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Great day for a bike ride
It was wonderful weather for a bike ride today. I should have worn warmer gloves but I made it home in time to jump in the hot tub. It had been a few weeks since our last ride so we took it easy and just went into Mancos for coffee and a cherry tart. Not…
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ISS docking simulator from SpaceX
This is pretty cool, and really hard – ISS docking simulator for SpaceX You got the right stuff? Makes me think of how the video game in The Last Starfighter was a recruiting device.
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Monday Morning Ride
Kate and I got up this morning and got on the bikes. The time change last Sunday, to standard time, means that the sun is coming up an hour earlier, which means it is also warmer an hour earlier. So we hit the road a little after 7am and rode 6 miles into town for…
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November cycling
For the last 2 mornings Kate and I have been riding into town and back. We both realized its been about a month since we last rode to town. Life has been busy the last few weeks. No great excuses other than things have been busy and riding got lost in the mix. The house…
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Thursday Morning Ride
Its getting cooler out but the sunrise payoff is totally worth it.
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Monday Morning Ride
Had some hesitation for this morning’s ride. Its a strength day so I want to avoid over exercising, which is a lame excuse cause I don’t workout that hard. It is also dark longer in the morning so I was worried about visibility. However, once I was up and soaked in the hot tub I…
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Lazy Coffee Rides
Some days I just want to get a nice easy ride in. Riding to town is about 24 to 30 minutes each way. There is a decent, a climb, and a decent and then I am at the main coffee shop in town: Fahrenheit Coffee Roasters . I grab an espresso and, if they have…
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Slow and steady
In Aesop’s fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, we are given a moral lesson about being consistent and humble. The hare in the story is overconfident in how fast they are compared to the tortoise. The hare ends up losing the race to the slower tortoise, who methodically continues along while the hare takes a…
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Strength Training and Recovery Ride
Today we are back in the gym, aka the living room, and doing some strength training. The prescription workout is for 1 hour of various exercises to strengthen the entire body. 2 sets of 20 reps per exercise is what is called for but I would lose my mind doing 20 reps of anything. It…
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FTP (Feel The Pain) test day
It’s been since last October that I’ve done an fitness or FTP test. After a good warmup you go as hard as possible for 20 minutes. Then use a calculator to figure out what your heart rate or power meter zones should be for training. This personalizes you training zones not just to your body…