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Old September 5th, 2004, 08:03 PM
Roger Zoul
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Daniel Hoffmeister wrote:
|| Bob M wrote:
||| In preparation for my century (100 miles) a mere two weeks from
||| now, I rode 75.4 miles today. I lifted weights Monday (no squats,
||| just leg presses), rode 20 miles Tuesday, rode 18 miles Thursday,
||| lifted weights Friday (including squats), so I did so some carb
||| loading yesterday (fruit, "bread" -- called "fitness bread," it's
||| sliced very thin and it's very dense, with 7g fiber per "slice" and
||| 21g carbs per slice, for an effective carb count of 14g/slice --
||| and peanut butter, an "asian" salad having some rice noodles, and
||| some pizza). Until that time, I kept my carb count relatively low
||| per day.
||
||| The data from my ride:
||
||| 75.4 miles (the farthest I've ever ridden)
||| 5:41 total time
||| 13.3 mph
||| average HR of 144 (79% of my max HR)
||| about 1 hour spent at 90% of my max HR or above
||| about 3.5 hours spent at 80% of my max HR or above
||| about 5,000 calories burnt according to my HR monitor
||| about 4,000 or so feet gained
||| about 112 ounces of water gulped
||
|| Wow! That's impressive. Aren't stats fun? The best thing I ever
|| did was get one of those heart rate monitors.
||
||| about 1/2 hour lying on the floor, unmoving, after getting home
||
|| That half hour feels real good, doesn't it? Especially once the room
|| stops rotating ;-)

I have yet to find the need to lie on the floor. What's that about?