tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3064468132388413081.post8251523196899265..comments2024-01-28T18:59:04.166-08:00Comments on Bicycle Kitty: Bonus MilesBicycle Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07022789398429575301noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3064468132388413081.post-83842715240091141692013-01-20T10:15:23.860-08:002013-01-20T10:15:23.860-08:00Hey Kitty;
First off thank goodness you are ok, h...Hey Kitty;<br /><br />First off thank goodness you are ok, hope your neck gets better quickly. <br /><br />Have you considered a BOB (beast of burden) trailer? I was carfree for a while in B'ham. I found BOB very handy for grocery runs. On the flat/downhill I don't even notice it's on the bike. I bought the dry bag for it and I think I'll take it into the Gorge this Memorial Day.<br /><br />You could even borrow Tex's and see if you like it? I basically stole mine for $65 from a aging elk hunter, so I didn't have to pay the $300 full price. I joke that it's my post apocalyptic Plan B.<br /><br />I agree with you about the rest day also. From high school swim team, running, triathlon and now bicycling the concept of tapering training down to a big event has been key to my athletic philosophy. Rest is vital. I want to be like a coiled spring ready to explode on the day of the big event. I can always tell if I'm over training because I get irritable (more than normal that is) and I get a dull headache and I know it's day off (even two days) time. Nothing wrong with a day off.<br /><br />Doug<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3064468132388413081.post-67541914434146936702013-01-08T11:08:32.814-08:002013-01-08T11:08:32.814-08:00Hey, thanks for reading.
I hear ya on having a ni...Hey, thanks for reading.<br /><br />I hear ya on having a nice high baseline. I don't train for brevets, I just ride 'em!<br /><br />My round trip commute is 20 miles. I often add 10 or 20 more onto that per day. Add in 100-175 mile weekends and taking a day off the bike actually improves my fitness. My body needs rest!<br />Bicycle Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07022789398429575301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3064468132388413081.post-27686931844559155012013-01-07T20:01:08.468-08:002013-01-07T20:01:08.468-08:00“one day off helps free up some leg power for high...“one day off helps free up some leg power for higher mileage weekends”<br /><br />Alternatively, if you do it every day it just becomes part of the background noise of living; a 35-45 minute ride in to work would be enough to wake me up, and returning unwinds me (the last job I had was in downtown Portland -- maybe 4 miles from my house as the crow flies -- and every day I'd loop around the Springwater Trail to bring it up to about 8 miles, and on the way back I'd ride Division out to 110th, then drop down to the Springwater for my return home to the tune of about 18 miles.<br /><br />It made a nice baseline for breveting around, and let me jump on at least one 400k with basically no preparation outside of telling people on Friday that I was planning to do it on Saturday :-)orchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127551500120547348noreply@blogger.com