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By dougfoot, on June 17th, 2008 Last night decided that I needed to do a spin on the trainer – sort of a “recovery” ride after the Strawberry Century. Listened to a PodRunner podcast: Dawntreader 168 bpm (84 rpm) It’s amazing at hard it was to get started, my legs didn’t want to move. After a 5 minute warm up I was able to [...]
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By dougfoot, on June 16th, 2008 With my wife joining in on the fun of cycling, we’ve decided that a tandem would be cool. She likes road bikes, I like recumbents – what to do… …the answer looks to come from a German company called Hase. They make a tandem called the Pino and it comes in two “flavors”, the tour and [...]
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By dougfoot, on June 15th, 2008 As each week passes and the Seattle to Portland becomes closer into focus, my training rides also are more purposeful. With two centuries behind me and more to come, I feel pretty confident that a double century like the STP is well within reach. Another strategy that I continue to work on is limiting the number [...]
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By dougfoot, on June 15th, 2008 Friday my wife and I drove from Newberg to Albany Oregon for two purposes, visit my mom and ride the Strawberry Century Saturday morning. The weather for the ride was more than I could have wanted, clear blue skies, not hot (started in the low 50′s and warmed to the low 70′s). This was my wife’s first century ride [...]
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By dougfoot, on June 13th, 2008 Ok, not really, tomorrow is Lebanon Oregon’s Strawberry century and my wife and I will be there to ride. The weather looks to be cooperative for the event (unlike last year where it rained most of the ride). Nothing says commitment like riding in the rain – especially for a “fair weather” rider like myself. My mom [...]
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