Comments on: To Ride or Not To Ride – That is the Question http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/07/to-ride-or-not-to-ride-that-is-the-question/ Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pat http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/07/to-ride-or-not-to-ride-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-3620 Pat Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:13:31 +0000 http://totalcyclingperformance.com/?p=102#comment-3620 Hello Bob, Good luck as you prepare for your final weeks (or days?) before your Mt Washington Hill Climb. Your notes, advice and stories helped inspire me greatly as I got ready for my 300-mile ride to Madison during the early Spring. I used plenty of your advice, and had a great ride! Hoping the best for your INVIGORATING climb!!! Pat Hello Bob, Good luck as you prepare for your final weeks (or days?) before your Mt Washington Hill Climb. Your notes, advice and stories helped inspire me greatly as I got ready for my 300-mile ride to Madison during the early Spring.

I used plenty of your advice, and had a great ride! Hoping the best for your INVIGORATING climb!!!
Pat

]]> By: Peter Grasse http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/07/to-ride-or-not-to-ride-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-3477 Peter Grasse Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:39:39 +0000 http://totalcyclingperformance.com/?p=102#comment-3477 Look Outside Man! No clouds, light winds, cool temps! How can you not go out for at least an easy hour. Follow your own prescription: GET OUT AND RIDE! Look Outside Man! No clouds, light winds, cool temps! How can you not go out for at least an easy hour. Follow your own prescription: GET OUT AND RIDE!

]]> By: Quang http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/07/to-ride-or-not-to-ride-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-3470 Quang Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:14:58 +0000 http://totalcyclingperformance.com/?p=102#comment-3470 Hello Bob, You should rest! Like you said... you will heal faster and able to train harder in a couple of days! On the week of my Double Century... I pop my back [lower back] on Sunday during a sprint... only 5 days left before the 202 miles ride on the following Sat July 11th... I was sad! I did not ride for 5 days... and have to take 4 Iboprofen (200mg) just to kill the pain from Mon-Wed 3-4X a day ... then Thur... I did not take any pain killer just to see what will be my real pain is??? Wow! not too bad! I end up put on a Thermal Heat Wrap on my back Friday... and felt so good... Guess what? I put another Thermal Heat Wrap on my back on Sat... and did my Paul Bunyan DC ... and broke my old record! Last year I came home 1st 10hrs 59min total elapse time... This year I came home 10hr 10min elapse time... 9hr 41min riding time. Wow! That might be the benefit of the 5 days I did not bike (Mon-Fri)... I never done that before! I always rode until 3 days before the event. Thanks for sharing your though! Today stage was awesome! Lance ride for Contador... Contador will end up winning and Lance will be 2nd... but you never know the master mind Lance!!! One you are Champ you will always be the Champ. I think he is getting better and better as the tour go on compare to many other guys! He did test his power of bridging today... Maybe a breakaway coming up next? He did pick a section with stiffer ~8% to bridge so NO one can follow his slip stream!!! He was thinking! and smart thinking from fresh mind NOT tired mind! right? Also I am training for serious climb! please share some serious climbing training that you are doing! I Only have 3 weeks of training for 300K-22000ft of climbing... you know where it is right? I am not a climber at all... 5'9" 168# to be exact... so suffer will be the exact word! I will try to get 4-5# of fat off the next 2 weeks. Hello Bob,

You should rest! Like you said… you will heal faster and able to train harder in a couple of days!
On the week of my Double Century… I pop my back [lower back] on Sunday during a sprint… only 5 days left before the 202 miles ride on the following Sat July 11th… I was sad!
I did not ride for 5 days… and have to take 4 Iboprofen (200mg) just to kill the pain from Mon-Wed 3-4X a day … then Thur… I did not take any pain killer just to see what will be my real pain is??? Wow! not too bad! I end up put on a Thermal Heat Wrap on my back Friday… and felt so good… Guess what?
I put another Thermal Heat Wrap on my back on Sat… and did my Paul Bunyan DC … and broke my old record! Last year I came home 1st 10hrs 59min total elapse time…
This year I came home 10hr 10min elapse time… 9hr 41min riding time.
Wow! That might be the benefit of the 5 days I did not bike (Mon-Fri)… I never done that before! I always rode until 3 days before the event.
Thanks for sharing your though!
Today stage was awesome! Lance ride for Contador… Contador will end up winning and Lance will be 2nd… but you never know the master mind Lance!!! One you are Champ you will always be the Champ. I think he is getting better and better as the tour go on compare to many other guys! He did test his power of bridging today… Maybe a breakaway coming up next? He did pick a section with stiffer ~8% to bridge so NO one can follow his slip stream!!! He was thinking! and smart thinking from fresh mind NOT tired mind! right?

Also I am training for serious climb! please share some serious climbing training that you are doing! I Only have 3 weeks of training for 300K-22000ft of climbing… you know where it is right? I am not a climber at all… 5’9″ 168# to be exact… so suffer will be the exact word! I will try to get 4-5# of fat off the next 2 weeks.

]]> By: Chris http://www.totalcyclingperformance.com/2009/07/to-ride-or-not-to-ride-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-3459 Chris Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:37:15 +0000 http://totalcyclingperformance.com/?p=102#comment-3459 I would not ride. I would do some type of strength training. lower back for starters then work on abs and the rest of the core. I would not ride.

I would do some type of strength training. lower back for starters then work on abs and the rest of the core.

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