Camp ending...
This is the mountain (flag staff) we had to climb)
Well… camp is just about over and overall it was good times the in freezing cold. We have a great group of guys. Almost to great. Brad Huff and Mike Freedman loves to touch people, which I really don’t get and Brad just does it to be Brad. Below are Allan Lim and Jonathan Vaughters
Today we had a 5hr day. The goal was to get 3000kg’s and hit flag staff climb at the end which is simulating a grand tour climb. Allan Lim (coach) theory is that, if you can ride 4-5hrs and burn 3000kg’s you can almost do any race. So today was a big test not only for me, but the whole team.
The day started out cold and I thought it would be a long day. One hour into the ride, it really warmed up and I felt great. I did notice that we stared the ride out really fast, which was cool, but we still had like 4hr 30min to go.
Heading back to town we started a rotating pace line that was going pretty quick. I laughed the whole time because all the “climbers” didn’t look so well on the flats and over the fast rollers. So I mad a point to make it hard for them on my pulls. Going up the hill...i got lucky, my chain broke and I had to freeze my ass off all the way down to the hotel. I also got lost and the people in boulder were not help full at all. I end up walking for about 20min back to the hotel.
Its so funny how climbers cant ride the flats at all. But a sprinter can get better and better at climbing. So what does that tell you? Sprinters are more cool!! I felt a little weird also from the LT test i did the day before. Allan was content with my results, I really had a hard time breathing being at altitude.
I fly home tomorrow afternoon and its right back to training because I have the world track cup coming up in January.
I have some pics to leave with you guys, just some random stuff, but its pretty cool.
Well… camp is just about over and overall it was good times the in freezing cold. We have a great group of guys. Almost to great. Brad Huff and Mike Freedman loves to touch people, which I really don’t get and Brad just does it to be Brad. Below are Allan Lim and Jonathan Vaughters
Today we had a 5hr day. The goal was to get 3000kg’s and hit flag staff climb at the end which is simulating a grand tour climb. Allan Lim (coach) theory is that, if you can ride 4-5hrs and burn 3000kg’s you can almost do any race. So today was a big test not only for me, but the whole team.
The day started out cold and I thought it would be a long day. One hour into the ride, it really warmed up and I felt great. I did notice that we stared the ride out really fast, which was cool, but we still had like 4hr 30min to go.
Heading back to town we started a rotating pace line that was going pretty quick. I laughed the whole time because all the “climbers” didn’t look so well on the flats and over the fast rollers. So I mad a point to make it hard for them on my pulls. Going up the hill...i got lucky, my chain broke and I had to freeze my ass off all the way down to the hotel. I also got lost and the people in boulder were not help full at all. I end up walking for about 20min back to the hotel.
Its so funny how climbers cant ride the flats at all. But a sprinter can get better and better at climbing. So what does that tell you? Sprinters are more cool!! I felt a little weird also from the LT test i did the day before. Allan was content with my results, I really had a hard time breathing being at altitude.
I fly home tomorrow afternoon and its right back to training because I have the world track cup coming up in January.
I have some pics to leave with you guys, just some random stuff, but its pretty cool.
posted by Rahsaan Bahati @ 8:04 PM
5 Comments:
At 6:51 PM,
Rahsaan Bahati said…
it was very cold. Now Im back home and Im so happy. But the training has to go on. I have to do a 27-30 hr week right after the new year. Want to go with me?
At 5:36 PM,
Rahsaan Bahati said…
Im for sure doing more climbing. Its not to become a mountain goat, however when I climb, I focus on climbing under no stress. My first week of climbing covered 4-5000ft a day and i did it in 39x23 just being relaxed. Thats the goal, to feel relaxed.
This will, in turn, make me stronger, so I can finish even faster at the end of the hard races such as, tour of california or a redlands stage.
At 6:34 AM,
Prototype said…
Who makes the "Predator" bike? Where can I check one out?
At 10:05 AM,
Rahsaan Bahati said…
Hey.
I friend makes the bikes. He's here in Santa Monica, Ca and he's a great frame builder. If you want more info, ;eave your name and email, or number and we will get back to you.
The bikes are great!!
At 4:17 PM,
Rahsaan Bahati said…
all mountain bikers are welcome. I love bikes so much that ill go on a ride with you on your 24in bmx bike.
its still riding right?
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