Thank you all for your wonderful input. I am young (22) and June 3rd will be the one year of owning my bike. I will have put on only around 800 miles in the one year that I've owned it... I was also out for a while due to a car accident.
I know that I do need to work on my base and continue getting miles. I was a rower in my undergraduate years, and I think that I need to get back to some of the training that we did there (intervals, long days, sprint days, lifting, cross training, etc) rather than just going out and riding my bike.
I think that I have a lot of you all's advice underway and need more time for results :
1) currently on WW's lost 4 lbs in one month.... slowly but surely wins the race right?
2) currently riding bike as much as possible... i'm now even commuting to school daily (about 30 total.... but that's better than nothing)
3) My bike fits me wonderfully.... I am totally in love with it, and that's why I didn't even buy a commuting bike
4) I just found out that a bike store does hill intervals every wednesday as a loop... so I can't get lost, and hwere they do it is within a few miles of my apartment, so I can always walk home....
Now I just need to gain the courage to go on more group rides. I ride in an area with lots of cyclists.... maybe I just need to play catch up rather than letting them fly by me.
thanks once again!
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05-31-2009, 07:01 PM #1
remembering to unclip
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Thank you!!!
"There is nothing, absolutely nothing, quite so worthwhile as simply messing about on bicycles.” -Tom Kunich
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05-31-2009, 08:05 PM #2
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Congrats on your achievements, Polly!
You might want to ride quite a bit more miles if you want to improve your speed. Push your limits a little bit, go where you didn't think you could go, and go there more often. You'll see the difference!
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06-01-2009, 04:28 AM #3
a little broken right now
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I am sure from rowing you already know this but dont forget when factoring in all of the important training sessions, to include recovery days. They really make a world of difference. And also remember what Greg Lemond said, (NB i Paraphrase here), you just get faster, its the pain that stays the same
Good luck and hang in there. Its worth every ride (and the pain) - most importantly - enjoy!!
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