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  • markM Offline
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    mark
    wrote on last edited by
    #97

    Went from the 7 mile straight to a 21 mile today.

    Man! This feels great. Legs are definitely sore. Some nice hills on this ride.

    2020-06-14-16-11-38-Ride-Strava.png

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    • KlausK Offline
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      Klaus
      wrote on last edited by
      #98

      Yesterday's ride was a new record in terms of elevation for me.

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      This is the area where I rode. Man, that was beautiful.

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      • OptimisticO Offline
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        #99

        That´s great, Mark! Sore legs is a great feeling.

        Klaus, I´m jealous of those views, but that looks like some tough biking.

        I really do miss biking sometimes. I stopped doing it when I moved out of the country and never got back into it, mostly because of my dog (she runs/hikes/kayaks with me). My plan is to get one of those bike trailer things for kids when she can´t run with me anymore and take her out on rides. We´re not quite there yet, but at almost-10 years old I´m guessing we´re not too far off. In the meantime, I do still want to get my bike (my trusty old steel-frame Miyata touring bike) tuned up and start getting back into it. At this point, though, it probably needs a lot more than a tune-up.

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        • OptimisticO Optimistic

          That´s great, Mark! Sore legs is a great feeling.

          Klaus, I´m jealous of those views, but that looks like some tough biking.

          I really do miss biking sometimes. I stopped doing it when I moved out of the country and never got back into it, mostly because of my dog (she runs/hikes/kayaks with me). My plan is to get one of those bike trailer things for kids when she can´t run with me anymore and take her out on rides. We´re not quite there yet, but at almost-10 years old I´m guessing we´re not too far off. In the meantime, I do still want to get my bike (my trusty old steel-frame Miyata touring bike) tuned up and start getting back into it. At this point, though, it probably needs a lot more than a tune-up.

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on last edited by
          #100

          @Optimistic said in The workout thread:

          That´s great, Mark! Sore legs is a great feeling.

          I’ve always thought it depends on why they’re sore.

          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          • OptimisticO Offline
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            Optimistic
            wrote on last edited by
            #101

            True that.

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            • markM Offline
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              mark
              wrote on last edited by
              #102

              Wow Klaus! Awesome ride. I will get back to that level soon enough. Today was a stretch for sure. But the bar has been set.

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              • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                #103

                Nice, Klaus!

                Please love yourself.

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                • taiwan_girlT Offline
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                  taiwan_girl
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #104

                  @Klaus That is very cool. A good ride!!

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                  • KlausK Offline
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                    Klaus
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #105

                    Turned the home cinema man cave into a pain cave.

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                    • KlausK Klaus

                      Turned the home cinema man cave into a pain cave.

                      e552f2c7-cca6-4529-8f47-e68cc9dcdb84-image.png

                      CopperC Offline
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                      wrote on last edited by
                      #106

                      @Klaus The fan is a nice touch.

                      It will make you look like you are going faster.

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                      • kluursK Offline
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                        #107

                        Jan Ullrich is drafting off of you.

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                        • jon-nycJ Online
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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #108

                          Where was that when I visited? One of the emptyish rooms downstairs?

                          Only non-witches get due process.

                          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                          • KlausK Offline
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                            #109

                            If I remember correctly, Ms. NYC spent the night in that room.

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                            • KlausK Klaus

                              Turned the home cinema man cave into a pain cave.

                              e552f2c7-cca6-4529-8f47-e68cc9dcdb84-image.png

                              taiwan_girlT Offline
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                              taiwan_girl
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                              #110

                              @Klaus Do you have some program that shows a bike race that you follow along with?

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                              • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                                Aqua Letifer
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #111

                                I have a feeling Klaus knows his way around Zwift island.

                                Please love yourself.

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                                • KlausK Offline
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                                  Klaus
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #112

                                  Yes, I'm using Zwift right now. I'm not sure whether it's the best program for what I have in mind. I don't really care for the "social" aspect of Zwift. I don't want to race. I want to do structured training.

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                                  • KlausK Offline
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                                    Klaus
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #113

                                    Hey @Rich, are you going crazy with your runs? Multiple runs of 10+ miles a day in a tempo I couldn't even hold for 3 miles?

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                                    • RichR Offline
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                                      Rich
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #114

                                      Ha, says the guy who rode 150 miles last week!

                                      Garmin was being held up by some ransomware attack, and I was too lazy to manually upload, so several days worth just went up at once.

                                      But yeah, the general pattern is:
                                      Monday--10/11 miles at 'whatever'
                                      Tuesday--Track workout. (between warm up/cool down, active recovery and actual "work" ends up being 10-12 miles total)
                                      Wednesday--Easy 6 or so
                                      Thursday--A fairly 'zippy' 10/11 miles
                                      Friday--Easy 6 or so
                                      Saturday--14+ w/group
                                      Sunday--10 to 15

                                      There's generally 18-25 miles of running w/the Mrs in there also. Sometimes it's in addition to the above, or we use her run as my recovery run. Ends up being around 70 miles per week.

                                      I'm not really sure how well how this would line up with any particular race plan, but for now I'm having fun.

                                      Are you trying to get back into some running? Or have you been running all along, but you don't (gasp!) post it on Strava?

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                                      • KlausK Klaus

                                        Yes, I'm using Zwift right now. I'm not sure whether it's the best program for what I have in mind. I don't really care for the "social" aspect of Zwift. I don't want to race. I want to do structured training.

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                                        Doctor Phibes
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #115

                                        @Klaus said in The workout thread:

                                        I don't really care for the "social" aspect of Zwift. I don't want to race. I want to do structured training.

                                        Remind me again, Klaus, what nationality are you?

                                        I was only joking

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                                        • RichR Rich

                                          Ha, says the guy who rode 150 miles last week!

                                          Garmin was being held up by some ransomware attack, and I was too lazy to manually upload, so several days worth just went up at once.

                                          But yeah, the general pattern is:
                                          Monday--10/11 miles at 'whatever'
                                          Tuesday--Track workout. (between warm up/cool down, active recovery and actual "work" ends up being 10-12 miles total)
                                          Wednesday--Easy 6 or so
                                          Thursday--A fairly 'zippy' 10/11 miles
                                          Friday--Easy 6 or so
                                          Saturday--14+ w/group
                                          Sunday--10 to 15

                                          There's generally 18-25 miles of running w/the Mrs in there also. Sometimes it's in addition to the above, or we use her run as my recovery run. Ends up being around 70 miles per week.

                                          I'm not really sure how well how this would line up with any particular race plan, but for now I'm having fun.

                                          Are you trying to get back into some running? Or have you been running all along, but you don't (gasp!) post it on Strava?

                                          KlausK Offline
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                                          Klaus
                                          wrote on last edited by Klaus
                                          #116

                                          @Rich said in The workout thread:

                                          Or have you been running all along, but you don't (gasp!) post it on Strava?

                                          Oh, rest assured that if I could run like you do I'd post it everywhere! 🙂

                                          I suck at running. On a good day I can run 6-7 miles, but I need an hour for that and then I'm done for the rest of the day.

                                          The good thing about cycling is that I can do it way longer. I can control the intensity. With running, one can run slower, but even at a slow pace it's too exhausting for me to do it for hours. Last Saturday I burned 2000kcal on a group ride. Couldn't do that with running.

                                          In the long term, I'm also a little worried that running wouldn't be good for joints etc., but I hear rather conflicting things about that issue.

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