Hey Patrick much of it was downhill and I had a tailwind but yea I was feeling energetic but I have averaged 20 mph for ten miles on rolling hills (taken from a calibrated bike speedo thing)...these days I just use my watch and do the math with a pencil and paper since I know the distances. Keeps my eyes on the road. Now that I think about it, it might have been 21 miles since I took a more direct route blasting down the highway whereas I usually take a less traveled route so yea....still it was pretty fast for me (not Lance fast) but fun anyway. I was doing 40+ mph down one super long hill too so you could do it no doubt. Half rural, half city........but the fog, that sucked. Kept having to wipe my glasses.
Grant.....you said what I wanted to say on the Taubes subject. I think when folks actually read the book and think about it they will probably connect the dots and ' get it '....... hopefully. With a fairly recently deceased father who had diabetes I want to avoid it....I've seen what happens and it blows. On Aug 27, 2:25 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > A man at our church was hugely obese, probably 400 lb at about 6', for > years until he told himself, "eat less and be more active." I think he > just took daily walks on a strict high veg diet. He dropped an amazing > amount of weight, in under 2 years, to about 200. > > OTOH, there is the rather well known instance of women in traditional, > well to do Somali circles being sent at marriageable age to special > spas where they are fed large amounts of fattening porridge to make > them fat and more beautiful. > > My point in saying this is to say that I expect that Taube is right at > least as far as that some people, and peoples, are genetically more > inclined to be heavy; but on the other hand, that overeating and under > eating do cause weight gain and weight loss for some. > > (I am 1/3 of the way through Taube's book.) > > I wish I could do 1:18 23 mile urban commute on a 30 lb bike! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.