WOW, time flies when you are doing a kazillion things at once. If I could only get to a billion, I’d almost be half sane. Oh yeah, let me finish my title – Winter Training Starts in 18 Days – now as I was saying, YIKES!

Yes, I have the advantage of doing a 12 week course last year, and yes I documented everything like the obsessive, compulsive person I am, but I’ve raised the bar considerably this year. This year we will be turning our notes and research into teaching outlines and repeatable workouts. This year we will be filming all 4 segments to be sold and made available to many others who can’t get to our fantastic training facility outside of Pittsburgh. This year we will be leading other facilities week by week on a journey of cycling development that is typically not done in your local neighborhood YMCA. This year we have said – “Come on in world, there is plenty of room!”

So, next week begins our New Leaf metabolic testing to establish baseline VO2 and Heart Zone® numbers for all of our students. We will set them up with accounts on Fitness Journal so that they can keep track of their workouts, and I can hold them accountable. We will require that they have their race or event selected before the very first session, so that we all know what they are training for. This way, I can remind them every week, that they have purpose and direction for every ounce of effort and every drop of sweat they leave on the floor at Global Ride Training Center.

I am going to create permanent mounts for cameras, recording equipment, and additional accessories for all the filming. I will be creating a new method for editing so that we can have all of our sessions digitized, screened, audio mixed, and published before the next week. We will have to keep a semblance of a normal operation at the club while this goes on every weekend. We will be pressed on every side to be successful individually, and as a group. Oh yeah, and I plan to blog our progress along the way. Do we even stand a chance?