The past couple of weeks have been absolutely perfect for racing and training around Sierra Nevada. Two weeks ago I defended my Pyramid Lake Triathlon win from last season with a new course record, and I was faster in each of the swim, bike, and run legs so that is encouraging. Garmin data from
08.16.2010| Uncategorized | Matt_Balzer
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Hello from Reno, This past weekend I competed in the Diamond Valley Road Race held in NE California. This was a USA Cycling event and I raced CAT 3,4,5 which included four 11 mile loops with back to back climbs. I recently purchased a Garmin 405 from Boulder Running Company in the Denver Tec
07.28.2010| Uncategorized | Matt_Balzer
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Today was a good day, but a little history first. This time 3 years ago I just completed what I think was my 2nd or 3rd triathlon, 500yrd swim, 13mile bike, 5K run. I don't think I broke 8min on the swim, about half the females in the field out biked me and I think I ran about a 24min 5k. At t
06.2.2009| Uncategorized | Matt_Balzer
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In preparation for Littlefoot this weekend Jones and I set out to do TT Intervals at Bear Creek. After steam rolling Jones by a full 2 seconds on the bike leg this past weekend at Barking Dog I came into the the workout ready to dominate. Hoping to dig the knife a little deeper I spent about 1/
05.12.2009| Uncategorized | Matt_Balzer
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The lookout mountain hill climb is one of those great fitness test workouts. There is really no way to dog it, and your times from month to month and year to year can act as a great barometer of your cycling fitness. Today most of the team headed out for about a 2.5 hour ride with part of that tim
04.11.2009| Uncategorized | Matt_Balzer
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