November 2nd rides

[tulip]

After yesterday's almost 50 miles of constant hills, I went out again today for a flatter ride in the countryside near my house, in an area where I've never been. I was awfully slow for the first hour, just trying to spin out my legs from yesterday. It was a beautiful fall day, around 60F. 36 miles. Today and yesterday make more miles than I rode in all of October! I think I'm back.

[TrekTheKaty]

I hadn't ridden all week because of work and the cold weather. SO, this morning I woke up early (time change) and it was already up to 50 degrees! DH wouldn't be home until the afternoon, and I couldn't resist a nice quiet Sunday morning--so I headed out for a road ride from our neighborhood. I tried to take it easy, but my legs weren't listening. Riding by myself, I got to thinking. I passed the spot where I turned around on my first road with DH--in tears, because he was disappearing into the horizon and I didn't think the highway outer road was all that scenic and fun. Now I enjoy the challenge of the hills and opportunity to get spinning up to a faster speed than riding on the park path! Good ride

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

My husband and I did a very enjoyable 34 mile ride through the countryside today....40F degrees, sunny, not much wind....really nice. Passed many farms.
Yesterday we did 25 miles, so we got a pretty good workout this weekend.
No riding tomorrow.

[cycling_sarah]

Had a great ride with redrhodie and my DH today. Here's a pic I took with the camphone as we plowed into the winds at Brenton Point in Newport, RI!

[redrhodie]

Hey, that's me! (in red, of course) . It was a fun ride! I'm amazed she was able to snap that picture then! We were being whipped by the cold north wind at that point.

[invsblwmn]

Went for my biggest ride in over a year with my new partner. It was a blast. We went 18.5 miles, and the body is only a little grumpy. I was on the trike, and I feel like I could have gone 30 miles. Life is so wonderful. I think I am in love with being alive again.

[Brandi]

Whew! My first ride in over a month. Well I was working out of state so I couldn't. My mind is thanking me but my body is screaming at me!

[shootingstar]

I should have done more today, but what the hey...25 kms.

Yesterday I did 43 kms. and for reasons, not totally explainable, I was sore..after all I had not cycled for 3 previous days. usually I don't get that sore.

[Aggie_Ama]

DH and I went out to Rocky Hill Ranch in beautiful Smithville for a pre-ride of the course he will be racing next weekend. This trail is a little more intermediate than my normal trail but I was able to do quite a bit. I surprised myself (and DH!) in some parts. The trail is very nice if not a bit dark because it is tucked in a pine forest. I thoroughly enjoyed the ride but was pooped after one lap. DH went back out to ride a hard lap and I reclined in the bed of the truck for 30 minutes! I was disappointed the "gimpy" cows DH saw last week were not out this week. He called them gimpy because he thinks they are cheap auction cows for an agriculture exemption.

Our lovely fall weather? Sunny and about 83!

[arielmoon]

The knee has been bothering me still since the century... so I rode 13 miles both monday and tuesday without feeling much improvement. Strangely I did think it felt better after I rode. I got rained out yesterday and rode the trainer but I was determined to see how it would be today.

Great weather today but very windy. I set off and immediately felt the knee pain and I almost turned back around but I decided to play around and see what worked.

I discovered that mashing felt better (with almost no pain) than spinning So I ended up doing a strong 24 miles: averaged 19.3 on my scenic route. I was so pumped and wired afterward! I love that feeling. And oddly enough, my knee feels better this evening that it has all week.

[tulip]

I discovered that mashing felt better (with almost no pain) than spinning So I ended up doing a strong 24 miles: averaged 19.3 on my scenic route. I was so pumped and wired afterward! I love that feeling. And oddly enough, my knee feels better this evening that it has all week.

Yep, within reason. I found that as well. My theory (and I have NO basis for it because I'm not a PT or anything remotely like that) is that when you spin constantly very easy you are stressing your tendons and not using your muscles, and so your tendons do all the work, which they are not meant to do. So a bit of mashing (again within reason) uses muscles that work in concert with the tendons and ligaments, and every part does its particular job and there's no pain.

Some PT please explain what really happens.