It\’s Day 30 of Love to Ride! I hope I\’ll be able to log rides for the Challenge tomorrow, even though the Challenge ends today. Usually I don\’t do an evening ride, but today I did. Getting in my last licks, you see. It\’s Day 30, after all! So ends the month-long Love to Ride […]
What\’s the internal flame? It\’s called metabolism! They say that your metabolism pretty much grinds to a halt – that is, burns next to no calories – when you sit for a long time. I can believe that. At work I usually get up about every 20 minutes; but at home I’m all too often
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Gosh, it\’s Day 29 of Love to Ride! Hurry, hurry, hurry! Step right up and sign up for Love to Ride! Only one more day left to log your 10-minute (or longer) ride. Don\’t miss out! Today I skipped the road bike, although I rode in to work. I had another physical therapy session this
How, indeed, do pro cyclists get so fast? An easy answer is that they start young. They have what it takes to make a professional cyclist: the genetics that allow them to develop the muscle and cardiovascular system needed; the mindset; the opportunities to race and train; access to good equipment. Most of us will
The haunting sights are becoming only too common. What rider hasn\’t seen a ghost bike? Those sad, white-painted bicycles mark a tragic encounter between bicycle and motor vehicle. Naturally my home town has its share of ghost bikes. Not long ago one appeared on the route I take to my bike shop. A bit ironic,
Wow, it\’s already Day 28 of Love to Ride! Today I kept feeling rather like this snail, even though I averaged 13.2 mph. I pushed for 50 miles, and at about mile 32 I suddenly began to feel worn out. I didn\’t get a second wind until about mile 46. Maybe I needed to eat
Is your response time short, or long? Well, I hope I never need such a response as a medical helicopter! There\’s also the speed of the body\’s response to training. Some people respond quickly to the training load. Others need more time. This is mentioned in The Cyclist\’s Training Bible. It says that the speed of
Day 27 of Love to Ride! How time flies. Just a few more days left, but it\’s not too late to sign up and log your rides! This morning I hitched up the trailer and rode to the salvage store. I got a pretty good haul for under $29; all this stuff plus a loaf of
Home base is a good place to reach, right? In baseball, it certainly is! But is there a \”home base\” for cyclists? If you read about cyclist\’s training, you\’ll find a lot of emphasis on the importance of base training: build up your strength and endurance with long, steady rides before starting to work on
Love to Ride, Day 26! It just keeps rolling along. This morning, however, I had to skip the jaunt on the road bike. I had a physical therapy session at 7:30 am; and trying to go riding first would have been cutting the time too close. If you haven\’t signed up for the Love to