Some days you're Superman, others you're his his dirty socks
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Some days you're Superman, others you're his his dirty socks
Postby europa » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:22 am
Some days you are Superman ...
today I was his dirty socks
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Postby Birdman » Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:11 am
You'll do more harm than good. Maybe this regular ride you are doing is finally catching up to you.
Maybe the next few days do a few little rides, or more flatter rides. I know, i know it isnt as fun, but it will do your body some good.
Mitch.
you may even turn back into superman...pft
Until next time...
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Postby europa » Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:09 am
No but I'd like the variations to be a tad more subtle sometimesBluerider wrote:We mere mortals cannot be like Superman everyday !
Today was a shocker. Normally, five or ten kms under me belt and I'm alive and bursting. Today though, the legs woke up but I had absolutely no upper body strength with the result that my hands took the full brunt of carrying that weight. It showed dramatically how important upper body strength is to cycling fitness. As Mike has said quite a few times in training discussions, work on your upper body as well.
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Postby Halfanewb » Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:24 pm
I hear ya Richard , i've been going through the same process and been looking at your setup with keen interest.europa wrote: No but I'd like the variations to be a tad more subtle sometimes
Today was a shocker. Normally, five or ten kms under me belt and I'm alive and bursting. Today though, the legs woke up but I had absolutely no upper body strength with the result that my hands took the full brunt of carrying that weight. It showed dramatically how important upper body strength is to cycling fitness. As Mike has said quite a few times in training discussions, work on your upper body as well.
Richard
As you say, a person should be able to ride on the hoods and lift the hands off the bars. This took some doing, i've had the seat position back for a while now so I bit the bullet and put the original goose neck back on (120mm 12 degree)
the greater differential between the seat height and bars has taken some getting used too, and for the first week or so i rode mainly on the flats and spent increasingly longer time periods on the hoods in the more outstretched style.
the biggest difference now is that my jelly belly is slowly shrinking i can ride flatter and not have it cave in the bottom of my lungs. Currently i try and do periods of riding where i focus more on my position and style.
Oh man did i pay for my bright idea ! i thought i was getting fit till this new position!! but the newly rediscovered muscles told me it was a good pain (yea but its a dry heat).
This has really started to change my core body shape , underneath the fat are a developing set of abs (i call em flabs) and i feel similar changes to my lower back area.
Now i have the option of getting lower its working out well, sometimes if i need to recover on the run and get that heart rate back down or when its blowing, its nice to present a smaller aerodynamic profile and spin back to recovery.
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Postby moosterbounce » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:29 pm
Had the same thing last time I rode (almost 2 weeks ago - damn neck!!). I went out with my husband and we did 15km (3 laps of our normal 5km circuit). I felt terrible. My legs didn't turn properly, my arms felt weird - I felt like I was just learning to ride a bike. Anyway, we had a break as he was feeling a bit rough as it was his first ride since having a very bad cold so he called it a day before he over did it. I told him I would do a couple more laps - this was annoying me!!europa wrote:No but I'd like the variations to be a tad more subtle sometimesBluerider wrote:We mere mortals cannot be like Superman everyday !
Today was a shocker. Normally, five or ten kms under me belt and I'm alive and bursting. Today though, the legs woke up but I had absolutely no upper body strength with the result that my hands took the full brunt of carrying that weight.
Richard
Got back on the bike and it was perfect again!! Did 40km in all and could have kept going!!
If it happens again, try getting off, having a bit of a walk and a stretch, then trying again. It worked for me and I was very bouncy when I got home as I didn't give in.
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Postby inaminit » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:37 pm
Got up agai at 6:00am, felt right as rain, was on the bike at 6:30 and knocked off 53.1km and only just made it back home in time to take my daughter to school.
It was amasing the difference that little bit of extra sleep made.
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Postby europa » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:51 pm
At this rate, I might be driving down to pick him up
Richard
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Postby Birdman » Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:06 pm
CLASSIC!
Mitch.
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Postby McPete » Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:26 pm
I think there is a simple answer. More riding.
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Postby HyperHorse » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:13 pm
Standard except for Serfas Drifters Road tyres..
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Postby Halfanewb » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:53 am
you know how it is richard, some days you go back and reread a post one has made and it just doesn't read the same way,, i was looking at my post from yesterday and the last half came across a bit stiff/formal , meh i'll blame it on the three daughters who chirped incessantly yesterday morning!!europa wrote:Hey, great news
/birds chirping /sun coming up
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Postby Birdman » Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:37 pm
Then away i went on my first commute to work today. It is a 36km ride.
I left home to get the train 1.2km from home...normal train doesnt run anymore. So i rode 3km to next station and missed it by 1min.
So i rode all the way as far as i could prevent the New England HWY. Got the train as long as i could avoid the HWY, 1 stop. Got off at Necastle UNI and rode into work.
Total of 25km, nice smooth ride. And i feel great, i am gonna do it again next week too...HOPEFULLY
Mitch.
Until next time...
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Postby Mulger bill » Sat Sep 22, 2007 10:54 pm
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Postby europa » Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:45 am
Well spotted on the rack.toolonglegs wrote:more likely steel with a rack like that!
What sort of event is that? There's a tape laid out to mark the side of the track. There are spectators. Yet he's running with a rack and not wearing a helmet. It looks like he might have a number on his bac, but it's bigger than you'd normally expect so could be some weird sponsor's thing.
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