Pedometer Challenge: Day 1 (Monday)

On 9/14/2004 8:38 AM, Beverly wrote:
"jmk" wrote in message
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On 9/14/2004 8:19 AM, Beverly wrote:

"jmk" wrote in message
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On 9/14/2004 7:35 AM, Beverly wrote:


Goal: 10,000
Actual: 9100

I was tied to my office yesterday with a system problem and didn't get

a

chance to do much walking during the day. Last night was not much

better as


I was late getting home and didn't have a chance to jump on the

treadmill.


Saturday and Sunday I had a total of 30,000+ so I don't feel too bad

about


the total for Monday.

I wouldn't feel badly at all about 9,100! I think that latter in the
week I may have some problems meeting my goal due to uncooperative
weather (although it now looks like Ivan may to west of the Appalachians
in which case I may be able to get outside after all). I figured that
I'd try to do more on the nice days to "make up" for the predicted bad
weather.

BTW, what kind of bike did you get again? I test rode a Trek 1500 and a
Klein Aura V last night. I liked the Klein a bit better, I think,
although the Trek was very nice and felt more familiar. The Klein had a
smoother ride and the Trek was a bit stiffer (but not bad, just
stiffer). I would like to test ride a Specialized Allez and a Giant
OCR-1 before deciding for sure.

I also took a 30 minute bike maintenance class with a friend who is new
to cycling. I was able to tune up my current bike for my commute in
today afterward ;-) Nothing fancy but there was a noticeable
improvement. We plan to take the "advanced" class (set of three
classes) when it is offered this fall.


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jmk in NC


I have the Trek 1800C

http://www.trekbikes.com/bikes/2004/road/1800c.jsp

One of the regular Saturday morning riders has the same bike. He's

always

amazed that at 5'3" I have a 54cm bike and at 6'1" he has a 58cm bike.

I

just have long legs for my heightg

54 does sound really large for your height but I'm sure that they did a
fit and that it's good. I mean, I think that you'd know by now if it
*wasn't* a good fit!


Have you tried out any of the Trek WSD (women specific design) bikes? I
didn't try any when I was looking but I hear they're nice, too.

No, I am too tall for the WSD geometry


Where did you find the bike maintenance classes?

At the same local bike shop that I test rode those to bikes. The other
two models that I am interested in are at a different shop.



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jmk in NC


A good bike shop certainly figures into your bike purchase. There are bike
shops closer than the one where I bought my bike but they just didn't have
the service reputation. I walked into the bike shop a couple weeks ago with
a flat tire and they fixed it free of charge since I already had the new
tube in and just couldn't pry the tire back on the rim. Tony said when it
came time for new tires we would switch to a tire that was easier to change.
He said even he had trouble changing my type of tire.

Beverly


Yes, I asked around a lot about which LBS folks preferred. One seems to
think that a penis is required equipment so I eliminated them (I
experienced this treatment as did two other people who I spoke with
seperately). I tried Peformance in Chapel Hill (the catalog place) and
they are good for clothing but were unhelpful with the new bike thing.
That left All-Star and Cycling Spoken Here. They carry different
product lines and I intend to try bikes from both shops. One down, one
to go... ;-)

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jmk in NC

"jmk" wrote in message
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Yes, I asked around a lot about which LBS folks preferred. One seems to
think that a penis is required equipment so I eliminated them (I
experienced this treatment as did two other people who I spoke with
seperately).

LOL! I've experience this in several places. When I had my house for sale
one man told my realtor I was probably willing to come way down on the price
of the house since he felt I probably got the house in a divorce settlement
and couldn't afford to keep it. My realtor informed him I had purchased the
home myself a few years ago, done some improvements on the property and
probably wouldn't take a penny less than I was asking. Needless to say I
didn't accept this man's offer. I didn't even acknowledge him with a
counter offer.

