I\’ve made some progress, sort of; but I\’m glad I don\’t have to keep track of multiple gauges while riding. I\’d probably get too fixated on the instrument panel to watch where I\’m going! At any rate, my Garmin lets me see how fast I\’m moving. This morning I worked at keeping to 15 mph. […]
Lately I notice an alarming trend: I\’ll shut off the alarm clock; and the next thing I know, it\’s an hour later! It drives me crazy when that happens; and it happened today. I was too tired and sleepy to get hustling for even a short ride. Night before last I didn\’t get much sleep
Am I coming up short? They say that, if you use a step-up box for off-bike exercises, it should be approximately twice as high as your crank length. The box I have, meant for aerobics, is about the same height as my crank length. According this advice, that\’s too short. But I use it because it\’s what
Presenting the Well Tempered Bicycle… Sorry, J.S. Bach. Seriously, though, bikes can seem quite ornery at times. There was the time the tricycle threw me. It was a misty morning; and apparently it had been misty for hours. That let the dampness seep into everything, including the trike’s brakes. I had always heard/read that bicycle
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It sure is steamy out there today! It was like a sauna, even before sunup.Sometimes we start getting weather like this as early as March; and it can persist well into November. I often wish I lived where it weren\’t so humid; and where there were four well-defined seasons. Spring and Fall typically are fleeting
I\’ve begun to mix it up now. About five years ago, I began to do off-bike exercises to develop some strength in my core; arms; and upper body. I gleaned a number of exercises from various sources; and after some experimentation, I grouped them into arm; upper body; leg; lower body; and core exercises. It
Like so many cyclists, I want to ride fast. It feels great to fly along, feeling like your wheels aren\’t touching the ground. But getting there seems to take an eternity. This morning I rode 45.4 miles; and astonished myself by averaging 14.5 mph! I wasn\’t expecting that, because about five miles before I got
It\’s the old 40/60 again. There\’s a 40% chance of T-storms tomorrow. That doesn\’t look so good for my long ride. Of course I don\’t like that; but on the other hand, that means that there\’s a 60% chance that there won\’t be a T-storm. This it\’s 40/60; and I have to try to focus
This morning I saw the July full moon, aka \”buck moon\”. I wondered where that name comes from; and I thought it might be because bucks, i.e. male deer, are in full antler by this time of year. I looked it up; and I was right! Yesterday morning there were some clouds near the horizon,
Am I staying on track? As always, I wonder whether I\’m really doing the right things. In the last week or so, my Garmin\’s Recovery Check feature has read \”Fair\” three times. Usually it says, \”Good\”. Too many late nights? I haven\’t been taking it too easy, have I? (Contradictory though it sounds). This month