Bicycling After 25 Year of not Riding

[Hoji]

So, Nebraska looks pretty flat, but according to runkeeper, there was over 1600’ of elevation change in this ride. ( figure about half is climb) Looking back over the last couple of weeks, that is pretty consistent. It is just very gradual.

 

[cycleguy2300]

View attachment 257630 So, Nebraska looks pretty flat, but according to runkeeper, there was over 1600’ of elevation change in this ride. ( figure about half is climb) Looking back over the last couple of weeks, that is pretty consistent. It is just very gradual.

Nice ride!

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[Hoji]

Missed a turn and

added a few miles. Then it started pouring down rain the last 5 miles in. That’ll teach me to pay attention

 

[cycleguy2300]

Just got back from a nice little ride. Had my rear shifter cable break down in Buda, but it was fairy low so no problems on the hills.

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[Hoji]

Went a little into some residential areas. Weather permitting I will check some of these out further as I saw some bike paths in a couple.

 

[Hoji]

The difference between a 3mph wind and a 13mph wind.

 

[coachrick]

View attachment 258117 The difference between a 3mph wind and a 13mph wind.

I HATE a head wind!!! Gimme a hill any day!!!

 

[coachrick]

I HATE a head wind!!! Gimme a hill any day!!!

I take that back! I HATE hills, too!!! But they ARE better than headwinds

 

[Hoji]

I take that back! I HATE hills, too!!! But they ARE better than headwinds

A headwind can shift and continue to be a headwind on the second half of your ride. A hill will always have a downslope.

 

[coachrick]

A headwind can shift and continue to be a headwind on the second half of your ride. A hill will always have a downslope.

True...I don't like adversaries I can't see!!
Used to ride from Decatur, GA out around Stone Mountain and back along the original route. If we waited long enough, we had the afternoon winds shift around so that we had a SERIOUS headwind on the way out AND on the way BACK!!! That ain't right!!!

 

[deemus]

Nice ride tonight. Found another part of my neighborhood that has some good hills. I am gassed.

 

[Hoji]

Thunderstorms this morning. No ride. Did 3 miles on elliptical trainer at hotel fitness room. Maybe after work, but nasty weather is supposed to be here all day

 

[striker55]

Don't know if I posted this picture but I've upped my riding to 8 miles a day.

I'm not as young as you guys but I rode 5.6 miles at 9.9 mph, if I didn't stop to talk for a few minutes it would have been at least 10 mph.

 

[cycleguy2300]

Seems like every day it's windy, when there i

I'm not as young as you guys but I rode 5.6 miles at 9.9 mph, if I didn't stop to talk for a few minutes it would have been at least 10 mph.

Age has very little to do with it. I have friends in their 70s that can make me suffer...

I raced for 15y, then got a real job and had kids. I have well over 100,000mi in my legs, so despite the break they still know what to do, even if they back talk more.

Bump up you distance for a few weeks, then shorten your week and bump up speed then add the distance back in. It just takes time, but what ever your age, you can get faster and ride further than I bet you would believe now.

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[deemus]

Yep. I've gone from 2 miles to 12. Didn't think I could go that far. My speed has more to do with dodging cars in my neighborhood. Planning a ride on sidewalks to try and up my speed a bit. A group near me does a 15 mile ride every Tuesday. Also planning to do that ride soon.

 

[leVieux]

You could do it with the proper conditioning. It was more a test of your ability to endure suffering than anything.

Small wonder you are dead !

I'm too darned old to suffer any longer; turned 78 yesterday. . . . .

Just call me "Sybarite" from now-on !

leVieux
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[cycleguy2300]

You could do it with the proper conditioning. It was more a test of your ability to endure suffering than anything.

A lot of training is simply getting comfortable hurting. Find refuge in the pain and it starts to feel good.

I have always been a sprinter my mind wanders during long TT efforts and I get bored. Short TTs and I can push the whole time... hard enough to have vision start closing in the last 50m of a 1km effort.

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[leVieux]

Err, I wa sa "distance runner" before progressive hereditary erosive osteoarthritis disabled me. I know all about "pushing through." Just wait until you are 78, then tell me about tolerating pain.

leVieux

 

[Hoji]

17 this morning. Probably head back out in a little bit as I cracked my phone screen at the range today. Had a .22 shell bounce of the ceiling and hit it just wrong. Lol. There is a place that fixes them on my regular bike route.

 

[Hoji]