Far Out Son of Lung...

Superdrome

Last night was my first of my practice sessions at the Superdrome (velodrome) in Frisco, TX. Having completed my development class only this past Saturday I was anxious to get some more seat time at the track. I feel more comfortable on the track and really enjoyed getting out there for some intervals and 200M efforts.

For intervals I would ride a warm-up lap or two, then drop in off the banking and do a 250 meter effort, rest for a lap and a half before doing a 500 M, etc. This continued up to 1000 meters before I worked back down to 250 M. I did two sets of these and tried to make my efforts as close to 100% as possible.
I also rode a couple of 200 M efforts by starting low, working a lap at the blue line, then went high for a lap and dropped into the sprinter's lane in Turn 1 to gain momentum and speed. I'm not super quick, but it is fun and I'm getting stronger.

All told I ended up at the track for 2.5 hours last night. I wasn't on track the entire time, but I did get a number of good efforts and felt really comfortable on the track. The banking was scary as hell on Saturday morning, but it became easier and last night it almost felt flat!

I'm looking to return this afternoon since the office is closed for 4th of July. We'll see if Rock Gal minds going out there, though I'm sure she won't care. She seems to enjoy seeing me ride and get excited about mashing pedals out there. She doesn't want to ride on the track, but she's behind it all the way and I really appreciate it! We'll take her bike as well, of course, and she can ride laps on the apron while I'm doing efforts. Its all good.

Happy Fourth of July. Although, honestly, I think this is another holiday lost to the whimsy of commercialism and retail sales.

posted by GreSam @ 09:11