tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811125698589476406.post3761278553108324013..comments2023-10-25T03:33:11.187-06:00Comments on TheBombDotMom: Test rideIronmom (Julie)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14178486144653846897noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811125698589476406.post-56730310210462765472010-07-24T07:13:02.858-06:002010-07-24T07:13:02.858-06:00DON'T change bikes!!!
Going up hills isn'...DON'T change bikes!!! <br />Going up hills isn't rocket science. Find your pace, focus on something - some like keeping your eye on the top and visualizing you are pulling yourself to the top, hand over hand - me, I like my breathing pattern/mantra w/focus just in front of my front wheel - push pull push pull (push down on the pedal/pull up on the handlebar - right left right left) and take your time! You'll be fine. Seriously.Jen Wordenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222788533733622375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811125698589476406.post-45780302657697535222010-07-23T13:19:08.666-06:002010-07-23T13:19:08.666-06:00Also, thanks for the advice. I will take it, and s...Also, thanks for the advice. I will take it, and stay seated as long as humanly possible, but I'm really afraid I'll reach the point where I have to stand to move forward. I guess if I'm going 4 mph anyway, I'll just get off the stupid thing and walk to save my legs.Ironmom (Julie)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14178486144653846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811125698589476406.post-86104185904349746362010-07-23T13:15:58.095-06:002010-07-23T13:15:58.095-06:00Yeah, that I don't have. It occurred to me yes...Yeah, that I don't have. It occurred to me yesterday that my real problem is having bought my bike in pancake-flat southeast Virginia and not foreseeing someday having to do a race through a mountain pass. I'm halfway considering doing the race on my husband's mountain bike, though I haven't trained on it one iota, so that's probably a bad idea too.<br /><br />And I know what you mean about t.com. I clicked every tab, looking for something that would bring me back to the old site. I wonder, though, if this is NOT the new site but just a temporary thing to send us to while he works on the new site. Wish he would have clued us in.Ironmom (Julie)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14178486144653846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811125698589476406.post-90217047977570585862010-07-23T08:07:09.020-06:002010-07-23T08:07:09.020-06:00Hey Julie! *phew* Glad I found you. What a weird f...Hey Julie! *phew* Glad I found you. What a weird feeling being cast adrift re: t.com ... I kept hitting my link and then sitting there, staring, hoping DESPERATELY that the forum/blogs would appear. heh.<br /><br />ANYway ... re: up on the pedals ... DON'T DO IT! You actually use up waaaay more energy getting off your seat. Hopefully you have a 3rd (granny) chainring and can just pedal up.Jen Wordenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222788533733622375noreply@blogger.com