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By dougfoot, on October 14th, 2010 I’ve been riding my trikes since I received my first one in late April 2002. My reason for purchasing the trike was so that I could ride with my friends in that year’s Seattle to Portland or STP as it is affectionately called around here. The STP is a double century organized by the Cascade Bicycle [...]
Continue reading Triking Centuries
By dougfoot, on October 11th, 2010
When I got home tonight I wasn’t quite sure if I wanted to ride or not. I’m glad I decided to ride. It’s funny how I always feel better after a hard ride. Riding intervals has turned out to be an excellent addition to my training schedule. The day after my hard rides I’ll either do a light [...]
Continue reading One of those days
By dougfoot, on October 10th, 2010
During the week I plan on riding at least 3 days on the trainer and include a Saturday ride outside. If Saturday turns out to be rainy, like most Saturdays during the fall and winter months in Oregon, I’ll add an additional trainer session. Sometimes I’ll skip the ride altogether. Then there are just some days [...]
Continue reading Training Days
By dougfoot, on October 8th, 2010
Last week I attempted to ride to PodRunner’s podcast “Under the Sun”, 179 bpm, 89 rpm, 56 minutes and didn’t have much success past 20 minutes trying to pedal at 90 rpm. Tonight, same podcast, different results! I kept up the pace for the whole podcast. I started to feel my legs burn at the 30 [...]
Continue reading What a Difference a Week Makes
By dougfoot, on October 3rd, 2010
The total miles I’ve ridden this year has exceeded 1000 miles. Considering that I haven’t been serious about riding until mid July, this is a good place to be. In past years, by the time October came around, I would have ridden over 3000 miles and begining to slow down for the rest of the year. I basically [...]
Continue reading Training Week in Review 3 October 2010
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