..a stream of consciousness..

So tomorrow marks the first ride in the King of the Mountain series – one of the most difficult amateur cycling series in southern Cali, consisting of three 100 mile rides with 10,000ft plus of climbing each through the mountains in southern Cal spaced out 3 weeks apart.  First is the Mulholland Challenge, which takes you through the Santa Monica Mountains; second is Breathless Agony, which takes you up the San Bernadinos, almost all the way to Big Bear; and third is the Heartbreak Hundred, which takes you through the hills in orange county.

While my ‘brothers in arms’ have been training to compete at the crossfit games regional qualifier a week from Saturday, I (with my bum shoulder) have been focusing on this ride.  But it comes with a twist.  Crossfit is designed to build athletes that excell and are ready for anything.  Eric prides the academy on having clients and friends who don’t necessarily specialize in their sport, yet through crossfit style training, have won or completed serious challenges usually reserved for those who specialize in the sport, all without completely sacrificing the general physical skills.

Here’s the twist – I’ve been training for this bike ride by maintaining my crossfit schedule, watching my nutrition, and cycling one day a week (except those weekends where I’m playing in a basketball tournament).  I plan on beginning and completing this series without changing that low dosage cycling training.  I want to finish the rides, look around, and realize that I don’t have to sacrifice all upper body strength to complete a challenge like this.  I have no doubt that when I get to the top, I will be the only person there that can overhead squat his bodyweight and then some.  Will anyone else care? probably not – but that will be the testament to our style of training – specializing in not specializing, and excelling without detriment to overall fitness. 

Will I succeed? I have my doubts, stemming from mechanical variables, worrying about not being able to hold pace and make checkpoints, and simply not having it on the day of.  We’ll see what happens in the next 7 weeks.

Nutrition:
700AM – [2] – zone bar
900AM – [3] – 1.5 amylu chicken apple sausages, 9 oz pineapple (3C), small amt of PB,
      and a few almonds… and LOTS of water.  HYDRATE HYDRATE HYDRATE!
1215PM – [4] – 6 oz salmon filet, 1 block asparagus (by weight), 1 bell pepper,
      2 blocks of strawberries (by weight)… fats to follow.

[6A/54bpm] – feeling way too fresh, my body is not used to not being sore anywhere…!

~ by apexaddict6 on April 10, 2009.