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[microchick]

Oh wow that is far!!

Is this on a regular bike or one of those seated ones I think you posted before or?

He did one race on an upright in 2000. Caught up with a fellow competitor who was riding a recumbent and asked him how he was doing. The guy replied 'fine' DH asked him if anything hurt as by that time everything below his waist was numb and hurting. The man replied 'nope. Nothing hurts' this was after 16 hours of racing. DH looked at the guy's recumbent and said 'man I gotta get me one of those!' and switched to recumbent bikes. He never raced uprights again.

Me, I rode a lot of 50/25 or 10 mile rides on an upright but never did 100 on one. I'm no masochist. I did my two centuries on my trike. At the end of the ride I couldn't stand up. I had to roll out of my seat and onto the ground. My legs were fried but my backside was fine. The weird thing about riding a century is that 24 hours later you are sore but after 48 you are good to go again.....not 100 miles for me but ten is no problem. I would never attempt a century on an upright.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Got my skin checked yesterday, no cancer this time! Yay!
Good morning everyone.

 

[ShrekDawg]

He did one race on an upright in 2000. Caught up with a fellow competitor who was riding a recumbent and asked him how he was doing. The guy replied 'fine' DH asked him if anything hurt as by that time everything below his waist was numb and hurting. The man replied 'nope. Nothing hurts' this was after 16 hours of racing. DH looked at the guy's recumbent and said 'man I gotta get me one of those!' and switched to recumbent bikes. He never raced uprights again.

Me, I rode a lot of 50/25 or 10 mile rides on an upright but never did 100 on one. I'm no masochist. I did my two centuries on my trike. At the end of the ride I couldn't stand up. I had to roll out of my seat and onto the ground. My legs were fried but my backside was fine. The weird thing about riding a century is that 24 hours later you are sore but after 48 you are good to go again.....not 100 miles for me but ten is no problem. I would never attempt a century on an upright.

Oh wow that is awesome!!! That sounds great!! Very impressive nothing hurts. And impressive you can go again that soon! Haha

 

[ShrekDawg]

Got my skin checked yesterday, no cancer this time! Yay!
Good morning everyone.

That’s awesome!!

 

[CapricornFarm]

That’s awesome!!

Yes, I was pleased about it.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Yes, I was pleased about it.

I bet!!!

 

[bruceha2000]

Oh and 100 miles!? In one ride!? OMG!!

One works up to that starting at 1 mile, then 2, then 5, then ...

I need a dog

Seems like it BUT you have to commit to taking the dog for two 1/2 hour walks minimum per day, every day, rain, snow, sleet, hail, day or night as necessary

 

[microchick]

One works up to that starting at 1 mile, then 2, then 5, then ...

You got it, Bruce. When I started training, I could barely do 9mph and hold that speed. I slowly built up my ride lengths and average speeds. I could do 20 or so MPH on flats and maintain that speed for awhile but usually it was just strolling around at 16-18mph. DH is the family hammerhead. He always leaves me in his dust. I learned early it's not the speed you go but how much you challenge yourself to do better with each ride.

 

[ShrekDawg]

One works up to that starting at 1 mile, then 2, then 5, then ...


Seems like it BUT you have to commit to taking the dog for two 1/2 hour walks minimum per day, every day, rain, snow, sleet, hail, day or night as necessary

Hmm that’s true!! But it’s still a long way!! Haha

And that’s no problem! I usually go like at least 45 minutes to an hour or more anyway cause I let them sniff everything, take pictures, train, play, swim, etc. at the same time not necessarily all of those every time but point being I usually go a few miles.

I love walking/working with dogs.

I also love training so in addition to the walks, I’m like always training something. Even just doing some obedience or tricks before food or just randomly or whatever ha and training games, trick training, nose games/scent work, etc.

Plus I want to do a sport like nose work or agility with them anyway.

And sometimes I used to take Gator on walks at like 8, 9, 10 at night just cause I love night walks and he was a little bit dog reactive sometimes with certain dogs so I purposely walked late at night so we wouldn’t run into any.

And I was always doing stuff with him, teaching him something new, going on fun adventures, etc.

Also love hiking and want to do that too. We have a lot of trails nearby.

Also want to try skijoring or bikejoring if I get a big enough dog.

We also have a huge yard so plenty of room for lots of fetch and lots of training, long distance recalls, etc. to wear them out too.

SO.

All that to say, very long story short, I live and breathe dogs and do whatever I can to make them happy and tired and am always finding new, inventive ways to tire them out, so I typically do way more than the bare minimum anyway. I love this kind of stuff. It’s extremely fun to me.

I don’t just do a walk around the block and be done. I love working with them.

And yes I’ve gone out and played with Gator or walked him in snow storms and rain storms too and the heat of summer lol

Sorry for the novel.

 

[ShrekDawg]

You got it, Bruce. When I started training, I could barely do 9mph and hold that speed. I slowly built up my ride lengths and average speeds. I could do 20 or so MPH on flats and maintain that speed for awhile but usually it was just strolling around at 16-18mph. DH is the family hammerhead. He always leaves me in his dust. I learned early it's not the speed you go but how much you challenge yourself to do better with each ride.

That last sentence seems like an excellent mantra/strategy for life too.