Hi folks! I've logged 1000 miles commuting alone this year. My goal is to cycle 50 miles per week. I live in Ohio so my last week of commuting ended on Nov 15. Last year I injured my hands by over-doing it on the indoor trainer. I'm not riding on the trainer as much this winter; I use an elliptical trainer and work out with free weights 2-3 times per week.


We outlived our horses, two American Saddlebreds, at the time we started having our kids. Now that our kids are in high school, my younger daughter and I are taking English horseback riding lessons ("Saddleseat" for those cycling equestrians). The work at the posting trot and sitting down at the canter work my cycling muscles in an OPPOSITE direction from cycling.

With cycling my body is worked front and back. On horseback, my body is worked diagonally. Now, after being back in the saddle, I now have even more control and better handling on a bike! Who would have thought????