Training

Even though it's `Arizona,' here, it still gets very cold and windy at 6,000 feet in the winter.  Riding through a snowy, cold winte...

D2D (Death 2 Dan) Start / End at my front door. 26.9 miles. 3,235 ft of climbing. Avg ft climbed per mile 120.5.  Many sections > 20...

I've been accumulating questions about cycling with the intent of a few posts with possible answers and responses.  But I've not got...

(Oct 2014) I wrote the blog post about the doctor with a god complex in May of 2012.  Since that time I've met many physicians who mo...

An admired acquaintance recently experienced a complicated and painful cycling accident.  He is an avid and accomplished cyclist in his 50s....

I'll start with the weight loss first. I think it is a mistake to think that more exercise alone will result in enduring weight loss....

The three (3) mile `parade escort' by city motorcycles probably took about 3 minutes off everybody's time so comparison of this year...

A friend described an upcoming cycling event as an `A' event.  It had been a while since I had ranked cycling activities in terms of pri...

All things being equal, I train with four and a half pounds of fluid, six pounds of tools, tubes, etc, and about three to four pounds of bod...

Not the kind of training ride I'd recommend.  But ... y'gotta look at the bright side.   Got a 2 hour late start at 9:30AM due...

I did `garbage duty’ on the Spars (MP 299 to MP 300) today.  The last time I did that section was about 6 weeks ago. Two full Hefty bags...

I'm almost always distracted when on a longish ride, training or otherwise, by this question. The three primary pedaling actions seem ...

This blog has been up and running since 2009.  By and large it has remained true to the experience of `training' on the bike.  As my cyc...

  Probably not an equivalent problem on recumbents, but ... A few weeks ago a buddy (a physician) told me about a serious injury he receiv...

The Skull Valley Loop Challenge for 2014 takes place on Sunday, September 21.     This is a short (53 miles, 4,000 ft of climbing) `ri...

175 lbs. Accomplished.

The more I attempt to improve my performance the more I find I have grimy little pockets of self-deception that I have to deal with.  Only...

( Boojwah : Something distasteful. A replacement for the swearword "bullshit" Can be used to describe something stupid or annoying...

Yesterday I completed an out-and-back 100 mile course with 7,300 feet of climbing.  "Double Trouble Century" I was the only recu...

Certainly, I've been very vigilant to not overtrain.  Rest is almost as important as planning and executing a smart training plan. I u...

Over the past few months I've made good headway on adding the DF to my cycling habits. It's taken some real discipline to do so bec...

Forrest and I decided to ride over the White Spars  today.  Nothing intense or fast.  Time for a nice, slow, leisurely Sunday morning bike r...

Tonight I pronounced, thoughtlessly, that I was `happy.'  And I immediately checked myself.  All my life I've skirted around decla...

Maria Parker's determination to raise funds for brain cancer research is chronicled in this incredible feature film. HOPE

The motivation for athletic accomplishment is complex and multifarious.  My own motivation has been fundamentally to stroke my own ego.  The...