Many of my non bicycler friends think that riding 25 miles is Xtreme. It's a strange thing that as a country we have increasing rates of obesity and great fascination with Xtreme physical events.
Do I recall correctly that there is/was a tv show having something to do with Xtreme food or eating? Xtremely yours, JimD On Jan 26, 2012, at 8:52 AM, robert zeidler wrote: > Cycling, while I love as much as any activety, and certainly more than work, > is only one of the things I want to do in life. > > On Thursday, January 26, 2012, Patrick in VT <swing4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Jan 26, 10:42 am, robert zeidler <zeidler.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Just a matter if time until we have extreme bowling. > > > > Another good point. What is driving people to the "extreme," > > especially amateur athletes? Of course, it's all relative - but I > > think for many amateur/recreational athletes, once the sense of > > accomplishment that came from completing an endurance event (let's say > > a marathon) becomes stale or commonplace (now that it is fairly common > > to see people walking large parts of marathons), they want to push > > harder for a PR or go farther to regain that sense of accomplishment. > > I have no evidence of this, but the current boom with triathlon and > > "extreme" (in the Mt. Dew/X-games sense of the word) endurance events, > > like the Tough Mudder, seem to be a direct result of events like a > > marathon becoming too average. there's no cachet to it anymore. so > > they go bigger, and that's a slippery slope. it's really pretty ego- > > centric. > > > > like most things, i think there's a healthy balance. it's good to > > have goals. challenge ourselves a little, or even a lot. competing, > > even at the recreational/amateur level, can be a very motivating, > > healthy experience for people of all ages. I also think there is a > > misconception about "training" - the athlete the exercises with the > > intent to compete can be said to "train," but it's just exercise. in > > other words, anybody who enjoys doing any kind of aerobic exercise for > > more than 30mins is training. we can't go out and enjoy a couple > > hours on our favorite roads without maintaining some aerobic > > fitness. and anybody who wants to improve their fitness - maybe be a > > little stronger on the hills or turn a 15mile ride into a 30mile ride > > - is training. competitive athletes just exercise a little > > differently. and i bet a lot people would be surprised at what a > > structured "training" program looks for a competitive amateur > > cyclist .. .. it's not killing yourself everyday or working so hard > > that you want to throw up. far from it. > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
