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Anybody training?
This group has been pretty dead, so I'll fire off a topic.
Each year, I keep trying the beer gut path to faster skiing. It seems to be working so I'll stick with it. I haven't done much rollerskiing this year. Should I be concerned? I haven't done much intervals this year. Should I be concerned? What have I been doing? Cycling baby. Road cycling and one mt bike ride back in September. Oh yeah, I ordered new skis today. (If you don't train more, get better equipment.) Jay (pipecleaner arms) Wenner |
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Bjorn A. Payne Diaz wrote: This group has been pretty dead, so I'll fire off a topic. Okay, I'll bite! What have I been doing? Cycling baby. Road cycling and one mt bike ride back in September. (If you don't train more, get better equipment.) We've got some similarities here. I got a new pair of classic skis earlier this summer and am now shopping for a new road bike. Since gas hit $ 3 per gal, I commute on my old beater bike. I've actually been rollerskiing pretty regularly, maybe 100K a week. A couple-three days doing a 30K out & back course I have and at least one day of either classic or DP stuff. I should be (but I can't seem to make it) doing some weight work, I do a bit of stretching a few mornings every week. - Bob |
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wrote in message oups.com... Bjorn A. Payne Diaz wrote: This group has been pretty dead, so I'll fire off a topic. Okay, I'll bite! What have I been doing? Cycling baby. Road cycling and one mt bike ride back in September. (If you don't train more, get better equipment.) We've got some similarities here. I got a new pair of classic skis earlier this summer and am now shopping for a new road bike. Since gas hit $ 3 per gal, I commute on my old beater bike. I've actually been rollerskiing pretty regularly, maybe 100K a week. A couple-three days doing a 30K out & back course I have and at least one day of either classic or DP stuff. I should be (but I can't seem to make it) doing some weight work, I do a bit of stretching a few mornings every week. - Bob I've been thinking about a post of the same topic. Today I joined and went to a gym to try to get some core strength back. Rollerksied maybe 4x since last season. Down about 1300 km. from average of years past. Not a single major roller ski climb, and most often I do that about once a week off season. One time on roller skis I did way too much and was crippled for a few days. I commute regularly on one of a few classy randonneur, touring or rough stuff bikes to and from work which is no less than 45 miles in total. Sometimes it includes a 1500 foot climb on roads and fire roads. But we just bought a Prius (gave away our Camry with 200K on it) and it's dark and wet outside these days during bike commuting hours. So riding will subside. My weight is the same as usual but my upper body isn't strong. Hoping to get that together. Numerous injuries as I don't stretch nor do core strength stuff. Just ride and ride. Wood splitting started a few weeks ago once the temps. dropped below 90 F. Middle age skiier lamentations. Hope to do Birkie if I can get a primo room. (Andrey?) It'll be a ski tour at best for me. Finishing will be a goal. Could be worse. Gary Jacobson Rosendale, NY |
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I haven't been doing much - Sitting on the couch eating potato chips and ice cream, watching "Breaking Bonaduce" and "The Girls Next Door" while going over the latest Norwegian VO2 max test results....should I be concerned? Really - Road the bike about 3,000 miles this summer while doing about 200 km/month roller skiing. Transitioning to about 150km/wk roller skiing and running w/ less bike (once a week to recover). jim |
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I've been biking a ton. Closing in on 4,000 miles which is a lot for
me. I keep it fresh by riding my road bikes, cyclocross bike, mountain bike, single speed mountain bike and the neighbor's gas powered Yamaha Vino (not counting that toward the miles) which does 30mph if I duck down behind the console for the aero effect... I ride dirt trails, single track, asphalt, double track, railroad service roads, gravel roads, you name it. Another thing I like to do is discover single track paths through Saint Paul and it's suburbs. You'd be surprised at how many little paths are out there. How can I afford so many bikes? I buy frames and parts at bike swaps, on sale from mail order catalogs and on eBay. Then, I assemble the bikes myself. As for rollerskiing, once a week in October. I'll crank it up by rollerskiing two days a week in November. While I don't bike in the rain, I will rollerski in a light rain or drizzle. All the training isn't helping my weight though. I'm 170 lbs when I should be about 162... Although, I don't care about getting faster anymore... I'm just trying to maintain and beat my buddies once in a while. I think I might be able to take Wenner in golf now... Jay Tegeder "On the podium if the right people don't show up!" JT |
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I haven't rollerskied since April, and may go out once or twice this
fall. I run a little to stay in "shape" and go to the gym twice a week to sit on the bike and watch TV. I cut way back on beer, does that count as training in some inverse-sort-of-way? No intervals, no new skis, but probably a pulk as I'll be pulling my kid around this year. For all of those Tahoe types who have dreamed of beating me in a race ;-), this year may be your chance - if I race! bt |
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Oh, my dream's coming true. Be still my beating heart!
Mark sknyski wrote: I haven't rollerskied since April, and may go out once or twice this fall. I run a little to stay in "shape" and go to the gym twice a week to sit on the bike and watch TV. I cut way back on beer, does that count as training in some inverse-sort-of-way? No intervals, no new skis, but probably a pulk as I'll be pulling my kid around this year. For all of those Tahoe types who have dreamed of beating me in a race ;-), this year may be your chance - if I race! bt |
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You may have plenty of time to catch up:
http://wwwa.accuweather.com/promotio...aw&page=winter Gene (why was it I moved to the TC?) Goldenfeld "Bjorn A. Payne Diaz" wrote: This group has been pretty dead, so I'll fire off a topic. Each year, I keep trying the beer gut path to faster skiing. It seems to be working so I'll stick with it. I haven't done much rollerskiing this year. Should I be concerned? I haven't done much intervals this year. Should I be concerned? What have I been doing? Cycling baby. Road cycling and one mt bike ride back in September. Oh yeah, I ordered new skis today. (If you don't train more, get better equipment.) Jay (pipecleaner arms) Wenner |
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Gene (why was it I moved to the TC?) Goldenfeld
...for the theater of seasons, very livable big cities, strong arts and music community, tons of bike paths, more lakes than you can count, very active residents, vibrant business environment and the chance ( albeit a small one) to ski at the famed Comokollen if we ever get snow again. :-) If one can take a contraian (sp?) view. I always assume that the long range forecast will be wrong. Back in the late 60's and early 70's I would use the Rolling Stone album reviws to make my music choices. Whenever they completey panned a new release I'd go right out and buy it and was always pleased A now mature revolutionary like your self should remember the mantra...never trust the so-called experts...or in our current setting..."all snow to the people" peace...love...a foot of powder that is groomed quickly John OC |
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