Training

Over the past half year I've made a number of significant changes to my Bacchetta Ti Aero. Swapped out the `gooseneck' riser for a...

I'm using the Garmin 705 with all functions except time and HR turned off. These data below illustrate the Maximum Sustained Power effor...

And then there was the time, as a teenager, I planned to ride my Schwinn Varsity 10 speed around both Lake Michigan and Lake Superior in 196...

From September to last night I purposely ignored watching what I ate or drank. Fortunately, I'm not excessive by nature. But it was nice...

This is a hard one.  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/31/opinion/31jacoby.html?hp Few things scare us more than being trapped with no hope...

Quote: As the baby boomers age. Electric assist on bicycles will ramp up in popularity . You get older, you need an assist, whats not to l...

I use an external catheter for on-the-road urination while riding the recumbent. For upright and other bikes you might make some changes. He...

Because my wife and I will be relocating from Chicago to Prescott, AZ, in 2011 I won't be able to enter the Race Across the West in 2011...

Just the other day I established what I thought would be a challenging indoor training goal of maintaining an average heart rate of between ...

Originally Posted by galilee "Just curious but what is your target watt output for the Indiana event?" I don't know yet. So...

This year's indoor training program is completely different from last year's. Although the 2011 cycling event calendar is far less f...

I received an email recently from an ultracycist listserv recognizing the indoor training achievements of a few DF’rs this winter. The autho...

From a post on a recumbent bike forum.  I stated that I thought I could beat my previous times on several challenging routes on a front whee...

Me? I want to be faster, fastest and first. If that is attributable to wind, terrain, unholy engineering, or just a good day ... I'll ta...

It's decided.  Rather than just repeat my previous W-E record set in 2009 I'll attempt an `out and back' record on Saturday, May...

Just before Calvin's Challenge in Ohio in May 2010 I had the pleasure to sit down with Tom Hovan and Travis Prebble to discuss my indoor...

From a recent exchange on a recumbent bike discussion forum: "Dan, maybe it's because my poor english, not your fault. And I do...

I stopped riding the upright after a few seasons of agony with saddle sores.  I was trying to do ultra distances and just could not manage a...

I've been actively participating in a few cycling organizations over the past few years as a bent rider. Earlier, as a DF rider, I'd...

Now that I've let loose of the need to spend hours each week either training or feeling guilty for not training I'm getting some bal...

‎24 hours after the UltraMidwest 24 Hr Race. Glad to be (oldest) one of the 4 who did it all and proud to have earned the UltraMidwest 2010 ...

It's noon, the day after, and I'm just now beginning to feel like I have enough energy to chew scrambled eggs. Four 50 mile loops....

Ever since I was a young teenager I wanted to know what it was like to be at the "end" of things.  Hurry up!  How does it end?!! ...

I left Chicago Saturday morning around 2:am and got to Terre Haute around 6:15am. (I had to stop along the way to take a 15 minute nap becau...