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Back to square one

dougfoot — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 07:12:26 +0000

The past couple of weeks the weather outside has been unusually cold for November, so much so that the garage has been very uncomfortable to train in. Call me a wimp but riding in temperatures below 40 degrees in only shorts and “T” shirts isn’t very fun. Dressing for winter riding conditions in the garage [...]

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Tuesday night bonk

dougfoot — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:38:45 +0000

It’s been a long time since I’ve bonked on a ride. Most of my rides during fall and winter I do on my trainer in the garage. These training sessions I spend focusing on various aspects of the ride. Spinning and intervals or combinations of the two I have found to be great ways to [...]

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Power Played

dougfoot — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 04:42:14 +0000

I decided for Monday’s ride to not do my recurring interval to PodRunner’s “Activator”, but instead to ride to PodeRunner’s “Power Play”, 161 bpm, 80 rpm, 57 minutes. The ride started out well, but halfway into it I needed to ease up. I’m beginning to see a pattern. That’s the beauty of logging my rides, I can [...]

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Rest does a body good

dougfoot — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:23:07 +0000

I have to remember that I’m not superman, no matter what I might think. I do have take a day off from riding to give time to recover. My rides this week seemed to go downhill from Monday, with Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s rides being a struggle. Tuesday’s ride seemed harder than usual for an easy ride. [...]

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Taking it easy

dougfoot — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:56:37 +0000

Wednesday night I went for a typical ride on the trainer, listening to a podcast from PodRunner called “Pocket Apocalypse”, 151 bpm, 75 rpm, 60 minutes. Usually this is an easy pace that I can complete without issue. However, after 30 minutes, I was finished and didn’t want to continue. I finished the ride once I [...]

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