This is totally funny. I definitely needed that on my recent fishing trip when I was on the boat for 12 hours without only 1-2 stops.
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This is totally funny. I definitely needed that on my recent fishing trip when I was on the boat for 12 hours without only 1-2 stops.
Last year I would have agreed with you, as I almost always ride with my SO and the guys in our bike club.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lenusik
However, this year is another story. Recovering from knee surgery and regaining my strength have given me a different perspective.
Since I spent most of my winter and until mid April on the trainer I built a really good cardio base, my exercises in PT brought back some of my leg strength but when I finally started riding outside and I tried to keep up with my SO. I couldn't do it. I was so worn out. I rode with my heartrate at a comfortable pace, wasn't overdoing it or so I thought. Everytime I rode at a pace that I was used to the next day I felt like I'd ridden a century instead of just 20 miles. Climbing and wind really did me in. Sometimes after a seemingly easy ride I was so tired that it took me 2 days to recover.
My therapist said I had not developed the muscular endurance I needed. I didn't want to get dropped by the group so I started training on my own. I used Chris Carmichaels book "The Ultimate Ride" as a guide, did his field test to determine the heartrate I needed to be training at, developed a program for myself, followed it and just rode by myself.
A couple of weeks ago I rode with my group again. One guy commented that the injury didn't hurt my climbing as I was climbing better than ever. I've noticed that too, when I climb my hrt is lower than it was last year, the climbs feel easier and when I did my first 56 miler last week I still felt strong at the end.
I"m still not where I want to be but I believe my results so far are due to leg work that I wouldn't have done without the injury, increased core strength and focused training.
Next year I'm seriously considering getting a trainer.
It is definitely hard to recover and you seem to be doing great. Whatever it takes, I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kathi
What I was trying to say, is that the article points out our diffrences in physical strength. I agree with that. But being mentally exhuasted is no better than physically. I do not allow myself to be dissapointed if my husband and some other guys are faster. That's just the fact of life. I am faster and stronger than some guys too. But, this is strong mental work as well. You are doing great, because you are mentally strong! This helps in your physical recovery.
Every time I've been out fishing there is usually a 5-gallon empty paint bucket along... Or, you do the "dangle over the side without capsizing" trick.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lenusik
Yeah, we had a bucket, but I still was not comfortable using it with two guys on the boat, plus it was rather wavy.
I've used a freshette for years while hiking, you never know who's going to pop up on the trail at a bad time....it took a few times to figure out how to relax, but I take it with me whenever I'm doing anything outdoors now.
Yeah, I actually practiced at home in the bathroom a few times before I used it in the field:rolleyes:Quote:
it took a few times to figure out how to relax
Wow, I've never heard of that - very cool! I want one!
There are several threads here already on the 'travelmate'...
in terms of training-
I have to agree- guys have way more power output... but when riding with the GF, she just HAMMERs it... I mean, I've been biking longer than she has, but her endurance is still *way up there* and once she warms up, no man is going to hold her back. ugh. *envy!*
Overtraining is overtraining, whether it's 'cause you're riding with the men or whatever.
Back 5 or 6 years ago or so, there was a website where you could learn in detail how to pee standing up without any kind of device. My friend said her grandmother was the long skirt-wearing kind and she regularly peed standing up. It entails lifting the labia and pulling outward, and the exact technique depends on your own personal anatomy.
I looked for the website again, because it was quite humorous in addition to being helpful, but most of the hits were ads for devices. Wish I had the link.
Karen