Over the Hill Gang - Streaking

04-20-2004, 08:05 PM

What does it take for the older biker to ride everyday?

Biking to work - obviously the best way, since you have to rely on the bike
to get to work, but how about the weekends, holidays?

Find your daily optimum - not too much mileage that you can't do the same
workout or more the next day.

Find your emotional optimum - almost a bigger hurdle than conditioning is
the mental aspect. How not to get 'stale'. Gotta keep the mileage
reasonable.

Keep the injuries low - another big 'streak stopper' is getting injured.
Good rest, good nutrition might be key.

Goal setting - Be careful of setting too tough a goal, or too short term.
Think in terms of 6 months, but have a goal - maybe an easy race, but
keeping in the middle of the pack.

Rehabbing an nagging injury. One thing that can motivate is if you hve a
slight injury and need to rehab and build muscle; alternately, rehabbing
being overweight. Checking the mirror/bathroom scale everyday can help get
you out on the bike.

Having an alternate for bad weather. Obviously one needs to be prepared to
layer and garb up for rain and cold weather, but it's helpful to have a set
of rollers or at least a stationary bike for fall back if you just can't
get outside due to weather.

Logging your progress. Keeping that log is one thing that got me out there
on days when I didn't much 'feel like it'.

Deciding to bike. Keep the 'decision' to bike set _after_ you've started
the ride. IOW, put on your biking gear as a ritual, and say 'I'm not
feeling that great, but I'll gear up and get on the bike, and if I don't
feel that great, I'll do half the route'. Usually after you get out there,
the fatigue or bad feel goes and you have a pretty good ride.

A fighting attitude. Even if you have some negative emotional or physical
situation, you have to have an 'attitude' - nothing is gonna keep me from
doing my streak, dammit!

Well that's what's gotten me throught the last 8-9 months, and I hope, will
keep me going.

Any others that have helped you?

-B

04-21-2004, 12:35 AM

>What does it take for the older biker to ride everyday?

Why do you apply this to the "older" rider, as if it has no meaning to a
"younger" rider?

I fail to understand why we must discriminate a difference between an older
rider (whatever that is) and what works for a younger rider.

What's up?

A rider who is 64. Am I "older?". For that matter, everyone who is more than
a minute old is "older" than someone else. Perhaps you meant to apply your
rules to everyone? Hope so!

I have gotten through the last 6 years of biking by simply enjoying biking. As
simple as that.

Didn't take any special rules at all.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
(Colorado rental condo)

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
(Family Web Page)

04-21-2004, 12:35 AM

>What does it take for the older biker to ride everyday?

Why do you apply this to the "older" rider, as if it has no meaning to a
"younger" rider?

I fail to understand why we must discriminate a difference between an older
rider (whatever that is) and what works for a younger rider.

What's up?

A rider who is 64. Am I "older?". For that matter, everyone who is more than
a minute old is "older" than someone else. Perhaps you meant to apply your
rules to everyone? Hope so!

I have gotten through the last 6 years of biking by simply enjoying biking. As
simple as that.

Didn't take any special rules at all.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
(Colorado rental condo)

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
(Family Web Page)

04-21-2004, 12:35 AM

>What does it take for the older biker to ride everyday?

Why do you apply this to the "older" rider, as if it has no meaning to a
"younger" rider?

I fail to understand why we must discriminate a difference between an older
rider (whatever that is) and what works for a younger rider.

What's up?

A rider who is 64. Am I "older?". For that matter, everyone who is more than
a minute old is "older" than someone else. Perhaps you meant to apply your
rules to everyone? Hope so!

I have gotten through the last 6 years of biking by simply enjoying biking. As
simple as that.

Didn't take any special rules at all.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
(Colorado rental condo)

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
(Family Web Page)

04-21-2004, 12:35 AM

>What does it take for the older biker to ride everyday?

Why do you apply this to the "older" rider, as if it has no meaning to a
"younger" rider?

I fail to understand why we must discriminate a difference between an older
rider (whatever that is) and what works for a younger rider.

What's up?

A rider who is 64. Am I "older?". For that matter, everyone who is more than
a minute old is "older" than someone else. Perhaps you meant to apply your
rules to everyone? Hope so!

