Only one day rest this time, 49 hours after the last run, I was out again. Still sore, really. At first I though it might turn out a short run...or a long walk back.
I kept my cool though, didn't overcook.
10.22km (my roommate's now usual lap, I just cut some street corners shotrer)
49m48 (longest solo without extensive walking in 10 or 12 years)
12.31kph average
2 bridges, but overall better pavement.
I took a short break after 24min16, just before commencing the second bridge. My right ankle was feeling funny, so I really took my time stretching, while I also cuaght my breath.
Bad decision : wearing hip no-ankle socks. My footsoles will be all blister tomorrow, I'm afriad. Next time it's cheap cycling socks again. Socks felt like they creaped up, while they really didn't. Just creating lots of friction.
In the last couple hundred meters I practiced tip-toeing again, and it was sooo much faster. Just my legs are deeefinately not up for it yet.
My trianing is going somewhere, quite slowly!
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I am Norwegian 51 year old guy going to the states now and trying to decide if I will buy a 29'er over there. Saw your posts on Mtbreview about this topic and saw your goal of learning to skate. I started doing that some 8-9 years ago (never been good at the classic style). I really enjoy doing it but still I am not very good at the V2 tecnique. Non the less I am quite fast and can really get the benefit of my fitness from cycling. (at 70 kg and 184 cm I have an advantage over you skiing upwards.) I used inline skates with poles a lot in the summer some years ago and found that very useful. Wish you all the best and please feel free to ask another amateur skater how he got a bit better.
Thanks for the response!
V2 is difficult for me, too. I teach myself by just doing it without real reason, in the middle of a straight. Keeping up with my feet is the hard part, and putting the poles down outside of them...
Advantage? Only if your lungs are the same proportion to your weight as mine :-)
Popular conception is that big riders cannot climb. Still, in my days of proper MTB racing, I was definately amongst the top 3 or even the fastest uphill rider of the National Sports category.
The way I see it, smaller rider have less power :-)
With my body style, my advantage is at high speeds. My long legs enforce a tall seat position, I get to plow through a LOT of air. Small rider whom I can beat uphill, are not seldomly faster than me on the flats.
On skis, at least I can sink down as low as possible. I have not had much comparison, but I seem to glide downhills pretty fast compared to those around me.
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