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By dougfoot, on October 22nd, 2010 One of the “benefits” of cycling is visiting the many friendly areas and sampling the foods offered at various cafés. I’ve ridden through Portland and a few smaller towns where I live. Just across the river is Vancouver, Washington and further north are Seattle Washington and Vancouver BC. While in Seattle, the night before a big [...]
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By dougfoot, on October 21st, 2010
Well, I thought I would do a little something different tonight and ride to PodRunner’s latest interval mix called “Staircase to the Gods”. Unlike the set bpm mixes, this a mix has a variable bpm throughout the 39 minute piece. It starts at 150 bpm for 3 minutes. Jumps to 160 bpm for 8 minutes. Returns to 150 bpm for [...]
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By dougfoot, on October 20th, 2010
As fall settles in and Oregon’s weather becomes colder and wetter, there are fewer opportunities to ride outside. From October through March, the garage becomes my “fortress of solitude”. All too often riding indoors can get a bit monotonous. The challenge becomes finding fun and interesting routines to ride to. Thankfully, podcasts from PodRunner are a good motivator. Tonight’s [...]
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By dougfoot, on October 15th, 2010
Thursday came and went without riding, but having ridden 75 miles already for the week, no big deal. Tonight I felt like I needed to ride, so sticking with my scheduled ride plan, a 90 rpm spin was the ride of the day. Listening to PodRunner’s “Under the Sun”, 179 bpm, 90 rpm, I began the spin [...]
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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 [...]
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