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03-26-09, 10:48 PM
#3901
Mr.Schwinn F'in Armstrong
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03-27-09, 12:43 AM
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nom nom nom
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2 hours today. It was supposed to be tempo, but I was tired from yesterday's 50 minutes at threshold. Averaged about 220 watts and 19 mph for 40 miles.
03-27-09, 04:48 AM
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Typical abrasions on the elbow, hip, calf, and ankle. Good news is no broken bones and no concussion.
03-27-09, 05:13 AM
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3-26-09 Did the commuting thing on my SS Bianchi. Already feeling a million times stronger than I did in '08 by this time. Pushing that 30lb+ beast up the hills between my house and my workplace is relatively easy already. All that running I did during the winter along with the hours on the trainer are paying dividends.
03-27-09, 06:56 AM
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PSI gave me a call at 3:45 telling me i should leave work and meet him out in geneva with his team. I decided it was a good idea, but at 4:20 i was still over an hour away. I turned around...did my boring 20 mile ride at home.
BooHoo...
BooHoo...
03-27-09, 02:37 PM
#3906
Mitcholo
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I had an eventful ride today; it was my first day of real training (I decided to wait 300 riding hours before I went into "I hate riding" mode) I did 3 minute intervals, and I raised my winter bar by 30 watts, and after burning 1900kJ (1900 calories), I did my last interval and it was a few watts above my previous record. So it was a good day. I'm goign to try and get a short ride in tomorrow before my 14 hour shift.
I ran into another one of my old teammates, "Lionnel", we chatted for a while and a few hundred feet from his house he broke a spoke on his real wheel, which effectively crippled it.
After I turned around I caught the draft of a motorcycle and drafted at 35mph for two miles, much to the amazement of the cars behind me.
Later I rode past a ride from a local team with a month in it's name, and not realizing he was still behind me, sprinted to catch the same motorcycle rider as before who just passed me. Apparently the cyclist thought I was trying to race and launched a full-out attack on me. So I caught him after he bogged down and he continued to press the pace. It felt foreign, but familiar to be deulling it out in a breakaway-type co-op.
Then it happened. We passed him.
We passed Mike. At first I didn't think anything of it, but my brain caught up with me and I thought "Oh sh*t".
Mike is maybe in his late 60's, early 70's, skinny as a wire, rides a lot, looks like a Fred, but can drop most local riders like nobody. I first met Mike three years ago before I started racing, and even though I was pretty fast, he could drop me. The guy perplexed me.
So yeah, the rider who launched the "attack" backed out and said "man, I gotta save up to get home" which really meant "I'm not worthy of his draft".
So I chatted with Mike briefly before he turned off.
I ran into another one of my old teammates, "Lionnel", we chatted for a while and a few hundred feet from his house he broke a spoke on his real wheel, which effectively crippled it.
After I turned around I caught the draft of a motorcycle and drafted at 35mph for two miles, much to the amazement of the cars behind me.
Later I rode past a ride from a local team with a month in it's name, and not realizing he was still behind me, sprinted to catch the same motorcycle rider as before who just passed me. Apparently the cyclist thought I was trying to race and launched a full-out attack on me. So I caught him after he bogged down and he continued to press the pace. It felt foreign, but familiar to be deulling it out in a breakaway-type co-op.
Then it happened. We passed him.
We passed Mike. At first I didn't think anything of it, but my brain caught up with me and I thought "Oh sh*t".
Mike is maybe in his late 60's, early 70's, skinny as a wire, rides a lot, looks like a Fred, but can drop most local riders like nobody. I first met Mike three years ago before I started racing, and even though I was pretty fast, he could drop me. The guy perplexed me.
So yeah, the rider who launched the "attack" backed out and said "man, I gotta save up to get home" which really meant "I'm not worthy of his draft".
So I chatted with Mike briefly before he turned off.
03-27-09, 05:30 PM
#3907
Mr.Schwinn F'in Armstrong
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31 miles commuting
03-27-09, 05:31 PM
#3908
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26 mile commute today....pretty uneventful.
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03-27-09, 06:12 PM
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I tacked on another 3 miles in commuting. Just following the trend.
03-27-09, 06:33 PM
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32 on the MTB today. I'm ready for Mohican Wilderness this weekend.
03-27-09, 07:44 PM
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end of quarter, wind and basically being a wuss the past week:no miles 'cept on my trainer each day.
TODAY- I rode. A nice 21 miles, but I got to ride...
Hope to get in 40 tomorrow before the rain.
TODAY- I rode. A nice 21 miles, but I got to ride...
Hope to get in 40 tomorrow before the rain.
03-27-09, 07:45 PM
#3912
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03-28-09, 11:54 AM
#3914
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35 miles....windy and chilly......made the mistake of stopping by work and I found a few things I had to do.
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03-28-09, 04:48 PM
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Mr.Schwinn F'in Armstrong
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41 miles. weather was pretty decent
03-28-09, 05:08 PM
#3917
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Great job Scott!
03-28-09, 05:15 PM
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Mr.Schwinn F'in Armstrong
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03-28-09, 07:24 PM
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Roadie
100 miles in today, I under dressed and was cold the entire way, but I didn't get snowed and I wasn't stuck on rollers, so I really can't complain
View of Lake Michigan
The deer were really skiddish seeing a biker
View of Lake Michigan
The deer were really skiddish seeing a biker
03-28-09, 08:52 PM
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03-28-09, 08:57 PM
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Mitcholo
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03-29-09, 06:42 AM
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03-29-09, 08:31 AM
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03-29-09, 08:38 AM
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I "THINK" they need a serial number for the bike they are being ordered for. I will check for sure.....
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