TNT Training- in Barrington - 4,650 calories burned

Well, We all did it here at TNT. Finished the 85 miles rid in Barrington and burned 4,650 calories doing it. Felt really good up to mile 79, where I had nothing left and was completely empty.
It was such a great weather for riding. No soreness the next day, which is a good thing.
Here are some of the stats of the ride

The route

Summary of the ride

Elevation summary

Elevation Profile

Weather stats

Heart RateHeart Rate chart

TNT Lake Tahoe Training - Naperville

What a beautiful day it was for a great 70 mile bike ride. Of course went off the course a bit about .50, but had good company to talk with and found out that we both have done RAGBRAI and might have met each other at one point. Good job Alane.
Here are some of the stats on Saturday's 70 miles ride according to my GPS.

Map of the route
Summary Stats
The weather
My Heart Rate per distance
Summary of my Heart rate

See you all again.

TNT LakeTahoe Bike ride by the lake

Went for a 19 mile bike ride just for fun by the lake. I was flying but I did not do 58 miles max as my GPS indicated. It was good, it drizzled a bit, but felt great.

The Route
Summary

TNT St. Charles - Lake Tahoe Training

Another interesting ride. We had headwinds and tailwinds. Of course, the tailwinds where fun. It was a bit colder then I expected and at times it drizzle a bit. I got some bonus miles, missed my turned and instead of doing 65 miles, ended up doing 68.4 miles. Such is life.

Taking a short break. Lots of snack, but now Pizza.

The route we took. we took two loops and out.

Summary stats

Weater Data
Elevation Data

For the link to the whole ride here it is on motionbased

http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/5560198

Lake Geneva Pictures

Well, here are some pictures. I was able to convince my "Old buddy" from High School to join me for this ride. He is a natural athlete with lot of marathons under his belt. He was obviously concern about he weather and that this would be his first time on the bike since last septmember when he did a century by himself. Needless to say, he sure pulled ahead. Funny thing, as we are cycling he was behind me and I could hear him say " DANNY your dead meet" . After the first loop he was game for some more torture. WOW, what a trooper.
Sasha, one of my mentees really Rock those hills up. She had a perfect cadence and power to speed ratio and men, she always beat me up the hills. She is Awesome on those hills. GO SASHA!

Danny and Brian
Sasha's First flat tire on her new bike. We all pitched in to assist
Danny and my mentee Sasha - you go girl

TNT Lake Geneva Bike Ride

We went out to Lake Geneva for a 60 miles ride but ended up doing close to 48 miles. We did 2 loops around the lake but the wind condition was almost unbearable. with gust wind of 28mph it become quite difficult. Thank god for my new Trek Pilot 5.2. I manage to cruise at close to 10 to 15mph on my granny gears. Going up some massive hills were also a challenge. On this ride I used up every single gear I had. This is good for me since I am still getting used to the new bike. One thing for sure is that I have to take the bike in and shorten up the grip between my handle bar and the brake. It is way to far and such a strain on my small hands. They have it on order and hopefully can get it installed this Monday. I love the way the bike feels. Still a bit nervous going downhill. Trying to get the feel of a very light bike going down hills.
Going around certain sections of the lake was almost extreme where i had to ride at a 30 degree with some strong cross wind. Overall it was a challenge and good resistance training. I opted not to do the last little loop to complete the 60 miles. Below are some of the stats.

Map of our route, 2 loops around the lake

Summery data of the ride. Check out the wind
Elevation scale of the ride
Speed profile
Weather conditions.

The one thing I have to mention is that the TNT cycling team is such a bunch of encouraging and uplifting members. I am so impressed with all the coaches and member. We all did awesome and we were there for each other. What a team GO TEAM!!