tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17397413.post8665826343614006987..comments2023-11-07T15:25:23.112-06:00Comments on commuterDude: The Better Part of ValorkGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14572371287751503718noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17397413.post-57574079255077569942007-09-11T22:22:00.000-05:002007-09-11T22:22:00.000-05:00Dude,Dwell on the good, not the bad. Remember, rid...Dude,<BR/><BR/>Dwell on the good, not the bad. Remember, riding the bike is fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17397413.post-9568422225173408752007-09-11T21:32:00.000-05:002007-09-11T21:32:00.000-05:00don't kill yourself with over-training. the gains...don't kill yourself with over-training. the gains you will see by a rigorous two week training schedule will be minimal, and potentially harmful. you need at least a month and a half of training to start seeing real results.<BR/><BR/>consider a change in diet both on and off the bike. it's possible that (in addition to your injury) part of your problem has been a result of switching to solid food for your fuel on the bike. supporting distances like that with solid food means that you need to increase caloric intake (less bang for buck).<BR/><BR/>not using solid food on the bike also makes a mental distinction between eating for training, and eating for pleasure. because if you eat solid food on the bike, it's easy to say, "i'm working it off." once you've allowed yourself that guilty pleasure, it's really easy to carry it over into other meals.<BR/><BR/>use this as opportunity, not failure. learn something from it and move on.<BR/><BR/>~warbirdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17397413.post-44612254514329104292007-09-11T21:15:00.000-05:002007-09-11T21:15:00.000-05:00Dude,Be easy on yourself!! I've read your blog all...Dude,<BR/><BR/>Be easy on yourself!! I've read your blog all summer, and you've had quite an ordeal injury- and accident-wise. Goals are exactly that -- things to allow us to stretch. Sometimes we don't make our goals for various reasons, controllable or uncontrollable, but we must perservere. Use your head and do what you know you need to do. You have it in you to achieve your goals, just stay after it and never, ever give up!!<BR/><BR/>Bo Thompson<BR/>OlatheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com