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

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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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

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

wrote:

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.

Wow! That's almost 50% of the gas price in most of Europe you know!

Terje

--
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"almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"

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

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

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

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

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