Bike 10/31
JHS and I rode 19.2 miles in 1:27. Yeah, not exactly fast paced, but we did ride leisurely side-by-side to chat for a long time on the way back. I think we averaged between 14 and 15 mph at various points on the way out. No biggie, as both of use were wanting to do a relaxed ride.
I drove out to Carnation to meet JHS and we made our way through the town to a nice biking road with gentle rolling hills: W Snoqualmie Valley Road. Traffic was light, except for about a half-mile section between the 124th Street bridge and Novelty Hill road. That section was super busy.
Athletic Cow?
Check it out - this cow has race numbers on her ears!! ;)
We turned around after Duvall bridge (not sure of the street name), stopping for a few minutes to drink a little.
JHS at our turnaround
Usually T2 is the only one to bring a camera... I'm glad I brought mine today! I'll be better about taking it along in the future.
I have a few more pics at my other blog.
JHS was very excited I came out to ride with her - she mentioned last week she got lonely on her ride, turned back early, and finished up on the trainer. She also said she skipped the ride two weeks ago because it was raining, but two other people from our tri club showed up and she was bummed she missed them. I told her that T2 and I definitely plan to come ride as often as possible, although I will miss a few weeks in November due to my trip. Plus, since we will inevitably have to deal with more rain, we'll figure out the group indoor trainer session logistics. I'm pretty sure I can fit a total of four people in my living room as I have no furniture in it.
Anyway, it is important to me to cultivate my cycling friends as we are all about the same ability and have the same goals. (JHS doesn't yet know about the LCN project!) I know others that bike but they are more skilled and I don't want to have bike sessions turn into a hammer-fest (on my part) just to keep up. So in that respect, JHS is another great match.
I read that Norman Stadler (IM Hawaii 2004 champ) does a huge amount of base training in this fashion: small chainring, high cadence, keeping it around 12 mph, for dozens of miles. Later he gets in the quality by hammering hills... I'm not sure we'll do that kind of quality, but his method of building base sounds great to me!
Finally, the gear adjustment I did last night on my bike held up - I shifted all around the cassette and it worked great. No skipping, hesitation, jumping around, etc. This is huge as my 39x19 was a problem gear - it would skip and jump constantly. So I'd wind up riding in the 39x21 or the 39x17, and even then it would jump around once in a while.
I drove out to Carnation to meet JHS and we made our way through the town to a nice biking road with gentle rolling hills: W Snoqualmie Valley Road. Traffic was light, except for about a half-mile section between the 124th Street bridge and Novelty Hill road. That section was super busy.
Athletic Cow?
Check it out - this cow has race numbers on her ears!! ;)
We turned around after Duvall bridge (not sure of the street name), stopping for a few minutes to drink a little.
JHS at our turnaround
Usually T2 is the only one to bring a camera... I'm glad I brought mine today! I'll be better about taking it along in the future.
I have a few more pics at my other blog.
JHS was very excited I came out to ride with her - she mentioned last week she got lonely on her ride, turned back early, and finished up on the trainer. She also said she skipped the ride two weeks ago because it was raining, but two other people from our tri club showed up and she was bummed she missed them. I told her that T2 and I definitely plan to come ride as often as possible, although I will miss a few weeks in November due to my trip. Plus, since we will inevitably have to deal with more rain, we'll figure out the group indoor trainer session logistics. I'm pretty sure I can fit a total of four people in my living room as I have no furniture in it.
Anyway, it is important to me to cultivate my cycling friends as we are all about the same ability and have the same goals. (JHS doesn't yet know about the LCN project!) I know others that bike but they are more skilled and I don't want to have bike sessions turn into a hammer-fest (on my part) just to keep up. So in that respect, JHS is another great match.
I read that Norman Stadler (IM Hawaii 2004 champ) does a huge amount of base training in this fashion: small chainring, high cadence, keeping it around 12 mph, for dozens of miles. Later he gets in the quality by hammering hills... I'm not sure we'll do that kind of quality, but his method of building base sounds great to me!
Finally, the gear adjustment I did last night on my bike held up - I shifted all around the cassette and it worked great. No skipping, hesitation, jumping around, etc. This is huge as my 39x19 was a problem gear - it would skip and jump constantly. So I'd wind up riding in the 39x21 or the 39x17, and even then it would jump around once in a while.
posted by klbarrus at
4:30 PM
2 Comments:
I'm glad to hear the thing about Norman Stadler! :) I think the hardest thing to realize is that base isn't about going fast. I think lots of us put ourselves down for being "slow" when really we're being "smart" about our training. That's why I don't always like group training - too much competition and pressure to go a speed you shouldn't be going. Wish I could have joined you today, it looked like a nice ride. :S
-T2
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Anonymous, at 8:14 PM
I agree entirely - too many group rides become harder efforts than needed. Hence, we should stick together for rides. I do plan to check out a few Cascade rides, but mostly I expect it to just be us (you, T1, JHS)!
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klbarrus, at 11:31 PM
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