Rider Training Developement

In response to my assignment on providing a training schedule, I was not able to recover the schedule I used in 2005. After looking around at several things on the web, I think the information at http://www.aidslifecycle.org/training/ is good. There schedule can be slid forward a couple of months to start now and to accommodate that we are going in July and August rather than June. There is a lot of good information here, but the key things are getting started, and building up seat time. People should be looking at the weekly time commitment and planning accordingly. It does impact everyone’s schedule, and especially on weekends with longer rides. It is a good idea if folks make a paper copy of the plan, and then record their rides to see how they are tracking the plan.

Right now I am doing some riding in my basement on a trainer. I look forward, though, to starting some early spring riding. It may still be cool, but once you get going its not so bad. Especially important is the social aspect of riding with friends. Look forward to an e-mail net where we can start letting people know about RGBG training rides. We might do things such as converge at Log Boom Park (the top of Lake Washington on the BGT) and then ride a while together. Longer trips can be around Lake Washington, out into the Snoqualmie Valley, up to Snohomish and on towards Arlington, or south along the Green River Trail or the Maple Valley trail.

I won’t be at the meeting on Wednesday, but look forward to reading about it.

Thanks,
Dave Sanford