Did You Ride Today?

[jhuskey]

On a side note I saw my Endo last week. My A1C is 5.6 which is the normal range. Not sure what comes next but I have clawed my way back to where I was when all this started. Not doubt I will continue some type of treatment but I am undefined by the doctor, I am a mutant.Never lay down and quit. Cycling is a great cure for many ills, cycling and being happy.

 

[CAMPYBOB]

5.6 is fantastic, considering what you've been through!

 

[Uawadall]

18.2 miles/ 18.2 mph/800 ft. Some early morning interval work on sore legs...I usually don't do ride 3 days in a row, but a 3 day weekend is rare.

 

[glenncz]

The end is near! My early morning rides are likely just about over, because it's been 50F and like to continue and soon get worse. Soon the wind will be coming. In that regards, I'm probably about 85% done with the mileage. 250 more to my 2K.

But I'm getting faster. Just did 27 miles in 18.3 w/ about 1350 ft of ascent. Beat my early July by .5mph which is a Crush! No major rises but for what it was, I felt like I was blasting up.

Two days ago had my 1st ride of summer where I didn't finish first, with the bike shop. I'm going to make an effort next year for some road socialization and try to get a few bike buddies, but my schedule and being spoiled by living 10 miles out of town makes it a little tough.

Soon it'll be back to 10-15 min.'s on the trainer, wt lifting, table tennis and short runs.

 

[Uawadall]

The end is near! My early morning rides are likely just about over, because it's been 50F and like to continue and soon get worse. Soon the wind will be coming. In that regards, I'm probably about 85% done with the mileage. 250 more to my 2K.

But I'm getting faster. Just did 27 miles in 18.3 w/ about 1350 ft of ascent. Beat my early July by .5mph which is a Crush! No major rises but for what it was, I felt like I was blasting up.

Two days ago had my 1st ride of summer where I didn't finish first, with the bike shop. I'm going to make an effort next year for some road socialization and try to get a few bike buddies, but my schedule and being spoiled by living 10 miles out of town makes it a little tough.

Soon it'll be back to 10-15 min.'s on the trainer, wt lifting, table tennis and short runs.

Doesn't have to be over, just be more selective about times and maybe cut the mileage some as late fall and winter approaches. Last year was my first and I rode through the entire winter. I have a hand condition where my fingers go numb very fast from wintery cold stuff, just wore 2 pairs of gloves and stayed covered. If you will be relegated to a trainer, look up Zwift. One guy I know does most of his riding on the trainer and still wins races.

 

[jhuskey]

True, I spend a lot of time on the trainer but sometimes have the desire to climb a tower with a deer rifle. I know assault weapons are in but I am old school. I generally suck it up and brave the cold at times but screw the cold rain, just can't do it.

 

[CAMPYBOB]

Consecutive riding day number 72:

Just 29 miles with 1450' of climbing, but what a fun 29 miles they were!

After spending 5 hours on a tractor I hosed myself off in the shower and looked at the thermometer...89 degrees. Not a cloud in the sky. The wind was a light 3 to 7 MPH. The humidity was pretty low. Perfect! Let's ride!

I pounded the **** out of the pedals! My back felt like ****, but I didn't care. This was a steep little course with some decent flat sections to drill it. Lots of work to do on this course and timing the horsepower bursts is easily managed on this one.

Alternating between spinning and pushing, you can make the Watts pay on these mostly quiet, deserted county lanes. It does get steep in a few spots and one hill is punishing and slow, but if you keep the output up there you will be rewarded with a high attack speed for the next zone of pain.



We are not allowed to use rifles for deer. Straight-wall rifle calibers in handguns...yes. We are basically limited to slug guns and front loaders...the assault rifles of 1776! I hate hunting in a cold downpour, too. Sure, it's noise cover for going in, but sitting for three hours in it? I'm to old for that! Last season it was too HOT to hunt! It was almost a record cull, but I just couldn't get into it.

