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Musings of a Cyclotic: October 2007
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Musings of a Cyclotic. Thursday, October 18, 2007. What A Difference A Day Makes! Good news - I'm back in the game - on this morning's ride with one of my biking buddies, Ed, I did the Hwy 9 climb in 48:05 - about 4:20 faster than just a few days ago (when I did 52:25) - Wooohooo! Interestingly, my average heartrate was identical on both climbs - 153 bpm! And when I did that PB ride in April, I weighed 11 pounds less than today - according to Joe Friel, that ll pounds (5 kg) is worth 15 seconds per kilom...
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Musings of a Cyclotic: December 2012
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Musings of a Cyclotic. Monday, December 31, 2012. 2012 End with a Breakthrough Ride! It was great biking weather (well, great from my perspective! Cool and sunny - it was around 50 degrees out, with just a slight wind blowing. Mike and I just tooled along, heading down the familiar path through Santa Cruz to get over to Capitola Beach via East Cliff Drive - a wonderful scenic ride for cyclists! In fact, that is exactly what we did - we got to Capitola Beach in just 55 minutes - woohoo! I just know that 2...
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Musings of a Cyclotic: November 2007
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Musings of a Cyclotic. Friday, November 30, 2007. So What's The Big Deal About Losing A Pound Or Two? I saw that my friend, Dennis Pederson, created a recent blog entry about his cycling goals for 2008 (you can read all about it right here. So, I did some calculations of my own, and sent him a little note about it:. You said you believe your FTP power is 265 watts - that might be correct, but using your 19:50 time on OLH, I came up with this value: 260.6 watts (I'll explain how shortly). So I decided to ...
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Musings of a Cyclotic: Did I Just Do A Century Ride Today?
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Musings of a Cyclotic. Wednesday, December 1, 2010. Did I Just Do A Century Ride Today? Nope It just FELT like a century ride, unfortunately - my first ride in a long, long time. Too long, as it turns out. I thought that getting onto the Comeback Trail would be tough - but it's going to be even tougher, as I found out today. The ACTUAL ride was only about 30 minutes long - and wasn't even 10 miles long (more like 6.5 miles) - and it wasn't even hilly - it was FLAT! And I still died. :(. Different display...
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Musings of a Cyclotic: Where Have I Been The Last 23 Months?
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Musings of a Cyclotic. Friday, December 21, 2012. Where Have I Been The Last 23 Months? Well, it's been awhile! And I just looked at this blog, noticing that my last post was way back in early December, 2010. But that is not the last time I rode my bike! In fact, I did some on-and-off riding for a couple of months after that month - up to mid February, 2011. So, I decided to go visit my regular doctor - and during my routine checkup, he said he detected a very faint, yet distinctive, heart murmur. One wa...
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Musings of a Cyclotic: Looking Forward to 2013 !!!
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Musings of a Cyclotic. Sunday, December 30, 2012. Looking Forward to 2013! Well, it's been an interesting year, 2012 - got myself a fixed-up heart and I'm feeling pretty good these days - need to still lose a few pounds (well, maybe more than just a few) - but since I started riding again on November 3 (about 2 months after my heart surgery I had on September 10), I've done about 14 rides - only half the number I wanted to do - but hey! It's a start, anyway. :). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). If you...
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Musings of a Cyclotic: November 2010
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Musings of a Cyclotic. Tuesday, November 30, 2010. Unbelievable. I was doing so good - and was in such good shape. Then, I stopped riding. Why? Well, it certainly started innocently enough (heard that one before, I'm sure! And since I had done the Death Ride a few times, I was trying to get psyched up for that really hard ride - but I was working at a new company (SeaChange) - and I had been put onto a really hot project - lots of fun - but also lots of work. And someday, maybe one of my kids will read t...
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Musings of a Cyclotic: December 2007
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Musings of a Cyclotic. Tuesday, December 18, 2007. It seems these days that everyone has some kind of cool climbing calculator - you've already read about my pretty cool Low Key Hill Climb Converter. In a recent post (yeah - like my *last* post! Well it seems my beefed-up LKHC Converter spurred on others to see what they could cook up - and the top climber in this year's LKHC series, Tim Clark, came up with something pretty cool himself - what he calls his Climbing Power Calculator (version 0.1). I also ...
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Musings of a Cyclotic: December 2010
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Musings of a Cyclotic. Friday, December 3, 2010. I Gotta Keep Breathing (And Riding). So I rode with one of my favorite biking buddies today, Jeff - he's one of the first people I started to ride with on a regular basis many years ago - and is a constant source of support, always ready to go for a ride. When I talked to Jeff last night, he asked the usual - "Are you riding - or hiding? And for the last couple of years, it's been "I'm hiding! And I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing (a...
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