work and weather

Sunday's postponement of Froze Toes really just threw me a curve ball. I had arranged to have the day off, which was great, then God decided he didn't like cycling. Bastard...I guess that isn't good to call God a bastard...scratch that one. With the new date for the 4th, there I don't see how I'll be able to make it to columbia. I have to work. Guess thats what happens when you call God a bastard.

The training has been going well...I got in 2 nice rides yesterday, plus a good lifting session. By the time I fell asleep, I was feeling it in the legs. Yesterday was an interesting day for sure.

I got my first pay check from wellbridge, but for this first pay period, they didn't do direct deposit. Well since I bank with Wells Fargo (they are all over the west) I never thought that there weren't any here. So I look online, and find one in Clayton. Well for lunch, Mike Nelson (head SLU track coach) and I decide to head over, so I can go to the bank, and get lunch. Well we get in the building, and we have to go to the 14th floor. First off that tells me something is wrong. Well we get in the elevator, and can only go to the 13th floor. Why, I have no idea. So we go to the 13th floor and try to walk up the stairs to the 14th. Well we get in the stairwell, go up a floor and the door is locked. So with puzzled looks on our faces we walk back down to the 13th floor, where that door is locked. Well we start cussing, because every door on every floor is locked. Yes...we walked down 14 flights of stairs. We open the bottom door and it opens into the back alley, where we see people going through the trash. So we walk around the building, talk to a security guard who swipes a card to get us up to the 14th floor, where I find out the offices are only coporate offices and I can't do any private banking in St. Louis with Wells Fargo. What a lunch period....you had to be there to see how stupid the whole thing was.

Anyways, big team meeting tonight...it'll be nice to meet some of the other guys.

my feet hurt

I've been standing now for the last 3.5 hours and my feet hurt. I haven't really pick up any clients yet at wellbridge, so I'm doing a lot of standing. I came into the gym early this morning and got an easy 35 minutes on the stationary. I then got a nice 15 minutes in the sauna...talk about a great way to recover. A couple of bottles of water later, and my legs were feeling great. This damn standing though...hopefully I don't feel the effects of it on Sunday. I know this isn't a very important race, but you always want to start the season on a positive note.

I won't ride again today, as I might be heading to Carbondale, IL to watch the Missouri Valley indoor conference meet. Can anyone please explain to me logically why Saint Louis University is not in that conference??? This Atlantic-10 stuff is garbage. Oh well not much I can do about it.

Too much Coffee!!!!!!!!!!!

A few too many cups of the black magic today, and I'm a little on edge. Not really on edge, but a little jumpy!! Got in a great workout last night, which has put me in a good mood. I did a nice little warm up of about 10 minutes then hammered up Tamm ave from manchester. I did 5 efforts of that not trying to fall below 15mph. From there I rode over to Forest Park, and did 5 x 1:30 efforts in the big chain ring. All in all a great workout. I was happy with both efforts. The total ride was only about 56:21 of ride time, but still a great workout.

I woke up this morning just a touch stiff, but after my client at Wellbridge no showed me, I hopped on the stationary for 35 minutes of some easy riding, then layed in the sauna for 15 minutes and got a great sweat on. Came home had a couple bottles of water, and feel great. Going to try and get an easy 45 to 50 minutes in this evening...I'm stoked for Sunday..the weather my suck, but I feel great!!!

...what a long straight trip its been....

Finally back in STL. After my posting yesterday, my flight to Washington DC got delayed another 2 hours for some mechanical problems. I got into DC about 2:30 and my friend and her husband managed to pick me up, which was good. We got to spend the afternoon watching pointless TV, and just hanging out which was nice since I hadn't seen them since thanksgiving. However on friday had you told me I would be spending Sunday night at their house, I would have thought you were absolutely off your rocker.

I got back to STL with no problems, but I am writing this blog from the office which means, I have yet to even make it home yet. The nice thing about boxer briefs...you can flip them inside out and its like a new pair!!! Besides that I am definitely going with the dis-shevled look today.

Of course there was no training to be done yesterday with all that mayhem, but holy hell...I get back and we have a heat wave...definitely want to get out for at least an hour or so tonight!!! I have to take advantage of this weather...more to come.

To hell with traveling!!!!

