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- http://openmikey.blogspot.com
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- 14465 total / 480 in 2012
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2012: Move 3650 miles under my own power. Climb a 14er in Colorado. Ride 200 miles in one day. Run a 100-miler.
Mike Neifert rode: my wife and i went ou...
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- 8 miles
- 00:44 time
- 10.8 pace
- 633 calories
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my wife and i went out for a leisurely (for me) ride this morning. we left around 6:45 and rode through town and then headed south toward tracy hill.
our average speed got up to 11.8mph headed down toward the chicaskia river. i had aired up the tires on both of our bikes, we we were rolling better than we did last week. it was great.
as we came up out of the river bottom, our average started to drop. my wife worked hard as we climbed up the first rise and kept riding well to the base of tracy hill.
on tracy hill, we were talking about the difference between her couch to 5K running workouts and riding. she mentioned that there's a real difference in effort between walking and running, but there isn't that kind of difference on the bike. i suggested she shift so the pedaling is harder.
when we got to tracy hill, we were averaging around 11.3mph and i put out a challenge: stay over 10mph all the way to the top. no problem for many of you, but my wife doesn't ride very often. she was up to the challenge. for nearly a mile, she rode steadily up the hill at just over 10mph. she petered out a quarter mile short of the turn around, but her effort was awesome.
we turned around and headed back to town. our average which had dropped to 10.2mph, came back up to 11.2mph. it stayed there for a short time and then dropped a couple of tenths. we ended at 10.9mph.
i'm hoping this is a warm up for me. i am planning to ride to wellington in a few minutes. maybe i'll be able to get the speed i've been looking for. my legs are toasty and ready to ride hard. we'll see.
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Nice start to the week, Mike. I saw your cycle cadence and knew this wasn't one of your patented bike-a-thons you're known for.
over 1 year ago • Like
Hey, I thought you were going to do the Flint Hills Death Ride??
over 1 year ago • Like
Tell her good job! And good job to you for being a good coach : )
over 1 year ago • Like
Good job Mrs.Neifert!
over 1 year ago • Like
kurtis...sorry about that. it turned out that i couldn't make the death ride. i tried removing it from my events, but it wouldn't disappear.
over 1 year ago • Like
Way to go mike, hanging with the wife on the bike is awesome. My wife cycles too, but her bike is not good, we are planning on getting her a better bike soon. its funny too because we both spin and she kicks my butt indoors when we spin. I take her to school on the road though :)
As for gearing up and down, I cant :( I ride a commuter fixie. I may buy a street bike one day... :D
over 1 year ago • Like
It's all good Mike. You only missed out on a LOT of pain! Hardest thing I have ever done!!!
over 1 year ago • Like
wish i could've been there to suffer with you, kurtis. i was disappointed when i realized it wouldn't work out.
over 1 year ago • Like