Yesterday (April 18) I went over to the Alpine Inn to meet up with Patt to discuss the venue and also to get footage for the upcoming video that Kenneth and I will be making. I got there around 6:45, then Patt took me to the Beer Garden, which is an area with benches and a lot of trees. The Beer Garden is where the Shindig event is going to take place, and Patt and I were visualizing where certain areas will be held for. I then met Valerie, who is also a part of the Shindig planning. I filmed them talking about the Shindig, and then they handed me tickets and postcard flyers to distribute.
We'll try to go back there to record when there's people for a nice clean B-Roll. I'm looking forward to the Shindig event and the process of going through it. It's for a great cause and it's inspiring so it's really exciting.
Total Mentoring Time Today: 0:00:00 minutes
Total Mentoring Time TOTAL: 10:38:00 hours
Total Volunteering Time Today: 1:00:00 hours
Total Volunteering Time Total: 7:00:00 hours
Anticipated Hours: Hours to sell tickets, make video, and hand out flyers at Canada Rd. 5/28/11 BTC:TT (3 hours) and Shindig! Event (4 hours)
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Volunteering #2
Today was the 3rd Beat The Clock To Help Beat Cancer Time Trial. I drove out there with my mom, followed by Kenneth, where we were to participate and film some footage for the upcoming video for the upcoming Shindig event.
We arrived at about 6:40AM and we met with Patt and she told us to get ready since we would be doing a Team Time Trial. To our surprise, Ray was there so he decided to join us and taught us some of the basics when Time Trialing in terms of strategy like pacing.
For the first hour, Kenneth and I took pictures and videos of the event which we will be using for the video. Then we got ready and Ray joined us at the start line. We practiced a very clean paceline, and we practiced switching off in 30 second intervals. Ray told us how important it was to keep a smooth transition and to not accelerate to ruin the pace. To bring the pace up, required a very subtle acceleration. He also took a very clean line through the turnaround, and he told us that even at the turnaround you can save 10 seconds just be turning through cleanly.
After that, Ray talked a little more about Time Trialing and volunteering, as well as Patt. We filmed significant people as interviewees for the video. We of course filmed Patt, as well as women who have made a mark in the women's cycling category! After that, Patt discussed with us the tickets and the posters which we will be selling/giving out to promote the May 28th Shindig event. We left at about 9:45.
TT Garmin Data: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/79619431
Total Mentoring Time Today: 0:45:00 minutes
Total Mentoring Time TOTAL: 10:38:00 hours
Total Volunteering Time Today: 3:00:00 hours
Total Volunteering Time Total: 6:00:00 hours
Anticipated Hours: Hours to sell tickets, make video, and hand out flyers at Canada Rd. 5/28/11 BTC:TT (3 hours) and Shindig! Event (4 hours)
We arrived at about 6:40AM and we met with Patt and she told us to get ready since we would be doing a Team Time Trial. To our surprise, Ray was there so he decided to join us and taught us some of the basics when Time Trialing in terms of strategy like pacing.
For the first hour, Kenneth and I took pictures and videos of the event which we will be using for the video. Then we got ready and Ray joined us at the start line. We practiced a very clean paceline, and we practiced switching off in 30 second intervals. Ray told us how important it was to keep a smooth transition and to not accelerate to ruin the pace. To bring the pace up, required a very subtle acceleration. He also took a very clean line through the turnaround, and he told us that even at the turnaround you can save 10 seconds just be turning through cleanly.
After that, Ray talked a little more about Time Trialing and volunteering, as well as Patt. We filmed significant people as interviewees for the video. We of course filmed Patt, as well as women who have made a mark in the women's cycling category! After that, Patt discussed with us the tickets and the posters which we will be selling/giving out to promote the May 28th Shindig event. We left at about 9:45.
TT Garmin Data: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/79619431
Total Mentoring Time Today: 0:45:00 minutes
Total Mentoring Time TOTAL: 10:38:00 hours
Total Volunteering Time Today: 3:00:00 hours
Total Volunteering Time Total: 6:00:00 hours
Anticipated Hours: Hours to sell tickets, make video, and hand out flyers at Canada Rd. 5/28/11 BTC:TT (3 hours) and Shindig! Event (4 hours)
Sea Otter Classic
Yesterday was the Sea Otter Classic in which I placed 17th in. Unfortunately, Alex had crashed and Alberto felt sick so they both couldn't continue the race. It was a very tiring race, and I almost felt like giving up myself because of being so tired. But at least I experienced how to set a plan for the race, and how to get a strategy going on. Coach Ray met with us at about 2:00 to discuss our plan. There, he put us on trainers and then we discussed what we would do. I was the target rider, in which my job was to save energy by being protected by Alex and Alberto from the wind. Alberto was to catch a breakaway and to set a high pace for the peloton, while in the end Alberto and Alex would jump to set a high pace before the final hill climb to tire out top contenders, then I would climb the hill slowly at the bttom and then reach the top strong. It couldn't happen because of the mishaps.
Check out a race report here: http://dbcyclingblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/sea-otter-classic-road-race-report.html
And some garmin stats here: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/79619439
Total Mentoring Time Today: 1:30:00 hours
Total Mentoring Time TOTAL: 9:53:00 hours
Total Volunteering Time Today: 0:00:00 hours
Total Volunteering Time Total: 3:00:00 hours
Anticipated Hours: 4/16/11, 5/28/11
Check out a race report here: http://dbcyclingblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/sea-otter-classic-road-race-report.html
And some garmin stats here: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/79619439
Total Mentoring Time Today: 1:30:00 hours
Total Mentoring Time TOTAL: 9:53:00 hours
Total Volunteering Time Today: 0:00:00 hours
Total Volunteering Time Total: 3:00:00 hours
Anticipated Hours: 4/16/11, 5/28/11
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Mentoring #4
Today was the first on-bike mentoring that half the team and I did. We had originally planned to meet at 8:15AM. We met with Ray and we talked on the side of the road for about 25 minutes. There, he told us about workouts that would help our fitness and makes us stronger cyclists. The workouts would fit any aspect of cycling, whether it was climbing, sprinting, or time trialing. We also discussed the training and racing year and some of our target races, as well as the Sea Otter Road race for this Friday.