Beverly


I tried Peformance in Chapel Hill (the catalog place) and
they are good for clothing but were unhelpful with the new bike thing.
That left All-Star and Cycling Spoken Here. They carry different
product lines and I intend to try bikes from both shops. One down, one
to go... ;-)

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jmk in NC

"jmk" wrote in message
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Yes, I asked around a lot about which LBS folks preferred. One seems to
think that a penis is required equipment so I eliminated them (I
experienced this treatment as did two other people who I spoke with
seperately).

LOL! I've experience this in several places. When I had my house for sale
one man told my realtor I was probably willing to come way down on the price
of the house since he felt I probably got the house in a divorce settlement
and couldn't afford to keep it. My realtor informed him I had purchased the
home myself a few years ago, done some improvements on the property and
probably wouldn't take a penny less than I was asking. Needless to say I
didn't accept this man's offer. I didn't even acknowledge him with a
counter offer.

Beverly


I tried Peformance in Chapel Hill (the catalog place) and
they are good for clothing but were unhelpful with the new bike thing.
That left All-Star and Cycling Spoken Here. They carry different
product lines and I intend to try bikes from both shops. One down, one
to go... ;-)

--
jmk in NC

"jmk" wrote in message
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Welcome to the pedometer challenge!

Goal: 10,000
Done: 16,000

I was not really trying, that was using my feet as means of transport and
walking as stress management (that was my meet-the-administration day), so
this was mostly "quiet" walking, not trying to get my heartbeat into the 140
range. That's the weird part, when I really try, I'm usually lower than 10k
(but I walk faster)...

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:26:44 -0400, jmk wrote:

Welcome to the pedometer challenge! Each day I will start a thread for
us to post our results from the previous day. I plan to include a line
about my goal and a line about my results in my posts. Please feel free
to use any format that you like for your posts.


Wanted to join the challenge, but could not on the first day (Monday).
Too worried for the first day at school of my daughter.

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:26:44 -0400, jmk wrote:

Welcome to the pedometer challenge! Each day I will start a thread for
us to post our results from the previous day. I plan to include a line
about my goal and a line about my results in my posts. Please feel free
to use any format that you like for your posts.


Wanted to join the challenge, but could not on the first day (Monday).
Too worried for the first day at school of my daughter.

On 9/14/2004 2:45 PM, estella wrote:
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:26:44 -0400, jmk wrote:


Welcome to the pedometer challenge! Each day I will start a thread for
us to post our results from the previous day. I plan to include a line
about my goal and a line about my results in my posts. Please feel free
to use any format that you like for your posts.



Wanted to join the challenge, but could not on the first day (Monday).
Too worried for the first day at school of my daughter.


Well, there is the rest of the week! We'd love to have you join us even
for a day or two! :-)

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jmk in NC

On 9/14/2004 2:45 PM, estella wrote:
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:26:44 -0400, jmk wrote:


Welcome to the pedometer challenge! Each day I will start a thread for
us to post our results from the previous day. I plan to include a line
about my goal and a line about my results in my posts. Please feel free
to use any format that you like for your posts.



Wanted to join the challenge, but could not on the first day (Monday).
Too worried for the first day at school of my daughter.


Well, there is the rest of the week! We'd love to have you join us even
for a day or two! :-)

--
jmk in NC

"estella" wrote in message
news
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:26:44 -0400, jmk wrote:

Welcome to the pedometer challenge! Each day I will start a thread for
us to post our results from the previous day. I plan to include a line
about my goal and a line about my results in my posts. Please feel free
to use any format that you like for your posts.


Wanted to join the challenge, but could not on the first day (Monday).
Too worried for the first day at school of my daughter.

It's not too late to join us for the rest of the week!

I can understand how moms feel on the first day of school for their kids
even though that was years ago for me

Beverly

"estella" wrote in message
news
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:26:44 -0400, jmk wrote:

Welcome to the pedometer challenge! Each day I will start a thread for
us to post our results from the previous day. I plan to include a line
about my goal and a line about my results in my posts. Please feel free
to use any format that you like for your posts.


Wanted to join the challenge, but could not on the first day (Monday).
Too worried for the first day at school of my daughter.

It's not too late to join us for the rest of the week!

I can understand how moms feel on the first day of school for their kids
even though that was years ago for me

Beverly