Author: John
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Ride #2 West Hills Challenge 2011
I finally figured out how to add myself to the Strava West Hills Challenge 2011. From the Peloton: today’s excuse is that I haven’t ridden a bike in a week and haven’t trained all summer.
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Ride #1 West Hills Challenge 2011
This morning I rode the first of the five West Hills Challenge Rides for 2011, a Category 2 climb. Why? I was already going to do the last climb up from the level Hwy 30 because in addition to the climb I get the ups and downs of Skyline Blvd on the way home. I…
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West Hills Challenge 2011
This from Portland Velo: West Hills Challenge 2011 Upper Echelon is happy to announce The West Hills Challenge 2011. This is a an event using Strava.com to record times for climbing the popular training routes in the West hills of Portland. The competition is now open and the climbs must be completed before the end of…
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Full Body Moves for Fitness
Watching the Tour de France and wondering what I could do to improve my fitness during the commercials. Eating pastries certainly is an option, but I remembered Full Body Moves for Fitness and I include a great set of three from FitSugar’s Full-Body Moves That’ll Work You From Head to Toe
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3D FlyOver of My Ride Today
I finally used my smartphone to record a ride, the biggest problem was carrying the phone somewhere on the bike, a problem solved by my Arkel Handlebar bag being mounted again for adventuring this summer. So courtesy of iMapMyRIDE, where today’s ride is stored, you can fly down the map route in 3D. Although it…
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Simple Rules for Better Sleep
Yes, I am watching the Tour de France and caught myself wondering when various riders were describing how they slept more to recover from crashes how one gets this kind of sleep. I am still learning, but I did run across the article Simple Rules for Better Sleep from the NYTimes. And while they explain…