Another epic ride today. It started off with Mike Henderson giving us a bit of insight into the mysterious elimination process of Scott & BR's cycling challenge contest, but not enough to make any of us contestents feel super confident about our chances of making it through the first elimination. The results will be announced live on the air around 6:30 a.m. on xx1090 AM Sports Radio. I hope you voted to give me immunity!
We were joined by the famous John Howard today. Unfortunately, he is a little faster than me, so I didn't really get a chance to talk to this cycling legend. It was cool to be in the presence of greatness, though, if only at the start. ;-) Fred and Dale were also on the ride, doing the 67 miles using handcycles. Amazing.
Speaking of being in the presence of greatness, our fabulous coach (and olympic silver medalist) Mari Holden rode with our group (group 3) today. I got to ask her about a couple of things I've been wondering about:
First, when climbing, should you pull on the handlebars to get leverage or keep your upper body relaxed? Mari says you should keep your upper body relaxed unless you're out of the saddle...then you can use some arm strength.
Second, when you're descending in a pack, is it ok to jump ahead to gain momentum for the next climb or should you stay within the pack? Mari says, it's definately ok to jump ahead... just realize that you'll be on your own (in the wind) for the climb unless you can find the wheel of someone else who wants to jump, too.
Thanks, Mari! I hope someone has a picture of Mari riding with Mr. B, her lucky little doggie who gets to ride in Mari's backpack. Soooo cute!
On another note, looks like the hill training is starting to pay off. It was a little easier to hang with the group on the hills this time. Guess I'm on the right track there.
All in all, a fun ride with NO flats in our group! Yay!
We were joined by the famous John Howard today. Unfortunately, he is a little faster than me, so I didn't really get a chance to talk to this cycling legend. It was cool to be in the presence of greatness, though, if only at the start. ;-) Fred and Dale were also on the ride, doing the 67 miles using handcycles. Amazing.
Speaking of being in the presence of greatness, our fabulous coach (and olympic silver medalist) Mari Holden rode with our group (group 3) today. I got to ask her about a couple of things I've been wondering about:
First, when climbing, should you pull on the handlebars to get leverage or keep your upper body relaxed? Mari says you should keep your upper body relaxed unless you're out of the saddle...then you can use some arm strength.
Second, when you're descending in a pack, is it ok to jump ahead to gain momentum for the next climb or should you stay within the pack? Mari says, it's definately ok to jump ahead... just realize that you'll be on your own (in the wind) for the climb unless you can find the wheel of someone else who wants to jump, too.
Thanks, Mari! I hope someone has a picture of Mari riding with Mr. B, her lucky little doggie who gets to ride in Mari's backpack. Soooo cute!On another note, looks like the hill training is starting to pay off. It was a little easier to hang with the group on the hills this time. Guess I'm on the right track there.
All in all, a fun ride with NO flats in our group! Yay!
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