>Biking
When I ride my bike, I ride on rural roads in my town. They are generally not high traffic roads, but the speed limit is 45 or 55. Oftentimes, these roads don’t have much of a shoulder. Every time I am out cycling, at least one ass hole passes me at full speed without leaving [...]
I have a funny story from today’s workout. While biking on a trail, I slowed down to pass a woman jogging, and I said “Passing on your left”. She replied “Passing out on your right.”. It made me laugh for 5 minutes!
I bought some road tires from the REI store this weekend, and went out riding twice this week on them. Someone had told me replacing my knobby trail tires with smooth road tires would help me go faster. I didn’t really notice any improvement in speed with them. Seems like a waste of $40. Oh [...]
I finally got my seat back to a comfortable postion. What a pain the whole episode of fiddling with my bike was, literally. The truth is, this bike doesn’t really fit me. It’s my husband’s bike, and I’m just borrowing it for my tri training (and racing purposes). Links for proper bike fit: http://www.bicycl…ce.com/bike/fitting/ http://www.tri-ecoach.com/art11.htm
I’ve been fiddling all week trying to adjust my saddle height and handlebars so I am in a more proper cycling position. All it has gotten me is sore back, sore arms and sore ankles. At this point, since my race is only 1 week away , I am just going to put my bike [...]
