The sweet spot in biking

[the black rose]

Badger_South wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:44:45 GMT, the black rose
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Badger_South wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 21:06:44 GMT, the black rose
>>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I'm way too slow to race too. I'll be happy if I can keep
>>>>with the C-riders. Plenty of folks to ride with in that range.
>>>>
>>>>-km
>>>
>>>
>>>(aside to Roger: "you -know- she's killin' them C-riders")
>>>
>>>Sure, sure. ;-p
>>
>>Heh. Heh. Heh.
>>
>>If you buy a CycleOps trainer right now, you get a free CTS
>>training video in the box. Which one you get appears to be
>>random (there are 5 -- climbing, MTB, sprinting, criterium,
>>and time trialing), but I got the one on time trialing.
>>
>>Heh. Heh. Heh.
>>
>>Come spring, I'm gonna blow the C-riders outta the water.
>
>
> Though you come across as gentle and supportive, with great humor. I'm
> intuiting that you also have this shark-like intensity, and obvious
> bulldog-like persistence and dedication.

I don't know about shark-like, but I do have a competitive
streak in me that wars with my inherent physical wuss-ness.
I was always intensely academically competitive in
college, but it surprised me when cycling brought it out.

-km

--
Only cowards fight kids -- unidentified Moscow protester

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proud to be owned by a yorkie

 

[Badger_South]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:12:14 GMT, the black rose
<[email protected]> wrote:


>> intuiting that you also have this shark-like intensity, and obvious
>> bulldog-like persistence and dedication.
>
>I don't know about shark-like, but I do have a competitive
>streak in me that wars with my inherent physical wuss-ness.
> I was always intensely academically competitive in
>college, but it surprised me when cycling brought it out.
>
>-km

Well, now you know. You have a shark-like intensity, staring down your
prey, keeping contact with the peloton. Admit it! And with that helmet, you
look like a tiger shark and a predator. Sleek, silent, deadly on the bike.

You have to have your animal totem, after all.

-B
No, rose, you can -not- be a Yorkie! <g>

 

[the black rose]

Badger_South wrote:
> No, rose, you can -not- be a Yorkie! <g>

Awwwwwww, shucks. *kicks ground*

-km

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[Badger_South]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:07:44 GMT, the black rose
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Badger_South wrote:
>> No, rose, you can -not- be a Yorkie! <g>
>
>Awwwwwww, shucks. *kicks ground*
>
>-km

The Yorkie Werewolves racing team. I can see it now with the knitted lace
appliques on the jerseys...

-B
but you should see their cadence in the final sprint!

 

[the black rose]

Badger_South wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:07:44 GMT, the black rose
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Badger_South wrote:
>>
>>>No, rose, you can -not- be a Yorkie! <g>
>>
>>Awwwwwww, shucks. *kicks ground*
>>
>>-km
>
>
> The Yorkie Werewolves racing team. I can see it now with the knitted lace
> appliques on the jerseys...

Yorkies and Werewolves and Bears, oh my!

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002YC2XC.01-A2383BW7935VAY.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

-km

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[Michael J. Klein]

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 06:41:04 GMT, "B i l l S o r n s o n"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Badger_South wrote:
>> On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 04:20:34 GMT, "B i l l S o r n s o n"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Sigh. My POINT to Bill Baka was that seeing how fast one can run
>>> ONE MILE is totally different from one's minutes-per-mile pace on
>>> long (or even long-ish) runs.
>>>
>>> Bill "La Jolla Half Marathon in 2:02, IIRC" S.
>>>
>>
>> Got that point right away. Not too shabby, 2:02. Probably some hills.
>
>LJ Half is known as one of the toughest around. Includes a fun little jaunt
>up the Torrey Pines Grade (note to self: measure distance next time I ride
>it). Prolly only 1-1/2 to 2 miles, but quite steep.
>
>> At an average 9.25mi/hr pace, you probably ran several 8 min miles
>> somewhere in there. If you're not feeling well by mile 12, one can
>> easily end up doing the survivor shuffle and dropping a min/mile. I'd
>> predict at least a 48 min 10K time off of this. Years of regular
>> training? (just curious).
>
>I had LOTS of problems that day (including gastro-in-the-bushes-testinal).
>It was a cold, wet, windy, miserable morning (I remember my buddy calling at
>like 4 am and saying he wanted to bail; told him I was doing it no matter
>what). Still, 8.5 to 9-minute miles is pretty much my pace, race or no...
>(I think I did a 10K in :47-something, but it was VERY flat! )
>
>I'm no natural runner, by any means. 5-10, stocky frame (170 to 190
>extremes). I began running with some friends, entered a 5K here and 10K
>there, and then trained for a half. (Former heavy smoker, too.)
>
>Began training for the St. George Marathon -- got up to 22 miles -- but
>totally broke down before I could do it. Had stress fractures all over the
>place -- ran America's Finest City (Half) with a bunch of 'em (very
>painful), then pretty much gave it up. Turns out I have (had?) a condition
>with calcium not being absorbed by my body -- it collected in my kidneys
>instead of reaching blood -- so I got stones and broken bones! Nasty
>combo...(since treated with meds; seems to be working.)
>
>Bill "what was the question?" S.

Bill, what you describe is the opposite - not enough calicum. Kidney
stones are a sign of raging oestoperosis, not the opposite.

Michael J. Klein [email protected]
Dasi Jen, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan, ROC
Please replace mousepotato with asiancastings
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[B i l l S o r n s o n]

Michael J. Klein wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 06:41:04 GMT, "B i l l S o r n s o n"
> <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Began training for the St. George Marathon -- got up to 22 miles --
>> but totally broke down before I could do it. Had stress fractures
>> all over the place -- ran America's Finest City (Half) with a bunch
>> of 'em (very painful), then pretty much gave it up. Turns out I
>> have (had?) a condition with calcium not being absorbed by my body
>> -- it collected in my kidneys instead of reaching blood -- so I got
>> stones and broken bones! Nasty combo...(since treated with meds;
>> seems to be working.)

> Bill, what you describe is the opposite - not enough calicum. Kidney
> stones are a sign of raging oestoperosis, not the opposite.

Not sure about that "sign of raging osteoporosis" (note spelling), although
in my case it was true (low bone density, thus the stress fractures). I got
plenty of calcium in my diet, but had a condition that prevented it from
being absorbed properly. It collected in my kidneys instead, much to my
chagrin.

I somehow doubt that /most/ kidney stone sufferers (typically male,
30s-40s?) have osteoporosis; rather, they probably consume /too much/
calcium, and it crystallizes in their kidneys.

In fact, the doctors told me that my combination of factors (stones with
weak bones) was highly unusual.

Bill "like I said, meds seem to have corrected it" S.