MFP Cycling Gang--8/18/08

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  • stschulz
    stschulz Posts: 340
    James,

    thanks for the good wishes.

    I thought about your previous post again. You want to loose 20 lbs. I assume it is these last 20 lbs to what you think is your ideal weight.

    If after all that serious training this season you still did not loose more weight that might simply mean your body is where it is going to be. You know that all these guidelines how much you should weigh are very VERY relative. Also, remember how professionals who have a whole staff helping them struggle to loose a few extra pounds.

    If you are positive that your nutrition is ok and you ride as much as you said it may be very difficult to loose these last pounds. Your doctor can not help you, unless he is a specialist in nutrition or sports medicine or both. Consulting an expert will be probably very expensive.

    There is a chance that after the season when you ride less and do other forms of exercise you may loose weight again. I hope that will be the case. It's not going to be as much as someone who is 50 lbs overweight and not as easy. But possible.

    If not, I don't know what to tell you either. You probably would need a professional/specialist then.
  • jadaigle
    jadaigle Posts: 161 Member

    jadaigle---ready for the Tri??

    I'm ready. I swam today and will do a short tomorrow. My swim on Sunday starts at 7:29 a.m. If all goes well, I'll be done and eating a bagel by 9:35.

    Steff: Good luck on your century ride!
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member

    I'm ready. I swam today and will do a short tomorrow. My swim on Sunday starts at 7:29 a.m. If all goes well, I'll be done and eating a bagel by 9:35.

    Steff: Good luck on your century ride!

    Done and eating a bagel at 9:35?? :noway: Not me! I was talking today to the woman who will be doing the swimming leg for my triathlon "team" and we were both saying we're doing it just to be able to say "I'm doing a triathlon!"

    Good luck!
  • jpketz
    jpketz Posts: 73
    Thanks for your insights, Steff.

    It's really a two-edged sword; carrying the extra weight has made me stronger, and more fit so I'm able to climb hills a little faster and my speed on the flats has increased 2-3 mph just this season alone. So whereas I would never consider competitive cycling, I gotta admit I get a little competitive now and then when some 150 lb. shark with no body fat passes me on a hill during an organized ride.

    But...I'm just SO curious to see how much faster I'd be if I didn't have that extra 20 lbs. to haul around, even though training with the extra weight has improved my fitness in some ways. But at the end of the day, if the weight comes off, it comes off. If not...I'm just happy to be out there pedaling around on a sunny day with people I like.

    Again...have a great ride Saturday. And if you don't mind some unsolicited advice...take it in small chunks. It helps me to just focus on getting to the next rest stop. That way a century (or a cross-country ride) becomes just a bunch of short training rides strung together.
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member
    Got in 17.5 miles today--not even sure what that gives me for the week because I'M TOO EXCITED ABOUT MY NEW ROAD SLICKS!

    It was recommended by someone on tihs bike forum that I put road slicks on my Hybrid and see what happens. so I had my LBS do that today.

    I CAN'T BELIEVE THE SLICKS! What a difference! I went out with a steady 15 mph wind and gusts to 24, had them in my face 40% of the time and still got almost 14mph average! I had a max speed of 23.5 and maintained a speed of 18.5 mph for almost 3 miles at one point before the wind killed me.!

    I can't wait to see what they can do without wind!

    WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member
    Got in another 22.4 miles today--at an average speed of 15mph! LOVE MY SLICKS! Average HR of 140, too, which is well within my "fat-burning" zone.

    That gives me 137 miles for the week. I think I'll take the next few days off from riding--maybe :tongue:
  • jadaigle
    jadaigle Posts: 161 Member
    Wow! You are logging some serious mileage. Keep up the good work!
  • jadaigle
    jadaigle Posts: 161 Member
    I added 17.5 mile today, for a total this week of about 45 or 46.
  • krystalmoore1986
    krystalmoore1986 Posts: 216 Member
    Hi I just got a bike a few days ago I have the child seat for my thirty pound son on it and ride a few miles a day with him on I was wondering if it burns more cals since my legs are pulling extra weight uphill or if its pretty much the same? Thanks.:smile:
  • stschulz
    stschulz Posts: 340
    Yes Krystal it certainly adds effort and makes you burn more calories. Especially on hills. I would enter that in the exercise section a level higher than a ride alone.
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member
    Hi I just got a bike a few days ago I have the child seat for my thirty pound son on it and ride a few miles a day with him on I was wondering if it burns more cals since my legs are pulling extra weight uphill or if its pretty much the same? Thanks.:smile:

    Darn toting it does! In effect, it would be close to as if you weight 30 pounds more than you do--that's how much extra weight you are propelling down the road! Get a HRM--I bet you're burning crazy calories toting him along!
  • I have this great book for starting to run, it is by John Satnton - Running start to finish. He talks about going from coauch potatoe to hoe to run a marathon great book. I was wondering if there was a book like that for bikeing??
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member
    I have this great book for starting to run, it is by John Satnton - Running start to finish. He talks about going from coauch potatoe to hoe to run a marathon great book. I was wondering if there was a book like that for bikeing??

    I don't know but I recently bought a book called "Bike for Life: How to Ride to a 100" that has a lot of great information. Really helped me alot.
  • areay
    areay Posts: 463
    So, I have never posted on the cylcing gang. I train for triathlons, so I guess I should post on all three. I rode in the Hotter n Hell bike race this weekend in Texas! 100 miles of heat and a sore bottom, but it was great! 12,000 riders!!!:noway:
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member
    So, I have never posted on the cylcing gang. I train for triathlons, so I guess I should post on all three. I rode in the Hotter n Hell bike race this weekend in Texas! 100 miles of heat and a sore bottom, but it was great! 12,000 riders!!!:noway:

    Welcome to the Cycling Gang! I've read about several people over on a couple of bike forums that did the HnH ride--heard it lived up to its name!