Painful.
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It wasn’t the ride that was hard, it was the length of it. We finished 70 miles yesterday. Thats a record high for myself and many others on the cycle team.
I think I owe alot of the success to my teach coach, Hamid Shoaee. He communicates very well and is always telling us what lies [...]
Last saturday, and I’m still alive. Barely made it on the Calaveras ride, it was very scenic and beautiful, but there are parts of my body that hurt still. They say if you can make the Calaveras ride, you can make the Tahoe ride. So I am on my way to being prepared.
We rode 45 miles last Saturday. Seems like we covered all of Silicon Valley…
Yesterday evening, March 10, 2009, we did “hill training”. We pick a hill, and ride up and down it, 3 times. At least I didn’t have to walk this time.
We rode 40 miles on Saturday, March 7, 2009. Thanks to excellent team support, I survived. I only had to walk a short distance up mount Eden.
You can find more detailed information on our weekly training rides here:
http://svcyclespring09.tntteam.com/
There were over 140 people on last Saturdays ride. 5 are survivors of Leukemia/Lymphoma. 1 Mason – me.
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Dear Friends,
One of the projects I am taking on this year is raising funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, through Team In Training, by taking part in weekly cycling training events in preparation for the final event in Lake Tahoe – 100 miles! (This should be interesting).
Leukemia causes more [...]
Pacelining:
Done properly, pace-lining (or “drafting”) can increase a rider’s efficiency by up to 30%. This makes a big difference when you are getting close to the end of the bike ride.
Air resistance is an exponential function of speed. As you cycle faster, the effort required to overcome the resistance of the air increases dramatically.
Ideally pace-lining [...]