I have gotten through the last 6 years of biking by simply enjoying biking. As
simple as that.

Didn't take any special rules at all.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
(Colorado rental condo)

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
(Family Web Page)

04-21-2004, 12:35 AM

>What does it take for the older biker to ride everyday?

Why do you apply this to the "older" rider, as if it has no meaning to a
"younger" rider?

I fail to understand why we must discriminate a difference between an older
rider (whatever that is) and what works for a younger rider.

What's up?

A rider who is 64. Am I "older?". For that matter, everyone who is more than
a minute old is "older" than someone else. Perhaps you meant to apply your
rules to everyone? Hope so!

I have gotten through the last 6 years of biking by simply enjoying biking. As
simple as that.

Didn't take any special rules at all.

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
(Colorado rental condo)

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
(Family Web Page)

04-21-2004, 04:20 AM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...

....

> Deciding to bike. Keep the 'decision' to bike set _after_ you've started
> the ride. IOW, put on your biking gear as a ritual, and say 'I'm not
> feeling that great, but I'll gear up and get on the bike, and if I don't
> feel that great, I'll do half the route'. Usually after you get out there,
> the fatigue or bad feel goes and you have a pretty good ride.

This, plus the _knowledge_ that even if I don't feel great before the
ride, I usually feel better once I get going.

> A fighting attitude. Even if you have some negative emotional or physical
> situation, you have to have an 'attitude' - nothing is gonna keep me from
> doing my streak, dammit!

This would be a major contributor, if I had a streak to continue <GGG>.

.....

--
Remove the ns_ from if replying by e-mail (but keep posts in the
newsgroups if possible).

04-21-2004, 04:20 AM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...

....

> Deciding to bike. Keep the 'decision' to bike set _after_ you've started
> the ride. IOW, put on your biking gear as a ritual, and say 'I'm not
> feeling that great, but I'll gear up and get on the bike, and if I don't
> feel that great, I'll do half the route'. Usually after you get out there,
> the fatigue or bad feel goes and you have a pretty good ride.

This, plus the _knowledge_ that even if I don't feel great before the
ride, I usually feel better once I get going.

> A fighting attitude. Even if you have some negative emotional or physical
> situation, you have to have an 'attitude' - nothing is gonna keep me from
> doing my streak, dammit!

This would be a major contributor, if I had a streak to continue <GGG>.

.....

--
Remove the ns_ from if replying by e-mail (but keep posts in the
newsgroups if possible).

04-21-2004, 04:20 AM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...

....

> Deciding to bike. Keep the 'decision' to bike set _after_ you've started
> the ride. IOW, put on your biking gear as a ritual, and say 'I'm not
> feeling that great, but I'll gear up and get on the bike, and if I don't
> feel that great, I'll do half the route'. Usually after you get out there,
> the fatigue or bad feel goes and you have a pretty good ride.

This, plus the _knowledge_ that even if I don't feel great before the
ride, I usually feel better once I get going.

> A fighting attitude. Even if you have some negative emotional or physical
> situation, you have to have an 'attitude' - nothing is gonna keep me from
> doing my streak, dammit!

This would be a major contributor, if I had a streak to continue <GGG>.

.....

--
Remove the ns_ from if replying by e-mail (but keep posts in the
newsgroups if possible).

04-21-2004, 04:20 AM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...

....

> Deciding to bike. Keep the 'decision' to bike set _after_ you've started
> the ride. IOW, put on your biking gear as a ritual, and say 'I'm not
> feeling that great, but I'll gear up and get on the bike, and if I don't
> feel that great, I'll do half the route'. Usually after you get out there,
> the fatigue or bad feel goes and you have a pretty good ride.

This, plus the _knowledge_ that even if I don't feel great before the
ride, I usually feel better once I get going.

> A fighting attitude. Even if you have some negative emotional or physical
> situation, you have to have an 'attitude' - nothing is gonna keep me from
> doing my streak, dammit!

This would be a major contributor, if I had a streak to continue <GGG>.

.....

--
Remove the ns_ from if replying by e-mail (but keep posts in the
newsgroups if possible).