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11-19-17, 11:56 AM
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100.4 miles Friday. 50A to start, 30A, at the end. Pretty tired near the end, cold takes a lot out or me. Drink, food, and caffeine saved the day.
It was colder on my last ride, but I think I handled my food, drink, and caffeine better.
It was colder on my last ride, but I think I handled my food, drink, and caffeine better.
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11-19-17, 12:00 PM
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11-19-17, 12:00 PM
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That's a really nice one right there. You could charge tolls for that one.
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11-19-17, 12:06 PM
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11-19-17, 12:10 PM
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11-19-17, 12:11 PM
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New and utterly clueless. So clueless, in fact, that I had to google "sock" before replying. I thought it was some crude cycling reference to disagreeable body odor or something along that line. I do believe I would have protested more vigorously had it been the case.
11-19-17, 12:13 PM
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Would you consider yourself a glutamine advocate? You feel it helps? Some consider it hooey.
I'm asking because I've been thinking about glutamine lately. The guys I play softball with have roped me into playing basketball with them lately, now that softball season is done. Basketball is considerably harder on my joints so I'm wondering what I might turn to for relief from those arthritic pains besides motrin after every game. I can barely walk after a basketball session.
I'm asking because I've been thinking about glutamine lately. The guys I play softball with have roped me into playing basketball with them lately, now that softball season is done. Basketball is considerably harder on my joints so I'm wondering what I might turn to for relief from those arthritic pains besides motrin after every game. I can barely walk after a basketball session.
Glutamine is an amino acid, its supposed to be good for muscle recovery/synthesis. No idea if it works, but I figure it can't hurt and I need all the help I can get. Women my age are not exactly metabolically primed to build muscle. #doingwhatIcan
11-19-17, 12:17 PM
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Coincidentally I rode by this bridge yesterday. It's about 10? miles away. I've never ridden across it. It's not an authentic covered--just a subdivision thing.
Kudos. Oboes are cool. We only have 1 1/2 players. Kind of late for a regular concert. We have Christmas in two weeks.
We have a lovely concert to attend later today. It's the "Chester County Youth Orchestra" fall concert. Heidi is playing Oboe. Those double reed instrument players are temperamental...
Oh, good news on the datlas family music front. Heidi made it into District Band and Orchestra. Hannah made it into District Band, Orchestra, AND Choir. More concerts to come.
Oh, good news on the datlas family music front. Heidi made it into District Band and Orchestra. Hannah made it into District Band, Orchestra, AND Choir. More concerts to come.
11-19-17, 12:25 PM
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Would you consider yourself a glutamine advocate? You feel it helps? Some consider it hooey.
I'm asking because I've been thinking about glutamine lately. The guys I play softball with have roped me into playing basketball with them lately, now that softball season is done. Basketball is considerably harder on my joints so I'm wondering what I might turn to for relief from those arthritic pains besides motrin after every game. I can barely walk after a basketball session.
I'm asking because I've been thinking about glutamine lately. The guys I play softball with have roped me into playing basketball with them lately, now that softball season is done. Basketball is considerably harder on my joints so I'm wondering what I might turn to for relief from those arthritic pains besides motrin after every game. I can barely walk after a basketball session.
Please note that I am only suggesting, lest you think I am telling you what to do.
#getonthebike
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11-19-17, 12:30 PM
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11-19-17, 12:36 PM
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11-19-17, 12:38 PM
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11-19-17, 12:46 PM
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BTW, welcome! Quite a thread to be walking into.
11-19-17, 12:54 PM
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11-19-17, 12:59 PM
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11-19-17, 01:04 PM
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Stick around, you can learn here . . . what not to do.
There are at least a couple regular female posters in this thread.
11-19-17, 01:05 PM
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11-19-17, 01:08 PM
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11-19-17, 01:20 PM
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So I went and did the stupid thing. And BOY was it stupid.
Spinistry puts on a lot of gravel grinder type events in North Texas and they are always awesome. I realized before I left for my trip that they had one for the weekend after I got back and decided that would be a good way to get some miles in and challenge myself at the same time. I decided on the "50 mile" ride which they called the "75k" ride which was actually 51 miles.
