TJ Woodruff ONLINE

That’s been the story as of late. I’ve been training with some seriousness once again and I love to feel that internal propulsion driving me forward on the bike. I’ve been riding 20-23 hours a week this month and the only rides at a mellow pace have been the short recovery rides; everything else contains some efforts of sorts. Some serious rest and recovery will be the goal of the coming week. A calm before the next storm perhaps…

Off the bike, Momentum Endurance has been doing well, thus I’ve been able to help out some others with the starts of their own seasons. It’s awesome to share in everyone’s enthusiasm for the coming season. Knowing how disciplined my clients are only helps me out there on some of the tougher rides. Let me know if you might be interested in pulling together the loose ends this season and perhaps I can help you out with some coaching or a training plan.

And if training and coaching weren’t enough I’ve picked up some extra hours at Arizona Cyclist as this seems to be a busy time of the year for cycling here in Tucson. It’s been fun to spend some time in a shop once again and only good things can come from the connections I make there. The picture of sponsors and supporters is vaguely coming together for ’07, but there is little news to report and I’ll once again be riding self supported this year. I’d love to have more to report on this front, but that isn’t the case. None the less I’m as motivated as ever to get to the races and go for it once again. Some changes are in the works for this website too. A version 2.0 is in the works…

Thanks for checking in and I hope your new year has gotten off to an excellent start. For those of you training, remember that you have to do more than your body’s currently adapted to in order to further improve. It sounds simple enough, but many of us fail to push the envelope and really go for it.

Keeping it Real, -TJ

That’s likely the longest drought in the history of my website. I apologize to those of you who stop by regularly. It hasn’t been a lack of interesting things that’s kept me from writing lately, rather too many of them all happening at once. So far this year I’ve moved into new apartment, bought some furniture, acquired some roommate, began training with earnest, and met Tom Danielson. Of course I’ve been logging the coaching hours as well as a couple over at Arizona Cyclist.

The rides have been going off without a hitch and I’m excited for what’s to come in 2007. Starting a new season with another year of experience and fitness can only lead to good things and progress is already being made. Jason Tullous, a friend and CTS co-worker, is taking my mind off of my own workouts and planning things out for me. I’m already realizing the benefits of his objective opinion. Even a coach can use a coach…

Most of my rides have been 4-5 hours and include about an hour of interval work. This coupled with ample amounts of rest and off in the right direction.

Sunday I was fortunate to join Chloe at a cycling related dinner party hosted by some local sponsors here in Tucson. There were some familiar faces, but most were new to me, so I met a lot of folks. Meeting Tom and Kristen Danielson was pretty cool. Tom’s preparing for big things at the Tour of California and Kristen is building a base for NORBA series to come. It’s not everyday you meet such people, especially due to such a random occasion. They are enjoying the Tucson weather as Durango has seen some harsh winter conditions recently. Cool people enjoying life via the bike – Awesome.

This weekend will mark my return to the infamous Shootout ride. It’s been a couple months, so chances are I’ll have something blog worthy. Check back in for to come. Enjoy! -TJ