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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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Training for me has gone in waves.
April, buy a new road bike, rd bike every chance I get. Mid-June remember I have singed up for a two-day trail running festival, shelve the bike and try to run as much as I can. Mid-July, back on the bike and think about rollerskiing. August, still on hte bike thinking about roller skiing and thinking about doing a half-marathon in Oct. Sept, finally starty rolerskiing and ride not so much. Also in Sept remember that it is time to do some inerval work. Mid-September, bag the idea of the half marathon, not enough quality long running miles. Oct, get convinced that I should do a half marathong (this weekend), so shelve the rollerskis and get back to running. Overall I think my general fitness is good. Upper body strength is not what it should be and I haven't rollerskied nearly as much as I have in recent years. Should be interesting to see what happens this winter. I will add that the spring, summer, and early fall I have described is what I love about summer. From mid-Novermber to mid-April (Gene you should have moved to the Keweenaw), all I do (can do really) is ski. Don't get me wrong, I love that and wouldn't change it for anything but I love that in summer you have many more options for training/being active outside. Any given day may find me: mtn biking, rollerskiing, trail running, road biking, kayaking, canoeing, hiking. That variety is nice. A final note, now that we have had our first dusting of snow and the ski catalogs are starting to be delivered, I am drooling at the prospect of skiing 6 days a week. Dave "Bjorn A. Payne Diaz" wrote in message oups.com... 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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Jay (pipecleaner arms) Wenner Jay, I'll trade you arms (I'm pretty strong, have to be to haul my big a.. up hills) for your VO2 and balance and I'll throw in 50lbs as a bonus. If you will include having your coach give me race feeds like she did at COLL a couple of years back I'll even teach you how to hit a high fade with a 2iron off hardpack. Decent training but a little hit and miss. More than last year but less than two years ago. Roller ski a couple of times a week, some biking, quite a bit of kayaking and lots of manual labor building a house. If using a heavy nail gun overhead while putting in what seems like an acre of tongue and groove ceilings helps my double poling classic should be OK. I've also been trying to do some kind of intervals (4 x 4:00 at 88-92%) a couple times a week for the last two months but that is the first thing to drop off when motivation is low. Right now I'm trying to get more distance workouts in. A group of us (no longer the 50K club but more like the 50 yr old club) did a two hour ski at Gateway last Sunday that led to a nap for me in the afternoon....can you count naps? John OC |
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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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"Bjorn A. Payne Diaz" wrote in message
oups.com... Each year, I keep trying the beer gut path to faster skiing. It seems to be working so I'll stick with it. me too. high-fat, high-cocktail diet for me. I haven't done much rollerskiing this year. Should I be concerned? zero RS for me. Almost all my work is in the gym (convenient). Weights, core work, and of course, hours and hours on the treadmill (iPod shuffle is awesome - the food network is my motivation). The summer has gone quite well: minimum of injury breaks; got started on the program early July; hitting my peak volume (7 hours / week) right now; November will see higher intensity and lower volume; Just got new short Pacers to use as rock/crust skis; hope to learn to swim like a fish. Bob waiting for certain people to age into the 50-54 group so I can kick some 45 year old butt. Mark, you know who you are ;-) |
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"quite a bit of kayaking and lots of manual labor building a house. If
using a heavy nail gun overhead while putting in what seems like an acre of tongue and groove ceilings helps my double poling classic should be OK." Well, well, well. I put in two slabs of concrete this summer. Sounds easy until I say that I dug if all with a shovel...probably 5 cubic yards of dirt, and stored the dirt in wood containers in the back yard. Also moved dozens of granite pavers (think of Pairs-Roubix). That got me set to dig a 50 ft trench for three conduits. Of course the trench kept caving in and I had to redig it for the inspector. If a sore back makes me faster, watch out, because I'm screaming. BTW, is that a 2 iron off of concrete or tar? Jay (don't make John look up) Wenner |
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Ken, I just couldn't stand the temptation to start cycling when I move
to CA. Now I am completely hooked. Plus, last year I did not do any rollerskiing at all and still had my best Birkie. So I figured whatever gets my ass out of the door is good for me. In fact, we just purchased a tandem, too. Planning to try it this weekend. As for the classic races - I just don't do them. I can't let skinnyski beat me, can't let that happen. |
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On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:37:45 GMT, "Ken Roberts"
wrote: but then my main skating partner went off to a meditation retreat and when he came back he wasn't into serious tours any more. That's funny. JFT **************************** Remove "remove" to reply Visit http://www.jt10000.com **************************** |
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