And guys, the wind here in North Texas today was just plain brutal. 25mph sustained with gusts of 35. And I mean SUSTAINED. There was one point where I had to take a quick left and then right back onto a gravel road and I'm just watching plumes of dust shooting out from the very road I had to turn on. Luckily, the wind was from the north and the ride was northbound for the first half and mostly southbound for the last half.
In my last couple of rides, I had discovered that I was actually able to push into the red and drop my HR back down fairly easily. This ended up being very important. I pushed through the windy parts and was able to pull my HR back down so I wasn't pegging it the whole time, and when I got to the middle point, there was this lovely section of ups and downs and twists that was just so great, it was the most fun I've had on a bike in a LONG time. So after all that going in and out of the red, I felt super strong when I got those first tail winds.
Then at about mile 35, I got tired. Then it occured to me that I had consumed exactly 5 chicken mini's from chik-fil-a, a few small pieces of cut fruit, and a red bull. And that's it. And I didn't have any food on me. Once I hit mile 40, it was really just a game of putting my legs through the motions. I had to stop on the last section a few times because it was a long west bound road with lots of ups and downs and a massive cross wind. And because I couldn't really make an effort and actually keep my HR up, I was getting COLD with that north wind chilling things down. But I made it back and still finished in around 4 hours, so that wasn't half bad all considered.
TL;DR: long rides require food. I am an idiot. I still had fun because stupid people have stupid ideas of fun.
Spinistry puts on a lot of gravel grinder type events in North Texas and they are always awesome. I realized before I left for my trip that they had one for the weekend after I got back and decided that would be a good way to get some miles in and challenge myself at the same time. I decided on the "50 mile" ride which they called the "75k" ride which was actually 51 miles.
And guys, the wind here in North Texas today was just plain brutal. 25mph sustained with gusts of 35. And I mean SUSTAINED. There was one point where I had to take a quick left and then right back onto a gravel road and I'm just watching plumes of dust shooting out from the very road I had to turn on. Luckily, the wind was from the north and the ride was northbound for the first half and mostly southbound for the last half.
In my last couple of rides, I had discovered that I was actually able to push into the red and drop my HR back down fairly easily. This ended up being very important. I pushed through the windy parts and was able to pull my HR back down so I wasn't pegging it the whole time, and when I got to the middle point, there was this lovely section of ups and downs and twists that was just so great, it was the most fun I've had on a bike in a LONG time. So after all that going in and out of the red, I felt super strong when I got those first tail winds.
Then at about mile 35, I got tired. Then it occured to me that I had consumed exactly 5 chicken mini's from chik-fil-a, a few small pieces of cut fruit, and a red bull. And that's it. And I didn't have any food on me. Once I hit mile 40, it was really just a game of putting my legs through the motions. I had to stop on the last section a few times because it was a long west bound road with lots of ups and downs and a massive cross wind. And because I couldn't really make an effort and actually keep my HR up, I was getting COLD with that north wind chilling things down. But I made it back and still finished in around 4 hours, so that wasn't half bad all considered.
TL;DR: long rides require food. I am an idiot. I still had fun because stupid people have stupid ideas of fun.
11-19-17, 01:34 PM
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11-19-17, 01:49 PM
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Rather than basketball which involves running, and we know running is dumb, may I suggest another activity that is easy on joints? It is called bicycling, you may have heard of it.
Please note that I am only suggesting, lest you think I am telling you what to do.
#getonthebike
Please note that I am only suggesting, lest you think I am telling you what to do.
#getonthebike
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11-19-17, 01:51 PM
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You might be thinking of glucosamine, which is something for joints, and yes it's legit although I don't take it myself since I don't have any joint disease that I'm aware of.
Glutamine is an amino acid, its supposed to be good for muscle recovery/synthesis. No idea if it works, but I figure it can't hurt and I need all the help I can get. Women my age are not exactly metabolically primed to build muscle. #doingwhatIcan
Glutamine is an amino acid, its supposed to be good for muscle recovery/synthesis. No idea if it works, but I figure it can't hurt and I need all the help I can get. Women my age are not exactly metabolically primed to build muscle. #doingwhatIcan
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11-19-17, 01:52 PM
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Of course the Giants are going to win this and mess up the draft spot.
11-19-17, 01:54 PM
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11-19-17, 01:55 PM
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