Riding is alot easier than Running… except for flats!
I did some active recovery today after yesterday’s long run. I cycled the same course that I ran… 11 miles out and back. It was a lot easier to ride at a leisurely pace of 16.5mph than it was to run that course at 9min/mile.
I wanted to ride the funny bike… but alas it had a flat tire when I pulled it out of the garage… maybe 3 miles was too much to ask of it after being in a garage for 18 years. So then I figured well, ok, I’ll ride my fixie… as I was standing outside ready to go, chatting with my friend Dave (the actual owner of the funny bike) all of sudden “POP!”… my tire blew out on my fixie. WTF? Maybe I’m not supposed to ride today?
Good thing I have 4 bikes… 
Pull out the road bike… ok… cool… let’s ride.
Workout:
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 08/01/2007
- Time: 14:00:00
- Total Time: 1:20:00.00
- Distance: 22 miles
- Average Speed: 16.5 mph
- Max Speed: 20 mph
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Riding is alot easier than Running… except for flats!
August 2nd, 2007 8:20 am
fourwhitefeet says:
Riding is easier. Strangely, running seems easier for my foot now that I am trying to train again for a few minutes a day. Finally did my tagged assignment. : )
August 2nd, 2007 9:14 pm
wsfowler says:
Yes, I love the multiple bikes thing. Very handy when you’re lazy…
August 2nd, 2007 9:18 pm
Brad Hefta-Gaub says:
On the way home I stopped at Recycled Cycles to see what they had in tire options for the funny bike… They also told me it was a worthless piece of junk and no one would buy it unless they were a real nut. Hmmm….. I sense market manipulation on the part of one of these stores.
But, I got my new tubeless tire for the funny bike and an explanation from Matt Beers “Local Alley Cat Fixed Gear Critical Mass Cat 4 Crit Racer” on how to correctly install said tire.
I swear I’ll ride that Funny bike for some distance yet!
Matt thought fixing it sounded like a gooooooood idea.