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2011 Ride #15 (Looking for redemption)

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… but didn’t find it today. Lungs and heart rate were even less cooperative today than they were yesterday; throw in a charlie horse in my left hamstring, and strong winds blowing out of the south, and this ride was a challenge from the get-go. Just gotta keep telling myself that any [...]

2010 Ride #38

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Felt much better than yesterday, at least legs and lungs. Heart rate was still through the roof when I wasn’t pushing myself, though. I did take three weeks off the bike for the Tour of Utah, and family visits, and was just plain lazy, [...]

2010 Ride #16

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Felt like complete shit today … think my lungs may have worked better in the 1990s when I was still a smoker … I had multiple people ask me if I was doing okay; one woman who was running even turned around and came [...]

2010 Ride #13

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Felt like complete shite today … isn’t it supposed to get easier when you ride more and get into better shape? My legs are feeling good, I’m shedding a little weight, and yet my lungs seem to be getting worse. Couldn’t breathe today to [...]

2010 Ride #4

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Caught a bit of a cold, but the weather is absolutely gorgeous out today … I couldn’t allow myself to waste the day on the couch; so out for an easy 15 miles through Holladay, Murray, and Millcreek. Legs were a little heavy, lungs [...]

2009 Ride #33

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Oh my God … I actually felt good today … legs were a little stiff when I first started off, but by the time I hit the mouth of Emigration Canyon, they were nice and loose, and my breathing was going fairly well too … I didn’t have to pull over to [...]

2009 Ride #29

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Felt better than yesterday, both in legs and lungs … the tailwind going up Emigration Canyon certainly helped on the climb when I made the turn and Pinecrest to head to Little Mountain summit, the full wind in the face put paid to my plans to finish the climb. Turned around, and [...]

2009 Ride #26

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Slightly abbreviated Wasatch Loop for me today … it’s hot out there! Lungs felt good until climbing up out of Parley’s on the bike path. Even managed to keep my heart rate below 160 until Sunnyside just before the zoo; which for me is great.

Really wish I had the cash to [...]

2009 Ride #19

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Lungs felt like crap, had an asthma attack, and when your HR is pushing 175 on flat ground, it’s time to call it a day. Will try again tomorrow.

2009 Ride #16

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Not sure why I don’t listen to myself. I told myself that I wouldn’t attempt Emigration again on Sunday after Saturday’s aborted attempt. Sunday was supposed to be about spinning easy for a fair amount of distance trying to loosen up the legs, which still felt tight.

But no … started spinning, [...]