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Permalink Reply by Bob on February 25, 2010 at 9:56pm

As a person who has logged hundreds of hours indoors, I can say that riding on a trainer is much different than outside. Yes you don't get to coast but every point in the pedal stroke has tension so there is literally no rest. You also don't experience the side to side motion and it can tend to isolate the leg movements in a way that is not repeatable on the road or trail. But, there is one thing that is true - the more time you put in now, the better you will be when the weather turns better. So, put that Gladiator DVD in the player and enjoy the movie while going harder during the fight scenes.

Permalink Reply by tmana on February 26, 2010 at 6:15am

Gladiator? Don't have that DVD... most of mine (except for some STAR TREK and the complete EON-sanctioned James Bond series) are either set in Tudor-era Europe, or 17th-19th Century US, viewed primarily to study and critique the costumes or the portrayals of historical persons and events.

Permalink Reply by Frank Kolakowski on May 8, 2010 at 5:51pm

Hi All - I rode the Maryland 2010 Tour De Cure today! My wife joined me for most of the ride. I am now a RedRider

Weather started out cloudy and mid 60s, but ended up in the mid 70s and sunny. So much so, that in the morning I chose not to put on NO sunscreen and now I have the bicyclist's weird sunburn on my legs, neck and arms! The wind gusted very hard (up to 45 mph) and seemed to come from every direction, so much so, that I made several outbursts about the fact that my speed at times went from 16 to 6 during some of the gusts!

I previously posted a question about the 50k vs 100k. Unfortunately I got a case of shingles last Sunday and started treatment on Tuesday. It hurts quite a bit so I opted for the 50k!!

The event was well run by the Maryland ADA folks and there were ~500 riders and they collectively raised about $186k. I started my fundraising late and only raised ~$560.

Permalink Reply by tmana on May 9, 2010 at 4:31am

Sorry to hear about the shingles and sunburn -- but HOORAH for having completed your first Tour!!!!

Mine's June 13 (my first). I'm aiming for 50miles (we don't have a 50k here). Unfortunately off training for a bit due to a bad crash on Wednesday. (Thinking I may need to follow up with the doctor today due to unwelcome developments.)

Permalink Reply by tmana on May 17, 2010 at 10:53pm

Saw the doc Saturday - one week after a car accident (I was the passenger, not the driver) that compounded some of the cycling injuries, and several days after an episode of fainting that was probably an adverse reaction to pain medication... she doesn't want me training until I can get a CAT scan of my head, just to make sure that the face-plant was not due to a subdural hematoma. Right now we're waiting for insurance clearance...

Permalink Reply by miketosh on May 18, 2010 at 3:00pm

Good Luck!

Permalink Reply by tmana on May 29, 2010 at 6:29am

Took a week to find out I didn't need insurance clearance... but unless I could find a facility that billed a CAT as an office visit, I'd be responsible for $2500 + 20% of anything over that. Don't have the cash, playing the odds. So far, so good. Haven't been out more than an hour at the time and still need to get back whatever climbing legs I was starting to develop... not to mention working on endurance...

Permalink Reply by Jerry Nairn on May 9, 2010 at 9:05am

Congratulations on the ride, and in raising a significant amount for the ADA. I hope the difficulties just made the sense of accomplishment sweeter. Best wishes for a full and rapid recover from the shingles.

Permalink Reply by Greg on May 17, 2010 at 7:20pm

I wore the RR jersey for the past 2 Tour de Cures (or Tours de Cure?) in Seattle, and it was neat to see others doing the same. The first year I just wanted to ride the century and didn't feel like advertising the diabetes, but I wore the jersey anyway. At a rest stop about halfway through family approached me and told me they were riding because their son was recently diagnosed. Turns out he was diagnosed at the same age I was diagnosed, except in my case that was 35 years ago. We talked for a long time and they called their son on a cell phone and told him that they met someone with diabetes who was riding. I am not a Team Type One-level guy, but was kind of nice to think that maybe someone was encouraged. So I'll wear the jersey again next Saturday for the TDC.

Permalink Reply by Jerry Nairn on May 17, 2010 at 9:43pm

Very cool story, Greg. This is why I think we need to "advertise" when we're doing something healthy and/or challenging.

Permalink Reply by Greg on May 28, 2010 at 10:54pm

All right, my blood-glucose level cooperated during last weekend's Seattle-area Tour de Cure, but the weather did not. Here I am at the start line, 7 AM, rainy and 47 degrees. Not sure why I appeared to be in a good mood.

Permalink Reply by PatientX on May 28, 2010 at 8:07pm

I have had the chance to be a red rider this year for the San Anotio Texas to Austin ride. At first I was not too sure that I could complete the ride. I took a nasty spill 2 weeks before the ride so I had stitches on my arm and nursing some bruised ribs. I decided to to the second day which was San Marcos Tx to Austin Texas. It was a great experience and hopefully I can come back next year and do the full ride

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