Vision Quest Solvang 2008

Vision Quest Coaching

jonathan markowitz
Share 

Jonathan markowitz's Friends

 

Latest Activity

Profile Information

I am a...
Camper
Athlete Type?
Cyclist
Nickname?
jam or jamman
Hometown?
Evanston
I prefer...
None
What do you expect to get out of camp?
racing skills
Primary VQ Facility you train at?
Chicago
Occupation?
managemant or whatever they make me do
Number of past VQ Camps Attended?
0

jonathan markowitz's Photos

Loading…

Jonathan markowitz's Blog

jonathan markowitz

Epilogue

I have just spent the most physically intense week of my life on a bike. Saturday evening my legs were aching my shoulders were sore and when I took yoga I could not hold positions for more than a few seconds. Childs pose never felt so good. Yet I miss the riding and the comradery. I really enjoyed going out everyday and seeing if I could compete to my highest level. When I get home the challenges will be both physical and mental. The chance to push my limits will have to wait for races and time… Continue

Posted on March 2, 2008 at 11:21pm — 1 Comment

jonathan markowitz

Race Day

Before the race recap some numbers. This week is was on the bike for 18 hours and 55mn, I rode 281 miles, I burned 8443kjs. By far this has been the most of everything: most miles, most time on a bike in 1 week and most kjs. I am exhausted, but a good tired. Amazingly I did not pull anything. But I guess it is not too amazing because I have been working out 6 days a week for 2 years. The work has its benefits. At VQ there is a sign: The harder I work the luckier I get.

The Race. My group left a… Continue

Posted on March 1, 2008 at 7:58pm — 2 Comments

jonathan markowitz

Metric Century

Today’s ride is suppose to help us get ready for the big race tomorrow. We are doing a metric century, 62 miles. The day starts with a tad of confusion. The initial schedule said we were supposed to leave at 9:30. However due to tri training we were moved to 8:30. That is a problem because it changes breakfast time. I like to eat at least 2 hours before riding. Luckily I am an early bird so I had breakfast at the regular time.

I ate breakfast with one of the bike mechanics. Each day after our r… Continue

Posted on February 29, 2008 at 9:25pm —

jonathan markowitz

The Recovery Ride

Today is supposed to be an easy 40 ride with a 2k sprint for fun competition, and drills tossed into the pot. Everyone is tired from yesterdays climb and we need a light day before 2 hard days on the road.

The day started easy enough. Floyd Landis showed up at camp last night and gave a talk. This morning we all showed up early and had our picture taken with him. Then Floyd rode with one of the groups on the recovery ride.

Our group left last and off we went on an easy pace. At about the 5-mil… Continue

Posted on February 28, 2008 at 7:15pm — 1 Comment

jonathan markowitz

Wednesday Mt. Figueroa

Today is the day of the big climb. Mt. Figueroa, the fig as it is called around here. There has been a ton of hype and a ton of worrying. 1 person I talked to said they did not sleep last night but worried about the ride the whole night.

I was worried also. I talked to everyone trying to come up with a decent strategy. Finally I talked to Joe and Bob, two of the more senior coaches and they had the best advice. Don’t worry about time or anyone else. Find your rhythm and stay with it. That was g… Continue

Posted on February 27, 2008 at 9:04pm — 1 Comment

Comment Wall (2 comments)

You need to be a member of Vision Quest Solvang 2008 to add comments!

Join this social network

At 11:01pm on March 4, 2008, Jessi Braverman said…
jessica_braverman (at) yahoo.com
At 12:41am on March 4, 2008, Jessi Braverman said…
Hi Jonathan,

I am planning on making a collage of all my favorite camp photos for all the coaches as a thank-you for everything they've done for us and was wondering if you might be willing to email me the one you took of yourself before the TT. It definitely makes the collage!

Hope you're having an okay time getting back into the swing of reality. I miss the sun!
Jessi
 
 

About

Mike Pollack Mike Pollack created this social network on Ning.

Create your own social network!

An Introduction to Solvang 2008 Online!

Latest Activity

Richard Noda updated their profile
February 22
Richard Noda updated their profile photo
February 22

Badge

Loading…
 

© 2009   Created by Mike Pollack on Ning.   Create Your Own Social Network

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Privacy  |  Terms of Service