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10-28-09, 02:13 PM
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today i decided to do a few laps around my hood, since i was going to be close to home, never more than a mile away, i went all out, i thought i was going to have a heart attack or something, i did this, a little over 6 miles, my average speed a little over 14mph, WTH! i've done almost 80 miles at that average and felt just fine when i got home. i do live in a hilly part of town, pimmit hills, but i never thought they would get me like this. did i go too hard too fast?
10-28-09, 02:19 PM
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dragging a brake, the effects are more severe than you think...
10-28-09, 02:30 PM
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Gremlins.
Dey R En Ur wEelz - stln Ur speed.
Seriously the shorter a circuit the more slowing at intersections/and for cornering there can be. Didn't hat will reduce your speed tremendously.
Dey R En Ur wEelz - stln Ur speed.
Seriously the shorter a circuit the more slowing at intersections/and for cornering there can be. Didn't hat will reduce your speed tremendously.
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Low air in the tires, maybe? Its getting cold in the NE- maybe the cold or humidity was dragging you down a bit, and you're still thinking in terms of your speeds in the summer?
Did you feel that you were in the same gears you usually find yourself in, at any given point?
Did you feel that you were in the same gears you usually find yourself in, at any given point?
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Unless you're livin' among hoods, it ain't a hood.
You live in da burbs.
You live in da burbs.
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+1 on the nutrition. The more I pay attention, the more I realize that my bad days are not bad bike days, they're bad eating days.
Also, you should have just gone faster. That would bring your average speed up.
Also, you should have just gone faster. That would bring your average speed up.
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I agree. I usually do not fully warm up until at least 10 miles. Terrain can drop your average in a hurry. In a Duathlon in June my bike average was 19.2 over 10 miles and there were some good hills. In October in a Triathlon I really trained hard and had a 4 pound lighter bike and my average went to 16.8 over 12 miles. I was a faster and stronger rider in October, but there were multiple challenging climbs (one was over a mile) that knocked my average down.
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the map my ride elevation chart must be out of whack, this is a hilly neighborhood, i can average 19/20mph on a flatish area....anyways, those are all excuses, i vow right here, right now in front of the few people who have replied to this thread to do 20 laps by the beginning of next spring
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Low air in the tires, maybe? Its getting cold in the NE- maybe the cold or humidity was dragging you down a bit, and you're still thinking in terms of your speeds in the summer?
Did you feel that you were in the same gears you usually find yourself in, at any given point?
Did you feel that you were in the same gears you usually find yourself in, at any given point?
gears were all over the place, with the change in terrain and all
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the map my ride elevation chart must be out of whack, this is a hilly neighborhood, i can average 19/20mph on a flatish area....anyways, those are all excuses, i vow right here, right now in front of the few people who have replied to this thread to do 20 laps by the beginning of next spring
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10-28-09, 08:24 PM
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Nuh-uh...Mine are REALLY hilly. I swear there are some on our rides that are like 2 or 3 overpasses put together. It's like they'll never end.
BTW....what's this left shifter for?
BTW....what's this left shifter for?
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I have to say this is the first thing on here that's made me audibly laugh in a long time. Thank you.
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you want hilly, come to prince williams county, it gets very hilly here, and hilly'r the more you go west, until you hit the Mount VountSHenadoahValley.
As for your ride, 14 mph isn't bad, I couldn't avg that well with my broken down denali even when I used the Big Ring,(I usually stick to the middle ring and spin fast). That being said relax and keep cycling, the more you do it the better your heart will be the better your speed will be and all the good other stuff come with time.
As for your ride, 14 mph isn't bad, I couldn't avg that well with my broken down denali even when I used the Big Ring,(I usually stick to the middle ring and spin fast). That being said relax and keep cycling, the more you do it the better your heart will be the better your speed will be and all the good other stuff come with time.
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what a coincidence! I just had my worst ride in a long time today. I narrowed it down to nutrition. Couldn't find out for the life of me why I only averaged 19 mph for 12 miles... I can regularly hold 21 or so for 20 or 25 miles. I just felt weak, still the best part of the day was on the bike!