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Kim is a CPA, crafter, and triathlete, currently training for no race in particular. Steve is a software engineer, photographer, and cyclist on the Platinum Performance Cycling Team. We live in paradise a.k.a. Santa Barbara. Read More
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Recent Comments
John (Island View Cat 4 pictures)
Best. Gallery. Ever.
Steve (Callville Classic Time Trial Pictures)
I was in the cat 3 race, not the 35 4/5… which pictures are you interested in, and do you want prints or digital files?
Piper Michelle (Callville Classic Time Trial Pictures)
Kim! These photos are beautiful! Great work : ) Looking forward to meeting you and seeing you at future races.
Eric Schusterman (Pine Flat Pictures)
Hi: Great photos! Thanks for shooting. I’m the dufuss in frame 43. Is it possible to get a copy? Thanks, Eric
Carl canaparo (Callville Classic Time Trial Pictures)
Saw the pictures and loved them. I was in the 35 4/5 with Steve. Can we buy some pictures? Thank you. Carl Canaparo
Cullen King (Fixing Corrupted Garmin TCX Files)
I am working on a really cool analysis website for cyclists, and we accept uploaded TCX files (GPX and KML too), as well as Garmin …
Truman Stone (Dinuba Criterium Cat 4/5 Pictures)
How can I get some of the pictures from the Dinuba Race, as my grandson was the winner of the Cat 4/5 Thanks
David stone (Dinuba Criterium Cat 4/5 Pictures)
These are great pictures. I am the guy getting hug from his son. I was wondering if I could get copies of …
Drew (Fixing Corrupted Garmin TCX Files)
I’ve got a tcx file that seems to be corrupted, but I’m incapable of fixing it as I’m technically illiterate. At your web site you …
Steve, no, not going to Cantua nor Pine Flat. Got a training camp. Have a great time if you go! Quarq is replacing my meter. It …
Mar 7, 10:11 PM by Steve | Training 3/1-3/7
Posted in Cycling & Training
This week was fun. High intensity, good volume, a bunch of rain and a 75 min crit in there somewhere. I did two hard group rides, two hard threshold and sprint interval workouts, AND I hit my highest 60 minute NP since last August. Hopefully I won’t get sick next week.
The crit was fun, it was nice having such a huge Platinum presence at the race. Of course we got some flak for having 1/3 the field and only managing second, but hey, that’s not my department. I was happy just to hang in for the whole race, through the rain, and managed to do a little bit to help with team tactics. I don’t know how much I helped in the end, but I was near the pointy end of the crit, my teammates asked me to do something, and I was able to do it. That’s a success in my book.
Signs have been pointing to an underestimated FTP for a while now, and the workouts and rides this week convinved me to bump it up a little bit. Also, I made a cool little graph of my power distribution for the week. The colors correspond to the [new] zones.
Total: 18.3 hrs, 332 miles, 1,030 TSS, 11,308kJ
Mon: 1 hr Recovery Ride
After work, I rode out to Kim’s office in Carpinteria to pick up our other that we had left there when we drove out to Nevada.
Tue: 2 hrs Refugio & Back
Wed: 2.5 hrs w/OSM...
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Mar 7, 08:30 PM by Steve | Island View Cat 4 pictures
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Mar 7, 05:19 PM by Steve | Sunday Ride Pictures
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Mar 7, 01:59 AM by Steve | Island View Criterium P123 Pictures
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Photos by Mark Luke and Todd Booth
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Mar 3, 09:59 PM by Steve | Callville Classic Criterium 35+ 4/5
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Mar 3, 09:55 PM by Steve | Callville Classic Criterium 45+,55+,60+
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Mar 3, 09:17 PM by Kimberly | Callville Classic Road Race Pictures Pt.2
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Mar 3, 09:13 PM by Kimberly | Callville Classic Road Race Pictures Pt.1
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Mar 1, 01:11 AM by Kimberly | Callville Classic Time Trial Pictures
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Feb 28, 11:28 AM by Steve | Training 2/22-2/28
Posted in Cycling & Training
The theme of this week was the Callville Bay Classic stage race, and living on houseboats on lake Mead for 4 days (3 nights). It was fun and it would be really cool to have a bigger Platinum presence there next year.
The season is still early and I didn’t go into this race with high expectations, but was hoping for some redemption from the triple DNF two weeks prior. I put in a solid top-half TT time, with more power than I was targeting, so happy there. Finished the road race with the lead group, so happy there too, and survived the crit. Happy x3. Next week is Mothballs II, aka the Island View crit in the P123 category. Otherwise it’s just a whack of training until San Dimas.
Total: 12.25 hrs, 228 miles, 668 TSS, 6,934kJ
Mon: 1 hr Goleta/University Loop
Tue: 1.5 hrs Refugio & Back
Wed: 2 hrs w/OSM repeats
Thu: 1 hr Goleta/University Loop with openers
Fri: 3 hrs easy + 10 min Callville Bay Classic TT
Warmed up before TT with Randy, Gene and Derek with some tempo up the TT climb, then easy pace and chatting 9 miles out on the RR course and back. After the TT spun around easy for an hour then rode around in circles waiting for everyone else to finish their TTs. Did 10:45, 307W average (4.7W/kg), for 27th out of 56.
Sat: 2.5 hrs Callville Bay Classic RR
Weather forecast looked ominous leading up to this race, and minutes before we went off...
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