Over the years of riding my tricycles, I have found that my cadence is most comfortable in the 70-75 rpm range – and on longer rides, my cadence is even slower. I record my rides with a Polar s720i, capturing cadence, speed, distance, and altitude data. For the uninitiated, cadence is how fast you pedal. With over 5 years [...] Continue reading Fast Cadence
The name of the game is “moving”. Since I returned to the trainer in July, I have lost 15 lbs and lost an inch around my waiste. If I keep this up, I’ll reach my goal weight in no time! Tonight’s ride was to a slower podcast from PodRunner, “Windup”, 130 bpm, 65 rpm, 60 minutes. Nothing special [...] Continue reading Slow Motion
After an intense interval ride,  concentraiting on keeping an even cadence or “spinning” is a good way to train my muscles to perform in a predictable manner. This gives me ample opportunity to focus on form during my light nights. Spinning keeps me from tightening up, lessening the chances for injury when I do longer rides. For the [...] Continue reading Spin or go home
After taking 4 days off from riding last week, tonight’s training ride went pretty well. Rode intervals to PodRunner’s recent podcast “Activator”, 159 bpm, 80 rpm, 60 minutes. I started out with a 4 minute warmup, then 1 minute high intensity, then 4 minutes low intensity. Unlike the last time I did this type of interval, I was [...] Continue reading On Again, Again
This past week has been an interesting one. I’ve ridden 3 days, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday I took off, and Friday I had a server install that took me into Saturday. Life happens, and you make adjustments. Here is to the coming week. Back to the weekly cycling routine with Monday and my hour long training rides. Continue reading Week in Review 29 August 2010 |
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