I always ride (or run) so I can have an easy conversation. No doubt I look like I am, a bit over the edge, talking to myself. Grin. If you want to know more about this general approach and geek out on heart rate a formula, check out Phil Maffetone's Big Book of Endurance. The idea is to build up your aerobic fitness, so you go faster with the same effort after a while. Works really well. Have fun!
With abandon, Patrick On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 6:28:27 AM UTC-6, Fullylugged wrote: > > As you ride more, this will improve. Riding at a pace (no matter how slow) > that you can enjoy the ride in and the surroundings you ride through helps > immensely. The improvement curve on stamina is usually quick. Hills for me > are definitely different than flat. I use other muscles to climb than go > flat and I can tell when they are out of practice on the first hill! > > Enjoy the bike :) > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 5:11 AM, Michael Hechmer > <mhec...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Hurting - only a little - just a bit dismayed by my lack of punch on the >> pedals. It felt like I bogged down on every little hill, and the head when >> on the 9 miles back. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
