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Forum: Training & Nutrition

01-03-06, 05:41 PM

Replies: 354

20 to 30 pounds - riding lighter by June - summer resolution

Views: 16,578

Posted By Deederdoll

OK OK I'm in. I Also just signed in for the...

OK OK I'm in. I Also just signed in for the Discovery Health Challenge -- and am logging all exercise and weight loss. I work out on the ellipitical trainer -- at 185 watts/a three mile distance ...

Forum: Touring

12-12-05, 02:14 PM

Replies: 6

California to Guatemala anyone?

Views: 602

Posted By Deederdoll

Hi -- I just got back from Guatemala, and I want...

Hi -- I just got back from Guatemala, and I want to warn you that conditions there for biking seem very bad. The air quality is very bad -- lots of diesel exhaust from old cars and trucks, dusty...

Forum: Indoor & Stationary Cycling Forum

11-09-05, 08:47 PM

Replies: 138

Sticky Winter Training: Indoor Riding & Weight-Lifting

Views: 108,975

Posted By Deederdoll

Koffee -- quick question -- started doing...

Koffee --
quick question -- started doing Pilates for the first time this fall, along with spin classes -- my core was so weak! Do you recommend core training for biking? It seems that running...

Forum: Training & Nutrition

10-03-05, 07:27 PM

Replies: 15

10,000 steps

Views: 2,638

Posted By Deederdoll

Doing it....10,000 steps is roughly five miles a...

Doing it....10,000 steps is roughly five miles a day.(for me) I live in the city, and walk as much as I can, but it is hard to do 5 miles every day --really walking at any speed, that is -- I'm not...

Forum: Triathlon

08-18-05, 08:30 PM

Replies: 26

Swimming is hard... ;)

Views: 1,636

Posted By Deederdoll

OK -- another newbie here -- I have my first...

OK -- another newbie here -- I have my first sprint tri in a week -- an 850 yd swim (Lake) and I have been practicing all summer -- I have a very powerful breast stroke, and can outswim my friends...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

08-01-05, 02:37 PM

Replies: 16

Hit from Behind

Views: 1,016

Posted By Deederdoll

UPDATE -- driver was ticketed, cited for...

UPDATE -- driver was ticketed, cited for 'improper passing'. Also, in the past two days, with more medical investigation -- bro has torn up left knee -- probably ACL surgery in his future -- so...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

07-31-05, 02:12 PM

Replies: 16

Hit from Behind

Views: 1,016

Posted By Deederdoll

Good question. That is why we are assuming the...

Good question. That is why we are assuming the driver called it in, and stayed until the police/paramedics arrived. The prelim report just does not state the details. But is seems the only way...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

07-31-05, 11:54 AM

Replies: 16

Hit from Behind

Views: 1,016

Posted By Deederdoll

Thsnkd for your good wishes -- they did a CAT...

Thsnkd for your good wishes -- they did a CAT scan and two x-rays, and kept him in the emergency room for 4+ hours -- My brother read me the police report, and it is unclear WHO called the ambulance...

Forum: Advocacy & Safety

07-31-05, 10:20 AM

Replies: 16

Hit from Behind

Views: 1,016

Posted By Deederdoll

Hit from Behind

Hi -- need to vent -- my brother, an experienced biker was riding on a country road (typical two lane, paved with asphalt, gravel shoulders, small rolling hills, good visibility) near Rockford, Ill. ...

Forum: Training & Nutrition

07-04-05, 05:20 PM

Replies: 1

Achilles tendon pain - causes? cure?

Views: 582

Posted By Deederdoll

Achilles tendon pain - causes? cure?

Hi -- did a lot of hill biking this weekend, and also a small amount of running (5K). My achilles tendon started hurting and is tender to touch. What did I do???? Any suggestions?

Forum: Road Cycling

06-27-05, 08:46 PM

Replies: 19

ROAD RASH Help !

Views: 1,745

Posted By Deederdoll

Hi -- i have had lots of plastic surgery (can...

Hi -- i have had lots of plastic surgery (can anyone say burn unit?) on my skin -- and the doctors are evenly divided if 'moist' or 'scabs' are better. My doc went with scabs -- just as long as you...

Forum: Introductions

05-18-05, 05:39 PM

Replies: 10

Hi from Chicago!

Views: 477

Posted By Deederdoll

Welcome -- I live downtown. See ya on the bike...

Welcome -- I live downtown. See ya on the bike path! Any of you Chicagoans signed up to Bike the Drive on memorial weekend? I've never done it -- looks like a lot of fun -- sign up in advance on...

Forum: Introductions

04-16-05, 02:56 PM

Replies: 1

Hello from Chicago

Views: 186

Posted By Deederdoll

Hello from Chicago

Hi everybody! I'm new to biking, trying to take up the sport so I can ride with my husband -- who has done lots of road biking. (All of Route 66, also some of the Tour de France course last summer) ...

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