Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mgweed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!mgnetp!mgweed!wew From: wew@mgweed.UUCP (Ed Weiss) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: SPRING TRAINING Message-ID: <15659@mgweed.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 13:09:04 EST Article-I.D.: mgweed.15659 Posted: Fri Mar 1 13:09:04 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Mar-85 05:08:05 EST Organization: AT&T Consumer Products - Montgomery Illinois Lines: 27 I enjoyed reading about Becky Bates' early year ride. REALLY, 52 DEGREES!! Becky, the wind trainer should have been used during the past months.. Now is the time for LSD (Long Steady Distance) riding in the great outdoors on the road! The Cateye is a great device for training, either on the road or on the wind trainer. If you get one, be sure to get the rear wheel pickup for use on the wind trainer. Watching your speed, elapsed time, and max speed can be real training aids. Try not to let your speed drop below a certain point on a 5 or 10 mile stretch. Keep it at given speed on a hill climb. Try to do a circuit every day and cut down on the time it takes. (A log book of total miles each day,elapsed time on a circuit, max MPH, etc.is a must). Try also to do some Sprints on your daily rides..how fast can you be going by the time you pass a light pole, a mailbox, a driveway. I find little games like these either on the windtrainer(I use rollers) or on the road, create little milestones for more challange and also provide great satisfaction when you find after a ride that you beat one of your old "records" Happy biking and good luck on the Wine and Cheese Races!! Ed Weiss