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bmccasland
03-25-2008, 05:46 PM
This afternoon after work a bunch of us went out for the first spring ride. Weather was 66 with a 10-15 mph "breeze". I rode 13 miles on the Miss River Levee (flat, flat, flat), and did an average speed of 14.8 mph. My shoulder is not complaining, although I had to remember to bend my elbows and relax the shoulders, or rather, to get them out of my ears. IT band was "speaking", and the lungs complained bitterly. I need to get one of those shrug tube-y thingies for cooler days to wear around my throat, and another one to tame the loose hair bits. I was not the first to drop, but didn't ride the full length to the usual turn around spot (total of 26 miles). Have to ease my lungs into spring training, they are NOT used to moving lots of air for a few months. It's crap getting old-er.

Rumor has it thursday will be warmer, so maybe the lungs will be happier. :o

I'm not out of shape, round is a shape. :rolleyes:
crazycanuck
03-25-2008, 08:39 PM
Make round shapes disappear..:o

Good to see you're back on de bike! Zooooommm..Zoooommm!
Trekhawk
03-25-2008, 11:54 PM
Well done!!
I hope it keeps warming up for you.:)
rocknrollgirl
03-26-2008, 04:58 AM
I too am starting to get back on my mt bike. It ain't pretty....I bow down to my granny gear.
Starfish
03-26-2008, 06:18 AM
It's crap getting old-er.

I'm with you. Or, as a twenty-something nutritionist blithely told me a couple years ago..."at your age, the body is now dying rather than building." :rolleyes: She was a really nice young woman, but I mentioned that not every client my age would be so thrilled to hear about their nutritional needs in that exact way... :p


I'm not out of shape, round is a shape.

:) :) :)

Glad you got out for a ride.
maillotpois
03-26-2008, 06:46 AM
Great that you got out there! It'll come back. (I keep repeating this mantra to myself as well. :D ).
short cut sally
03-26-2008, 06:55 AM
I feel your pain..tried to do the same thing..it's amazing how fast the body gets "slack" when we don't do the same routine often. i too, am getting old-er:D
SheFly
03-26-2008, 08:00 AM
Yay! Glad to hear you were out on the bike at long last. Oh, and BTW, 66 is dowright balmy :D (temp drpped from 46 to 34 while I rode last night - in an hour and a half).

SheFly
bmccasland
03-26-2008, 10:59 AM
Yay! Glad to hear you were out on the bike at long last. Oh, and BTW, 66 is dowright balmy :D (temp drpped from 46 to 34 while I rode last night - in an hour and a half).

SheFly

wanna es-plain that to my lungs who were offended by cooler air being forced into them????