A cold drizzle...I'm in. Snow or air so frosty it's crystalized? Let's hunt! I've got cold weather gear so I'm ready to stifle my sniffles!

 

[CAMPYBOB]

Consecutive riding day number 73:

Just a little 22-mile climbing test to see where my recovery is. It's...nowhere. Meh. I was not really trying for a course record or anything, but I was 4 minutes off a good time. Legs are dead.

It was a fun ride and I went over some still drying roads from the tiny bit of rain that fell 5 miles South of my farm. No rain at my place! Again.

1220' of climbing and I couldn't get my heart rate above 162...tired. Insert my badass Army Ranger bud's saying, "I'll sleep when I'm dead!", here.

I felt good, but feelings don't cut it on a 12% climb. Output was lacking. The air temp was a humid 88 degrees and the wind was on and off at 9 to 10 MPH. A partly cloudy sky blocked no sun and the heat felt great on my old body.

I found $1.75 in Quarters on the side of a road used by a lot of Amish buggy traffic. Now I can tell the dumbass ****ing cheapskates on the forum I can finally afford one of those Titanium rear derailleur cable fixing bolts for my Wilier! Woohoo!

 

[Uawadall]

Nice work Campybob! Keep that streak up

Some hard intervals with recovery in between. 18.2 miles/17.8 mph/780 ft/157 average heart rate. It was fun and I am I feel 100% back physically and mentally. Ran 4.5 miles in the evening at a 7-7:20 mile pace, stupid starva messed up.

 

[CAMPYBOB]

Consecutive riding day number 74:

Just a very short 13 miles in between afternoon showers. I managed to stay pretty much in the dry and on dry roads, but once again the very high humidity made it difficult to tell sweat from drizzle.

Something like 450' of climbing, so a fairly flat course to stay close to the car...which was being well guarded by two cute Mennonite girls with smart phones.

I was lucky to get this ride in. It rained 'scattered' showers from about 8 AM until dark. It dried out just enough in between storms to get out and I did enjoy the ride!

 

[CAMPYBOB]

Keep clocking those short, fast ones out, U! With your running the conditioning level should hold up really well.

 

[zipp2001]

Been a long couple weeks with very little sleep and a bunch of doctor appointments. Last night was the best night sleep since my sciatica started acting up. I got a tad over 5 hours of sleep, so I was in a much better mood. So when I got out of work it was off to consult with the doctor over my x-rays and then rush home and pull out the TT bike. It was 80 degrees with a 6-8 mph wind, so I did my thru town 15 mile TT route. The legs where so glad to be back on the bike and the pain was gone within the first 1/2 mile. Finished off the ride at 21.3 mph and an extra smile on my face. As I keep telling the doctor the bike is my therapy.

 

[CAMPYBOB]

Consecutive riding day number 75:

A semi-fast 17 Miles with 540' of climbing through high humidity and a cold front moving in that's supposedly bringing rain.

The sky was dark blue and the wind was a steady 12 MPH with gusts just above 20 MPH as I set off on local roads. I kept the workload fairly high and my position on the bike very low. Dat wind!

It was fun while it last...all of an hour.

Zipp, my back has been out for around a week now. Nowhere near as bad as yours, but I've damn near went to the floor a whole bunch of times in pain. Yesterday it started feeling a bit better. Today just a little worse. I'm hopeful it will be back to as normal as it gets so I can get a long ride in over the weekend. Sucks to be us, but there's folks a lot worse off than us so I won't *****. Grin and...kick a big gear! Good luck with yours!

 

[jhuskey]

I been consistently 4-5 days a week but nothing that interesting, however yesterday I noticed a car stopped ahead of me and a polite young lady flagging me down. She asked me if there was a local bike shop since she had a mountain bike with a wheel issue. I gave her the name and directions. She then apologized for stopping me saying that I was looking good and she thanked me for being healthy and staying in shape.
Bob I have said it before but as well you know , it is hell getting old and it sucks and it ain't fair. Only lazy bastards should get old.

