Going slow takes more time, more effort and benefits less from the momentum of the wheels. The ride lasted 25 miles, averaging 18.2 mph, with an average heart rate of 135 and cadence of 83. On the flats, I stayed out of the drops and took in the scenery. When I came to a hill, I pedaled but didn’t work to maintain any speed. Well, I didn’t ignore my Garmin, for some reason its announcements of subpar data just didn’t phase me.
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The rest of the ride becomes a series of 5 minute time trials that must average out to around 20 mph.įor sometime I have been trying to derail this M.O. This is were I begin to change from “just ride” to “I am a cyclist that averages 20 mph”. About 2 miles into my ride I start to calculate my 5 mile split. 15 minutes divided by 5 miles equals 20 mph average (about what I ride). I have become a slave to my 5 mile splits. See, my Garmin is programmed out of the box to give me my 5 mile splits. Well, I do until I get about 2 miles in and start to pay attention to my bike computer. “It is such a beautiful day and I am blessed to be able to and to have the motivation to be out here on my bike, I am just going to take it easy this time and just ride”. When I begin a ride that is unstructured (which most are) the conversation in my head typically goes like this. When I ride, the type-A part tends to dominate. According to my profile I have a sometime type-A personality. RESOLVED: I, Roger Whitney, will work on mastering things in 2013. BUT she really tries to master the things that she is excited about. she does horrible in classes that don’t jazz her. On the flip side, if she does not have interest in something she will TOTALLY blow it off. I look at my daughter and when she is geeked about something she stays with it. I definitely have way to many apps that I have thrown money at and never really used, what a waste. In fact THIS is one of my resolutions for the New Years. Don’t flit around like a butterfly never really accomplishing anything. Just find a few good ones, MASTER them and work. Not to mention the $$ savings we would have by not buying so many apps.
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Wouldn’t it make more sense to have a few treasured apps that we know REALLY well and exploit their full potential? Think of how much more focused and productive we would be. if you are like most of us, you probably have 3 or 4 To Do apps on your device and the one that you DO USE, you use intermittently. Do you take the time to learn, master and use the features? Chance are no. Say you buy a great To Do app that offers lots of productivey gains if you use it correctly. How many of us take the time to master any of the apps. Most of us buy apps like we eat mints: just one after the other. A great example are apps on iPhones and iPads. The problem is that adults seem to have it as well. My kids definitely have this problem, but I suppose all kids do. They want the easy quick route of trying something and instantly being good at it. It seems like s foreign concept now a days. Interesting quote yesterday “Stick with something until you master it” I forget who said it but it is good advice.