This Sunday is halloween.
We're still riding, hung over or not. Lets meet for coffee at 9, roll out at 9:30.
Bean around the World, 9:30 leave time.
Thursday
Sunday
The Intangibles
I'm not a retrogrouch.
There it is. I just want to put that out there before everything else. I'm not a retrogrouch.
I've got a real nice heart rate monitor/speedo/cadence thingy, but it hasn't seen handle bars in a while. I'll probably put it on soon so I can make sure my heartrate doesn't stay in the lazy zone too much, and so I'll know when i've been riding for 4 hours and it's time to head home. A clock is nice too, but mine rarely shows the right time.
It's not that I don't understand the watts & zones and all that jazz, but it sure doesn't interest me. Here's why:
Bike racing is not watt racing. Bike racing is about the intagibles.
The ability to suffer. Withstanding cold. Heat. Tempering desire with patience. Confidence. Charactar. Panache. Patience some more.
Get off your trainer.
You will reach 95% of your wattage potential by riding in all sorts of weather with all sorts of folks, but you will reach none of your intangibles potential on the trainer.
There it is. I just want to put that out there before everything else. I'm not a retrogrouch.
I've got a real nice heart rate monitor/speedo/cadence thingy, but it hasn't seen handle bars in a while. I'll probably put it on soon so I can make sure my heartrate doesn't stay in the lazy zone too much, and so I'll know when i've been riding for 4 hours and it's time to head home. A clock is nice too, but mine rarely shows the right time.
It's not that I don't understand the watts & zones and all that jazz, but it sure doesn't interest me. Here's why:
Bike racing is not watt racing. Bike racing is about the intagibles.
The ability to suffer. Withstanding cold. Heat. Tempering desire with patience. Confidence. Charactar. Panache. Patience some more.
Get off your trainer.
You will reach 95% of your wattage potential by riding in all sorts of weather with all sorts of folks, but you will reach none of your intangibles potential on the trainer.
Friday
Lets resume, shall we?
It's been a while.
Well pardon, but I've been healing. I feel better now, so lets go riding. New meeting location: Bean Around the World on Cypress. It's more central, and the coffee is better than 'bucks.
9:00 Sunday morning, rain or shine.
Lets keep motivated in this rain, next season you know you'll be happy you rode. 3 hours this week (plus a stop), but lets work up to 4 or 5 hours.
Base miles aren't fast, but they aren't slow either.
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