sign up for the Sturbridge to Provincetown route on the PMC site. The only available option left was the Wellesley to Bourne to Wellesley route. It will still be a two day ride but start and end at the Babson campus.. I also have my online donation page setup at the PMC site...Click the title of this post to link directly to it and help me raise the minimum which is now $2200. However, I would still like to raise my initial target of $3000. As such, please keep your donations coming...Most PMC riders are able to raise double their minimum requirement...This years goal for PMC is $21 million dollars.

posted by Trance Addict @ 10:13 PM 0 comments

Pan Mass Challenge-2005

Well I have started to fund raise for this challenge...Today also marks the start of my training..There will a lot of hours spent on my behind which will undoubtedly be sore in the first few weeks...189 miles...Phew, I sure hope I in the shape I think I am in...We'll see!!

I encourage everybody reading this blog to contribute to this worthy cause and donate money directly on the PMC website...Please follow this link to contribute to wards my minimum fund raising goal of $3000.00

posted by Trance Addict @ 8:45 PM 0 comments