Morning! What a great start to Canada Day. Already I've been out for a ride and now I'm working on some watermelon.
The weather is calling for thunder-showers this afternoon so I headed out early on the road bike to do a gat loop. The park was teaming with riders, most of them triathletes from Trirudy doing some kind of long training day..I think I heard six loops or something.
Felt great on the ride. As I was coming down from Champlain, I was yo-yoing with some euro-sport guys so eventually we just started riding together. I kept getting dropped on the downs (any tips on how to ride faster downhill??) but was fine keeping up on the flats and climbs. These guys were super nice and even invited me to their weekly Friday morning ride. Its at 6:30am @ gamelin though...ouch. I'd have to leave my house at 5:50am. I'm tempted to try this Friday though.
On the way home I had an incident with a shad-fly. Before you think I'm some kind of an amateur entomologist or something, I'll admit I learned the name of this insect from Vegan Dad (doesn't that tofu look tasty?) who lives in Northern Ontario and is also getting bombarded by these guys. Anyway I got in a head-on collision with one of them on the bike path on the way home. He got me right in the lip and while it hurt for a minute, I'm sure he didn't fare nearly as well as I did. Unfortunately my ninga skills weren't as honed as they were a couple of years ago when I caught a plump dragonfly between my lips (ew, ew, EW!!) while I was riding near Lac Phillip.
Alright, enough blogging, time to go celebrate Canada Day! I'm thinking a mojito might be a good recovery drink.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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best way to get faster on the downhills, and the most fun, is start eating PBJ sandwiches every night at 3am, don't skimp on the butter, ALWAYS have seconds, chips & chips & more chips
heh - funny, i've been getting a lot of bugs in the mouth lately too..bleh..!
We did the Hurricane Ridge and Sequim ride on Wed, 150km wahoo!
Going downhill faster..hmm.. Aerodynamics play a greater and greater role at higher speeds..on the H.Ridge descent, there was a group of us, and i found i could get more aero than most. Try to make yourself a small as possible to the wind coming at you.
Bring your knees in, touching the top tube. Hands in the drops, or if it's a smooth, straight descent, the tops close to the stem. Keep your elbows in. Then get your face as close to the stem as you can....
It's not at all comfortable, but you should pick up a lot of speed in that position. The basics tho are making yourself as small as possible to the wind in front of you. =)
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