So here it is 9:53am eastern time...i'm sitting in the providence, RI airport, and the Billiken track and field team is getting ready to land in chicago, IL. No, no, no, I did not have a Larry Eustachy moment celebrating Mardi Gras and partying with Rhode Island sorority chic's (although, it might have been fun). United Airlines oversold our flight, and guess who got to be left behind....THIS GUY!!! So I will be boarding a flight to Washington DC in about an hour, and then guess what????...I get to spend the night in DC. What a trip. At least my best friend lives there, and I will get to hang out with them for a night. I wasn't going to be able to get into St. Louis until 10 this evening, so why not just make a small vaction out of it right??

As for the A-10 championships...there were a lot of great things!! Our men's 4x400m relay team scored the first points in A-10 history for the Billikens!! Props have to be given to David Whelan, Matt Alexander, Austin Critchlow, and Lucas Roethlisberger. Our women had a great meet as well. We even beat a team in our first ever conference championships! Xavier has to feel bad about their lives this morning...getting beat by a first year program. Actually their coaching staff shouldn't feel bad at all...they were in the same boat we are in, a couple of years ago, and he's a good coach, so they will be fine. Mad props do have to be given to the women's Distance Medley Relay team, as they finished a suprising 2nd!!!!! Where that came from I have no idea. Coach Nelson and I were just hoping to pick up 1 point in the event (8th place finish), but they all ran great! Ya'll better recognize Brigette Schutzman, Maddie O'Quinn, Roxanne Rodenborn, and Laura Coyer!! Awesome job ladies!

As for the training...I got a 30 minute stationary ride in saturday morning. I haven't logged it in my training journal yet, so off the top of my head I'm not sure of the milage or time on the bike this week. I'm guessing only around 85 miles and 4 hours...but thats a little more than I've been getting the last couple of weeks. I'm going to try to have a big front end of the week and a small taper for froze toes 1 week from today. At least thats the plan. More to come later as the chronicles of Jon continue.

i'm a traveling man

Off to warm and exotic Kingston tomorrow....Kingston, Rhode Island that is!! Ya, should be a great time. In my day job, which is coaching track and field, we have the conference indoor championships at the University of Rhode Island. It actually should be an interesting trip seeing as how this will be the first ever indoor championship for Saint Louis University. Updates will be sure to follow.

Training went well today. Obviously with the cold weather I was indoors. My trainer is in a storage unit in Kansas, so when I'm indoors its on a stationary bike, which really isn't that bad. At least I can get some useful information when I'm on the stationary. Definitely not information I would base my training on, but still it puts me in the ball park. Only rode for 45 minutes today. I'm slowly increasing the miles and the ride time. It was nice to finally see a flyer for froze toes. I'm definitely riding with the pro's/1/2's. As long as I stay smart, I'll be fine. The hip is starting to feel much better...amazing what a little flexibility will do!!!

Well off to Rhode Island..updates will follow...Happy Mardi Gras!!!

early...early...early mornings

So waking up at the ass crack of dawn is not so fun. Ahhh..the life of a personal trainer, trust me, what a tough life. Although in all honesty it kinda is rough, seeing as how I'm starting in a new gym in a new town. I guess I just have to be patient. The clients will come.

In cycling news, this right IT band is really giving me fits. I haven't been able to train the way I want to train, which is disapointing. With froze toes around the corner, and the race season almost here, early season injuries are not something I want to be dealing with. Fortunately this is only a flexibility issue, so I should heal up fairly quickly. My fitness in relation to where I was at this point last year is much better, so I am confident I can get through the early part of the season.

First Timer!!

Well this is a first...all I have ever done in the past is read these things, now I guess I'll start writing them. I've been trying to decide as to which direction I want my blog to go...I've read some that are not serious at all, and others that are serious all the time. I think I'll go with the mix.

A short introduction is necessary. I just moved to Saint Louis about a month ago, and thus far this is a pretty cool place. Although from a cycling perspective, its definitely not what I'm used too!!! Seeing as how I moved from Utah, where the sun is always shinning and the climbs are long (and steep)!!!! It's all good though, playing bikes is playing bikes. I'm looking forward to the new race season. I am a little concerned, since my right hip has been bothering me now for the last 2 months. It just does not want to get better. I've taken time off, and that really hasn't helped much. I hurt it cross training in november. I guess I'll just be on the advil for froze toes. A cross country athlete from Iowa State is quoted as saying "you better take that shit 'till your stomach hurts"...well that will be me.