The first two of my training books arrived at my library today, and I am really excited. My books are sort of a mishmash at this point, but I hope to wittle them down until I am left with an excellent training program all my own. My first book is The Ultimate Ride by Chris Carmichael, apparently this guy was Lance Armstrong's coach and he developed Carmichael training systems. Publisher's weekly says that it's pretty good, but there are a few negative reviews on Amazon, likening it to an infommercial for his training system. I will remember to take this with a grain of salt, but I am looking forward to reading this book.
The next book I got is not so much a training manual, it's more of an all around guide to bikes, which is something that I need as I look forward and think about how much I need to save in order to afford a bike that I can actually use to ride across the states with some degree of safety. It also has a good amount of repair info, which I am also going to need considering the equipment that I am working with. It is called The complete book of cycling by Dan Joyce, Carlton Reid, and Paul Vincent. At first glance it seems to be a pretty good book for what I am going to need, but I will have more thoughts on this later I'm sure.
On the other end of my prep work, I have not yet settled on a training program, but one thing that all of them agree on is the importance of building base mileage early in the training. To that end, I am doing another ride from Great Lakes naval base, down the green bay trail and into chicago tomorrow. I invite any and all who would like to join me to come on out. Keep in mind, I am not very competative, and am not a top calibur athlete by any means, so plan accordingly. I will be leaving from the west parking lot of the base at approximately 4pm. Follow me on twitter if you would like to know about any last minute changes that may be happening, or you can just keep an eye on it over there in the right column of my blog. It should be a good time no matter what, just keep in mind that it is a 30+ mile ride.
Today's training: core yoga, for flexibility and strength
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