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mrotakki

Pedal Pedal Pedal

Jul 06, 2009 11:13

I biked in to work with JRR today and learned a very valuable lesson ( Read more... )

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jrronimo July 6 2009, 17:58:26 UTC

As I said before, I was pushing myself to keep up at times. It was a good workout for me, in the end. Also, I'm not completely out of shape as I bike uphill probably about a mile each day. (Turns out my "about a mile" is "about 4,000 ft.... Google Maps has a distance measurement thingy.)

I also find that the toe cages help with peddlin' since I can both push and pull with each rotation... when I'm not busy jamming my chain into places it was not meant to be.

Also, you are probably the healthiest and most in-shape person I know.

mrotakki July 6 2009, 22:03:23 UTC

I bet you know more fit and healthier people.

jrronimo July 6 2009, 22:32:16 UTC

No. No I do not.

nickhalfasleep July 6 2009, 18:33:48 UTC

I think biking is great because you can become a CARDIOVASCULAR FURNACE and take tremendous pleasure in slowly ramping up your rate to always put your body in a good caloric burn mode.

mrotakki July 6 2009, 22:04:32 UTC

Or I can be a shit furnace and suck. A lot.

redchunks July 7 2009, 07:29:59 UTC

That first time can be brutal man - but NEVAR SURRENDAR. And it will make you healthy. I've just gotten back into a weekly thing with a couple of my coworkers, where we go up the "Grouse Grind" as fast as we can. Picture a wooded mountain trail, 1.8 miles long. That goes up 2,800 feet. Which works out to be 2830 steps on the parts that have stairs/ledges... My all time best is 58 minutes 40 seconds, last year - last week I started again, and despite my fears that I'd slipped, I managed 59 minutes 7 seconds.

You feel like death, but almost immediately afterwards it is FUCK YEAH.

mrotakki July 7 2009, 18:42:55 UTC

Tht may be true while first timing it, but I have been biking to work for a while now. -_-

redchunks July 11 2009, 21:46:47 UTC

Biking to work and pushing it hard are two different things; the bike commute isn't going to be one where you are XTR33M and slamming a 'Dew as you launch off the ramp in the construction zone to shave off precious minutes as you sail over the crowded street.

Yesterday I destroyed my best time on the Grind: 53 Minutes, 42 Seconds.