Here would be the commentary on me:
Lise's heartrate has risen to 187! And she's only doing 7 mph! That tells you how intense this mild headwind is on a perfectly flat surface!
These people are amazing.
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05-13-2006, 11:27 AM #1
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05-13-2006, 01:25 PM #2
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LOL Lise!!!
That cracks me up!
Thanks for my morning smile!
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05-13-2006, 03:43 PM #3
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Weeeelll. I couldn't do 10mph on an 18% grade. I couldn't even stay on the bike on an 18% grade. But my 92% is the same as his and I'm a 56-year-old lady. So there.
Of course, I hit 92% going up an imaginary hill in spin class, and it's probably only a 5% grade if they actually measured the resistance I put on.
So I guess while I may have the heart of a Giro rider, I don't have the leg muscles.
Half-marathon over. Sabbatical year over. It's back to "sacking shirt and oat cakes" as they say here.
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05-13-2006, 08:33 PM #4
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Originally Posted by Lise
LOL - too funny.
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05-14-2006, 05:45 AM #5
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Heck if you read my recent ride report, you'd see that I can't do 10mph on a 15% downgrade
AND, I have perfected riding up a grade at 3.8mph without falling over
Those guys are amazing! Lise, you crack me up!
Tracy
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05-14-2006, 08:22 AM #6
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I was doing 7mph on 9% grades yesterday. Don't know what my heart rate was, but I could have puked up a Love Bug and there aren't even any around here.
"Only the meek get pinched, the bold survive"
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05-14-2006, 09:35 AM #7
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and I'm feeling proud because I finally got my average up to 12 mph...
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05-14-2006, 10:12 AM #8
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Hey Snap... is that 12mph over a hilly course... (I don't care what grade - any rises) - thats what, 19kph? you're doing ok, gf Originally Posted by snapdragen
and I'm feeling proud because I finally got my average up to 12 mph... 
And Beta... a lovebug? as in a Mini (car)? and 7mph is 11-12kph? Yeah, about my max on that kind've hill -drops back to about 6kph at the end of our farm where there's a 4-500metre 11% climb to get home.
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05-15-2006, 03:17 AM #9
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Hey RR, I was referring to Nanci's post on the bugs in FL. I did think about VW's at first when I saw the title too.
"Only the meek get pinched, the bold survive"
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05-15-2006, 03:37 AM #10
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Now, Tracy, these are skills, as Napolean Dynamite would say! Originally Posted by tprevost
AND, I have perfected riding up a grade at 3.8mph without falling over Tracy
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