 

[CAMPYBOB]

I never stop for attractive young...er...Wait! Wut?

Yeah, you with glands going bonkers, Zipp with his blown out back...sucks big time. I've had to deal with it since I was 2-1/2. So even before my memories were formed...and my earliest memories are associated with it...I've been dealing with those health issues and physical limitations that only get more numerous and serious as we age.

I hope we all manage to stay as healthy as possible and young at heart. We know cycling can be a mental game and that aspect of it can be as important as the physical side. I feel the same way about life.

If you have not yet read about the founder of the Pittsburg 'Dirty Dozen' ride founder and two-time RAAM overall winner's paralyzing accident in the 'Is Road Cycling Safe?' thread, please do so. Mr. Chew is a prime example of a cyclist with a great mental outlook on both life and cycling.

Sure, I may do 75 consecutive days of riding. Big deal. That's less than nothing. He was doing 1000-mile weeks and headed for a million lifetime miles logged in!!!! Despite his injury I have no doubt he will roll over that odometer reading and then some.

 

[CAMPYBOB]

Consecutive riding day number 76:

Tied my personal record for consecutive days on the road.

Just a quick 12-mile spin after a half-hour downpour. 17.2 MPH avg. just spinning along nice and relaxed in the ultra-humidity. Only 400' of climbing on a very flat out & back run.

The roads were dry, but the sky never did look reassuring...dark clouds blowing through on the 10 MPH wind.

 

[Uawadall]

A Saturday group ride, 42.3 miles, 17.6 mph, 1800 ft.. I've been sore this week from running, but cycling felt just fine this morning.They started off slow, then decided to pick it up. I stayed with the front group, but it took a sprint or two.

 

[CAMPYBOB]

Well, it seems I can't count. I just checked back through my log book and the hard drive log and the online log. It's actually...


Consecutive riding day number 79.

That eclipses my old record of 76 consecutive days. I'll keep going until I get rained out.

Just a little 31 mile ride in abusive wind. It was blowing 10 to 23 MPH with gusts to 31 MPH. Stay low!

The air was a warm 85 degrees and the sun was out as another storm front started to blow into the area. The wind was WSW, but swirling a lot and I wasn't into it or getting a big push for long no matter which direction I was going.

1130' of climbing, so pretty flat terrain. It was a fun ride with the first 10 miles just at a fast spin and not effort was held too long. I spent almost the entire ride on the drops...even climbing into the wind down low. Just working any gear was effort enough in the wind tunnel that is Ohio today.

 

[zipp2001]

Was able to get together with Dave my friend from the 70's that I got onto riding this year. Because of his work schedule
riding can be non existence for weeks at a time. So it was several weeks since he last rode so I took him on a light rolling 27 miles for his longest ride to date. The temp was a cool 73 degrees with a light wind and cloudy skies. Ran into a short rouge shower toward the end of the ride.

CAMPYBOB you have to go for triple digits, The man, The machine, The Legend !

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[CAMPYBOB]

CAMPYBOB you have to go for triple digits, The man, The machine, The Legend !

LOL!

For years a buddy used to call me, "The man, the myth, the ledgend that is CampyBob!" Heheh!

I have been called MUCH worse, so thank you for the compliment, Zipp! I will keep riding until I get rained out!

Yesterday, after riding, I dropped my wife of at the church picnic and I headed North 20 miles for groceries for the week. I was gassing up the car when the black clouds opened up with 30-40 MPH winds! The rain was coming sideways and my entire front was soaked to the skin in less than 10 seconds! Before I had 5 gallons in the tank there was a 2" deep river running over my shoes...and this was under the huge awning of the Sheetz station. I;m guessing that area got 4" or more yesterday.

Bright sunshine today with a high of only 75 degrees predicted. Perfect!

Let's ride!