Archive for January, 2008
Stuck on a trainer?
We’re all dealing with the nasty winter weather these days. But some of us are facing conditons where we wouldn’t dream of taking the bike out. So, we’re stuck on the trainer.
You may have caught my last post with Chris Eschbach of the Human Performance Lab at Meredith College.
Well, I had another question for Chris on just that… If you’re [...]
Improve your performance!
A few months back, I posted a story I did on the Human Performance Lab at Meredith College.
The tests conducted in this lab help athletes train more efficiently. It’s all the tests you might have seen Lance endure in those cool Discovery Channel specials. Sorry, this one doesn’t include the wind tunnel. [...]
$15 Toast
Toasty Toes on a cold ride yesterday and all it cost me was 15 bucks. I love a good deal! It’s especially good when it involves anything to do with cycling. So, in the “clearance sale of love,” I found these booties for 15 bucks.
I got out for 25 miles. It was about 40 degrees with a [...]
Looking at the road ahead…
The road ahead always seems longer when you’ve been off your training plan for some time. I would say I pedaled off and on over the past two months. That means serious training was put on hold over the holidays. So, this past week was my first week back with multiple rides. I got on [...]
Cancer hits home…
I really didn’t talk about this in my 2007 posts but it was certainly always on my mind. Last Summer, cancer hit home for my family. My Dad, Donald, was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Soon after… my Mom, Sharon, was diagnosed with a more advanced case of ovarian cancer. My Dad’s news was hard enough and then with Mom’s diagnosis [...]
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