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By dougfoot, on June 26th, 2009 Early morning summer rides in rural Oregon are very beautiful! A nice cool breeze blowing bringing with it the aroma of freshly plowed farmland as I ride through the country side thinking of the coming days events. Today is especially exciting as my daughter is coming to visit! I haven’t seen her in quite some time… [...]
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By dougfoot, on June 25th, 2009 Deciding what to do for a training session, sometimes it’s as easy as not riding and rest, other times I do intervals, and like tonight decide to spin. Podcasts from PodRunner really make it easy to just zone out and pedal. Picking arrangements that fall within my natural cadence of 75 – 80 rpm encourange me to just keep pedaling and [...]
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By dougfoot, on June 23rd, 2009 The hardest part of training is seeing the results. Always riding on the trainer, be it spinning, intervals, or resistance, I never really see the gains I hope for. This is where taking time away from riding really helps. It allows for the body to rebuild after a hard session, and, become stronger for the next. Looking [...]
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By dougfoot, on June 22nd, 2009 After a long ride and a day off from riding, I find it helpful to loosen up by spinning. With the “Q” I’ve found that I can spin and not raise my heart rate if I keep the resistance at a moderate level. A good thing since I just want to loosen up and not over [...]
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By dougfoot, on June 22nd, 2009 As of Saturday, I have over 2300 miles ridden for the year! 20 days and counting before the STP, I’m feeling pretty good about this year’s ride, considering I’m still on chemo, and will be riding the “Q”. Last year I made it to 2000 miles the week of the STP, and it was my fastest [...]
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