The first workout he showed us was the downhill sprint. This was a workout I was familiar with, but I never had a safe place to do it. We went to a traffic-less road, so it was a controlled area to do it. The downhill was about a 5%-6% decline. We were to hit 30 mph, and then at some point sprint on a specific gear as fast as possible. I was able to hit 30, and go up 10 more for a record of 40mph. Not bad, considering I'm not much of a sprinter. But the significance of the workout was to feel the leg speed that a sprint or an attack would demand. It was definitely fast, and I look forward to doing more of those.
The second workout was the VO2Max interval, which we did a 2-minute effort. The workout was brutal but it was effective! We did it on a 4%-5% hill which flattened at the top. Ray told us that he didn't want us to do too many of those, which he again emphasized on how it's not effective to work too hard.
Finally, we talked about the volunteering we would be doing. I told him I would be participating at the BTC Time Trial this coming Saturday (4/16) and that Kenneth and I would be getting footage for a video we will make, as well as printing and handing out posters to promote an upcoming event called Shindig! which will have an auction to fundraise for the Livestrong foundation.
The whole meeting totaled 2:08 hours. (Garmin Data- http://connect.garmin.com/activity/78492351)
Total Mentoring Time Today: 2:08:00 hours
Total Mentoring Time TOTAL: 8:23:00 hours
Total Volunteering Time Today: 0:00:00 hours
Total Volunteering Time Total: 3:00:00 hours
Anticipated Hours: 4/16/11, 5/28/11
The first workout he showed us was the downhill sprint. This was a workout I was familiar with, but I never had a safe place to do it. We went to a traffic-less road, so it was a controlled area to do it. The downhill was about a 5%-6% decline. We were to hit 30 mph, and then at some point sprint on a specific gear as fast as possible. I was able to hit 30, and go up 10 more for a record of 40mph. Not bad, considering I'm not much of a sprinter. But the significance of the workout was to feel the leg speed that a sprint or an attack would demand. It was definitely fast, and I look forward to doing more of those.
The second workout was the VO2Max interval, which we did a 2-minute effort. The workout was brutal but it was effective! We did it on a 4%-5% hill which flattened at the top. Ray told us that he didn't want us to do too many of those, which he again emphasized on how it's not effective to work too hard.
Finally, we talked about the volunteering we would be doing. I told him I would be participating at the BTC Time Trial this coming Saturday (4/16) and that Kenneth and I would be getting footage for a video we will make, as well as printing and handing out posters to promote an upcoming event called Shindig! which will have an auction to fundraise for the Livestrong foundation.
The whole meeting totaled 2:08 hours. (Garmin Data- http://connect.garmin.com/activity/78492351)
Total Mentoring Time Today: 2:08:00 hours
Total Mentoring Time TOTAL: 8:23:00 hours
Total Volunteering Time Today: 0:00:00 hours
Total Volunteering Time Total: 3:00:00 hours
Anticipated Hours: 4/16/11, 5/28/11
Monday, April 4, 2011
What am I doing again?
I've taken some time to reflect on what I have been doing. Ever since I started the physical portion of the Senior Project, I have met tons of new people, my social skills with adults have improved (I have never talked to so many adults before!), and my overall experience has been great.
My whole senior project is pretty much learning how to ride a bike, all over again. It's like retrofitting it to the demands that racing demands. But, I'm not doing this for glory or fame, or even prize money, I'm doing this to improve my overall fitness, making me a better person, to improve my social skills, also making me a better person, and to be exposed to the many charity events that is cycling related.
Obviously, someone who "just rides their bike" can't just complete a 100-Mile bike ride for Cancer Awareness, they need to go through steps and get better and better each time. Like my mentor says, the body has to adapt slowly or else it will be confused if you go too hard at some point, that it is not used to.
My focus for the non-profit organization is the BTC TT team, which goes directly to the Livestrong foundation, Lance Armstrong's foundation for raising money and awareness for cancer. (He won the Tour de France, a popular bike race in Europe, 7 times AFTER surviving cancer.)
By learning how to race on a bike, I will develop multiple skills that will aid me in the future when I participate in multiple charity rides. For now, I'm focusing on one event to see how it all works and to experience the inspiration around it.
My whole senior project is pretty much learning how to ride a bike, all over again. It's like retrofitting it to the demands that racing demands. But, I'm not doing this for glory or fame, or even prize money, I'm doing this to improve my overall fitness, making me a better person, to improve my social skills, also making me a better person, and to be exposed to the many charity events that is cycling related.
Obviously, someone who "just rides their bike" can't just complete a 100-Mile bike ride for Cancer Awareness, they need to go through steps and get better and better each time. Like my mentor says, the body has to adapt slowly or else it will be confused if you go too hard at some point, that it is not used to.
My focus for the non-profit organization is the BTC TT team, which goes directly to the Livestrong foundation, Lance Armstrong's foundation for raising money and awareness for cancer. (He won the Tour de France, a popular bike race in Europe, 7 times AFTER surviving cancer.)
By learning how to race on a bike, I will develop multiple skills that will aid me in the future when I participate in multiple charity rides. For now, I'm focusing on one event to see how it all works and to experience the inspiration around it.
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