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  1. #1
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    Apr 2007
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    Quote Originally Posted by violette View Post
    I have to agree with all of you. I was fooling myself in thinking I could just do 60km with no problem. But like in my other thread, I think I'll have to change my gears. I only told my biking buddy that I threw up. My husband would kill me if he knew. He keeps telling me to "slow down or you're going to make yourself sick?"
    He's right. You should slow down. I don't think the problem was that you fooled yourself into doing a 60km with no problem, the problem is that you pushed yourself so hard to finish 60km in too hard a gear for too long a time. Why do you feel that you needed to ride so fast or so hard? I think you and your bike need to get to know each other better first. I also think that you think that because your bike is more expensive than your last one that you should automatically be able to do bigger and better things right away. Slow down. Properly train. Don't bite off more than you can chew and in time you'll be able to do all you want to on your great new bike. Live and learn, right?
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  2. #2
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    Sep 2006
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    Quote Originally Posted by F8th637 View Post
    He's right. You should slow down. I don't think the problem was that you fooled yourself into doing a 60km with no problem, the problem is that you pushed yourself so hard to finish 60km in too hard a gear for too long a time. Why do you feel that you needed to ride so fast or so hard? I think you and your bike need to get to know each other better first. I also think that you think that because your bike is more expensive than your last one that you should automatically be able to do bigger and better things right away. Slow down. Properly train. Don't bite off more than you can chew and in time you'll be able to do all you want to on your great new bike. Live and learn, right?
    You're absolutely right!

 

 

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