[Sportsandrec] Done!

Wed Mar 18 05:53:29 UTC 2009

Hi Jennifer,

Nice story about the road kill. I never heard of riders taking it so 
seriously.:)

Gotta say, though, that my glutes were not really sore from the seat on my 
201 mile ride. I had a familiar saddle and it was set about right for my 
ride. My glutes were sore, not wear the saddle makes contact, but across the 
entire muscle. When I feel it in my hams and glutes, I know I am pedaling in 
circles. If I was just pushing on the pedals, I'd feel it more in my quads, 
or in the fronts of my thighs.

Funny thing, I have my saddles and bars on a few other tandems in the 
neighborhood, owned by some of my regular pilots. One guy removed my saddle 
from my post to let his ex-girlfriend ride with him using her own cushy 
saddle. When he put mine back on, he did not get it exactly where I had it.

I rode 72 miles with him this past Sunday. I felt fine, but around the 50 or 
60 mile mark, I started feeling problems back there. By the end of the ride, 
I was standing more frequently for relief.

So, the thing is, that I am a seasoned rider who just completed a 201-mile 
ride the previous weekend without any saddle discomfort. Then, I ride my 
familiar saddle for a much shorter ride and two days later, I am still very 
sore. Not in the glutes at all, but more like my tailbone, which tells me 
that the nose or beak of that saddle needs to come up a bit before I ride 
with him again.

"I've got to ride, ride like the wind, to be free again." Christopher Cross

Regards,

Ron and the devil is in the details bears
Austin, TX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennifer Boylan" <jaboylan at gmail.com>
To: "Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List" 
<sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 2:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Done!

: Ron,
: That is so awesome!  I am bowing down to your tandem talents and feeling
: your glutes sympathetically!  Scratch that...I understand your pain after 
my
: recent experience.  I am one big ache after a taxing three-hour practice
: yesterday but am psyched for the season!  I may have a tandem pilot in the
: works for Tuesday morning rides.  Now I need the discipline to work that
: into my schedule.  No more rants on the computer!
: Again, awesome job and I knew you could do it!
: P.S.  Did I tell you guys the roadkill story relayed by my pilot two weeks
: ago?  He said on this bike ride in Iowa there are nothing but hills and
: fields, punctuated by an occasional crossing casualty.  Riders in these
: races don't avoid the roadkill or clean it up--they decorate it!  Riders
: drop beads on the deceased and racing teams slap their logo stickers on as
: they pass.  By the end of the race, you can barely spy the remains.  I 
asked
: him if the ride was a "Cult Classic."  Jennifer
:
: "Crossin' the highway late last night
: He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right
: He didn't see the station wagon car
: The skunk got squashed and there you are!
: You got yer
: Dead skunk in the middle of the road
: Dead skunk in the middle of the road
: You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road
: Stinkin' to high Heaven!
: Take a whiff on me, that ain't no rose!
: Roll up yer window and hold yer nose
: You don't have to look and you don't have to see
: 'Cause you can feel it in your olfactory
: ...
: Yeah you got yer dead cat and you got yer dead dog
: On a moonlight night you got yer dead toad frog
: Got yer dead rabbit and yer dead raccoon
: The blood and the guts they're gonna make you swoon!
: ...
: You got it!
: It's dead, it's in the middle
: Dead skunk in the middle!
: Dead skunk in the middle of the road
: Stinkin' to high heaven!
: All over the road, technicolor man!
: Oh, you got pollution
: It's dead, it's in the middle
: And it's stinkin' to high, high Heaven!"
: Loudon Wainwright "Dead Skunk"
:
: On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Ron & the bears 
<rockthebike at usfamily.net>wrote:
:
: > Just a quick note. Yesterday, I completed a 200 mile bike ride. This is
: > known as a double century. Had a great time and ate a ton of food along 
the
: > way. It took us 14 hours and 8 minutes with 13 hours of riding. I have 
not
: > done such a ride since the Paul Bunyan ride in Minnesota.
: >
: > I am kind of tired now, but may post a detailed report later.
: >
: > I am going to ride the trainer for an hour to shake out my legs and 
glutes.
: > Then, I am looking forward to my 1 mile walk to church.
: >
: > "My double vision always seems to get the best of me." Foreigner
: >
: > Regards,
: >
: > Ron & the we did it Adrian bears Burzese
: >
: >
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