Not a lot has been up with the Chris man as of late, some working, some bike riding… even a hike! Haha.

I’ve had a little bit more structure the last couple weeks in terms of going out and riding, but it’s been pretty loose, no real requirement to get anything done. I did do a few short power tests last week that came out pretty well for the most part. My sprinting power as it turns out by the numbers, in terms of sheer power to weight ratio, I’m pretty damn close to being in the “world class” category, which is cool. My 5 minute power still needs some work as expected, but it wasn’t terrible all things considered. I think in the next week I’ll re-test that one, I was pretty tired going into it.

Sunday I’m doing a 40 min lactate threshold test, which means I have to go out and go as hard as I can for 40 min. I’ve never really done a “test” that long, so I’m a little nervous. Going that long is going to be hard since I’ve done essentially no training in that zone for the last 2 months. Should be interesting. The season begins with “real” training starting up in a couple weeks, I can’t wait.

I really want to go ice climbing sometime this winter, at least a few times. I miss it a lot. I certainly prefer the conditions in the winter mountains to the summer. I enjoy the cold, the snow… Winter climbing of any kind is generally harder, more gear intensive than it is in the summer. I really like that more “extreme” aspect of things. I like the weather extremes, the snow, the ice, that fewer people are out – hence the problem; there’s no one to go with. For the same reasons I love it, it’s rather exclusive because it’s harder to get into, more expensive, and not many people are up to that sort of thing, mentally. Freezing your ass off at 13,000 in a blizzard isn’t as appealing to most as it is to me. I need to find people with things, or help people get things, and go. Yep.

Only 18 more days until we elect Barack. Then we can get this country rolling again, slowly, but surely.