How did mid-week get here so quickly? I am happy to see that we have a couple of days of sunshine slated for the area as it will definitely help in getting 'over the hump' this week. Is it time to officially start thinking of riding outside with some semblance of consistency yet? ahhhhhh, but a boy can dream....
Local Trail Conditions:
There won't be any riding in the upper trails anywhere yet...Missoula, Helena, Butte...all the lower trails are rideable but nothing doing on the upper elevation trails yet. All of these areas show promise until yu start to get into the higher elevation where you run into snow drifts - we are getting closer though! At least we are on the downhill slope of that bigger hump called winter (I refrain from lumping spring in there as we have not yet had one despite what the calendar says).
I hear the tick tock of the calendar getting whacked away as the BC Bike Race approaches. The scary thing is we are 2 months away from the event and I have yet to get out on the bike with any consistency. With a little luck, the next 6 weeks will turn for the better weather wise so I lay down some mileage. If not, then it will just be some suffering during the week of the BC stage race - c'est la vie...can a guy ride himself into shape over a week?
Compex - switching up programs:
In keeping up with prepping for the BC event, I switched up the e-stim workouts and moved from the 'strength' program to the 'resistance' program that I will stay on for about 3 wks before switching over to the 'endurance' setting on the Compex. There is a marked difference between the two settings (strength vs resistance). The strength programs are settings where the muscles are stimulated for around 20 seconds with lower energy and then there is a sudden surge for a few seconds until it subsides back into lower twitching - I am taking the leap of faith that these would be similar to a sprint where it is a quick sudden burst of energy and engagement.
The resistance program engages the muscles more frequently where it seems to be equal amounts of 'resting twitching' and 'engaged twitching' - something like 7-10 seconds on each cycle, so the muscles are engaged more frequently without feeling so harsh a contraction compared to the strength programs. My muscles don't feel nearly as tired/sore today after running the resistance program compared to the strength program. I continue to run active recovery sessions after any e-stim session in an effort to help flush out the legs a little and help with the soreness.
I definitely plan on taking the Compex with me to BC to run active recovery after each day so it will be interesting to watch how the legs feel on back to back to back to back to back to back to back days. The more I think about it, the more psyched I get about this BC stage race!!! Soon enough, it will be time to start mentally prepping for it and looking at each day's profile, etc!
Local Trail Conditions:
There won't be any riding in the upper trails anywhere yet...Missoula, Helena, Butte...all the lower trails are rideable but nothing doing on the upper elevation trails yet. All of these areas show promise until yu start to get into the higher elevation where you run into snow drifts - we are getting closer though! At least we are on the downhill slope of that bigger hump called winter (I refrain from lumping spring in there as we have not yet had one despite what the calendar says).
I hear the tick tock of the calendar getting whacked away as the BC Bike Race approaches. The scary thing is we are 2 months away from the event and I have yet to get out on the bike with any consistency. With a little luck, the next 6 weeks will turn for the better weather wise so I lay down some mileage. If not, then it will just be some suffering during the week of the BC stage race - c'est la vie...can a guy ride himself into shape over a week?
Compex - switching up programs:
In keeping up with prepping for the BC event, I switched up the e-stim workouts and moved from the 'strength' program to the 'resistance' program that I will stay on for about 3 wks before switching over to the 'endurance' setting on the Compex. There is a marked difference between the two settings (strength vs resistance). The strength programs are settings where the muscles are stimulated for around 20 seconds with lower energy and then there is a sudden surge for a few seconds until it subsides back into lower twitching - I am taking the leap of faith that these would be similar to a sprint where it is a quick sudden burst of energy and engagement.
The resistance program engages the muscles more frequently where it seems to be equal amounts of 'resting twitching' and 'engaged twitching' - something like 7-10 seconds on each cycle, so the muscles are engaged more frequently without feeling so harsh a contraction compared to the strength programs. My muscles don't feel nearly as tired/sore today after running the resistance program compared to the strength program. I continue to run active recovery sessions after any e-stim session in an effort to help flush out the legs a little and help with the soreness.
I definitely plan on taking the Compex with me to BC to run active recovery after each day so it will be interesting to watch how the legs feel on back to back to back to back to back to back to back days. The more I think about it, the more psyched I get about this BC stage race!!! Soon enough, it will be time to start mentally prepping for it and looking at each day's profile, etc!
How long are the stages of BC?
ReplyDeleteIt does not sound too bad - most of the stages are between 50-60 km with about 3500 ft of climbing...not sure whether to singlespeed it with the riigid setup or go with gears and squishie action....kind of torn - it might be more 'fun' on a squishie...hmmmm...glad to see you tear yourself away from the books for a bit! Hope you have been getting some riding in - our local trails are still snowed under with the exception of a couple of places
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