Yesterday Bobber left a comment:
What do you use for a threshold and how do you calculate your training zones (if you use zones)? Are you a total Coggan disciple?
which I thought was a worthy candidate for a complete post. Why? Well, because I’ve actually been thinking quite a lot about this lately.
Happy Halloween. Or should we say, Happy Hallows eve? Hallowe’en maybe?
31 October and 1 and 2 November are known as the “Days of the Dead”, days on which we remember those who’ve left this world.
Halloween celebrations however are usually about those who have left this world in the physical sense, but remain of this world in a more metaphysical sense. Today we celebrate Dauphin Island’s own hanuted places, where spirits of those long departed from this world still roam.
The Soldiers of Fort Gaines- Fort Gaines is haunted by soldiers that died here. Spooky figures have been reported to appear all over the premises. People have claimed that a strange figure will follow people leaving the fort, then disappear.
Native American Women at the Shell Mounds – In the depths of Shell Mounds, there is a clear circle surrounded by trees. This circle was the ceremony pit for the natives that are buried in this Indian Cemetery. On well-lit nights, you can see the female natives dancing to the sounds of their instruments.
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Happy Halloween. Or should we say, Happy Hallows eve? Hallowe’en maybe?
31 October and 1 and 2 November are known as the “Days of the Dead”, days on which we remember those who’ve left this world.
Halloween celebrations however are usually about those who have left this world in the physical sense, but remain of this world in a more metaphysical sense. Today we celebrate Dauphin Island’s own hanuted places, where spirits of those long departed from this world still roam.
The Soldiers of Fort Gaines- Fort Gaines is haunted by soldiers that died here. Spooky figures have been reported to appear all over the premises. People have claimed that a strange figure will follow people leaving the fort, then disappear.
Native American Women at the Shell Mounds – In the depths of Shell Mounds, there is a clear circle surrounded by trees. This circle was the ceremony pit for the natives that are buried in this Indian Cemetery. On well-lit nights, you can see the female natives dancing to the sounds of their instruments.
Don’t know where your dog got off to? Just call him on your cell phone.
Pretty cool idea. You dial your dog’s number into your cell phone and the GPS receiver in his collar estimates its location and responds with a short text message with the coordinates. The GSM GPS system is accurate to within 15 meters.
How’s that for clever? I know some people who would want one of these for each of their kids too.
The unique GPS PRO Dog collar tracking system is an universal and completly new technology for finding, pursuing or tracking your dog: A GPS receiver and a GSM modem with special software is incorporated into the dog collar. Allows you easily and remotely monitoring the location of your dog via your cell phone/mobile phone anywhere in the world with suitable GSM coverage.
For the first time since Hurricane Katrina in August, Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge in Gulf Shores has opened the Mobile Street access to the refuge beach. All other units of the refuge remain closed until further notice.
“Our contractor was making great progress this summer on refuge clean-up and repair from Hurricane Ivan last September. We re-opened the Mobile Street access to the beach this summer, only to close it again in August when Hurricane Katrina struck,� said Robert Cail, refuge manager of Bon Secour. “Once again, we’re now ready to re-open the Mobile Street access and give the public limited access to the beach.�
Visitors are asked to remain within 100 feet of the active surf to reduce impacts to dune vegetation that has already been disturbed by the two hurricanes. They also should be alert for debris on the beaches.
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Bruyneel on the French:
… it’s been the same scenario for them for years. A French rider hasn’t won the Tour in 20 years. Why? Simple, they haven’t been good enough. And then you see the final ProTour standings and notice there were four Americans in the top 10 (Armstrong, 5th; Levi Leipheimer, 7th; Bobby Julich, 9th; George Hincapie, 10th) and for the French, they had four riders in the top 100 (David Moncoutie, 30th; Anthony Geslin, 62nd; Christophe Moreau, 79th; Laurent Brochard, 84th). That’s the facts. It’s nothing more than that. I realize it’s frustrating for them.
Nothing quite carries a sting like the truth.
OK so now I’m in No Man’s Land. Neither fish nor fowl. Neither here nor there.
I’m not yet comfortable on the trainer; and I’m no longer comfortable on my road bike. I’m somewhere in between.
It’s an interesting place to be, kind of frustrating – but it serves to illustrate what should probably be called Coggan’s Law of Specificity. You get good at what you work on. If all you do is climb mountains you’ll be a better climber than you will be a sprinter. If you only train in the woods on a mountain bike you probably won’t ever reach your potential as a Time Trialist.
As much as I have tried to ensure both of my bikes are set up the same, there are differences. I’m part of the way to being comfortable on the trainer; and part of the way to not being comfortable on my road bike. What fun.
Nevertheless I still was able to put on some TSS today. 134 some-odd points for my effort. It felt like much more than that, but as the shadows grew longer in the late afternoon more and more energy went to keeping me warm, and making watts became more difficult.
Yesterday Bobber left a comment:
What do you use for a threshold and how do you calculate your training zones (if you use zones)? Are you a total Coggan disciple?
which I thought was a worthy candidate for a complete post. Why? Well, because I’ve actually been thinking quite a lot about this lately.
Let’s talk about the weather. Better yet, let’s let the weather do the talking… Highs today, tomorrow, and Monday in the low 70s – Lows in the 50s. Perfect weather for outdoor activities during the day and solid, restful sleep at night.
Mobile Register – Another fine fall weekend is at hand, offering perfect weather of outdoor activities.Eastward-moving high pressure is expected to be the dominant player on the regional weather scene this weekend. As the high-pressure system shifts to the east, slightly milder, more humid air is expected to flow back into the region, forecasts indicate.Look for a slightly increased risk of scattered showers and thunderstorms late Monday as a disturbance moves southward. Expect a greater chance for storms on Tuesday in association with a frontal system that’s expected to move into the area around Tuesday.As far as temperatures go, look for highs today in the lower and middle 70s, with lows tonight bottoming out from the middle 30s inland to the 40s closer to the coast, with readings in the 50s at Dauphin Island. Sunday calls for highs from the lower to middle 70s with lows Sunday night from around 40 into the 50s. For Monday through Wednesday, look for highs to range in the middle and upper 70s. Lows should be in the 40s and 50s.”Read more
