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04-27-2004, 09:12 PM

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>As I've said before, tailwinds are a beautiful thing!

you suck when we get winds I get some of it going to work and coming home. since
I go two directions both ways. and I always get the wind going uphill. that
really sucks (G)

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04-28-2004, 04:49 AM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
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> On Saturday, I rode 33 miles at an average of 14 mph...pretty good
> for me with so few miles under my belt this season. Through the
> whole ride, I felt like I had a bad headwind, but I must have had a
> pretty good tailwind for much of it; at one point, I stopped, and
> observed the way the wind was blowing, and it was definitely a
> headwind. Resigned to it, but still feeling good from my good ride
> so far, I continued into the wind, and found I was still faster than
> usual.
>
> So, maybe there IS hope for me.

Considering that you're 20 years younger than me, you'll catch me before
long; it's just a matter of your conditioning catching up with that
trainer work I did during the winter. Last year at this time I was just
about where you are now, because I didn't have the trainer. My early-
season rides averaged around 14 to 14.5, and by the end of the summer I
was at 16.5 on the same 12 to 20-mile routes.

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04-28-2004, 04:49 AM

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

....

> On Saturday, I rode 33 miles at an average of 14 mph...pretty good
> for me with so few miles under my belt this season. Through the
> whole ride, I felt like I had a bad headwind, but I must have had a
> pretty good tailwind for much of it; at one point, I stopped, and
> observed the way the wind was blowing, and it was definitely a
> headwind. Resigned to it, but still feeling good from my good ride
> so far, I continued into the wind, and found I was still faster than
> usual.
>
> So, maybe there IS hope for me.

Considering that you're 20 years younger than me, you'll catch me before
long; it's just a matter of your conditioning catching up with that
trainer work I did during the winter. Last year at this time I was just
about where you are now, because I didn't have the trainer. My early-
season rides averaged around 14 to 14.5, and by the end of the summer I
was at 16.5 on the same 12 to 20-mile routes.

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04-28-2004, 04:49 AM

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

....

> On Saturday, I rode 33 miles at an average of 14 mph...pretty good
> for me with so few miles under my belt this season. Through the
> whole ride, I felt like I had a bad headwind, but I must have had a
> pretty good tailwind for much of it; at one point, I stopped, and
> observed the way the wind was blowing, and it was definitely a
> headwind. Resigned to it, but still feeling good from my good ride
> so far, I continued into the wind, and found I was still faster than
> usual.
>
> So, maybe there IS hope for me.

Considering that you're 20 years younger than me, you'll catch me before
long; it's just a matter of your conditioning catching up with that
trainer work I did during the winter. Last year at this time I was just
about where you are now, because I didn't have the trainer. My early-
season rides averaged around 14 to 14.5, and by the end of the summer I
was at 16.5 on the same 12 to 20-mile routes.

--
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04-28-2004, 04:49 AM

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

....

> On Saturday, I rode 33 miles at an average of 14 mph...pretty good
> for me with so few miles under my belt this season. Through the
> whole ride, I felt like I had a bad headwind, but I must have had a
> pretty good tailwind for much of it; at one point, I stopped, and
> observed the way the wind was blowing, and it was definitely a
> headwind. Resigned to it, but still feeling good from my good ride
> so far, I continued into the wind, and found I was still faster than
> usual.
>
> So, maybe there IS hope for me.

Considering that you're 20 years younger than me, you'll catch me before
long; it's just a matter of your conditioning catching up with that
trainer work I did during the winter. Last year at this time I was just
about where you are now, because I didn't have the trainer. My early-
season rides averaged around 14 to 14.5, and by the end of the summer I
was at 16.5 on the same 12 to 20-mile routes.

--
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04-28-2004, 04:49 AM

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

....

> On Saturday, I rode 33 miles at an average of 14 mph...pretty good
> for me with so few miles under my belt this season. Through the
> whole ride, I felt like I had a bad headwind, but I must have had a
> pretty good tailwind for much of it; at one point, I stopped, and
> observed the way the wind was blowing, and it was definitely a
> headwind. Resigned to it, but still feeling good from my good ride
> so far, I continued into the wind, and found I was still faster than
> usual.
>
> So, maybe there IS hope for me.

Considering that you're 20 years younger than me, you'll catch me before
long; it's just a matter of your conditioning catching up with that
trainer work I did during the winter. Last year at this time I was just
about where you are now, because I didn't have the trainer. My early-
season rides averaged around 14 to 14.5, and by the end of the summer I
was at 16.5 on the same 12 to 20-mile routes.

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04-28-2004, 05:04 AM

Steve Knight <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>>As I've said before, tailwinds are a beautiful thing!
>
> you suck when we get winds I get some of it going to work and coming home. since
> I go two directions both ways. and I always get the wind going uphill. that
> really sucks (G)

Actually it sounds like it blows.

<ducks>

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04-28-2004, 05:04 AM

Steve Knight <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>>As I've said before, tailwinds are a beautiful thing!
>
> you suck when we get winds I get some of it going to work and coming home. since
> I go two directions both ways. and I always get the wind going uphill. that
> really sucks (G)

Actually it sounds like it blows.

<ducks>

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
Congratulations are in order for Tom Reid.

He says he just found out he is the winner of the 2021 Psychic of the
Year award.

04-28-2004, 05:04 AM

Steve Knight <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>>As I've said before, tailwinds are a beautiful thing!
>
> you suck when we get winds I get some of it going to work and coming home. since
> I go two directions both ways. and I always get the wind going uphill. that
> really sucks (G)

Actually it sounds like it blows.

<ducks>

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
Congratulations are in order for Tom Reid.

He says he just found out he is the winner of the 2021 Psychic of the
Year award.

04-28-2004, 05:04 AM

Steve Knight <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>>As I've said before, tailwinds are a beautiful thing!
>
> you suck when we get winds I get some of it going to work and coming home. since
> I go two directions both ways. and I always get the wind going uphill. that
> really sucks (G)

Actually it sounds like it blows.

<ducks>

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
Congratulations are in order for Tom Reid.

He says he just found out he is the winner of the 2021 Psychic of the
Year award.