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Reinventing the Cyclist - Ground Zero (Part 1/8)

Part 1 | Part 2-> July 6, 2003. We had just arrived home from a weekend camping trip at the Sacramento Delta with our Bay Area friends, and what a weekend it was. Beer for days, chips and salsa and veritable plethora of cookies. I was thankful to get a breather from Tao Jones' busy gig schedule...

Posted to Health, Fitness and Training (Weblog) by Carlo Delumpa on 02-11-2008
Reinventing the Cyclist - Shopping For Motivation (Part 3/8)

<- Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 -> I am a funny guy when it comes to finding motivation. Some guys can get up in the morning and ride all day like crazy because that's what they're wired to do. I'm sorta wired like that, but I also need to have a tangible reason to punish my body day after...

Posted to Health, Fitness and Training (Weblog) by Carlo Delumpa on 02-11-2008
Reinventing the Cyclist - Learning To Crawl (Part 2/8)

<- Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 -> As the days passed, the gods of physiology and biomechanics cut me some slack, little by little. I could eventually pedal without coasting every 3-4 strokes and I could make it to the top of small rises while still seated. It was time to put a goal out there and I...

Posted to Health, Fitness and Training (Weblog) by Carlo Delumpa on 02-11-2008
Reinventing the Cyclist - The Turning Point (Part 4/8)

<- Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 -> So by the Waves to Wine tour, I had dropped about 15 pounds and had a lighter bike. Monique and I had trained throughout September and she had upped her miles considerably. Our goal was to ride 75 miles the first day and 65 miles the second day of the tour. I recall...

Posted to Health, Fitness and Training (Weblog) by Carlo Delumpa on 02-11-2008
Reinventing the Cyclist - About Suffering (Part 5/8)

<- Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 -> I was never averse to suffering while training; I learned early on that its an integral part of preparing for a physical performance. It is a bit Nietzche-esque, but its an inescapable truth - you have to break it all down to build it all up. Some people live for...

Posted to Health, Fitness and Training (Weblog) by Carlo Delumpa on 02-11-2008
Reinventing the Cyclist - Making Our Move (Part 6/8)

There are a number of reasons we decided to move to Portland, but the thing that sealed the deal for me was riding with the Portland Wheelmen Touring Club on one of our reconnaisance trips. I bought a bike box and took my bike with me when we returned to Portland in early October for Monique's OD...

Posted to Health, Fitness and Training (Weblog) by Carlo Delumpa on 02-11-2008
Reinventing the Cyclist - Gearing Up For The Main Event (Part 7/8)

By early June, I had shed my burnout and was preparing for 3 events - the PWTC Spring Century, The Tour de Blast (Tour of Mt. St. Helens) and the Watermelon Century. The Spring Century sucked, and we battled headwind and rain the entire way. I rode with Ed, a guy from my club, and his brother Wayne....

Posted to Health, Fitness and Training (Weblog) by Carlo Delumpa on 02-11-2008
Reinventing the Cyclist - STP - The Final Test (Part 8/8)

The final weeks leading to STP were meant to keep me sharp. Just for kicks, Adam threw in a field test which absolutely obliterated me. My results were good, but I could tell my fitness was slipping a bit. You see, Portland has a ton of great restaurants and we've been going out to eat a lot. Even...

Posted to Health, Fitness and Training (Weblog) by Carlo Delumpa on 02-11-2008

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